The Ultimate Secret looks beautiful, but the story is really just an action piece and an info dump. Ultimate Extinction, works despite its odd choice to throw Misty Knight in the mix in a book about an eldritch cosmic devouring horror. Overall, I immensely enjoyed revisiting this story with an older, more critical eye. The original Galactus Trilogy is without question one of the most significant storylines in comics history.
Wildly imaginative and epic in scope, it introduced concepts and characters that have influenced superhero comics tremendously to this day.
Any subsequent appearance of Galactus would inevitably be less impactful, because his world-ending threat had already been established and thwarted once. This underscores a problem I have with superhero comics: telling similar stories over and over. Which is why the Ultimate line was such a good idea - it allowed decades-old characters and stories to be retooled in ways that made them feel fresh and exciting.
The three miniseries plus a one-shot that make up this story present an all-hands-on deck Marvel mashup of espionage, science fiction, and high octane superheroics. The best part of the book is the sense of impending doom established from the first page. Without giving much away, the Kree and Captain Marvel are introduced here, and the way Ellis ties in their story to Gah Lak Tus is rather brilliant.
I like how the Fantastic Four are worked in this section, too; this is where the story becomes all-encompassing, where we learn just what this mysterious entity is all about. I think having the FF, Ultimates, and X-Men involved - rather than just the FF in the original trilogy - makes sense in this universe, and gives the story the grand feeling it needs. Beyond the bombast, Ellis litters the story with great character moments and fascinating reinventions.
I love these versions of Vision and Silver Surfer especially. Ellis also squeezes in some great character exchanges. The scenes with Ben, Johnny, and Thor had me cracking up. And seeing the Ultimates and Fantastic Four meet for the first time was a treat, especially Tony and Reed geeking out. But Ellis balances everyone beautifully, giving them equal attention while moving the story forward.
It's very impressive. Even John Romita Jr. The Ultimate Galactus Trilogy offers proof that classic comics stories can be reconfigured in new and exciting ways. Bringing the Galactus Trilogy to a modern setting is no easy task.
Ellis and co. Feb 28, C. Scott rated it really liked it. Just frickin awesome. The Ultimates series is just the best. Here we get a new spin on Galactus Vision and Silver Surfer are also reimagined in cool new ways.
Loved it from start to finish. Feb 27, Ashley Martin rated it really liked it. What was the best Marvel story ever told? Or perhaps it is the story of the day that the planet-eating Galactus came to Earth, a story that began in issue 48 of Fantastic Four The Ultimate Galactus Trilogy retells this classic Marvel story and manages to exceed its source material in every way. Ultimate Galactus addresses this, bringing in not only the Fantastic Four, Avengers or Ultimates as they are called in this universe and the X-Men but also the Kree superhero Captain Marvel, Vision, and even, oddly enough, Misty Knight.
The concept of Galactus is brilliantly and frighteningly reimagined here and draws just enough on the iconographic source material to satisfy the old fans while bringing it up to date that purple suit with the big "G" just had to go! It should be noted that the movie version of the Galactus story Fantastic Four:Rise of the Silver Surfer takes some influences from Ultimate Galactus but failed to pull it off.
Read Ultimate Galactus and find out how it should have been done. Things to look out for: Vision does a Starbuck - Vision is now female most of the time Iron Man vs Silver Surfer - You just know someone's going to get hurt Jan 22, Earl rated it liked it Shelves: english-graphic-novels. If this is the pitched idea for the Fantastic Four reboot film set next year, then I am all up for it.
Qyuick, get the MCU and Fox labels to work on this together! Dec 16, C. Chambers rated it it was ok. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I actually missed this one back when it was released. Being a huge nerd I had collected the entirety of the Ultimate universe except for this and a couple other books until 10 or so years ago. Even so, I hadn't taken the time to read it. And I was ready.
It had such a promisi I actually missed this one back when it was released. It had such a promising start. The premise was crawling with tension and offered multiple mysteries to the story that were never touched on in previous books. It connects with Ultimates and the origins of Falcon well and then brings in the big reveal of: Vision.
And this is where it began to falter. Because Vision almost plays the role of the main universe's Silver Surfer, and the surfer doesn't actually get mentioned until the final 3 issues of this run.
Out of all the problems that arose on the back end of this book this one just made the least sense. You have a book surrounding Galactus and completely ignore the silver surfer for 10 issues? And then you introduce a bunch of random clone assassins and some other garbage to round it out for no reason? It all concludes in a flat way and without much satisfaction. I had high hopes but, without dragging on, I'll leave it at that.
I had missed this one and feel that I didn't need it to enjoy the rest of the Ultimate universe. Oct 20, Jedhua rated it really liked it Shelves: reviewed , favorites. Aug 21, Steven rated it liked it.
I read this story when it was released years ago, in single comics. Warren Ellis wrote the entire series but several different arts were involved. Ultimate Nightmare was my favorite because of how dark that it was.
Dark in tone and colors. Two different sets of super heroes with the same objective, unbeknownst to one another. A very good start to the trilogy. The other two just didn't live up to the start. Th I read this story when it was released years ago, in single comics.
The ending was very abrupt and left many questions unresolved. Still, looking back it was enjoyable and worth the cost. Jun 11, John rated it liked it. This was a Frakenstein's Monster project. Initially conceived by Mark Millar who had to bow out due to illness and workload , Warren was brought on to recover it. So, the story went from a crossover to trilogy and Warren Ellis reused the plot from one of his cancelled comics concerning the apocalypse as fill-in.
It's much better than the original Galactus Trilogy by Stan Lee and Kirby and it's quite chilling at times. Yet, it's clearly Warren Ellis on autopilot. That being said, there's his This was a Frakenstein's Monster project. That being said, there's his trademark wit and pithiness throughout. And phenomenal character moments, such as Captain America feeling outclassed next to Reed Richards and Tony Stark regarding intelligence.
Ultimate version of the Galactus trilogy from Fantastic Four. And it's pretty awesome. They changed a lot of the story but it's really good. Instead of 3 issues, it's actually three 5 issue mini-series. Involves everyone, not just the FF. Mar 24, Marissa rated it liked it. It was fine, but could've used more actual Galactus. Jun 20, M. Not what I was expecting but enjoyable regardless. The threat of the all consuming Galactus has been given an adequate enough level of greatness without him ever making an appearance in the book.
Sep 29, DavidCinnella rated it liked it Shelves: comics. Great first and second act. Horrible third. May 12, Kirby Davis rated it really liked it. Nice tale from the early days of the Ultimates comics line. Starring the Ultimates and the Ultimate Fantastic Four!
And his arrival could mean the end of all life on this planet! Not even the power of S. What role do the Ultimate X-Men have in this drama? Ellis , Peterson. Ellis , Raney. Ellis , Hairsine. All Series. Variant Covers of this Issue. Ultimate Galactus Trilogy Hardcover. Ultimate Galactus Trilogy Hardcover Published:. More Details. Ultimate Extinction 1. Cancel Insert. Go to Link Unlink Change. Cancel Create Link. Disable this feature for this session.
Rows: Columns:. Enter the URL for the tweet you want to embed. Is The Ultimate Galactus Trilogy an event? It's a crossover for the Ultimate universe, but It was intended to be an event until Millar dropped out And I do think this final part is a quality story.
I know that there's a lot of people who don't like that Gah Lak Tus here isn't a giant in purple pants, but that wouldn't really work in the Ultimate universe. Galactus would be greeted with laughter and mockery and the threat here is meant to be terrifying and so big that it genuinely seems unstoppable. Galactus doesn't seem that way. He's a giant in purple pants with a dumb looking hat.
Earth would get eaten because none of the heroes could stop laughing. Now, a hive-like group of creatures that are approximately one hundred thousand miles long that kill all life on Earth in 24 hours? That's big, that's scary, that's unstoppable. One area where this entire story falls down is that Gah Lak Tus is never as terrifying as it's meant to be. From Ultimate Nightmare on, we're meant to believe that footage of what Gah Lak Tus does can drive a person insane, but that never really comes through.
Now, I think that's largely a result of this being a Marvel Comic, so you can't go too heavy with the horror of entire races being driven insane and slaughtering each other. The limitations prevent showing the horror on the scale that it needs to be shown. The final part of the story combines ground-level action with the larger Gah Lak Tus plot well through Misty Knight, a former cop turned PI after losing an arm in an explosion -- and having it replaced by Tony Stark with a metal thing.
She investigates a possible cult to find a man's wife and that's when we meet one of the Silver Surfers never called that here -- a silver man with wings. These silver men are part of the Gah Lak Tus onslaught, sent to Earth to soften up humanity psychologically -- get chunks of it prepared to die when the anti-creator comes. Death cults as a means of killing the planet We see another one of them later, this one sent by Gah Lak Tus after Professor X tries to make telepathic contact and Gah Lak Tus recoils in terror and disgust -- this Silver Surfer is sent like a bullet, switching from silver egg to man on a surf board, but the added touch of four sets of teeth makes him more unsettling -- there's no conscious thought here, he's just another aspect of Gah Lak Tus.
We've already had Mahr Vehl switch sides Gah Lak Tus destroying organic life because its mere existence offends it is a good concept. The ultimate xenophobe -- it so desires to be left alone that it will kill everything there is. Unlike the original 'Ultimate Nullifier,' the weapon here is something that Reed struggles to deal with, to accept that it must be created and used. He's not sure if creating a weapon so powerful isn't just as bad as Gah Lak Tus killing the planet.
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