Ultraman Vol. 1: The Rise Of Ultraman
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- Author：Kyle Higgins
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Summary
In the darkness there lurk Kaiju - terrifying and unfathomable monsters。 Between them and the rest of us stands the United Science Patrol！ But who are these enigmatic defenders， and how do they perform their miracles？ Shin Hayata and Kiki Fuji have spent half a lifetime trying to find out - and now， their quest drives them toward a decades-old dark secret， and a collision course with a mysterious warrior from beyond the stars！ Kyle Higgins （Mighty Morphin Power Rangers）， Mat Groom （Self/Made） and Francesco Manna （AVENGERS） reimagine the classic origin of a pop culture icon as Ultraman rises at Marvel！ The histories of two worlds， the experiences of two lives， and the destinies of two heroes must reconcile as Ultra and Man struggle to become one - and if they don't， neither will survive！ The Rise of Ultraman （2020） 1-5
Reviews
Paul E。 Morph
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Marvel picks up another license and I breathe a deep， weary sigh。 You'd really think they'd have learnt their lesson from the loss of all the licensed properties they gathered in the '80s that they can now no longer reprint or include on Marvel Unlimited。 Oh， well。。。 Once bitten is apparently not twice shy。This is a retold origin story for Ultraman and my first experience of the character as I've not partaken of any previous incarnations。 It works well for what it is and was reasonably entertain Marvel picks up another license and I breathe a deep， weary sigh。 You'd really think they'd have learnt their lesson from the loss of all the licensed properties they gathered in the '80s that they can now no longer reprint or include on Marvel Unlimited。 Oh， well。。。 Once bitten is apparently not twice shy。This is a retold origin story for Ultraman and my first experience of the character as I've not partaken of any previous incarnations。 It works well for what it is and was reasonably entertaining。 The artwork was very good， which helped。 I'll probably give volume two a shot when it shows up on Marvel Unlimited but I don't think I'd actually pay money for this。My next book: Iron Man vol。 1: Big Iron 。。。more
Kyle Dinges
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I am 100% sure no one asked for an Ultraman series written by Kyle Higgins and published by Marvel。 I am 0% sure why I read it but here we are。 This is a series about Ultraman and the first giant kaiju occurs in the final issue。 It's boring。 I read this so you don't have to。 I am 100% sure no one asked for an Ultraman series written by Kyle Higgins and published by Marvel。 I am 0% sure why I read it but here we are。 This is a series about Ultraman and the first giant kaiju occurs in the final issue。 It's boring。 I read this so you don't have to。 。。。more
Oneirosophos
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alt_title: The Rise Of Exposition
Joshua Lawson
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I was torn as to whether or not I should check this book out given I’ve never encountered Ultraman before， but I had previously never encountered Conan the Barbarian before and adored my introduction to the character through the recent Marvel comics， so what the heck。Sometimes you read a story about giant robots fighting giant monsters and it’s mostly just people and not a lot of giant robots or giant monsters but you understand that you have to spend time with real people so that the giant robo I was torn as to whether or not I should check this book out given I’ve never encountered Ultraman before， but I had previously never encountered Conan the Barbarian before and adored my introduction to the character through the recent Marvel comics， so what the heck。Sometimes you read a story about giant robots fighting giant monsters and it’s mostly just people and not a lot of giant robots or giant monsters but you understand that you have to spend time with real people so that the giant robots and giant monsters have genuine emotional stakes and then sometimes you read a story about giant robots fighting giant monsters and it’s mostly just people and not a lot of giant robots or giant monsters and you know that all that stuff about real people and emotional stakes is just stuff grown ups tell you to horde all the giant robots and monsters to themselves。But ima probably watch some Ultraman someday though。 。。。more
Ritvij Tiwari
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The only reason I read this was my nostalgia for the TV show。 I guess we'll never know why we like the things we do as a kid。。。 oh wait， yeah we do: because children are half wit midgets！ The final issue was kinda fun but the rest was just generic stuff which Marvel loves to churn out now days。 The only reason I read this was my nostalgia for the TV show。 I guess we'll never know why we like the things we do as a kid。。。 oh wait， yeah we do: because children are half wit midgets！ The final issue was kinda fun but the rest was just generic stuff which Marvel loves to churn out now days。 。。。more
Sam Quixote
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Marvel have acquired yet another licence: Ultraman， a famous （in Japan） superhero franchise， that they’re softly rebooting with this first book， The Rise of Ultraman， for a new Western audience。 This one really tugged on my nostalgia strings because I grew up with Ultraman - I had the toys， the stickers， the books， and a whole raft of merch crap that’s long gone （sobs） - so I really wanted this one to be great， even though I’ve yet to come across a genuinely good Ultraman comic。 And I’m still wa Marvel have acquired yet another licence: Ultraman， a famous （in Japan） superhero franchise， that they’re softly rebooting with this first book， The Rise of Ultraman， for a new Western audience。 This one really tugged on my nostalgia strings because I grew up with Ultraman - I had the toys， the stickers， the books， and a whole raft of merch crap that’s long gone （sobs） - so I really wanted this one to be great， even though I’ve yet to come across a genuinely good Ultraman comic。 And I’m still waiting unfortunately！ The biggest problem with The Rise of Ultraman is how goddamn long it takes writers Kyle Higgins and Mat Groom to set things up。 It’s well over the halfway point before Ultraman finally swings into action and it takes the entire book for the premise to be established: kaiju flood into Earth and it’s up to Ultraman to stop them。 That’s far too long。 Because Ultraman is not a difficult concept for anyone to grasp: there’s an ordinary human who turns into a superhero （which is 99。99% of the superhero genre） who then fights monsters with superpowers - basically Hellboy。 The United Science Patrol are basically SHIELD， right down to the VTOL jets， which are just Quinjets， with its own questionable head of the organisation， the Fury-esque Ichinotani。 Higgins/Groom fill up the space extensively focusing on Shin Hayata， the new host of Ultra， and his buddy Cadet Kiki Fuji， as they rush around in a convoluted， and ultimately pointless， plot， until Shin becomes Ultraman and fights some monsters。 It’s really very boring。 But then， looking at Ultraman as an adult and not a fanboy kid， there isn’t much to the character besides Ultraman punching monsters， so I can see why they felt the need to do more。 Nor do I know how to make a good Ultraman story， having never really come across one before - all I knows is that reading about Shin and Kiki and all the dull USP conspiracy crap wasn’t at all entertaining。 I suppose it’s a decent introduction to the character for new readers， it’s just disappointing that this first book is essentially only table-setting。 That said， it doesn’t really explain how kaijus keep escaping from their limbo and continue coming to Earth， which is a major question that really should’ve been addressed （it was ignored probably because then there’d be no series if Ultraman/USP figured that one out）！ I had no problems with Francesco Manna’s art， or any of the artists contributing pages to this book - it’s a great-looking comic with a gorgeous Alex Ross cover。 And that final battle did make me smile as Ultraman went giant-size to battle Bemular （the poor man’s Godzilla） outside Tokyo， which was classic Ultraman。Hopefully with all this setup out of the way， the next book， The Trials of Ultraman， due later this year， will be more fun， but Ultraman， Volume 1: The Rise of Ultraman didn’t do much for me besides make me ultra-yawn far too often。 。。。more
Sarospice
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Wow！ I don't know anything about Ultraman but this mini took me there and got me interested。 The art had moments but it was really the writing and characterization。 I loved the use of kaiju and how the connection between Shin and Ultra works。 The highest regard I can give is I'm excited about the next series。 This felt like the people creating it were fans and wanted you to be a fan too。 Wow！ I don't know anything about Ultraman but this mini took me there and got me interested。 The art had moments but it was really the writing and characterization。 I loved the use of kaiju and how the connection between Shin and Ultra works。 The highest regard I can give is I'm excited about the next series。 This felt like the people creating it were fans and wanted you to be a fan too。 。。。more
Matt
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Collects The Rise of Ultraman （2020） issues #1-5 I picked up these issues on a whim， and ended up really liking them。 I've recently realized that I enjoy kaiju stories， and I also have an attachment to the name "Ultraman" because I watched a show when I was a kid called "My Secret Identity" （starring Jerry O'Connell） in which a teenager accidentally gained superpowers and used the name Ultraman as his secret identity。 That series had nothing to do with the Ultraman from Japan。 Because I haven't Collects The Rise of Ultraman （2020） issues #1-5 I picked up these issues on a whim， and ended up really liking them。 I've recently realized that I enjoy kaiju stories， and I also have an attachment to the name "Ultraman" because I watched a show when I was a kid called "My Secret Identity" （starring Jerry O'Connell） in which a teenager accidentally gained superpowers and used the name Ultraman as his secret identity。 That series had nothing to do with the Ultraman from Japan。 Because I haven't read anything or watched anything with this Ultraman before， I sometimes felt like I was missing inside references， but I was still intrigued by this series， and I'll read on to the next collection， called "The Trials of Ultraman。" 。。。more
Tiag⊗
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Excessively wordy and convoluted for what it is， but the art is really good。 Honestly， you better off picking up the Power Rangers series published by BOOM！ Studios， which is also being written by Kyle Higgins， way more entertaining。
Subham
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