Ultimate End #5

'Ultimate End' has been hard to get through. It has felt cluttered and shallow, and the continuity is infuriatingly off from the main story it's tied in to. It's saved by two things: Mark Bagley's Spider-Men art, and the hope for a bright future in Miles Morales. It's not the ending that the Ultimate Universe may have deserved, but it will do. Read Full Review

As an issue, it's bad. As a farewell to the Ultimate Universe, it's significantly worse. Read Full Review

The ultimate tragedy of Ultimate End #5 is that it set goals that it had no chance of achieving. Like Homer Simpson attempting brain surgery, it was destined to get messy. It tried to encompass everything that once made Ultimate Marvel so appealing. It could only ever remind readers that this appeal ended years ago. Marvel just finally got around to making it official. Read Full Review

Most of the time, I'd just let a book like this go. People are going to like Bendis's work - heck, I've even liked Bendis's work from time to time. But what gets me is that a franchise that was as revolutionary and as important to Marvel as the Ultimate Universe has had such a long and disappointing decline - not to mention such an ignominous finale - just makes me more frustrated than I can say. This book is flimsy even by tie-in standards. The only silver lining to Ultimate End is that there are no more nails that can be driven into this coffin. Long live the Ultimate Universe - and may your 616 counterparts escape the same fate that befell you. Read Full Review

All in all, it's a heartbreakingly disappointing comic, especially for those who loved the Ultimate Universe and it casts a pall over Miles' upcoming series. Read Full Review

Ultimate End ultimately wasted our time from beginning to end, and completely failed in its original purpose as a send-off to the Ultimate universe. I'm disappointed to see something so terrible come from creators who normally produce solid, enjoyable work, but this entire thing is a complete mess that only serves to raise a middle finger to the Ultimates universe before setting its crumbling remainson fire. Read Full Review

A depressing ending acknowledges that the Ultimate Universe died for readers long before Secret Wars. Phenomenal art, yet repeated spread pages feel like filler. More pointless chaos, and a reset that ends on an optimistic note while also undoing precious little character development for Miles. Read Full Review

Lightwalker19

Oct 04, 2016

Yup, it is a dissapointing comic, but to give this issue credit, at least explains the details of the rest of the collection (a great capital mistake of the series in general) and serves as the mercy bullet that the awful Ultimate Universe needed.

Brad Dee

Dec 16, 2015

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JBL Reviews

Dec 20, 2015

Too many characters. No actual events. So bad.

Nightmare of Solomon

Dec 20, 2015

A non-ending for the Ultimate Universe that is worse than a whimper.