CBR: Paniccia Oversees an "Ultimate" Rebirth

[CBR News]

Editor Mark Paniccia spoke with CBR News about the new titles that are part of Marvel's "Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn" initiative while sharing an exclusive look at "Ultimate Fallout" #2 and "Ultimate Comics Hawkeye."


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[Samorai_black]

Im really looking foward to X-men. It seems like it will just be Ultimate-X but called X-men and have that type of story for awhile at least. Im just happy we get to see Storm again.

[theXfactor]

I was expecting more questions... we didn't get much new information, but every series sounds promising. I'm excited for the relaunch.

[Plawsky]

Awesome, awesome, awesome! The interview itself wasn't spectacular, but the preview art gave some nice information. First off, Hitch is doing some interiors for fallout it seems. And it looks great!

But way cooler, is that it seems that Fallout will be addressing the end of Ultimate Thor and New Ultimates. The World Tree is regrowing, Thor returns to Asgard, Odin is there, and Hela shows up. I'm not sure what I was expecting Fallout to be, but this is looking to be even better than I hoped. Hawkeye sounds awesome, too, and Sandoval's art looks great. And I love this quote about the X-Men:

"In the Marvel Universe, the X-Men are fighting to realize a dream, but in the Ultimate U, the X-Men are fighting to wake up from a nightmare."

Also - "Plus, we'll get a chance to see what terrible things have been happening to characters we haven't seen since "Ultimatum." That's very exciting.

I can't wait!

[wyokid]

Looks like Thor Jr. has done some growning up! tis a good time to be a comic book reader!

[wildstorm3]

Well after reading Ultimate x-Men 1-82, Ult. F4 1-75, Ult Spidey 16-now and the various minis, I am sorry to say, Marvel, that I will be dropping the Ultimate line. After continuous relaunches I feel that it is just being done as a publicity stunt.

[Sinx]

Awesome! I'm excited. Hopefully we'll see some Thor Jr. in Ultimate Fallout. I'm really glad it's coming out weekly so we'll get through it quick and onto the Universe Reborn stuff.

[Skaddix]

I was expecting more questions... we didn't get much new information, but every series sounds promising. I'm excited for the relaunch.

Sounds promising yeah. Did not get much. The Thor stuff looks interesting. Not surprised about Hawkeye, Ultimate is already a badass.

And its does seem like Ultimate X for the X-men just with a new cast. Jean, Derek, Firestar gone and Jimmy traded to the new team.

[MarvelMaster616]

It's all really amazing stuff. We've got a nice, clean and accessible universe here.

This was all the proof I needed to figure out that Paniccia either hasn't read the Ultimate universe or just doesn't care. Clean? Accessible? I'm sorry, but Ultimatum rendered the entire Ultimate series about as clean as OJ Simpson's credibility on women's rights. How clean can a universe be when it's riddled with replacement characters, needless deaths, and shock gimmicks? There is more substance to the last two Saw movies than there is to Ultimate. When did Ultimate become a series where death stuck? Gwen Stacy, Hank McCoy, and even Cyclops during Ultimate War proved that was a total load. I'm really not sure Paniccia really bothered to read anything in Ultimate before Ultimatum. That or he's ignoring it the same way some people ignore Donald Trump's lousy hair-piece.

Plus, we'll get a chance to see what terrible things have been happening to characters we haven't seen since "Ultimatum."

Really? After two years they're FINALLY getting around to this crap? I'm left to wonder what is the true point of Ultimate now? Is it just a series where gimmicks can run free? Where writers can get away with BS that would get them fired in 616? If that's the reason for Ultimate then that's a bad reason. I honestly believe that the writers think they're doing a good thing here, but I don't think they understand that gimmicks only go so far with a broad audience. You can't kill a character and try to replace them with someone else. The Clone Saga in 616 proved just how pitiful that idea is. You also can't make every story so grim and gritty that the only thing to look forward to is more grim and grittiness. There needs to be BALANCE. Ultimate has been completely unbalanced since Ultimatum and the more I hear about this relaunch, the more I feel that it'll continue to grow unbalanced. Once Marvel runs out of gimmicks, they'll realize just how lousy these ideas truly are.

[SpeedofLife]

Really cool seeing Loeb and Hickman's Asgards combined.

And I guess they're giving Thor the belt back?

[Plawsky]

This was all the proof I needed to figure out that Paniccia either hasn't read the Ultimate universe or just doesn't care. Clean? Accessible? I'm sorry, but Ultimatum rendered the entire Ultimate series about as clean as OJ Simpson's credibility on women's rights.

Oh, I didn't realize that you had already read the upcoming relaunched Ultimate books. Would you like to tell us what happens in them? We're all dying to know.

Seriously, at least wait until a book comes out before you bash it. Your hate for Ultimate is getting increasingly ridiculous. You claim to still be a "fan," but every time anyone makes an announcement about the UU, you instantly complain.

[Personamanx]

This is how I find out that Nick Spencer is writing a New Ultimate X-men book? Christ, every time I'm without the Internet for a few days it's announced that he's writing something I wanna read.

Getting it of course.

[Nurse Ninja]

No garuntees on the belt, I think that thats all hella telling Hellboy Thorson (no takers? oh well) about his father. nice take on the art, its all character designs taken from the ultimate thor run with creeping hints of the thor films artistic style. nice.

[Wolverine12]

Sooo excited for everything Ultimate. One line that stuck with me is "Plus, we'll get a chance to see what terrible things have been happening to characters we haven't seen since "Ultimatum." You thought most mutants were killed. Some have been facing a fate worse than death." What have they been doing to poor Storm and Colossus????

[Movieartman]

Yes for the love of god yes bryan hitch returns to the ultimate universe