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Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand by Bendis, Brian Michael, Fialkov, Joshua Hale(February 17, 2015) Paperback Unknown Binding

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The fallout from the Age of Ultron rips open a dangerous rift in spacetime, depositing Galactus in the Ultimate Universe! And he possesses a hunger so strong, no universe is safe. Creating new heralds, the unstoppable Galactus destroys the Chitauri, the Kree Empire and more...and Captain Marvel is seemingly lost in battle. Is this the beginning of the end? Has Rick Jones failed to stop Earth from destruction? And if so - what happens next? As the death throes of a universe begin, a hero is reborn...and a cataclysm is upon us The Ulimates' Last Stand 1-5, Ultimate Spider-Man 1-3, Ultimate X-Men 1-3, Ultimates 1-3, Hunger 1-4, Cataclysm 0.1, Survive 1

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Brian Bendis
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Brian Michael Bendis is an award winning comics creator and one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For the last eleven years, Brian’s books have consistently sat on the top of the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s popular AVENGERS franchise by writing every issue of the NEW AVENGERS plus debuting the hit books MIGHTY AVENGERS and DARK AVENGERS along with the wildly successful ‘event’ projects HOUSE OF M, SECRET WAR, SECRET INVASION, and SIEGE.
This summer will see the blockbuster new line-ups for AVENGERS and NEW AVENGERS.
Other recent projects include the groundbreaking SPIDER-WOMAN MOTION COMIC, that debuted number one on iTunes TV sales chart and the New York Times best selling HALO graphic novel.
Brian is one of the premiere architects of Marvel comic’s Ultimate line of comics. A line of comics specifically created for the new generation of comics reader. He has written every issue of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN since it’s best selling launch in 1999, and has also written ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR, X-MEN, MARVEL TEAM UP, ORIGIN, SIX and the ENEMY trilogy.
He is creator of the JINX line of crime comics published by image comics. This line has spawned the graphic novels GOLDFISH, FIRE, JINX, TORSO (w/ Marc Andreyko) and TOTAL SELL OUT.
Brian’s other projects include the Eisner award winning “POWERS” (w/Mike Oeming) from Marvel’s creator owned imprint ICON, and the Hollywood tell all “FORTUNE AND GLORY’. Entertainment Weekly gave both projects an “A.” SONY and FX networks are currently developing POWERS for series with Brian as exec producer.
Brian is currently adapting his spy graphic novel FIRE for Universal Pictures as a starring vehicle for Zac Efron.
Brian is a member of Marvel studios creative committee, which consults on their numerous ongoing film projects. He has consulted on IRON-MAN and IRON MAN 2 and is currently consulting on THE FIRST AVENGERS: CAPTAIN AMERICA, THOR and THE AVENGERS
Brian has won five prestigious EISNER awards, including ‘Best Writer of the year’ two years in a row. He has also won over two dozen Wizard comic awards. Brian is the recipient of the Cleveland Press ‘Excellence in Journalism’ Award and was named “Best Writer of the Year.” by Wizard Magazine and Comic Buyer’s Guide for three consecutive years.
He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Alisa, his gorgeous daughters Olivia and Sabrina and his dogs Lucky, Max and Buster.
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Joshua Hale Fialkov
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Joshua Hale Fialkov is the Harvey, Eisner, and Emmy award nominated creator of graphic novels, video games, prose, and the occasional screenplay. Best known for his cult hit series I, VAMPIRE for DC Comics, as well as the Eisner Award nominated TUMOR and Harvey Award nominated ECHOES.
Joshua is the upcoming writer of ULTIMATE COMICS: THE ULTIMATES for Marvel.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, author Christina Rice, their daughter, and their cat, Smokey.
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G. Pyrgiotakis

Greta book.

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2024

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I got it because I need to complete the story of miles morales. Overall a great book part of the ultimate marvel universe.

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thedean

Definitely a world-changer for the Ultimate universe

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2015

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Collected in this book are a bunch of titles all connected to the Cataclysm event: Where Galactus from the 616 (Main Marvel) Universe enters the 1610 (Ultimate Marvel) Universe and fuses with the Gah-lak-tus robotic swarm to become a threat that threatens not only their Earth, but all of existence as well. It's great how they arrange it, placing the chronologically and more vital Hunger titles first, followed by the 0.1 and main story and then following that up with all the tie ins from the Spider-man, Ultimates, and X-Men titles. They end it with Survive, a single title that serves as the launching pad for where the Ultimate Universe went following the event, which definitely shook up the status-quo.

The art throughout the book was vibrant and colorful, and stood out in a lot of places. It was more muted in the Ultimates and X-men side stories, but it didn't take away from the book as a whole. The stories themselves are rather well paced and are written well, packing in a lot of backstory but making it more accessible to those who may not have a detailed understanding of the Ultimate Universe. The changes felt in this book were definitely felt later on, especially certain character changes and deaths, of which there are many (though not as many as Ultimatum). Unfortunately I think the Ultimate universe went downhill from here but, it was a fun read nonetheless. It's interesting in retrospect, given now we know the ultimate fate of the Ultimate Universe

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SPOILER FREE review: the story is awesome and it's in the proper order of reading!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2014

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You get a LOT of material in this collection for your money. 20 great issues collected. Great stuff.
First off, the collection is in the BEST order possible in regards to reading.
You get the four issues of the HUNGER mini-series at the beginning (since the events in HUNGER set up the devastating events that occur later in the Cataclysm collection) followed by CATACLYSM # 0.1.

After that, you get the MAIN story which is CATACLYSM: THE ULTIMATES' LAST STAND (which is a five issue mini-series involving Spider-man, the X-men, the Ultimates, and MANY others from Marvel's ultimate universe).

After the main story ends, then you get the SIDE STORIES, which would be the three Cataclysm mini-series (three issues each) with Ultimate Spider-man, The Ultimates, and Ultimate X-men.

Finally, you get the epilogue, which is SURVIVE # 1 (which wraps everything up in a very emotional way).

This entire CATACLYSM collection contains 20 (yes, TWENTY) ultimate comics in all.

I know others have stated that they wanted the three side stories and the main story put in release order as oppose to the way they were organized in this collection. But if Marvel were to do that, the entire collection would be a CONFUSING mess to read. The reason for that is the three side stories have their own things going on. While they do tie into the main story, they are best read SEPARATELY from the main story and SEPARATELY from the other side stories (despite the connections they all have with each other since they deal with the cataclysm at hand).

Yes, Cataclysm is a crossover (and a VERY important crossover for the Ultimate universe which has some SERIOUS permanent effects on the entire line of books) but Marvel did the RIGHT thing by placing the main story SEPARATELY from the three side stories.

As for the story itself, it is FANTASTIC.

Galactus (THE Galactus) is the main villain of this book and he is NOT playing around. That's all I'm going to say.

If you have been following all the Ultimate books since the 2011 relaunch (with Miles Morales as Spider-man, Kitty Pryde as the leader of the X-men and having to experience devastating events like "World War X", and the Ultimates (Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Nick Fury, and the rest of the gang in their ongoing series)facing some of the most insane challenges in the history of Marvel comics) then Cataclysm will serve as a wonderful treat for most of you.

Even if you haven't been following the Ultimate books (I'm aware many people left after the conclusion of 2009's Ultimatum mini-series) I would still highly recommend reading Cataclysm. It's THAT great. It's VERY easy to follow from beginning to end, even if you haven't picked up an ultimate book in years. Granted, you might have to do some quick research on Wikipedia if you have no clue who Miles Morales is and why he's Spider-man in Marvel's ultimate universe or are wondering about a few other things. Otherwise, the Cataclysm collection is VERY easy to get into for newcomers, even if you haven't read an ultimate book in the last several years.

Cataclysm is a great story from beginning to end.
Read it, enjoy it, and hang on for one hell of an emotional ride.
I STRONGLY recommend you buy this collection and read it the minute you get it.
It's fantastic.

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Harold Holt

Cataclysm: The Reader's Last Stand

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2016

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What happens when the world-devouring Galactus makes his way from the prime Marvel Universe into Marvel's Ultimate Universe? That's the plot of this collection from writers Brian Michael Bendis and Joshua Hale Fialkov.

For the most part, this compilation moved pretty quickly and was a lot of fun to read. I commend Bendis on his very ingenious use of the Ultimate X-Men's Kitty Pryde in the unlikely but exciting conflict. This was a fun story that could have been even better, if not for lazy reprint editing--or lack thereof.

This compilation collects a 'family' of miniseries(plural) under the CATACLYSM umbrella. The heart and soul of the story is chronicled in THE HUNGER (4 issues) and CATACLYSM: THE ULTIMATES' LAST STAND (5 issues) and the CATACLYSM 0.1 one-shot. I will also include the SURVIVE one-shot which serves as sort of an epilogue. My problem is with the UKTIMATE X-MEN, ULTIMATE SPIDERMAN and ULTIMATES tie-in minis that were also included.

The reading chronology would have been much smoother if the editors had cared enough to splice these tie-ins sequentially between the proper issues of the core series instead of just randomly chucking them in at the end. As it stands, the first half of the book depicts the formidable threat of Galactus and its staggering conflict and resolution while the second half presents these tie-ins which, chronologically, were actually taking place DURING Galactus' attack. So by the time we're reading these tie-ins, we already know the outcome of the great conflict, so reading them is largely moot at this point. In and of themselves, they're not that spectacular, coming off more as redundant filler than anything of a must-read caliber. Placing them in their proper event sequence would have made these tie-ins a bit more engaging.

So I give this one three stars. It could have gotten four if the reading had been more chronological. But the book IS worth reading, and I will probably reread the first half of the book again and again.

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Francys Sauvageau

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on December 3, 2015

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Great storyline and art. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

BP

Excelente história, excelente encadernação.

Reviewed in Brazil on March 13, 2015

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Gostei bastante da história, da forma como Galactus foi parar no universo Ultimate e em como toda a história se desenrolou. A publicação também está excelente, com capa dura e veio sem nenhum arranhão.

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Unni M. Kakanadan

Five Stars

Reviewed in India on February 16, 2015

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One the best events in Marvel Universe...

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L. Ribeiro

As expected

Reviewed in Spain on December 10, 2014

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interesting story and art, it matched my expectations, even if the «merging» of galactus seems a bit far fetched (yes, I'm aware of the ridiculousness of that last part...)

Stan FREDO

Encore une "ultimate" catastrophe !

Reviewed in France on August 27, 2014

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Au cours de l'événement ' Age of Ultron ' (2013), il s'est produit des dommages dans le continuum spatio-temporel qui font que des failles font passer des personnages d'une réalité à une autre. Ainsi, la guerrière Angela a débarqué dans un épisode des Gardiens de la Galaxie (cf. ' Guardians of the Galaxy: Angela Volume 2 '), ou bien deux Spider-Men de deux réalités différentes se sont rencontrés (cf. ' Spider-Men ').

Cet épais volume (hard cover avec dust cover), narre la plongée de Galactus, le "dévoreur de mondes" bien connu de "notre" univers Marvel, dans l'univers..."ultimate" de la Maison des Idées ! Après ' Ultimatum ', l'univers "ultimate" à peine remis de différentes guerres vit son deuxième... "Cataclysm" majeur, qui nous est narré en 20 épisodes par les scénaristes Joshua Hale Fialkov (JHF) et Brian Michael Bendis (BMB).

Ces 20 chapitres découlent des comic books suivants :

- mini-série 'Hunger' en 4 numéros (JHF, avec Leonard Kirk aux dessins),
- comic book 'Cataclysm #0.1' (JHF, avec Mico Suayan, Mirco Pierfederici et Leonard Kirk aux dessins),
- mini-série 'Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand' en 5 numéros (BMB, avec son complice Mark Bagley aux dessins),
- mini-série 'Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man' en 3 numéros (BMB, avec également Mark Bagley),
- mini-série 'Cataclysm: Ultimates', en 3 numéros (JHF, avec Carmine Di Giandomenico aux dessins),
- mini-série 'Cataclysm: Ultimate X-Men' en 3 numéros (JHF, avec Alvaro Martinez aux dessins),
- comic book 'Survive! #1' (BMB, avec Joe Quinones aux dessins).

Je ne suis pas un exégète des séries "ultimate" mais, à l'attention de celles et ceux qui aiment bien savoir où est passée la suite des aventures qu'ils ont appréciées, je peux confirmer que la suite de ' Ultimate Comics Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis Volume 5 ]]' se trouve dans cet épais volume. En fait, cet événement vient clore la deuxième ère de toutes les séries "ultimate" en cours jusque là depuis "Ultimatum".

'Hunger' met en avant le personnage de Rick Jones, jeune terrien de l'univers "ultimate" doté bien malgré lui de pouvoirs incommensurables et de responsabilités cosmiques qu'il préfèrerait ne pas avoir à assumer. Il se retrouve projeté au cœur d'une opposition entre Krees et Chitauris au moment d'une attaque de l'essaim de Gah Lak Tus, lui-même "en transe" compte tenu de l'arrivée imminente, via une "faille", du Galactus "de chez nous" ! Et ce dernier a faim, très faim ! Galactus absorbe l'essaim Gah Lak Tus pour en faire son héraut de malheur, et ni les Krees, ni les Chitauris, ni Rick Jones, ni le Surfeur d'Argent "ultimate" ne pourront arrêter la progression de Galactus vers... la Terre de l'univers "ultimate" et en particulier, le New Jersey.

'Cataclysm #0.1' se centre sur Sam Wilson de l'univers "ultimate" et sa dulcinée, la Vision du même univers. La Vision tente de faire barrage à Galactus...

La mini-série 'Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand' constitue le cœur de cet événement, avec Miles Morales, les Ultimates, les FF, les X-Men tous réunis en opposition à Galactus, à qui même Thor n'arrive pas à faire entendre raison. Le Cap' et Iron Man vont devoir se résoudre à faire appel au pire des personnages de l'univers "ultimate" pour tenter une solution, avec le gamin Spidey en guise de surveillant... Je n'en dis pas plus, car ce serait enchaîner les spoilers...

Les trois séries en trois numéros suivent - Spider-Man, Ultimates (avec Nick Fury et une équipe "alternative" d'ultimates incluant Hercules) et les X-Men (ce qu'il en reste...) -, pour présenter les mêmes événements que ceux connus via la série centrale, mais bien entendu sous des angles différents. Les trois épisodes de Spider-Man sont essentiels pour comprendre ce qui va suivre après cet événement pour ce personnage (cf. notamment ' ' se trouve dans cet épais volume. En fait, cet événement vient clore la deuxième ère de toutes les séries "ultimate" en cours jusque là depuis "Ultimatum".

'Hunger' met en avant le personnage de Rick Jones, jeune terrien de l'univers "ultimate" doté bien malgré lui de pouvoirs incommensurables et de responsabilités cosmiques qu'il préfèrerait ne pas avoir à assumer. Il se retrouve projeté au cœur d'une opposition entre Krees et Chitauris au moment d'une attaque de l'essaim de Gah Lak Tus, lui-même "en transe" compte tenu de l'arrivée imminente, via une "faille", du Galactus "de chez nous" ! Et ce dernier a faim, très faim ! Galactus absorbe l'essaim Gah Lak Tus pour en faire son héraut de malheur, et ni les Krees, ni les Chitauris, ni Rick Jones, ni le Surfeur d'Argent "ultimate" ne pourront arrêter la progression de Galactus vers... la Terre de l'univers "ultimate" et en particulier, le New Jersey.

'Cataclysm #0.1' se centre sur Sam Wilson de l'univers "ultimate" et sa dulcinée, la Vision du même univers. La Vision tente de faire barrage à Galactus...

La mini-série 'Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand' constitue le cœur de cet événement, avec Miles Morales, les Ultimates, les FF, les X-Men tous réunis en opposition à Galactus, à qui même Thor n'arrive pas à faire entendre raison. Le Cap' et Iron Man vont devoir se résoudre à faire appel au pire des personnages de l'univers "ultimate" pour tenter une solution, avec le gamin Spidey en guise de surveillant... Je n'en dis pas plus, car ce serait enchaîner les spoilers...

Les trois séries en trois numéros suivent - Spider-Man, Ultimates (avec Nick Fury et une équipe "alternative" d'ultimates incluant Hercules) et les X-Men (ce qu'il en reste...) -, pour présenter les mêmes événements que ceux connus via la série centrale, mais bien entendu sous des angles différents. Les trois épisodes de Spider-Man sont essentiels pour comprendre ce qui va suivre après cet événement pour ce personnage (cf. notamment ' All-New Ultimates Volume 1: Power for Power ' et ' Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1: Revival ').

Le 'Survive! #1' conclusif, dont le titre dit bien ce qu'il veut dire, porte le deuil des héros tombés au front. Et dans l'univers "ultimate", les héros meurent vraiment ! Apparemment... Et là, en matière de "mort de héros", "on a du lourd" ! 'Nuff Said!

Au plan des dessins, si on met à part l'excellent Morales et un Kirk qui s'efforce d'élever son niveau de jeu jusque là sympathique, Di Giandomenico et Martinez n'impressionnent aucunement tandis que Quinones manque d'élégance. Mais le pitch se tient, si l'on admet cette question des "failles", et les différents récits retiennent l'attention. Si, de surcroît, vous appréciez particulièrement tel ou tel personnage, je pense spécialement à Spider-Man, cette lecture vous sera agréable et nécessaire.

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