The ULTIMATES Omnibus WAS NOT What I Expected

Gem gives his thoughts on #TheUltimates #Omnibus by #MarkMillar and Bryan Hatch.
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[@iliketohearmenmoaning]

Gem's face in the thumbnail is when you slam the door shut and you hear your mom storming towards you. We've all been there and that ass whooping was brutal

[@Couick27]

I love the Ultimate comics, it’s what got me started reading they used to include sample comics with T-shirt’s when I was like 9-10...Still have the entire Ultimate Universe run...I love how important it was to Secret Wars and how Miles and the Maker are officially in the 616

[@isuriadireja91]

Ultimates was what actually got me to move over from DC comics to Marvel. after this, I devoured Avengers Disassembled, New Avengers, House of M, Civil War, etc. (2nd golden age of Marvel)...just as Geoff Johns ruining DC comics (IMO)

[@WarTheory]

Was a pretty good read... tony was more like a plumber laying all kinds of pipe....all kinds

[@gianmarcotoval509]

I wonder if I’m the only one that got the hodgetwins reference lol

[@canceritself1854]

Tony just leaving them nuts hanging out.

[@BowmansWorld]

The ultimate thor trade is rly good.

[@timcline9689]

that bryan hitch art is amazing, i think i'll be picking up the reprint when it comes out

[@matthewlee9879]

What's up gem,I have the complete collection in the paperback editons but the omnibus editon looks freaking awesome!. i liked this omnibus review and is actually seeing the omnibus collection for the very first time so i enjoyed and appreciated this video.!

[@madman1180]

My first omnibus, I still have it to this day. I'm definitely getting the reprint. Hawkeye is a badass, so is Captain America. The ultimates made me a fan of both Cap and Hawkeye, this was before the first Avengers movie. The Avengers were never popular or big in the 90s as the X-Men but this run made me take notice of the Avengers.

[@jacksonwma]

Hickman and Pacheco did a Ultimate Thor run. I`d really like to see your review take on that. Yes ,it`s been collected.

[@theodorelorenzo7834]

Great review. I loved the Ultimate universe when I was younger. Probably pick up that reprint.

[@Ginzino]

This takes me back. Remember how long it took Hitch to complete the issues, mustve taken 4 years to complete both arcs, good times haha Also for some reason i ended up with i think 4 copies of issue 1 with one of them signed by Millar

[@iamthomasjudge]

I think it's the Rage of Ultron OGN that has my favourite description of Hank Pym. 'imagine if self doubt was a person'. Scathing.

[@progrocktommyscorner]

I need to read these again.

[@JIMELLINGTON]

man the new format with background music and images is great

[@turtlecomicreviews7599]

Im excited for the reprint. Will be getting it! I love all the avengers in this omni! They are different and that's why i love it.

[@Alex-yx5qh]

Hank Pym is not abusive in the original comics he hit her once during his mental breakdown. Spider man did the exact same thing in the 90s no reason do dislike the character (in my opinion) he is great especially in the avengers west coast comics

[@Ginzino]

Spidey got a free pass for smacking then preggers MJ across the room

[@Alex-yx5qh]

@@Ginzino exactly

[@JennySparkz]

Dude has been paying for that breakdown smack for over 40 years, damn. Feels bad man

[@skord176]

The Hank Pym 616 abusive persona wasn't even supposed to be canon. According to Jim Shooter, the artist mistook it as a backhand when it was supposed to be an accidental hit.

[@tommullings9912]

Read a bit of this run a while ago. It was cool to see the different takes on the characters we all know and love. Gotta love alcoholic tony.

[@cordellfrank1798]

Ultimate Thor Though

[@timocomx]

Got the reprint in my pulllist already!

[@masterpizza4871]

Ultimates and Ultimate X-Men by Mark Millar were really the last comic runs I read back in the day. Everything since featuring edgy superheroes has felt derivative to me so that's why I stick to the classics.

[@BowmansWorld]

Those rnt rly classics lol, and early ultimate comics are the edgiest things ever.

[@masterpizza4871]

@@BowmansWorld Classics as in 70's through early 90's.

[@joelatorre]

So the ultimate avengers omnibus also by Mark Millar (the white omnibus with green lettering) is a follow up to this one I assume? Great review and cool having background music

[@GemMintCollectibles]

yea i believe so

[@siluxkhan6544]

The art in comic books are awesome. I wish I could draw like that.

[@steveclark1142]

I literally just got done reading Ultimate Avengers Vs. Blade before watching this. It's a damn great story.

[@JWEntertainment77]

Love the background music feels like I'm going back to Jurassic Park!

[@Webhead787]

Definitely putting on the pull list since i got some single issues back in the day but never finished reading the line.

[@omnitheus5442]

This could be my favorite Marvel omnibus. I honestly mean that!

[@jeanmalo7173]

Was looking for a paperback version of a run to get and found The Ultimates on Amazon (Canada) for under $30, guess I'll be reading comic books again...DANG!!!

[@nivagcomicsreviews7074]

So I take it you have not read the ultimates by Hickman. Great run.

[@daymeinvanblocken3407]

Thanks, Gem Mint.

[@username54487]

Good review!... Though I personally prefer without music

[@jimmyvolakis5194]

So cool.😊

[@brentlevanen2252]

The different takes on the classic characters sounds interesting. I’ve always liked Ultimate Spider-Man, maybe I have to give it a read some time. Awesome video Gem 💎

[@GODemon13]

Scarlet Witch and Quick Silver? Freaky, freaky. What a mutated, mutant freak that would produce. Sign me up! That sounds SICK!!!

[@unrulysimian3897]

An issue of the first Ultimates and Ultimate Spidey were the first floppies I bought in over a decade. Bam, off to the races again.

[@aznsketcher]

effing great video, Gem. very informative about all the characters and your opinions on them.

[@chrisbarrettFilmstudio]

Just wait for ultimatum gem

[@paulrazvan6156]

Lol

[@whiterunguard4717]

Damn the way you describe this book with the music behind it is epic as fuck i have to go buy this book now

[@theomegaman3489]

Great history lesson Gem !

[@anwarsyed9513]

Tbh I love the ultimate Spider-Man more than any ultimate comics in my opinion 🔥

[@paulsaini7309]

I enjoyed this run. Sold my TPBs to get the omnibus reprint. I’d also recommend Cataclysm which combines these Ultimates Avengers and our Avengers to battle Galactus. Thanks for the video!

[@EvXXL97]

I'm all gemmed up!! Newest member comin atchya

[@GemMintCollectibles]

yooooo my man

[@acebobbomb]

G’day Gembo, you ever had a Spanish Omelette before, mate?????!!!!!! 🇪🇸 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

[@isuriadireja91]

one of the best stuff I've ever read..with pictures. It pretty much inspired Kevin Feige to jump start the whole MCU.

[@NFLDude56]

I remember Ultimate Iron Man established that he was born with super sensitive skin, so he had to have that goo coating him.

[@InfinityNexusReviews]

BTW you called him Bryan Hatch in the description.

[@kerinkellynerdcorner]

Good brother Gem Mint.✨✨✨🙌🏽👊🏾

[@danielgreen2788]

love your show man! great show!

[@GemMintCollectibles]

thanks!

[@noelbartocci3500]

Yooooooo.... I want to know about that sick t-shirt you have on of Omnibus spines. That's dope.

[@GemMintCollectibles]

got it from the omnibros live youtube channel

[@KingConan]

I've had the tpbs of these 2 omnis for years. Completely on the fence about upgrading.

[@GhostFaceSkiTzO]

Dope review . Have you heard about/ interested in the new Marvel Horror omnibus September 4th?

[@GemMintCollectibles]

1st im hearing about it

[@21roy_]

I never read anything from the Ultimate Universe except for every Miles Morales issues. The only thing I want to read is the whole Spider-Man (Peter) run but man it's like 150 issues!

[@GemMintCollectibles]

ultimate spider-man peter and miles feel like regular spider-man....the ultimates feel very different from the avengers though

[@nuao88]

The ultimate Peter Parker run is 160 issue, and worth every single page! It's incredible, he's my favourite version of Spider-Man by a long shot 🕷️

[@comickulttrio2031]

Love that shirt Gem!

[@MrJol420]

2:35 lol he doesnt just slap her. She goes minature and he sprays her with raid and sicks ants to attack her. Its attempted murder but they act like it was a back hand

[@RyanRoemer8624]

He is still a loving husband

[@mikeval1525]

3:20 that’s Betty Ross and Bruce banner relationship and plotline not hank and Janet.

[@raptorrancher]

What’s the story difference between this Omni and the Ultimate Avengers Omni by Millar? I can see the issue difference on Amazon, but storywise???

[@GemMintCollectibles]

2 different runs...The Ultimates and Ultimate Avengers

[@nozkaian]

Nice video, I have mixed feelings about the ultimate universe but this run is good, as well as Spider-man. I think I hate Hank Pym and Iron man the most.

[@mike6526]

This sounds crazy. Def off of what I expected to.

[@danieladams5132]

Dang this sounds right up my alley. Great video, Gem! Just to make sure it goes: Ultimates 1 and 2, then 3 and Ultimatium (which are bad), then Ultimate Avengers ?

[@GemMintCollectibles]

i need to double check that myself

[@boxinnigga]

Yes but ultimates 1&2 and canon so to speak? Ultimates 3 was unrelated and its own story. I didn't finish Ultimate avengers it was about vampires and got weird lol

[@jeanmalo7173]

8 page fold-out poster...cool

[@joshuacooper5381]

I liked those avengers animated which were basically the ultimate movies they did a while back, I wish marvel would got back to make those animated movies again

[@MADDROBB]

I just finished the Ultimates and although I had my criticisms I ended up thoroughly enjoying the read. I really had to keep telling myself “this is not my Cap” and “this is not my Bruce” or”Hank Pym” lol But I had a good time reading it

[@Aku-kr7uk]

Awesome story, huge Millar fan, i don't think it was dated an i consider it the best avengers story ever.

[@jeffh8094]

I'll definitely pick up the reprint of this when it comes out for the art alone, but the story, well, I'm not so sure I'll like it, but I'll give it a read. Marvel made two animated movies out of this run around 2007 or 2008. I own them both and they're not bad, for animated movies. In those movies, I believe the team is called the Avengers and not the Ultimates, but this is definitely the story used for the movies.

[@Xin_Hyun_]

Hey dude loving the videos man

[@GemMintCollectibles]

thanks Marco

[@jdsantibanez]

Great comic!

[@jeremyg371]

thx gem

[@nikoladimitrijevic9713]

This is on my list --- I don't know what to do now. :/

[@francoisdemorcy5084]

They were meaner and edgier. Hawkeye was a beast. Black Widow was really cold. Pretty cool. Not a big Nick Fury fan

[@VogtTD]

The only thing that makes me hesitate on this is the exclusion of Ultimates 3.

[@skord176]

I don't think Ultimates 3 is even worth including in the omnibus because the writing in Ultimates 3 sucks ass. Unlike Ultimates 1 and 2, Ultimates 3 is NOT EVEN COHERENT to the prequels which is why I think they excluded it in the omnibus. Second, the tone of Ultimates 3 is not coherent with the previous two books. It is darker and violent with a lot of needless swearing. They also butchered characters such as Hawkeye who threatened to shoot the Wasp if she calls him Clint. Thor also seems to lose what makes him "Ultimate" and looks more similar to his Earth 616 counterpart. Characters such as Valkyrie and Black Panther join the Ultimates without explanation and villains appear left and right whereas Ultimates 1 and 2 have villains that were built up throughout the issues. Also, just a short jab, Hulk and Nick Fury, two of the most important Ultimates characters, didn't appear in Ultimates 3.

[@davidgraham8299]

The ultimates was a FANTASTIC book til jeph leob came along and messed it up. It provided one of the funniest lines I've read in a comic (you guess which one). I've got the two hardcovers, will probably upgrade to the omni when it comes out.

[@turtleanton6539]

Nice

[@HM-kp1cf]

looooool the game of thrones references

[@athan336]

did they treat the avengers like all star batman

[@alexgarcia-ct1pg]

Dope! Haven't dabbled

[@jcaceres516]

Now read ultimates 3. What a downgrade

[@Ginzino]

The art was just as amazing, Joe Mad is the man but yeah the story was a complete mess

[@unrulysimian3897]

Jose Caceres - yup

[@spencertaylor7660]

Then read Ultimatum

[@benwhelband7220]

@@spencertaylor7660 oof

[@JIMELLINGTON]

hey gem i know marvel is the hot stuff right now but come on give DC some love on those recent reads, that last knight on earth run is really good, heroes in crisis as well, or the calsic ones like kingdom come and justice, idk

[@boxinnigga]

Having met Mark Millar and having had an extended conversation with him, I hate when people pronounce his last name "Mill-R." It's Miller asked the man myself lol

[@ardenaudreyarji]

This is basically “Asshole Avengers” Lmao

[@mickiemallorie]

I forgot how "to the extreme" Millar was/is....he is hit or miss. Great ideas but he needs to be tempered down. See Kick Ass, Authority, Wanted, etc.

[@peterx1957]

I have the first Ultimates run as part of a HC series I'm buying. I was very put off by the depictions of Captain America and The Hulk. Cap in particular is just a jingoistic, gung-ho bully. Hulk is just sick.

[@Alex-yx5qh]

Currently reading the shield omnibus from the 60s.do you have that omnibus?

[@GemMintCollectibles]

i do have that one...seems like a tough read

[@Alex-yx5qh]

@@GemMintCollectibles the steranko stuff has aged fantastically

[@InfinityNexusReviews]

Talking about name dropping, I remember in the first volume Betty Ross is crapping all over Bruce and she mentions she's going out with Freddy Prinze Junior. I still don't get why this is an omni without having volume 3. Makes absolutely no sense to me.

[@realdopecomics]

Uh where can I get that shirt 👀

[@GemMintCollectibles]

Omnibros Live teespring account

[@bbaerga121697]

I hope this means we can get vol 2 of ultimate Spider-Man and more

[@unrulysimian3897]

brandon God mode - amen!

[@rsl9481]

I know this is a long shot but when you are reviewing these omnis is there any chance you could link to them on in stock trades? Cause i want them but can only end up finding about 1/2 of them when i search lol

[@GemMintCollectibles]

haha that because theyre ususally out of print...this has been solicited for a reprint early next year though...i think its up for PO at dcbserivce.com

[@rsl9481]

@@GemMintCollectibles awesome, thank you sir

[@insanebeast5150]

Yo can you review “The Batman who laughs” the HC book. Please

[@MrKrupal007]

Can you review transmetropolitan

[@GemMintCollectibles]

reading it now

[@jenskpower]

I buy venomibus vol 1 Today

[@chucktownattack]

What happened to Manimal? Hope to see him back.

[@GemMintCollectibles]

left the channel

[@chucktownattack]

@@GemMintCollectibles Bummer man. I hope things stayed amicable between you guys. We got Phie now.

[@freddiealonsonido]

From here I'd skip to Ultimate Avengers, it's the return of Millar to Ultimates and I thought just as good as this. Takes place after Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum which y'know please skip for your own mental health 😂. Great review.

[@GemMintCollectibles]

i have a miles omni review ready to go....i need to read that ultimate avengers run

[@YJSho_Nuff_]

To be honest i loved the Ultimate Avengers. At a point the Avengers over the years got abit boring to me. Teams like FF4 and X-Men had way more interesting storylines than the Avengers. The two story arcs that really drew my interest for them were Secret Empire, Civil War 1, and The Ultimate series. Sometimes you need to switch it up and add spice to these characters and storylines for more interest and less stale

[@mike6526]

I going to have to pick it up! Sounds wild!

[@GemMintCollectibles]

reprint has been solicited

[@mike6526]

@@GemMintCollectibles let me know when please!

[@21roy_]

@@mike6526 Amazon says Feb 25th

[@mike6526]

Larry king! 😁

[@daxecutioner101]

I love Ultimates 1 and 2! Shame just about everything that came out after sucked!

[@videoguy6966]

This take on Captain America makes it hard for him to find a lady. Someone his age is too...well... old. Someone young would just be too different for them to be compatible. It is more acceptable than how he found ladys in the MCU where he double dipped in to two different generations of the same gene pool 😱. In relation to Tony Stark dating all these famous ladys I wonder if he would be interested in Scarlet Johansson 😜.

[@nikoladimitrijevic9713]

I am watching this like 5th time. I don't know weather to take this or not. Cartoon was very cool but this seems kinda worse. I am really on 50 : 50 scale here. Someone help me decide? :D

[@GemMintCollectibles]

try it

[@nikoladimitrijevic9713]

@@GemMintCollectibles all right! We had similar taste so far, I will. Thanks for the reply Gem. ;)

[@mikeehrmantraut4695]

The first two Ultimates volumes are amazing, the third is absolute dog shit

[@uncultured-collective]

Was not a fan of this run. Although thought provoking just didn’t like seeing the personalities as they were displayed. Similar to the superheroes of The Boys. Mark Millar never fails to point out the failures of believing in “heroes”. Great video 👍 but music was distracting for me. I prefer just the commentary! But hey, man if more people dig it (and u do as well) then do it up. 🍻 🍺

[@RyanRoemer8624]

Marvel Max is way more edgy

[@TevyaSmolka]

yeah ultimate captain america was such a complete jerk

[@PeterXHinoul]

In February 2020 will we get a reprint after 11 years being a white whale! LOL

[@mike6526]

Damn what's up with all the domestic abuse crap? This is wild!