Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Interdimensional series II: Spider-Men+The Hunger+Ultimate Cataclysm+Spider-Verse





Spider-Men 1-5
 616 Spidy meets Ultimate Spidy
  
Characters:                            
Heroes: Spider-Man (Peter Paker), Ultimate Spider-man (Miles Morales), Ultimate Nick Fury, Ultimate Tony Stark, Ultimate Thor and Ultimate Hawkeye

Villains: Mysterio

Sporting Cast:  Ultimate Ant May, Ultimate Mary Jane, Ultimate Gwen Stacy

Issue Summary:
·         1: Spidy battles Mysterio, who has been playing with some new technology and things go bad and it turns out that he  had created a portal that accidentally sends Spidy  to the Ultimate Universe.
·         2: Spidy meets Ultimate Spidy, and after a brief battle Peter is actually defeated by Miles and put in Shield custody.
·         3:  Both Spidys confronted by Mysterio’s Avatar they battle it and win.
·         4: Peter tries to find out what Ultimate Peters life was like.
·         5: Both Spidys plus the Ultimate track Mysterio down capture him and send Spidy back

Repercussions and Lasting effects:
·         Miles Morales get web shooters from 616 Spider-Man.
·         Mysterio is trapped in the Ultimate Universe

The Good:
·         616 Mysterio was actually the Ultimate one too, he  actually used avatar to explore this universe and cause trouble.  
·         Great to see both Spidys together and the first 616/Ultimate Universe crossover

Rating: 8





The Hunger and Ultimate Cataclysm

Galactus has arrived to the Ultimate Universe thanks to the events of the Age of Ultron, so get ready for him to cause all kinds of trouble and misery for the Ultimate Heroes.

Characters:                            
Heroes: Ultimate’s, Shield, X-Men, Spider-man (Mile Morales), Cloak and Dagger, Vision, Captain Marvel (Rick Jones), Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel (Mahr-vel)
Antagonist: Galactus, Gah Lak Tus, Kree, Skrulls

Villains: MODOK

Sporting Cast: Mysterio, J J Jameson and Valeria Richards, Watcher


Issue Summary:
·         The Hunger 1: Rick Jones arrives to observe the Kree/Skrull War when Gah Lak Tus horde arrives and causes all kinds of chaos and to make things worse 616 Galactus arrives and fuses himself with the Horde.
·         The Hunger 2: Silver Surfer arrives to give a hand to Rick Jones who is trying to stop Galactus.
·         The Hunger 3:  Silver Surfer and Captain Marvel (Mahr-vel) battle Galactus, but Marvel is killed by Galactus, passing the mantel of Captain Marvel to Rick Jones.
·         The Hunger 4: Rick is able to trap the Gah Lak Tus Horde in another dimension, saving Hala, leaving
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Galactus without a herald but heading for Earth
·         Ultimate Comics Cataclysm 0.1:  Vision confronts Galactus trying to stop his Progress heading to Earth, but he destroys Vision easily.
·         Cataclysm Ultimate Spider-man 1: Spidy has one of his normal super hero days when a giant Purple dude (Galactus) arrives to New Jersey, sending the city into total chaos.
·         Cataclysm Ultimate X-Men 1-2:  Ultimate X-Men have arrived to Tian looking for survivors after the Mutant war, when Galactus appears when Pixie who perceives danger ports the Team and some survivors to a much worse place by accident the place Captain Marvel had defeated Gah Lak Tus, but the evil entity is reactivate when coming in contact the Mutants, good thing Rick Jones arrives to save the day.
·         Cataclysm: X-men and Marvel battle Gah Lak Tus, Marvel sacrifices himself to stop Gah Lak Tus and saves the X-Men
·         Cataclysm the Ultimates Last Stand 1: Galactus starts the processes to consume Earth, the Ultimate and Shield attack him but it futile.
·         Cataclysm Ultimates 1-3: Total chaos in Europe because of the arrival of Galackus, MODOK works as a harbinger of Galactus and spreads a techno organic virus to help stop humans from interfering with his lunch, Fury’s Ultimate team is able to stop the infestation and defeat MODOK.
·         Cataclysm the Ultimates Last Stand 2: Earth heroes have no idea what they are up against, they
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interrogate Mysterio that is from Earth 616 and they discover more about Galactus since he’s seem to be from the same dimension, and they diced to send Reed Richards and Spidy to 616 Earth to the their Fantastic Four base to download all the info possible to see how they dealt with Galactus.
·         Cataclysm Ultimate Spider-man 2-3: Spidy and friends help evacuate the City, trying to save as many live as possible.
·         Cataclysm the Ultimates Last Stand 3: Spidy and Reed mission is successful and they retrieve the information.
·          Cataclysm the Ultimates Last Stand 4:-5: Heroes use Kitty Pride to stop Galactus, while in the final battle Thor pushes Galactus into the Negative Zone trapping him there

Repercussions and Lasting effects:
·         Vision is destroyed.
·         Birth of the Ultimate Machine man
·         Death of Captain America
·         Thor is lost in the Negative Zone with Galactus.
·         Captain Marvel (Rick Jones) seemingly killed by Gah Lak Tus.
·         Death of Captain Marvel (Mahr-vel)
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The Bad:
·         The New Ultimates that comes out of this series really sucked a lot.

The Good:
·         This crossover helps me to forgive Marvel over the whole Ultimatum debacle I regained my faith in the Ultimate Universe.
·         Ultimate Reed discovers what a hero 616 Richards is and what a good life he had, pushes ultimate Reed into being a hero again sort of.

Rating: 9











Spider-Verse

Morlun and his family are out to kill every Spider person in the Marvel Multiverse, and only the combined
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forces of Spider-man (616) and Superiors Spider-man can stop the carnage a save as many spider people as possible.

Characters:                            
Heroes: Spider-man 616, Superior Spider-man, Scarlet Spider-man (Kaine Parker), Ultimate Spider-man (Miles Morales), Spider-woman, Silk, Spider-Gwen, Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan), Captain Britain Spider-man, Spider-man 2099, Spider-man India, Spider-ham, Spider-man (Ben Reilly), Uncle Ben Spider-man, Captain Spider, Monkey-Spider-man,  Spider-man Noir, Six Armed Spider-man, Spider-Girl (Ashley Barton), Robot Spider-man (2 of them), Lunar Spider-man, Bruce Banner Spider-Man, Captain Universe Spider-man, Anansi, Punk Rock Spider-man, Mexican Spider-man, Ultimate Black Widow II, Araña, Punisher 2099,
Antagonist:
Villains: Morolun, Karn, Brix, Bora,  Daemos, Jennix, Verna, Solus, Miles Warren, Human Torch, Doc. Minerva, Puma, Kraven, Silver Sable, Green Goblin, Menace, Hammer Head, Silver Sable, Ox, Rhino, Vulture, Iron Man, Human Torch, Miles Warren

Sporting Cast:  Saturnyne, Lady Roma, Captain Britain Corps., Clash,  the Avengers and  Ezequiel


Issue Summary:
·         Amazing Spider-man 7: Spidy teams up with Ms. Marvel, to stop Doc. Minerva, from stealing a inhuman cocoon. Meanwhile Morlun and his family are on the hunt for Spider-people that they need
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to feed off to survive, but he’s being observed by Captain Britain Spider-man and that informs Roma what’s going on.
·         Amazing Spider-Man 8: Doc. Minerva has converted into a monster thanks to being exposed to the terrigen mist, but the heroes are able to stop the evil Kree woman, meanwhile Daemos one of Morlun brother’s kills Peter Parker from Earth-982 while his daughter Mayday Spider-girl saves her brother Ben escaping to another dimension.
·         Superior Spider-Man 32: Superior Spider-Man caught in the future, tries to return to his time but each time he does return it’s to a parallel dimension where a Spider-man has been killed, till he finally crosses paths with Indian Spider-man  who is being hunted by one of Morlun’s exiled brothers Karn, helping him escape. We also have the origins of assassin Spider-man.
·         Superior Spider-Man 33: Superior Spidy has made a team of Spider-people set out to stop Karn and his family but they are barely able to escape the confrontation and save cyborge Spider-man. We discover how Morlun’s family has captured the Great Weaver, and because of a mistake Karn has made he's put in punishment, exile.
·         Amazing Spider-man 9: Spider-man 616 is recruited by other Spider-people being lead by Ezequiel who also is a Spider-man to battle Morlun’s family.
·         Spider-Verse 1: Introduction of Ant-May Spider-woman.
·         Spider-Verse 2: Introduction of Punk rock Spider-man, he’s freaking cool as hell
·         Amazing Spider-man 10: Superior Spider-man and his crew save Miles Morales from Verna but when they port back to their base they are followed by Daemos, Brix and Bora, heroes barely escape.
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·         Amazing Spider-man 11: Spider-man 616 and Superior Spider-man face off to see who is the leader, 616 wins, while they are attacked by Solus the Father of Morlun, who defeat Cosmic Spider-man and kidnaps Ben Mayday’s baby brother.
·         Spider-verse Team-up 1: We see how Ezequiel recruits Ben Reilly Spider-men.
·         Spider-Verse Team-up 2: Miles Morales and Carton Spidy meet up with old school animated Spidy, they team up to battle the Sinister Six, in the second story Spider Gwen with Hobgoblin Peter Paker battle Verna, Peter sacrifices himself to save Gwen. 
·         Spider-man 2099 6: Spidy 2099 with Six Armed and Ant-May Spider-Woman, are attacked by Daemos Six Armed Spidy killed, Spidy 2099 captures him.
·         Scarlet-Spider 1-3: Kaine, Ben and  Ultimate Jessica Drew travel to Morlun’s home world and discover that he and his brothers are mass produced as clones, to have back up bodies if they get killed, Ben sacrifices himself to destroy the installation where the clone are.
·         Spider-Woman 1-2:  Spider-Woman having to take care of Silk have the bad luck to cross path with Brix and Bora, and they nearly kill Spider-man Noir, heroes barely escape. Jessica Drew goes to Morlun’s home world to spy on them discover what make them tick while Silk is on the run with Brix and Bora on her tail, we discover that the Jessica Drew on Morlun’s world is his concubine and 616 Drew takes her place, while Silk hopping dimensions escaping from Brix and Bora she discover their weakness is radiation.
·         Amazing Spider-man 12: Morlun and his father Solus battles all the Spider-men, killing Cosmic Spider-man and kidnapping Benjy Mayday’s little brother. Spider-woman meets the Great Weaver and while Silk meet old Uncle Ben Spider-man that has a special safe house.
·         Spider-Man 2099 7:  Deamos escapes and battles Punisher 2099.
·         Spider Woman 3: Jessica meets the Great Weaver, who give her two strolls that she sends to Peter explaining what Solus is after.   
·         Spider-Man 2099 8: Spider-man 2099 rebuilds the Vultron Spider-man
·         Amazing Spider-Man 13: We learn more about the prophesy and why Solus wants the Spiders dead, in a battle to capture Kaine, Solus is killed and Morlun kills Kaine. Peter and his crew decide to take the battle to Morlun and his brothers to rescue Silk and little Ben
·         Spider-verse Team up: Karn swithes sides and joins Peter and his Spider-men.
·         Amazing Spider-man 14: Peter and friend defeat Daemos and Morlun, but surprisingly superior Spidy kills the Great Weaver to stop himself from dying latter in his own time line.
·         Amazing Spider-man 15: Superior Spider-man starts wrecking havoc to preserve his existence, Peter defeats him and send him back to his place in the past.
·         Spider-Woman 4: After clean up some unfinished business on Morlun’s world, Jessica Returns to Earth 616 and decides to leave the Avengers.  

Repercussions and Lasting effects:
·         Spider-people killed: Spider-Cat, Spider-man from the animated series with Iceman and Starfire, Ani-men
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Spider-man, Peter Paker (Maydays father), Fantastic Five Spider-man, House of M Spider-man, Civil War Spider-man, Iron Armored Spider-man, Ai Apaec, Spider-man 1602, Capcom Spider-man, Ezaquiel Spider-man, Six Armed Spider-man, Cosmic Spider-man, Kaine
·         This crossover is sort of a prelude to the Secret War.
·         Jessica Drew leaves the Avengers
·         Julia Carpenter loses her prophecy powers.
·         Araña and Captain Britain Spider-man stay with the Great Weaver
·         Kaine seems to have reborn.



The Good:
·         Superior Spider-man is back briefly.
·         There are a few references of the collapse of the multiverse and what is going on with the incursion with the Avengers.
·         We get more of a back story to Morlun adding to the Spider-man Mythology.
·         Introduction of super cool Spider characters.
·         Cool to see how Morlun family keeps immortality and as characters they are freaking cool.
·         Karn is the Great Weaver, cool twist.


Rating: 10
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