Humphries Prepares for the "Ultimate" Journey

[CBR News]

Up and coming writer Sam Humphries enters the world of mainstream super heroes in May when he begins co-writing "Ultimate Comics Ultimates" with Jonathan Hickman. CBR spoke with him about his plans.


Full article here.

[wyokid]

SO EXCITED!!!!

[Drz]

So in short he really likes Thor, Nick, Hawkeye, Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk and Monica Chang. Likes to write villains who aren't pure evil bad guys, but a matter of perspective just like with Nick Fury himself.

[wyokid]

@MrV

So the cohesion between the three books is going to be a lot of fun and it's something that we're really going to focus on as we go through the spring and summer. What's unique about this is we've got three books with very distinct points of view. You've got 'The Ultimates," which is the big wide scope book. You've got "Ultimate Comics X-Men" which is more of a ground level book. I hate to characterize it any more than that because I don't want to spoil what Brian Wood has coming up. Than you have "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" which is all the things that Brian Wood and I introduce in the other two books seen through the eyes of someone who is essentially a child. Miles Morales is coming to terms with power and responsibility and all that great Spider-Man stuff in a world that is constantly being turned upside down over and over again. So we can examine the same events, issues, and themes from three very different perspectives. Figuring out how that all plays off against each other has been a blast. I can't wait for this stuff to start coming out.

Told you you shouldn't drop UCSM :P

[sage6paths]

I made a theory a while back when reading the previews and viewing a whole bunch of pictures. We see that WarMachine is back. We see Nick Fury under the Command of Xorn. No mention of the Children except that Reed Richards is the Most Wanted Man.
Theoru
1. Once SHIELD is taken over the Ultimates are now out of the Job.
2. With WarMachine coming back the new guy will use The Avengers as the New Public team while shanghaiing maybe Spiderwomen and Cap Britain.
3. Zorn vs Reed will happen. Zorn dies but kills all the Children making Reed Richards the Most Wanted Man.
4. Xorn is now in control of the RENEGADE Ultimates.
5. F@#KING ULTIMATES VS AVENGERS AGAIN!!!!!!!

[SpeedofLife]

So, how does Tyrone Cash fit into the Hulk timeline in light of Ultimate Origins?

I guess it would have to be before Origins, seeing as Banner tells Cash that "America isn't interested in making super-soldiers." Because, in Origins, he's part of an American effort to do just that.

I think him and Thor (due to to New Ultimates) have the most confused back-stories.

[sage6paths]

So, how does Tyrone Cash fit into the Hulk timeline in light of Ultimate Origins?

I guess it would have to be before Origins, seeing as Banner tells Cash that "America isn't interested in making super-soldiers." Because, in Origins, he's part of an American effort to do just that.

I think him and Thor (due to to New Ultimates) have the most confused back-stories.

It wasnt America. Britain. university of oxford i think.

[SpeedofLife]

It wasnt America. Britain. university of oxford i think.

I know. That's what I'm saying.

[wyokid]

I don't get why Thor's backstory is confusing...

[MrV]

@MrV

Told you you shouldn't drop UCSM :P

Too late, what's done is done.

Also, that doesn't tell me anything convincing, just a reminder Spidey is still an UU book. BMB couldn't get his shit together fast enough to catch up to his fellow collaborators. I don't care about what happens to Miles anymore, unless something good convinces me otherwise.

[SpeedofLife]

I don't get why Thor's backstory is confusing...

Direct quotes from New Ultimates:
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"My Father -an old man and a fool- sent me to Earth"

"[He] Kept me from Asgard"

-Thor

"For his arrogance and stupidity, Thor was banished to this place by our father"

-Loki
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Thor wasn't banished from Asgard. He was sent to Earth by Odin to help "remake" Earth in Asgard's image. And this was after Asgard and the rest of the Asgardians had been destroyed in Ragnarock. He wasn't kept "from" anything. And he certainly wasn't punished; in fact, Thor takes pride in being man's savior.


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"Perhaps my father was not such a fool. And I still have much to learn...

-Thor
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Again, he wasn't sent to Earth to "learn". To the contrary, man was supposed to learn from him!


Loeb basically gave Thor his movie origin, while Hickman created something new.

[wyokid]

Thor was banished to Earth to learn from the humans and Odin's plan was to also have the humans learn from him. Still not seeing anything wrong.

[sage6paths]

I guess it would have to be before Origins, seeing as Banner tells Cash that "America isn't interested in making super-soldiers." Because, in Origins, he's part of an American effort to do just that.

Banner was part of an effort to recreate the super serum. he turns into hulk. America discontinues project. banner goes to England to make a cure for the hulk while lying about the fact that he is hulk. cash turns into hulk. project discontinued. shield makes a project to create super serum in 2004.

[MrV]

Thor was banished to Earth to learn from the humans and Odin's plan was to also have the humans learn from him. Still not seeing anything wrong.

Thor was never banished. Fact: the official canon origin for Ultimate Thor is told in Ultimate Comics: Thor #1-4. That scene from New Ultimates is an error, just like what happened in Ultimate X #5 when it is said Banner turned into Hulk because of an incident related to gamma radiation. Loeb confused Earth-616 with 1610 and got his facts wrong more than once.

Anyone confused about Thor's origin should rely on the mini series I just mentioned and ignore the past mistakes.

[wyokid]

Thor was never banished. Fact: the official canon origin for Ultimate Thor is told in Ultimate Comics: Thor #1-4. That scene from New Ultimates is an error, just like what happened in Ultimate X #5 when it is said Banner turned into Hulk because of an incident related to gamma radiation. Loeb confused Earth-616 with 1610 and got his facts wrong more than once.

Anyone confused about Thor's origin should rely on the mini series I just mentioned and ignore the past mistakes.

Millar said gamma first :P