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Tomorrow Men
The Ultimates -- the first government-sponsored cadre of Super Heroes -- was assembled to face threats to humanity too insanely powerful forother operatives to handle.Led by a general who gave an eye in the service of his country, the super-powered roster includes a billionaire playboy in a high-tech suit of armor, a World War II super-soldier whom fate has thrust into the...more
Mass Market Paperback, 323 pages
Published
August 29th 2006
by Pocket Star Books
(first published January 2nd 2006)
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This is NOT your father's "Avengers." Okay, they almost are. However, they are a revamped version of the Avengers, now officially sanctioned by the government with slightly alternate histories.
For example, Steve Rogers was in the ice floe for something more like sixty years than twenty-five or so. Banner did not become the Hulk by exposure to a gamma bomb, but instead by experimenting with the Super Soldier formula. Nick Fury resembles Samuel L. Jackson, yes, you got it, he's black.
Still, this...more
For example, Steve Rogers was in the ice floe for something more like sixty years than twenty-five or so. Banner did not become the Hulk by exposure to a gamma bomb, but instead by experimenting with the Super Soldier formula. Nick Fury resembles Samuel L. Jackson, yes, you got it, he's black.
Still, this...more
Oct 19, 2007
Andrew
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
comic books geeks and Joseph Campbell readers
In the Ultimates series, Marvel revisits the mythology of all its major characters (here, we see Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man) in manner that is far more emotional and realistic. The story contains a mildly insightful commentary on political corruption and the undue power of public relations. The entire book is vividly drawn and colored with remarkable detail.
I stopped collecting comic books when Marvel started revamping their title with the Ultimate alternate universe. Never bought any Ultimates comic so didn't really know it and maybe it's helping me to appreciate the books more. With no background, I didn't judge how the author use the characters but judge the story-telling.
First chapters were great, I discovered a new world, lot of good action not just cheesy superhero style. He tried to give each characters some spotlights and something it's slo...more
First chapters were great, I discovered a new world, lot of good action not just cheesy superhero style. He tried to give each characters some spotlights and something it's slo...more
The Ultimates's headquarters have been broken into by a quintet of people claiming to be from the future (hence the title, tomorrow men), and they bring tidings of a great evil that the Ultimates need to take out today, in order to chance the tyranny of the future. Of all the Ultimates to take these men and their message to heart, Tony Stark finds himself compelled to do so most fervently, especially in light of the legacy that he hopes to leave behind (as well as to the future), but are the tom...more
Very few writers can make you suspend your belief in your own universe. Mike does that with this book. It draws you in to an alternate universe, no, make that a double-alternate universe, a universe once-removed from the Marvel universe we all grew up with, and you never, for a second, doubt the reality of his words, the actions and dialogue of his characters and the intensity of his plot.
Friedman takes the characters from Marvel's 'Ultimates' comic series, gives them a more 'comic book-y' story than the actual comic, loses the politics and pop culture and replaces it with more action.
He also tones down the 'Writing people as jerks makes them more realistic!' that is Mark Millar's main writing gimmick.
It makes for a decent super hero/ sci-fi adventure, but while it's a fun, fluff read, you can't stop thinking 'this would have been better if it had been about the real Avengers'.
Th...more
He also tones down the 'Writing people as jerks makes them more realistic!' that is Mark Millar's main writing gimmick.
It makes for a decent super hero/ sci-fi adventure, but while it's a fun, fluff read, you can't stop thinking 'this would have been better if it had been about the real Avengers'.
Th...more
Not quite the Avengers, but then neither was the movie. Decent tale that fits between the first two Ultimates series. Well-written and characterized, it was a tad lacking in the plot area. Still worth a read for genre fans.
Worth reading if you're a fan of the comic series,but the end seems a bit of an anticlimax. I like the characterization of Tony Stark though.
I have a weakness for anything superhero, so I enjoyed this for just the super powered action. For me, the mysterious agenda of the Tomorrow Men and the time travel science and drama was mildly interesting. More interesting was the grittier, more realistic version of the Avengers personalities. Friedman teased me with the relationship between Scarlet Witch and her brother Quicksilver and the Iron Man-Black Widow romance. I am looking forward to more from Friedman.
The elite Marvel group teams up in this venture to stop the bad guys from doing bad things. Comic book characters with a real plot, minus the fancy artwork. Not a bad days read for superhero fans.
Apr 17, 2008
Ev
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Eveyone. Mostly Teenagers
Recommended to Ev by:
noone
This Book is incredible. Way more twists and turns than you would expect from a book like this. And So much action. I couldn't put this book down.
Ev
Ev
Apr 08, 2013
Micah
marked it as to-read
Mar 11, 2013
Shawn
marked it as to-read
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Michael Jan Friedman is an author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which are in the Star Trek universe. Ten of his titles have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. Friedman has also written for network and cable television, radio, more than 150 comic books, most of them for DC Comics, for whom he created the Darkstars.
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