VERY FINE/NEAR MINT Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by BUTCH GUICE
Cover by GABRIELE DELL'OTTO
Wolverine…Nick Fury…Captain America…Magneto & Professor X…how are they all connected? Witness the first meeting between Charles Xavier, leader of the X-Men, and Eric Lehnsherr, the mutant who will come to be known as Magneto!
From the muddy battle fields of World War II to the steaming shadows of the Savage Land, Brian Michael Bendis (SECRET INVASION) and Butch Guice (CAPTAIN AMERICA) continue the shocking story that finally reveals the buried truths of the Ultimate Universe! Date Available: 08/6/2008 BONUS REVIEW by GARY OWENS
The Ultimate theme, from Marvel, has brought us this hybrid comic, one that tries to fill in the gaps for characters like Magneto, Wolverine, Nick Fury, and others. I’ve bought very few Origin books prior, but this series caught my eye. In the first two issues. it explained how Nick Fury could do the “super” human things that he did, and offered additional initial touch points about mutants. In this issue, Part 3, we see the first meeting between Xavier and Magneto, with Magneto’s team of mutants, including the Blob and Scarlet Witch, lurking in the background. Bendis writes well, though the book jumps too much between time periods, and Butch Guice’s art is a ruffled at the edges—great, for this type of series. I liked it, and it’s a good series for those who wonder what the Ultimates, and even Marvel, is all about.
