Ultimate Anticipation (Previews)

**ThePhenom** · 10-10-2006, 08:07 AM

Sorry, but after seeing the previews to Ultimate Power #1 and Ultimate X-Men #75 I'm even more psyched for tomorrow afternoon (if the shipment comes in Aus on time, I get to read them before all you Americans :P)... There may be controversy behind both titles but there looks like there'll be some great stuff and some lacklustre stuff...

I hate to admit the first thing I noticed about UXM was something I didn't like (Xavier called Pietro Quiksilver, seems a bit uncharacteristic of their relationship) but I'll give it a chance.

What about all of you others? Anyone else as excited as I am?

**Arilou** · 10-10-2006, 08:50 AM

"Gruenwald Doctrine"?
Heh.

**Nyssane** · 10-10-2006, 09:05 AM

Gruenwald Doctrine is the best, haha.

It's true, though. The Thing's got some nerve calling the girls freaks when he should take a look in the mirror. ;)

**Beast** · 10-10-2006, 09:48 AM

Johnny's hair makes me cry. God, I hate Greg Land's tracer art. :(

**curefreak** · 10-10-2006, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by ThePhenom

Sorry, but after seeing the previews to Ultimate Power #1 and Ultimate X-Men #75 I'm even more psyched for tomorrow afternoon (if the shipment comes in Aus on time, I get to read them before all you Americans :P)... There may be controversy behind both titles but there looks like there'll be some great stuff and some lacklustre stuff...

I hate to admit the first thing I noticed about UXM was something I didn't like (Xavier called Pietro Quiksilver, seems a bit uncharacteristic of their relationship) but I'll give it a chance.

What about all of you others? Anyone else as excited as I am?

is there some cross over between that issue of ultimate power and the ultimate x-men issue?

**Arilou** · 10-10-2006, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Beast

Johnny's hair makes me cry. God, I hate Greg Land's tracer art. :(

I'm more annoyed by the fact that the women seemingly have no internal organs.

**The Foreigner** · 10-10-2006, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by curefreak

is there some cross over between that issue of ultimate power and the ultimate x-men issue?

No, there isn't.

**caney** · 10-10-2006, 12:41 PM

I'm excited too!!! There's a lot of great stuff comming out tomorrow and these two are near the top of my list.

I'm looking forward to the new Ultimate X-men arc because I'm hoping it will be a change of pace from the last story. And it's 48 pages. And it has a backup story by McKeever. Yay for comics. :D

**curefreak** · 10-10-2006, 12:57 PM

i dont know who those chicks are but they sure dont look like the squadron supreme to me.

**The Foreigner** · 10-10-2006, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by curefreak

i dont know who those chicks are but they sure dont look like the squadron supreme to me.

That's because they are the Ultimate Serpent Squad.

**curefreak** · 10-10-2006, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by The Foreigner

That's because they are the Ultimate Serpent Squad.

are they in league with the squadron supreme?

**The Foreigner** · 10-10-2006, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by curefreak

are they in league with the squadron supreme?

No, it seems Bendis is pulling another Gladiator or Omega Red from USM-- An opening "Bond" style sequence with some sort of throwaway villain that leads into the main story.

**Nyssane** · 10-10-2006, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by The Foreigner

No, it seems Bendis is pulling another Gladiator or Omega Red from USM-- An opening "Bond" style sequence with some sort of throwaway villain that leads into the main story.

Well, Land said spoilers:

the girls fight Squadron Supreme, also, so they seem to have quite a decent-sized role within the mini.

end of spoilers Besides, the Ultimate universe is pretty baren when it comes to villainesses, so who knows when the Serpent Squad might show up again.

And for those who don't know, the Serpent Squad/Society consists of snake-themed villains from Gruenwald's Captain America (hence, the "Gruenwald Doctrine"). They were main villains for several years. I have an Anaconda site here. Or you can look up their individual entries on Wikipedia (I manage them, as well). *plug plug*