Bendis‘ love for the characters from both realities is clear and this book feels big and important - as it should. There’s an encounter between the two versions of Tony Stark, an awkward meeting between the 616 Peter Parker and his gender-altered clone, the Ultimate Spider-Woman, and a unification of both universes’ greatest heroes. The book is a study in contrasts between the two universes as even the lettering style is different for each set of characters. If the Ultimate Universe is going out, it’s going out with a bang as the two forefathers of everything Ultimate, Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, present a meeting between the heroes of the 616 and the Ultimate Universe. We don’t even really get to see Banner or King Hulk (we do get to see plenty of other Hulks) but we do get a lot of dinosaur-on- Hulk action and what else can you really ask for? This one stands out as an insane gem that needs to be experienced. Instead of a focus on the characters and elements from the classic Planet Hulk event, Sam Humphries instead focuses on a gladiator version of Steve Rogers who journeys with his faithful steed Devil Dinosaur (AWESOME!) to the realm of Planet Hulk. Now this is not what I was expecting at all.

This title is bursting with potential and should be a great deal of fun moving forward, even if it does suffer a bit from crossoveritis. For such a simple premise, the debut issue packs in a great deal of gravitas and drama as the women of the Marvel Universe fight to keep their own realm safe in the complex political landscape of Battleworld.

This story is rather simple: Miss America breaks the Battleworld laws of Doom and is punished. But if you’re a stalwart Marvel faithful, this one will scratch all sorts of itches. Colorists: Laura Martin & Matt Milla.Ī-Force is one of those new titles that would be inviting to new readers if it weren’t caught in the story morass of a mega-event.

SECRET WARS bursts open this week with SIX titles - and we review them all!Ī-Force #1.

Planet Hulk (2015) #1 by Sam Humphries