Ultimate!

This week we cover Ultimate Spider-Man #14-21 written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Mark Bagley.

We discuss sexy Australian Lex Luthor, Recreating Spider-Man 2 on a budget, and the greatest villain of all... reality TV!

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This week we cover Ultimates #7-13 written by Mark Millar and drawn by Bryan Hitch

We discuss Henry's Haunting Halloween costume, Eddie's favourite Captain America speech, and the best way to dispose of a shape-shifting alien.

Content Warning: This episode contains: discussions of a story arc involving domestic violence, discussions around New World Order conspiracy theories, the Holocaust and the Nazis.

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This week we cover Ultimate Fantastic Four Issues #7-12 written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Stuart Immomen.

We discuss Victor van Damme's radical, metallic makeover, an American tourist in Denmark, and bluetooth powered death robots

Content Warning: This episode contains a short discussion about the Warren Ellis sexual harassment allegations.

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This week we talk about the introduction of the Ultimate Nick Fury aka young Samuel L. Jackson, the audacity of kidnapping America's favourite mutant and the cyclical relationship Ultimate X-Men has with the X-Men films

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of torture and hate crimes.

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In this episode we cover Ultimate Spider-Man #8-13 written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Mark Bageley.

We talk about the nuance of taking down crime bosses, some not so good costume redesigns and, the emotional fallout of a supervillain attack.

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In this episode, we cover issues #1-6 of Ultimates written by Mark Millar and drawn by Bryan Hitch.

We talk about the superhuman military-industrial complex, Sigmund Freud's Hulk, and, a potential lawsuit that shaped the MCU as we know it.

Content Warning: This episode contains a description of an incident of domestic violence portrayed in Ultimates #7. Discussion on this begins at 1:29:22-1:39:55

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This episode we cover issues #1-6 of Ultimate Fantastic Four written by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar and pencils by Adam Kubert

We talk about the superhero body horror, weird science, and Marvel's greatest untapped market of comic book potential... The Moloids.

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In this episode, we're talking about Ultimate X-Men #1-6. Written by Mark Millar, pencils by Adam Kubert, and inks by Art Thibert.

We talk about how the mutant metaphor has been reimagined, killer robots brought to you by George Bush and Tony Blair, and Magneto's family dynamics.

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This episode we cover the very beginnings of Ultimate Marvel with Ultimate Spider-Man #1-7 written by Brian Michael Bendis and inks by Mark Bagley

We talk about reinventions of the Spider-Man origin story, comparisons to Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film, and, the most important addition to a classic character, Uncle Ben's ponytail!

Summary starts 0:19:58- 0:33:12

Note from Eddie- At the time of recording, we were still playing around with how we summarised the issues we covered in each episode. In this episode, I recorded and edited the summary at home. From Episode 3 onwards our issue summaries we integrate our issue summaries into our discussions during the show.

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of Ultimate!

Meet your hosts Eddie and Henry as we share our comic book journeys, introduce the world of Ultimate Marvel, and delve into some comic company history from the year 2000.

Podcast recorded at Wellington Access Radio

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