Mark Millar has done it again.
Millar, the writer of Civil War and Wanted, has returned to the Marvel Ultimate Universe and proven why he is one of the best.
This issue focuses almost entirely on Hawkeye and Captain America and it works beautifully. Normally anything with the name “Avengers” on it has so many characters you need to carry with you a Guide to the Marvel Universe to follow along.
Millar also is one of the best Captain America writers around. His version of Steve Rogers actually acts like an old man in a young person's body. The fact that Rogers was put on ice during WWII and only woke up in the past few years seems to be lost on most writers.
Watching Cap and Hawkeye take out a bunch of A.I.M. agents above the Chicago skyline was like getting to second shot at happiness.
See, a few years ago Millar and artist Brian Hitch put out two of the greatest comic series ever created (forget about Watchmen) called Ultimates 1 and Ultimates 2. Over the 25 issues they put out, the Avengers were re-envisioned as a block-ops squad for the U.S. government. It was beyond awesome.
Then, Jeph Loeb came in. The former actually good writer destroyed everything that Millar and Hitch had did. In Ultimates 3, Loeb’s version of the Avengers were boring, didn’t act anything like they did in 1 and 2, and seemed lamer than their 616 counterparts.
So, now Millar is back and instead of wasting time trying to reverse what Loeb did, he just accepts it and moves on. Hawkeye still has his new costume on, the world is still half destroyed by Magneto, and Nick Fury has just returned from a different universe.
But, things are off and running. This issue introduces the Ultimate Red Skull!
With Fury back, the team working with SHIELD again, and the new twist with the Red Skull, this publication is going to be one of my new favorites.
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