Ultimate War #2

This issue brings us to the halfway point of the story, and the two teams have yet to meet. On one hand this does build up a nice sense of anticipation, but I have to confess that I'm starting to get a bit concerned that Mark Millar is spending a little too much time arranging the pieces on the board that the big event won't have enough room to do it justice. Still this issue does have itself a pretty intense encounter between the Ultimates & Magneto, and Ultimate X-Men fans get themselves a pretty big surprise, as the death of an X-Man is revealed in these pages, before it was offered up in the pages of the monthly title. As for the art, I'm a fan of Chris Bachalo's work, and I'm glad to see his work on such a high profile project. However, action sequences have never been his strong suit, and as such I'm not sure he's such a good fit for this action heavy miniseries, as the Ultimates battle with Magneto in this issue lacks the visual punch & clarity it needed to have. Read Full Review

Ultimate Goblin

Apr 01, 2022

The story is fine, but art just makes it worse... Sometimes it's really hard to understand anything you see. I wish there was a better artist.

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JBL Reviews - Feb 17, 2024

I like Bachalo quite a bit in some of his work, but I agree, I struggled to tell what was happening at times.