The Ultimates 2, Volume 1: Gods and Monsters
2005 • 152 pages

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15

If you've read the original Ultimates you already know that nearly every character is kind of a shitty person in some way. Mark Millar is awesome at making that happen. Growing up in the seventies, I looked to superheroes as paragons of goodness. In my pre-pubescent mind, they were. As an adult I know that morals vary from reader to reader, but I think everyone needs their version of good people in at least a portion of their entertainment. I'm not sure that good people are often available.

Having said all that, shitty people do make for page turning. Even thought I feel worse about the world, I have to say the story is compelling.

January 27, 2015