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Most Significant Issue in the Ultimate Universe?

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Mac Man

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I'm doing something for an upcoming project and I'm trying to gauge readers' response: What's the most important issue in Marvel's Ultimate Universe and why?

 

Can't wait to hear your thoughts!

 

 

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How do you define "significant?"

 

For instance, I'd nominate:

 

Ultimate Spider-Man # 1 -- First Ultimate book, became a key issue that kicked off the 2000s, started the longest interrupted run by creative team (that broke Kirby/Lee's run on FF).

 

Ultimates # 1 -- First black (blatantly Samuel L. Jackson) Nick Fury, which Marvel then adopted for the movies. Because of Jackson's portrayal in these movies, the average non-comic reader now thinks of Nick Fury as black.

 

Ultimate Fall-Out # 4 - First Miles Morales.

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How do you define "significant?"

 

For instance, I'd nominate:

 

Ultimate Spider-Man # 1 -- First Ultimate book, became a key issue that kicked off the 2000s, started the longest interrupted run by creative team (that broke Kirby/Lee's run on FF).

 

Ultimates # 1 -- First black (blatantly Samuel L. Jackson) Nick Fury, which Marvel then adopted for the movies. Because of Jackson's portrayal in these movies, the average non-comic reader now thinks of Nick Fury as black.

 

Ultimate Fall-Out # 4 - First Miles Morales.

 

Any way you want - personal choice, academic, your call. :D

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How do you define "significant?"

 

For instance, I'd nominate:

 

Ultimate Spider-Man # 1 -- First Ultimate book, became a key issue that kicked off the 2000s, started the longest interrupted run by creative team (that broke Kirby/Lee's run on FF).

 

Ultimates # 1 -- First black (blatantly Samuel L. Jackson) Nick Fury, which Marvel then adopted for the movies. Because of Jackson's portrayal in these movies, the average non-comic reader now thinks of Nick Fury as black.

 

Ultimate Fall-Out # 4 - First Miles Morales.

 

+1 (thumbs u

 

That's the list right there.

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My favorite besides spiderman 1 is

 

Ultimate fantastic four 22 - first full marvel zombies & Origin. No not 21 and CGC finally recognizes this.

 

This book created its own craze and multiple book series and action figures galore!!!

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How do you define "significant?"

 

For instance, I'd nominate:

 

Ultimate Spider-Man # 1 -- First Ultimate book, became a key issue that kicked off the 2000s, started the longest interrupted run by creative team (that broke Kirby/Lee's run on FF).

 

Ultimates # 1 -- First black (blatantly Samuel L. Jackson) Nick Fury, which Marvel then adopted for the movies. Because of Jackson's portrayal in these movies, the average non-comic reader now thinks of Nick Fury as black.

 

Ultimate Fall-Out # 4 - First Miles Morales.

 

+1 (thumbs u

 

That's the list right there.

There's more to this list folks (shrug)

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Ultimates # 1 -- First black (blatantly Samuel L. Jackson) Nick Fury, which Marvel then adopted for the movies. Because of Jackson's portrayal in these movies, the average non-comic reader now thinks of Nick Fury as black.

 

:gossip: black Nick Fury was in Ultimate Marvel Team-up 5 a few months before Ultimates 1 came out. Although some might consider it a cameo as it was only 2 or 3 panels.

 

Also add Ultimate Fantastic Four 21 - 1st Marvel Zombies

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That was the white-guy Ultimate Nick Fury. I don't think we ever really got much of an explanation for that one.

 

Maybe I'm mis-remembering, but I thought he looked SL Jackson-ish... I'll check tonight

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+1 on all the books mentioned so far.

 

For me Ultimates #1 is the big one. It's an obvious big deal from a wider-world perspective and it also hit on all the things that made the Ultimate universe so phenomenally great when it delivered on the premise.

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How do you define "significant?"

 

For instance, I'd nominate:

 

Ultimate Spider-Man # 1 -- First Ultimate book, became a key issue that kicked off the 2000s, started the longest interrupted run by creative team (that broke Kirby/Lee's run on FF).

 

Ultimates # 1 -- First black (blatantly Samuel L. Jackson) Nick Fury, which Marvel then adopted for the movies. Because of Jackson's portrayal in these movies, the average non-comic reader now thinks of Nick Fury as black.

 

Ultimate Fall-Out # 4 - First Miles Morales.

 

I would add Ultimate Spider-man #1 white variant cover : IMHO this cover started the whole "variant" phase of the industry. It used to be called "collectors cover", now it's a "variant cover"..... the 1:25 : 50 : 100 : 150 : 1,000,000,000 :applause:lol

 

Heck... me and my LCS didn't even knew about the white cover, and I found one at the dollar bin (in prime condition) a few months after.

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How do you define "significant?"

 

For instance, I'd nominate:

 

Ultimate Spider-Man # 1 -- First Ultimate book, became a key issue that kicked off the 2000s, started the longest interrupted run by creative team (that broke Kirby/Lee's run on FF).

 

Ultimates # 1 -- First black (blatantly Samuel L. Jackson) Nick Fury, which Marvel then adopted for the movies. Because of Jackson's portrayal in these movies, the average non-comic reader now thinks of Nick Fury as black.

 

Ultimate Fall-Out # 4 - First Miles Morales.

 

I would add Ultimate Spider-man #1 white variant cover : IMHO this cover started the whole "variant" phase of the industry. It used to be called "collectors cover", now it's a "variant cover"..... the 1:25 : 50 : 100 : 150 : 1,000,000,000 :applause:lol

 

Heck... me and my LCS didn't even knew about the white cover, and I found one at the dollar bin (in prime condition) a few months after.

 

I automatically assumed that was the one he was talking about already.

 

-J.

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Ultimates # 1 -- First black (blatantly Samuel L. Jackson) Nick Fury, which Marvel then adopted for the movies. Because of Jackson's portrayal in these movies, the average non-comic reader now thinks of Nick Fury as black.

 

:gossip: black Nick Fury was in Ultimate Marvel Team-up 5 a few months before Ultimates 1 came out. Although some might consider it a cameo as it was only 2 or 3 panels.

 

Also add Ultimate Fantastic Four 21 - 1st Marvel Zombies

 

:gossip: the FF zombies were in issue 21. The rest of the Marvel Zombies didn't show up until 22. The CGC label is incorrect on 21.

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Ultimates # 1 -- First black (blatantly Samuel L. Jackson) Nick Fury, which Marvel then adopted for the movies. Because of Jackson's portrayal in these movies, the average non-comic reader now thinks of Nick Fury as black.

 

:gossip: black Nick Fury was in Ultimate Marvel Team-up 5 a few months before Ultimates 1 came out. Although some might consider it a cameo as it was only 2 or 3 panels.

 

Also add Ultimate Fantastic Four 21 - 1st Marvel Zombies

 

The idea is rep'd on my list but I'm also tracking it MTU #5 as well. (thumbs u

 

And I'm going with an easy 21-23 for Marvel Zombies - good call on these for sure.

 

 

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That was the white-guy Ultimate Nick Fury. I don't think we ever really got much of an explanation for that one.

 

Maybe I'm mis-remembering, but I thought he looked SL Jackson-ish... I'll check tonight

 

First_Ultimate_Fury.jpg

 

Definitely not the Sam Jackson Nick Fury. He even showed up white in Ultimate X-Men before he showed up in Ultimates & was suddenly black. Marvel essentially just hand-waved it away & fans didn't really care, but I remember someone asking about it a LONG time ago & Joe Q just saying something along the lines of "it doesn't matter".

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