Ultimate Hulk vs Iron Man Ultimate Human
Ultimate Hulk vs Iron Man Ultimate Human
It’s the Ultimate war between the Hulk and Iron Man! Desperate for a cure to his dark disease, scientist Bruce Banner begs Tony Stark for a release from the curse of the Hulk! Stark agrees - but in the midst of the experimentation, something goes horribly wrong. And you know what happens next: Man and monster collide! Collects Ultimate Human #1-4.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Surprisingly spectacular
The last time that the Ultimate Hulk got his own mini-series, well, it never finished (still waiting for Ultimate Hulk VS Wolverine to wrap up thank you), which is why it’s funny seeing the Hulk starring in another Ultimate mini-series. Ultimate Hulk VS Iron Man: Ultimate Human is a surprisingly spectacular Ultimate universe tale brought to us by none other than the great Warren Ellis. The storyline is simple enough: Bruce Banner seeks help from none other than Tony “Iron Man” Stark to help him with his problem of “Hulk-ing” out, and before you know it, trouble is a brewin’ for everyone involved. Ellis introduces the Ultimate version of his mutant creation Pete Wisdom, who soon becomes a thorn in the sides of both Banner and Stark. Ellis’ scriptwork is nearly flawless, with clever dialogue and enough pseudo-scientific plot elements that he injects into the story that really make it something special. Cary Nord’s artwork is an awesome sight to behold as well, all of which combine to make Ultimate Human the best title to come out of the Ultimate line since Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch’s Ultimates. All in all, if you’ve been one of the many to give up on the Ultimate line over the past few years, Ultimate Hulk VS Iron Man: Ultimate Human just may draw you back. For fans of either character or for fans of Ellis, this is an essential pick up.
3 Stars Nice Comic…A little boring.
For the most part a nice comic. I really enjoyed the interaction between Stark and Banner.
Unfortunately, there isn’t much action. Iron man and Hulk fight only once, and it is over quick. In fact, Banner only turns into the Hulk twice. I think they should have spent less time on that big headed Wisdom guy and spend more time on some action.
5 Stars Entertaining!
I got this for my son as a Christmas present and he really liked it!!!
1 Star Only worth five dollars
During a more transitory phase of his comic writing career, Warren Ellis embarked on a side project titled, “Fell” revolving around a newly arrived detective to snowtown, a fictional, offshoot of Los Angeles’ Skid Row. He’s a career detective out to make a name for himself, but the city is here to show him that human behavior has demons of its own making. The comic was gritty and smart, gently layering savage brutality and the surrender that goes along with enduring it. Ellis had set out to make a comic that was under two dollars and through felicity created a masterpiece. Warren Ellis has written one of the most brilliant comics of all time.
SO WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!!!!!!!!!!
This comic is terrible! First of all, He totally rearranges character’s history to suit his purposes. I wouldn’t mind but it doesn’t serve any sort of justice. Rather than a gamma blast, in this retelling the Hulk is part of a super solider serum ala Captain America. He seeks out Iron Man / Tony Stark to help cure him. The comic starts off promising enough, with Bruce making some un-Hulk character choices, but then they introduce their version of the Leader and that’s when I got irked.
I am a pretty big Hulk Fan. Bruce Banner’s interior struggle to handle himself adds a layer of complexity I enjoy. In the marvel comic universe, The Hulk and the Leader have a sort of yin and yang to each other. The Leader is a high school dropout who becomes a super smart genius with a giant cranium when accidentally bombarded with radiation, while the Hulk is a Nuclear Scientist who becomes a drooling mass of fury because of a gamma blast. OHh the irony! But not in this version. Here the leader is a British Secret Agent bent on maintaining the UK’s super solider program even if it means using himself as a guinea pig. He’s a telepathic menace out to destroy the hulk and Iron man, because he views them as aberrations standing in the way of the public acknowledging his genius and sacrifice. I actually think lack of public acknowledgement is a pretty interesting topic, but they only gloss over it in a superficial way, a lubricant to keep the story rolling.
There’s only one or two strong beats in this book. A couple of times Tony Stark has to deal with the Hulk as Himself without the Iron Man costume and his kind of alcoholic anything goes persona of the comic gives him some good zingers. (This is also a stray from the marvel universe, where Tony Stark has been the President of the United States of America).
And to the illustrator Cary Nord’s credit, he drew some awesome covers for the Ultimate Human series. Previously he was drawing for Conan the Barbarian and that kind of background developed some interesting features onto the Hulk. His Hulk is more proportional to that of a bulldog and less “comic book statuesque” than other hulks. And Nord knows how to draw guys. Actually I don’t know how well he can draw women because there are only three women in the entire book and only one of them is a supporting character. One could argue that since this deals with the military, that a “boys club” atmosphere is to be expected.
Yeeeeeeaaahhhh Rrrrrigghtttt……..
The Theme of the graphic novel appears to be that the strongest feature on a super hero is adaptability, and that what you don’t know (but someone else does) are the things that can kill you.
Not a horrible comic, just not worth sixteen dollars…..
P.S If you are a fan of sensuality in comic books, check out the cover of X Force #9 just released. It is steamy.. (rest of comic, not so much, but very enjoyable in a more typical fashion.)
3 Stars Not much happens
I picked this crossover book up in hopes that it would feature an exciting sequence in which Ultimate Hulk would peel Ultimate Iron Man’s armor off him like an eggshell and give Ultimate Tony Stark a good thumping (I.M. has been getting a little bit big for his britches lately…) However, despite the action-packed battle depicted on the cover, Hulk and Tony get along quite well in this brief storyline, with the Hulk basically tamed by a few hasty sweet-talking words from Tony Stark. There is one battle between them, but it’s settled quickly by a laser-beam zap into the jolly grey giant’s cerebral cortex and that, basically, is that. From then on, the two are pals, and they fend off the clunky connivings of the Ultimate version of Hulk’s great nemesis, The Leader. An entire issue is devoted to this version of the Leader’s backstory, and this is pretty much the best thing about this story arc. In this version, The Leader is a British intelligence agent gone wrong, who subjects himself to a super-soldier experiment gone wrong. There’s some tart dialog, but like the entire “Ultimate Human” book in general, not a lot that really sticks to your ribs once all is said and done.
This book was okay, but really it was a little boring. Warren Ellis has certainly done much, much better work before — it just felt like his heart wasn’t really in it on this one. (Joe Sixpack)
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