[PREVIEW] Ultimate Fantastic Four #48

So many things Ultimate this week! Here's a preview of Ultimate Fantastic Four #48, and a teaser of the newest Ultimate-universe villain making their debut:


[PREVIEW] ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #48
What new Ultimate villain will make their debut in this issue?

Posted November 10, 2007 9:45 AM

What new Ultimate villain will make their debut in this issue? Lost in the snowy vastness of Siberia, Reed, Ben and Johnny discover what they never hoped to find—the wreckage of Susan Storm's aircraft! Who brought Sue down, and has the Invisible Woman disappeared for good? What does this all have to do with the Crimson Dynamo? Is his arrival coincidence, or part of a much larger, sinister scheme?

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #48
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by MARK BROOKS
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Rated A…$2.99
On Sale—11/14/07

Now, Ultimate Fantastic Four has had some fantastic pencillers in the past. Adam Kubert, Greg Land...some spanking art has been contributed. And while Mark Brooks is no pushover when it comes to art I must say that I don't think his cartoony style fits in the Ultimate-verse. I think he'd be more comfortable working on a "humour" title like Deadpool and even perhaps one of the Spidey titles (not Ultimate Spidey though!)...his art just doesn't "click" with the rest of the art on the Ultimate Fantastic Four series so far.

[PREVIEW] Ultimate Power #8

Ultimate Power, drawn by Greg Land, is soon coming to an end! I can't wait to buy the final two issues and then put the entire series together and read it in one sitting.

Here's a preview of issue #8:


[PREVIEW] ULTIMATE POWER #8
Who’s throwing the Ultimates off their game as they battle the Squadron Supreme?

Posted October 28, 2007 10:15 AM

A new player has been thrown into this cosmic game of survival, upsetting the plans of S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury. The Ultimates suddenly find themselves at the lowest point in their struggle against the Squadron Supreme. And that’s very bad news for our Earth.

ULTIMATE POWER #8
Written by JEPH LOEB
Penciled by GREG LAND
Cover by GREG LAND
Rated T+…$2.99
On sale 10/31/07

Ultimate FF: The debut of the Marvel Zombies!

Not much on the comics front today. I finally opened up the Vol.3 HC of Ultimate Fantastic Four and read the first couple of issues of Mark Millar's and Greg Land's run on that title.

The first arc was also the arc that gave birth to the uber popular Marvel Zombies who's popularity just keeps going up and up and up. Then the second arc introduces the Four to the lost continent of Atlantis...and when there's Atlantis, you know who can't be far behind: Namor! What I really loved about Millar and Land's Namor though, is that he's not who you THINK he is. I remember reading those issues for the first time last year and the twist threw me for a loop. Fantastic stuff.

Greg Land's art is just spectacular as well: lush and sensual and photo-realistic. One might argue that it's photorealistic only because Land does a lot of photo-referencing...and tracing.

Cue random Kevin Smith pop culture reference from Chasing Amy:

"Your mother's a tracer!"

Check out Greg Land's Wikipedia article:

Greg Land - Controversy

But hey, his artwork is gorgeous to look at, whether he traces or not.

I remember seeing a recent Morbius ad which had artwork by Greg Land. Looked very much like a Gene Simmons pose, if you ask me!