Hank Pym and JVD Join the Ultimates

[shakalooloo]

Issue one of the new Ultimates series, already with half a page of backstory to catch up with on the title page - not a good jumping-on point.




Here, as with Spider-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp missed out on their super-hero origin stories thanks to the Maker. Instead, they became a married couple running an exterminator business. Six months ago, Tony Stark gave Hank Pym the 'superpowers in a ball' similar to the one he offered Peter Parker, but it was never cracked open...









Writer: Deniz Camp, Artist: Juan Frigeri, Color Artist: Federico Blee, Letterer: Travis Lanham

Comments

[numeronone]

Considering Marvel are also dabbling in publishing Red Band editions of books, it feels a little disconcerting to have a 13-and-above book where Jan's inaugural romp as the Wasp is cemented by her flying through a guy's skull and throwing up about it. You can see his eyeball pop out! What is this, "The Boys"?

[super_fly]

I imagine because they're wearing a helmet and you don't actually see a bare human head being perforated they let it slide

ok i didn't even see the eyeball first, idk

[shakalooloo]

But, see, there's NO BLOOD, so it's A-OK. That horrid red fluid is the line that shall not be crossed, and everything else gets a pass.

That red stuff covering Jan in the aftermath? Completely unrelated. You can't prove it came from inside that dude's cranium!

[numeronone]

They're like the broccoli-men from 616, but in this universe they were made out of chillis. That's why Jan's horking! She's allergic! It makes sense!