Ultimates #11

Overall, Ultimates #11 is a fantastic installment that expands the scope of the series and introduces a compelling new element to the fight against the Maker. The Asgardian setting provides a rich backdrop for action and intrigue, and the surprising new ally promises exciting developments to come. This issue solidifies Ultimates as a must-read title in the current Marvel landscape. Read Full Review

Frigeri delivers beautifully detailed and visually impressive art throughout the issue. A beautifully evocative experience. Read Full Review

The Ultimates #11 is a bold, ambitious comic that experiments with format and storytelling to great effect, offering readers both dazzling visuals and poignant commentary, though a slightly overstuffed execution and narrative hiccups may divide some. Read Full Review

A series of epic images, with a matching poetic edda, make for an energetic and ambitious read. Read Full Review

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The Ultimates #11 is a pretty book that's an Absolute chore to get through. Deniz Camp experiments with the narrative format by telling the story in epic poem verses, infusing social messaging about Loki's oppressive rule as an allegory for everything from worker mistreatment to artistic censorship. If that sounds like the exact opposite of entertaining, you are correct. Bonus points for Juan Frigeri's fantastic art. Read Full Review

There is no flow to the pacing of the story no matter how hard Deniz Camp and Juan Friegeri try. The narrative choice ends up taking you out of feeling connected to this story. It is just a reminder of how The Ultimates continues fall far behind other titles in the Ultimate Universe publishing line. Read Full Review

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG

Apr 10, 2025

Plot This entire comic is narrated in the form of a poem; it's a magnificent script. This issue narrates the rebellion that Sif and Thor organized against Loki, who resides on Odin's throne with his head rotting on a spear. Loki has all of Asgard starving while he feasts every night. His government is extremely authoritarian, censoring any kind of knowledge, leaving the younger generations ignorant. Thor and Sif tried to recruit forces in different realms, but everyone fears Loki, so Thor negotiates with Sutur to possibly trigger Ragnarok. Tony Stark finally awakens and needs to know everything that has happened during his recovery. Art It's organic and textured, giving it an appropriate dynamism and dramatic tone, with cer tain manga influences. Summary This issue, narrated in the form of a poem, explains what Thor and Sif have done to reclaim Asgard from Loki's clutches. more

YEARofTheCollector

Apr 17, 2025

I guess I wasn't the only one wondering: what of Asgard? All we know so far, was that The Maker made a deal with Loki for him to rule instead of Odin and maybe stay away from Midgard. Simple, but Occam's Razor suggests, that maybe in fact it was that simple for the two gods to come to an agreement. Oh, but it anything but simple for the rest of the 9 realms. With Odin out of the way and Thor locked up, Loki had free reign to rule as he saw fit. Unlike its 616 counterparts, this Loki had not had no reservation, no space for goodness, pranks nor any slight of goodness in his icy heart. There is no ambition other than ruling king. For that, what's a few deals and compromises here and there? If Loki's heart was to be fulfilled, deal was to be made and kept. What we have here is an epic, the poem of Ultimate Asgard. In the same vein Norse mythology was passed down from generation to generation, someone recited the story of Asgard to us the readers. Pretty clever and conceptual might I say. Thor and Sir managed to broker a deal with Brokk and Eitri, the dwarfs from Nidavellir, for an invisible cloak so they could travel the realms undetected. Not to break in and fight necessarily, but to spy and witness what became of the realms under Loki's rule. They visited Asgard, where the citizen's life force was at Loki's mercy. They visited Valhalla, the realm where warriors go to after falling in battle. To everyone's surprise Hella was in charge of this place. When they visited Alfheim, land of the Elves, the birthplace of creativity and art, was now a place of "content creation". A grim place lacking all things fan, creative and life. Surprisingly, when they visited Vanaheim, the realm of the Vanir, this realm and his people had been left alone for the most part. As long as they stay put, quiet and abide by Loki's rule, they were left alone. Sadly, they weren't willing to risk their more privileged arrangement, when in comparison to the other realms. Thor and Sif, after becoming one, physically and poetically, they had enough of this status quo. Thor broke away in Sif's rest and wreak ultimate judgement on Jotunheim. Sir on her part, visited Loki's throne and freed Idunn and her golden apples from the chains that kept her next to the throne in Loki's court. These, maybe reckless actions, ignited a resistance to unite and gather with Sif and Thor in Niffleheim. In response to these aggressions, Loki assembled his forces, tighten his grip on the realms by amping the oppression on all the realms. The final action by Thor, which is basically a page taken from "Thor Disassembled", he makes a deal with Surtur, bringer of Ragnarök, to burn it all down. The same tactic if you think about it. Asgard and the people from the different realms are beyond saving. So, we'll set it all ablaze, with the hopes that it can be raised anew. If this isn't an epic, I don't know what it is. Props to Juan Frigeri the artist and Federico Blee. They made this book looked incredibly compelling. more

Kerberos

May 01, 2025

Are you telling me I get 20+ pages of splash pages by Juan Frigieri and a Poem about resisting worker and artisan class oppression for $5? Hell yea! Great work

Kalaoui

Oct 06, 2025

Asgard is the least favorite part of Marvel for me and I don't usually seek out poetry but this story was well done.

Screaming Enigma

Jul 16, 2025

Listen, I liked this and really appreciated what Camp was trying to do here. However, I think poetry just...isn't my absolute favorite thing, unfortunately. That said, this was probably my least favorite issue of the series. Something Camp has been doing recently in his work, across the board, is challenge the norms and such when it comes to comics. For that, I have a lot of respect for Camp, and it's worked out well a good amount of the time. However, for me, it just didn't land as well this time around.

Kenjamin

Jul 17, 2025

Art: 4/5 Story: 3.5/5 Total: 7.5/10

George

Apr 19, 2025

Some great art. The script took a lot of talent to execute. Doesn’t mean it’s a great comic though.

DDJamesB

Apr 23, 2025

I liked the art. The story didn't do it for me to be honest. It didn't need to be done in this style. It really hindered the story.

Kenrwiill

Apr 09, 2025

Talk about a waste of money, other than some gorgeous art, this book is pure filler, we get a grand tour of Loki's Asgard while each page is a huge splash page. Which irks me, Kirby or Perez could have done this whole issua in 3 pages. There is a huge cliff hanger back home which is the story we shoulda been reading all along. :(