| What happens when you combine the writing tandem of Brian Michael Bendis, Jeph Loeb, and J. Michael Straczynski, with the stunning artwork of Greg Land? You get Ultimate Power, a massive cross over event between the Ultimate universe and the universe of Straczynski's Supreme Power/Squadren Supreme world. While this sounds interesting, a majority of Ultimate Power is just a lame collection of fights. Normally, this wouldn't be such a bad thing (after all, with a cross over like this, who wouldn't be expecting panel after panel of fights?), but Ultimate Power comes off as just one big bore. There is little to no character development with anyone involved, and despite the big promises that Ultimate Power sets out to make (one major character switches universes, all of this is supposed to lead into the major Ultimate event, Ultimatum), the book as a whole just comes up as empty. With a writing tandem of Bendis, Loeb, and Straczynski, such a thing would seem impossible, but alas, it is. Greg Land's artwork is spectacular without a doubt, so the book isn't a total loss, but it doesn't come close to living up to its potential either. All in all, if you're a Marvel Ultimate universe fan or a fan of Land's work, Ultimate Power may be worth a look, but otherwise this book is more than likely best left on the shelf. |
Ultimate Power (Marvel Comics) Books In Print, Audio Books.