Ultimate Spider-Man 10
Ultimate Spider-Man continues to be fucking excellent. I just read the new issue 10, and it’s so good. Marvel has really been knocking it out of the park with their new Ultimate Universe.
They currently have Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Black Panther, Ultimate X-Men, and The Ultimates going, which means each week has a new issue of one of the series. They also take place in “real time”, so a month has passed between each issue of a particular series.
They just announced Ultimate Wolverine for January, so I’m curious if one of the series will be ended by then for it to fill the slot, if it means some weeks will have 2 different Ultimate series issues, or I supposed they could extend the time between each issue by an additional week to fit… Anyway, whatever happens, I’m here for it.
I’ve been watching Deep Space 9 for the first time, currently on S02E14 Whispers.
Memory Alpha is good and all, but I’ll forever be chasing the high that was reading The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5 after each episode of B5.
Absolute Batman #1
I haven’t read any mainline DC comics in a long time, but I was morbidly curious about the new Absolute Universe that just started. It’s kind of like the original Ultimate Marvel universe, where it’s a new continuity with edgy remixes of the characters. While there were a few bright spots (Ultimate Spider-Man especially), overall the first Ultimate Marvel stuff was, uh, kinda garbage. The new unrelated Ultimate Marvel universe that’s running right now slaps, though.
Anyway, Absolute Batman #1 came out yesterday, so I decided to check it out. I already thought the extremely chunky bat logo was ridiculous, and then this happened. I don’t even know how to react to this. Anyway, comic was interesting; very 90s edgy vibes, but at least somewhat better written than a lot of that was. I’ll probably keep reading, along with the other upcoming Absolute comics, at least for a while, just to see where it goes, but I don’t expect them to be great.
Alright, gonna give micro.blog a try. Not sure how active I’ll be, but have kind of wanted to blog a bit recently, so we’ll see how it goes!