The Ultimates Squared #9 - "In Formation"

[laughing_tree]

I feel like it’s been interesting playing a little with the definitions of what’s “important”, what “matters”, etc – on the one hand, Ultimates is about literally everything that has ever been in the Marvel Universe, but at the same time it’s not about Iron Man. And I’m allowed to wander off and grow this cosmic garden and make wonderful things out of it because I can do that without stepping on too many toes. We’re operating on such a big scale that it’s almost like when particle physicists reveal that actually the universe is a hologram and all the information of our lives is encoded on the outer walls of spacetime, or whatever it is this week. It’s great, and it blows your mind, and it’s wonderful to know that human beings are able to come together and explore this territory… but it doesn’t pay your bills or fix your car, at least not in a way you can immediately see. So, yeah, we now have an idea that Marvel’s multiversal history is much bigger and broader than we thought – but at the same time, that’s not likely to pop up in a Daredevil story. -- Al Ewing

Comments

[burkeonthesly]

Countdown to the Maker's next humiliating misstep?

[matrix_dragon]

Actually in progress, amusingly enough. He's doing exactly what the bad guys want.

[long_silence]

I love how creative Ewing is with America's powers. That was Cyclops' Punch Dimension she used to kill that space whale.

[theflames]

THAT'S AWESOME. I didn't realise. God that could look so cool animated.

[philippos42]

I may try and get the trades of this.

[commodus]

You know, for a giant ravenous spectral tiger they are remarkably well mannered. If only all comic book fights were that polite!

[matrix_dragon]

The Old Tiger's gotten a lot of doses of humility beaten into him over the last few years. It's good to see he's learnt from it.

[starwolf_oakley]

I still find it odd, Marvel moving elements of the New Universe into the mainstream books. That is usually DC's thing.

[zylly]

You know, normally, high level cosmic stuff of the Morrison/Hickman level leaves me less than impressed... but Ewing manages to ground it in a way that makes it work.

[mastiff]

I'm confused.

Didn't Marvel remove/compile all of the excess universes, leaving just one?

[matrix_dragon]

And then Reed and Franklin Richards, along with Molecule Man and a few others, began rebuilding the multiverse. There's probably a lot of other universe out there by now.

[ovaltinepatrol]

The Maker seems like a really joyful villain, without being a slasher type.

[thehood]

When written by Ewing, yes.