Fantastic Four 602

Issue: Fantastic Four 602
Arc: Forever (Part 3)
Released: 1/25/12
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artist: Barry Kitson

Rating: 100% ( 5 Positive 0 Negative)

Critical Consensus: Hickman and Kitson churn out another large scale Fantastic Four epic with a surprise team up.

spidermancrawlspace.com 3/5 (Fresh) Shaun Martineau  The script has some truly great moments with characters like Sue Storm, but has some truly bad dialogue with characters like Ben Grimm. In the end though, Barry Kitson’s art saves this issue and gives the oomph it needed to break even of coming directly in the middle of a rating.


Comic Vine 5/5 (Fresh) Sara Lima This is a very interesting book. Our heroes are not only faced with a huge problem, but they decide on a very unlikely solution to that problem. The question remains, will the plan backfire? I think that it will be interesting to see if Hickman delves deeper into the emotional and physical scars that the Negative Zone events may have had on Johnny. I felt that the Barry Kitson and Paul Mounts artistic team was perfect for this space adventure. Both artists did a fantastic job. I am definitely looking forward to the next issue.


CBR 3.5/5 (Fresh) Greg McElhatton "Fantastic Four" #602 kicks the current storyline into high gear, and just in time. If this momentum continues, we should have a fairly satisfying "Fantastic Four" epic when all is said and done.

IGN 9/10 (Fresh) Joshua Yehl This issue is where all of the planning, conversations, and positioning of past issues turn into epic battles, fiery explosions, and game-changing events. It's a credit to Hickman that he has elevated the Fantastic Four to such heights that even the Avengers assembled together in all of their might are hoping Reed Richards will find a way to save them. 


Crave Online 8.9/10 (Fresh) There's so much going on in HIckman's story that it takes two seperate comics to encapsulate it all, and it still feels really busy.  But it's big-thinking, high-minded stuff dabbling in the cosmic realms, and that's always admirable. 

Ultimate Spider-Man #160 (Death of Spider-Man Part 5)

Issue: Ultimate Spider-Man 160

Arc: Death of Spider-Man (Part 5)

Publisher: Marvel (Ultimate)

Released: June 22, 2011

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis

Artist: Mark Bagley

Inker: Andy Lanning

Colorist: Justin Ponsor

 

 

Rating: 90% (9 Fresh 1 Rotten)

Critical Consensus: One of Marvel Comics' most beloved characters goes out with a bang. But will Ultimate Spider-Man continue to be the flagship of the Ultimate Universe?

   

IGN 7.5/10 (Fresh) Jesse Schedeen When you come right down to it, the appeal of reading the finale to Ultimate Spider-Man doesn't lie in learning whether or not Peter Parker dies.

CBR 5/5 (Fresh) James Hunt Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! Admittedly, it is happening in the Ultimate Universe so it isn’t the real Peter Parker, but still: the Death of Spider-Man.

Geek Speak (mySA) (Fresh) Rene Guzman For months, Marvel has hung “Death of Spider-Man” over comic fans’ heads like this glossy dark specter with its grim, albeit sensationalistic promise of killing off such a major superhero from its pocket Ultimate universe. At last, Ultimate Spider-Man No. 160 delivers that death blow to Ultimate Peter Parker and a fine comic series in spectacular fashion.

Adamreisinger.com (Fresh) Adam Reisinger But like I said, I've been trying to ignore all that, and just enjoy these issues for what they are, which are incredibly well-written, well-drawn stories that bring the tale of "Ultimate Spider-Man" to a natural conclusion.

Newsarama (Fresh) Colin Bell The clue was in the title, everyone! Not a metaphorical death, or a retirement of the identity of Spider-Man as some had guessed; this is the issue where Peter Parker faces down the Green Goblin: One. More. Time. With fatal results!

Comic Vine 4/5 (Fresh) Tony Guerrero  The end of the Death of Spider-Man arc is here. After months of waiting, will this be the final appearance for Ultimate Spidey?

Big Shiny Robot  Jeff Vice (Rotten) They really did it. “They,” of course, are the folks behind the “Death of Spider-Man” story line in the Ultimate Comics version of the title

Multiversity Comics  10/10 (Fresh)Matthew Meylikhov This is it: the Death of Spider-Man is here. In this polybagged issue from the creative team behind Ultimate Spider-Man #1, we're given the first "boundary pushing" storyline from the Ultimate universe in quite some time. And boy, are things tense right now.

The-ush.com (Fresh) Ben Mayfield This is it, ladies and gentlemen.  After months of twists and turns and ominous banners, the fateful moment arrived for Peter Parker in a polybag-covered comic book this past week.  I’m sure if you went to a local comic shop already, you probably saw a few people you normally don’t see in the shop, most being curious to see whether Marvel “would really do it”.

Comicbookrevolution.net 7.5/10 (Fresh) Kevin L. This is it. After 160 issues of Ultimate Spider-Man the big end to The Death of Spider-Man is here. Brian Bendis and Mark Bagley have promised something big and with the title of this arc there is a good idea what that is. But after being not only the flagship of the Ultimate line, but also one of the best books at Marvel, are Bendis and Bagley actually go through with what the title of the arc teases?

Coming soon: Flashpoint, Flashpoint, and more Flashpoint...

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Welcome to Comic Tomatoes. I'm Logan Dalton and this is my second blog on Blogger. (The first is classicalzeitgeist.blogspot.com.) The idea for this blog came from my love of movies and comic books.Rottentomatoes.com is a website that I look at before seeing almost any movie. It aggregates movie reviews and gives each movie a score based on the percentage of positive (or fresh) reviews. A movie with a score of 60% or above is certified fresh, and one with a score below 60% is certified rotten.

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The purpose of this blog is to help people get a balance perspective on what comic books and graphic novels to buy. In these hard economic times, $3.99 is a lot to pay for a 32 page book. My first post will be on Ultimate Spider-Man 150 (Death of Spider-Man), and then I will start working on DC's Flashpoint event and Marvel's Fear Itself. Starting next Wednesday, I will add new comics!!

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