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Post by urrutiap on May 22, 2019 14:00:04 GMT -5
Was the Ultimate Iron Man comic book series the one where Tony was sick when he was a child and something to about him turning blue like a smurf?
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Post by brutalis on May 22, 2019 16:58:43 GMT -5
All I can remember is buying the 1st issue and even with Andy Kubert at the art helm I went: meh, not for me.
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Post by thwhtguardian on May 23, 2019 8:13:14 GMT -5
All I can remember is buying the 1st issue and even with Andy Kubert at the art helm I went: meh, not for me. Yeah, that first series was pretty much garbage...so much so that "in universe" the events of that story were actually referred to as an unlicensed tv show based on a memoir by a bitter ex-butler. Ultimate Iron Wars was pretty good though, I strongly suggest reading that instead. |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 23, 2019 11:09:24 GMT -5
I only ever enjoyed the Avengers Ultimates book from the Ultimate line.
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Post by urrutiap on May 23, 2019 13:59:20 GMT -5
Ultimate Spider-Man i still love.
Ultimate X-Men i still need to binge read through.
Ultimate Iron Man i wouldn mind trying to read a few issues to see how it goes but does Tony turn into a blue smurf all the time?
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 23, 2019 23:40:55 GMT -5
Him being blue is really temporary.... it's been a while, but IIRC Ultimate Tony (from that book) was a genetically manufactured super genius... it reminded me very much of Bean from the Ender's Game books. It was unique for sure, and not as bad as some things, but nothing to write home about. People hated it enough that they completely scrapped it and made him much more similar to 'regular' Tony when Ultimates hit.
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Post by shaxper on May 24, 2019 9:39:09 GMT -5
I read it because it was Orson Scott Card and, generally, I enjoyed it. It was very imaginative and rich in characterization. The problem was it was in no way Tony Stark, and so I ultimately got rid of it and have felt no need to revisit it. Would have worked better as an Orson Scott Card novel NOT called Iron Man.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 25, 2019 3:43:17 GMT -5
I only ever enjoyed the Avengers Ultimates book from the Ultimate line. That's an all-time top 10.. well, okay, top 15 - superhero book for me. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 25, 2019 4:54:45 GMT -5
I read it because it was Orson Scott Card and, generally, I enjoyed it. It was very imaginative and rich in characterization. The problem was it was in no way Tony Stark, and so I ultimately got rid of it and have felt no need to revisit it. Would have worked better as an Orson Scott Card novel NOT called Iron Man. True on all counts, but then you could say that about alot of author's takes on any given character. |
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