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Welcome to Ultimate! Where we dive deep into Earth 1610, the Ultimate Marvel Universe. Ultimate Marvel is a piece of comic-book history with a bad rep, Ultimate! is here to see if that rep is justified.
Join Eddie and Henry as we take on 15 years of comic book history and explore what makes these comics unique, from the good to the bad, to the dear god why!
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Ultimate! #9 - The A in Fact, Did Not Stand for France
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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Ultimate! #8 - DOOM (All Caps)
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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Theme song by Elipyle
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Ultimate! #7 - Full Metal Spandex
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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Ultimate! #6 - Who is Mr. Big?
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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Ultimate! #5- Super Soldiers, Starlets and... Scooby Doo Actors??
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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Ultimate! #4 - A Beginner's Guide to Growing Your Own Mole People
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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Theme song by elipyle
Cover includes art from Bryan Hitch