Product Description: It's time for the coming of Gah Lak Tus! And his arrival could mean the end of all life on this planet! Not even the power of S.H.I.E.L.D or the brilliance of Fantastic Four leader Reed Richards seems able to stop its inexorable march to Earth. What role do the Ultimate X-Men have in this drama? And who on Earth is Misty Knight and how does she know the fate of our world may rest with - Ultimate Silver Surfer? Collects Ultimate Extinction #1-5.
End of Ultimate Galactus This volume was disappointing after the second volume. The art is still really well done. My major problem with this after all the build up the ending felt rushed and just left me going is that it. The pacing really slowed down though lots of useless parts in this. The ending to a story with a lot of potential that really let me down.
The end The mixed reactions for the conclusion of Warren Ellis' Ultimate Galactus trilogy are well deserved for the most part. Ultimate Extinction finds Nick Fury, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, the Ultimates, the X-Men, Falcon, and Captain Mahr Vell awaiting the end as the Gah Lak Tus makes it's way to Earth. Ellis' real strong point in this concluding TPB is the dialogue between all the characters, particularly Fury and Captain America. Another strong point of Ultimate Extinction is the Ultimate introduction of Misty Knight (yes, Misty Knight), and his re-invention of the Silver Surfer. Yes, it was an acquired taste for me too at first, but Ellis' interpretation is a creative way to introduce the classic Herald of Galactus. As by now you can guess that the TPB's real low point is the ending. For a force so powerful and hell bent on eliminating all of mankind, the Gah Lak Tus is defeated pretty easily (gee, hope I didn't ruin it for anybody) and pretty anti-climatic. Ellis' re-invention of the planet eater is refreshing though, offering up a more sensical and modern take on the all powerful devourerer of worlds. Brandon Peterson's artwork isn't anything spectacular, but it's pretty solid nevertheless. Yes, the Ultimate Galactus trilogy didn't live up to the promise delivered with Ultimate Nightmare, but Warren Ellis still manages to give us one of the best tales to come out of the Ultimate universe that isn't written by Mark Millar.
Good art, sloppy ending title says it all. There is a fun premise about just what Gal Lac Tus is that I like a lot, but the final ending seems a bit too trite.
absolutely awful... i really liked vols 1 and 2. there were some things that weren't great about them, specifically the x-men and avengers fighting each other for no reason in 1, and the robot hive galactus idea first showing up in 2. but overall they were pretty good. unfortunately 3 is so awful it makes this whole trilogy not worth reading. the silver surfer are just some jacked up robot clones. there are some jacked up human clones who are trying to make sure that the big g event goes off without a hitch, yet one of them tries to kill one of the silver surfers?!? galactus as mentioned before is a stupid robot hive, easily bothered and easily shooed away for a world devouring cosmic force. the idea reed richards comes up with to scare of galactus is stupid (it looks promising at first but is a massive letdown), the ultimate nullifier of kirby/lee was 1000000x better. really i can't recommend this to any real comic fans. pick up the tpb of the coming of galactus, ff 48-50, instead. it might be done in the glossed over quick plot way of the 60s, but it's the greatest story in comics history and significantly better than this 'ultimate' attempt.
i hope someone in hollywood reads this and realizes we all hate the robot hive galactus idea (rumored for fantastic four movies 2 and 3). remember how awful matrix 2 and 3 were? it might be difficult to make a good cgi big purple dude galactus, but anything is better than the robot hive galactus idea. it doesn't capture correctly the whole power cosmic idea, the classic comics galactus as a thinking cosmic super-being. a robot hive is just...a bunch of stupid tin can pests.
The Ultimate Universe This book is a fun read. It is not as good as the on going "Ultimates" series but worth the time.
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