Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof solved at least one mystery at Comic-Con yesterday: the whereabouts of his unfinished 2006 miniseries Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk.
The second issue of the planned six-part series was released in February 2006; the third issue initially was solicited for April 2006, but it never appeared.
That status of Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk has been a recurring question at Marvel convention panels, but at yesterday’s Ulimate Universe panel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada — with some help from Lindelof — finally had an answer.
When, like clockwork, the question was posed, Lindelof ran to the stage with the script to Issue 6 in hand.
“Hey, these pages are blank,” Quesada joked.
Lindelof apologized for the delays, and said he’d be “eating s**t” in the hall outside. (You may remember that last July he was about to turn in the script to the fifth issue.)
Lindelof even provided a title for the final issue: “The One That Took Two Years To F***king Write.”
Now how’s Leinil Fancis Yu’s schedule?
July 27th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
About F’n time! The second Yu is done with Invasion, get him these scripts. Do not pass Go, Do not collect $200.
July 27th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
About bloody time too. It should be standard Marvel practice from now-on to make Hollywood talent turn in all their scripts before any work is done after the tardiness of Lindelof, Heinberg and apparently now Jon Favreau.