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Posted by The One on 6/5/2008, 10:22 pm, in reply to "One Ultimate Title Gets The Cut! Which Will It Be?"
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ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN <-- they'll never cancel it as long as Bendis is churning out stories that sell ULTIMATE X-MEN <-- have stopped collecting it a long time ago, so definitely a candidate ULTIMATE FF <-- have stopped collecting it a long time ago, so definitely a candidate ULTIMATES <-- no need to comment on this So I guess it's clear... Ultimates has been damaged beyond repair. --Previous Message-- : This is an interview that I found where : Quesada says that one of the Ultimte titles : will be discontinued! Which Ultimate title : do you think should get the axe and why? : : : ULTIMATE REVEALS : Marvel E-I-C Joe Quesada drops hints about : Ultimate titles 'Origins' and : 'Ultimatum'…and the book that gets axed! : : By Danny Spiegel : Posted 06/03/08 : : : : Way back in 2001, there was a sequence in : Marvel Team-Up #3 where Bruce Banner : plaintively and cryptically tells Spider-Man : that, "It's all connected…They don't : want you to figure it out. They don't want : you to know." Well, now it appears they : do. And in this case, the Marvel team-up for : June, 2008 is Brian Michael Bendis and : Jackson Guice, who have combined their : talents for Ultimate Origins, a five-issue : miniseries that will not only reveal the : conspiratorial connection between Nick Fury, : Captain America, the super-soldier serum and : the Weapon X program, but will also set up : the fall's imprint-altering Ultimatim series : by Jeph Loeb and David Finch. Here, Marvel : Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada previews the two : defining series, talks about the : cancellation of one Ultimate title and takes : a look back at the line that arguably set : the tone for comics in the 21st century. : : WIZARD: What can you tell us about Ultimate : Origins? : QUESADA: You're going to learn a lot about : how the Ultimate Universe really came to be : and many of the mysteries that were planted : years ago by our writers, and [there'll be] : the most incredible revelation which will : cause several characters to rethink their : role in the Ultimate Universe and will also : put a stake in the sand that will say, : "This is what makes the Ultimate : Universe different. This is how the origin : of a lot of our characters is very, very : different than what you would witness in the : Marvel Universe." : : Was this always the plan or did this develop : over time? : It was a little bit of both. There were : definitely some stories we knew we wanted to : tell that involved some of our characters : and their pasts, and then there were a : couple of other layers that were added later : on as we started to get more and more : involved with the universe. : : Those hints including that prophetic line in : Marvel Team-Up where Bruce Banner says : "It's all connected"? : Believe me, when we get to that moment : [where all is revealed], it literally will : be that, "Luke, I'm your father" : kind of moment where you go, "Oh my : god!" : : So Darth Vader's gonna be in this, is that : what you're saying, Joe? : Uh, no. Unfortunately, we tried but we ran : into some sort of copyright problems. Lucas : really gets tough with that sort of stuff. : But, no, it'll be that kind of a moment : where you go, "Wow. What does this mean : for all these characters and the way that : they view themselves and what will they do : now?" The beauty of the Ultimate : Universe is that it allows us to do things : that we could never even consider doing in : the Marvel Universe just because we have 40 : years of history. But what's also been : wonderful about the Ultimate Universe is it : really is the road map of what you probably : will see in the future of the Marvel : Universe [in terms of] the tonality of the : books. It's a great place for new readers to : come on to our books and learn about the : Marvel Universe in a small way. It's only : four books a month, and it sets the tempo : for what the flavor of Marvel Universe books : is going to be like later on. : : What else should we expect from the Ultimate : line of books? : Ultimate Origins leads us right into : Ultimatum and I can assure you there's going : to be a major shake-up of titles and : characters. Ultimate [Origins concludes] the : end of this year so we're talking probably : an unrecognizable Ultimate line, based upon : today, in early 2009. : : And one of the Ultimate series will be : canceled, but you can't say which one? : I can't tell you because it gives a lot : away. It may give away a big ending. But, : yes, I mean, you know, some people will miss : Ultimate Spider-Man. Some people won't. : : But will that canceled title come back, : though—and we're assuming it's not Ultimate : Spider-Man—whichever one it is? : No, not in that same iteration. We'll be : launching a few new things but the important : thing is that we're still keeping the title : count to three to four books a month. It's a : good buy-in number for the new fan. You can : say, "Listen, you pick up these four : titles a month and you get a full universe : of the highest possible quality." And : every once in a while there might be a fifth : book here and there as a miniseries that : you'll see. : : Will there be any other miniseries? : There is a series of miniseries by a huge : creator that will happen in 2009. It's stuff : that people have been asking for and really : wanna see. And I do anticipate that we'll : also finally get the finale of Ultimate : Wolverine vs. Hulk. We have everything but : the last script in from Damon [Lindelof] and : of course Leinil [Yu] is still working on : Secret Invasion so when Leinil's done with : that I suspect he might want to finish that : series, too. He was having a lot of fun on : that. : : The title Ultimatum almost sounds like a : threat, as if you might be saying, "If : you don't buy this comic, Brian Bendis will : ridicule you in his vicious letter : column." Is that how the fans should : take it? : I will devour a kitten. Maybe several. : [Laughs] No, you know, put in whatever you : want. "Buy this issue or I fire Brian : Bendis off of Ultimate Spider-Man." So : if anybody likes that book, there you go. : : Continuing the trend of mining Hollywood for : writers is "Heroes" writer Aron : Coleite who's writing an X-Men arc that : leads up to Ultimatum. : We have been so impressed with Aron as a : writer. So much so that Jeph Loeb had to : call and yell at me because I had planned to : offer Aron more Marvel work. Jeph said—and : I'll try to give you the non-expletive : version—"I introduced you to Aron : because he's one of my best writers on : 'Heroes,' so if you take him and put him on : more books, it means that his attention : won't be fully focused on 'Heroes' and I : will have to do horrific things and acts of : mutilation upon your body and your loved : ones." So that was enough to make me : really think twice about offering Aron a : tremendous amount of work at Marvel. But I : suspect that eventually he'll smarten up and : realize that working for me is a much nicer : place than working with Jeph Loeb. : : : : : :

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