With Ultimates 2 not yet finished and Ultimates 3 not even scheduled, who was expecting the announcement of Ultimates 4? Wizard Universe has a preview of the skinny, as writer Jeph Loeb explains:
“It’s not a follow-up [to Ultimates 3]. We use the same model as Superman/Batman in that each artist has their own story with the same writer, and if someone joins the team or dies in Joe’s story [Joe Madureira, artist of U3], it’ll be reflected in [artist of U4] Ed [McGuinness]’s story. But you shouldn’t feel as though you have to read Joe’s story in order to understand Ed’s story. You should be able to hop on, and that’s that. There would be elements and mentions of things, as with any good storytelling, but it wouldn’t be all that different, given the number of characters that we have to service in Ultimates and given who’s going to be on the team.”
Well, glad that’s all cleared up, then.
June 26th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
Jesus, I’m not even going to buy this book and this news STILL makes me want to punch myself in the face.
June 26th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Ahhh, the “One Year Later” gambit…. Well-played, Mr. Loed. Well-played.
Actually it’s a Stally-McStallathon to help cover somebody’s ass, but I couldn’t begin to guess whose.
June 27th, 2006 at 7:27 am
wow this seems really stupid. why can’t the Ultimates begin to operate like any other comic? Its time someone fill in the blanks of who these people are because despite the excellence of millars run everyone still seems fairly one dimension, (so did the ult. xmen before vaughan)