Ultimate Fantastic Four

Ultimate Fantastic Four 19-20

Mike Carey shows up for a trial run, and Jae Lee joins him.  A few good moments storywise, but Lee is the clear draw here.  I don’t know if he uses tons of silhouettes because he’s lazy or what, but when it looks this awesome, I don’t care:  

Legit creepy.

More silhouettes.  And brain envy.  Heh.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Nice

Ultimate Fantastic Four 21-23

Mark Millar and Greg Land start their run with the introduction of Marvel Zombies, spawning a whole franchise.  It’s not bad, but Land’s art is a complete distraction with its slavish model reference, inconsistent faces/hair, and ridiculous facial expressions.  It’s a frankly a parody of comic book art.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Nice

Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual 1

Jae Lee returns to draw the Inhumans seven years after his classic run.

Clear self-homage.

Love the kung fu master redesign on Karnak.

Other than that, Millar doesn’t bring anything new to the Ultimate Inhumans; They’re still xenophobes looking to isolate themselves from the rest of the world.  

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Fine

Ultimate X-Men/Fantastic Four 1-2

Mike Carey returns with the Mad Thinker he introduced in issue 19.  She’s way less interesting when drawn by Pasqual Ferry, who has some truly unfortunate panels here.  Maybe I’d keep this if it were part of the main run, but it’s an easy cut here.

Unattractive on so many levels.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: No

Rating: Boring (Cutting)