Owen, thank you so much for sharing part of your life with us. Your videos are part of some ot the best moments in my week. I love superhero comic book and you have helped me a lot in sparking my interest in this amazing world. Thank you so much. P.D: Sorry for writing errors, english is not my native language
Ultimate Spider-Man is one of the first series I remember reading when I first got into the medium of comics. And to this day it remains one of my favorite series of all time.
Wow, I’d have to say the same. Ultimate Spider-Man was the first comic series I read from beginning to end. And like you, is still one of my favorite series.
Besides the well-written arcs and great development for the character, something I love about Ultimate Spider Man was the pacing of the stories and how Bendis took the time to establish the characters instead rushing to the super hero stuff. Take the first arc for exemple: While in the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko took just one issue to tell Spider Man origin, Bendis took 6 issues, however they all work not just to focus on Peter origin but also on his personality and his relationships and dynamic with other character, specially Uncle Ben, who got much interactions, making his death much more impacful and meaningful.
I love this! Ultimate Spider-Man is a terrific book, and it's so fun to hear about Owen's personal relationship with the series and how much it means to him.
The way Peter tells MJ that he’s Spider-Man at 17:58 always played perfectly into my childhood fantasy of me telling someone I cared about that I had superpowers. It was just so we’ll done
I loved ultimate Spider-man and personally in my opinion this is technically my favorite series written by Brian Michael bendis that actually helped me got into the ultimate marvel universe in my opinion. :)
Dude, mad respect for the channel! Spidey was and still is my fav fictional character ever (today i just got some new issues) highly apreciate the content, and yeah, Ultimate Spider-man is special. I read 40 issues last year and thought it was preety damn good!
Really glad that they are re-releasing the whole run in 35 volumes. People nowadays seek for an adult Peter Parker and I can understand that . Not only did Superior Spiderman and SM Life Story show us how it could look like but even after 8 Hollywood movies, we only get the „teenager“ version. Nonetheless, Ultimate SM might be one of the most relatable and exciting stories of all time - right from the origins to the confession and the Sinister Six. I feel like every character, side or main cast, has his moment and the right to exist. Compared to the current Spiderman run, it looks exactly like some MCU or Star Wars shows where they just try to put as many characters into the story as they can with barely any logic (Misty Knight, Colleen Wing etc.)
I still recall buying the very first issue back in 2002 (yeah the comics came out late in the UK), it was around the same time the 2002 film was pretty much a big thing and I got hooked on Ultimate Spider-Man after reading that entire first issue and would often had to wait patiently for the next issue. So years later even though I don't collect comics anymore I still recall having a blast reading the Ultimate series and would often go back to reading them from time to time and still love reading them to this day.
Ultimate Spider man is probably my favourite take on Spider-Man, remember discovering this series when I was 16 (despite playing the game a million times when I was younger not knowing it was meant to be I'm continuity with comics) shortly after Homecoming came out, never related to Peter Parker at the time as much as I did with this series when I read it for the first time. (Speaking of Homecoming I really loved how the MCU stretched out Spider-Mans origin the way the Ultimate series did)
Another excellent video! Ultimate Spider-man was definitely the series that got me into comics as well and one of the only Ultimate series that still really holds up. It is definitely my favorite take on Spider-man, with the only run coming close being Superior Spider-man for completely different reasons, and probably my favorite comic series of all time. If I had any criticisms I would say that I wish the Ultimate version of Eddie Brock was less of an outright scumbag and I wish the artwork for Ultimate Six was better, but these are small nitpicks. Also, major props to Bendis to creating a great version of the Clone saga!
Ultimate Spider-Man, Archie Sonic and All Star Batman & Robin (Unfortunately) were my gateway into the world of comics and I'm forever grateful for it.
@@marclarusso1484 Of course Jim will deliver, but every work of art, there’s always a story to it. And unfortunately it was a bad story. Respect to you if you liked it, but I really despise that comic.
When I first played the Ultimate Spider-Man Video Game, I got to see how cool and awesome the game was. This was the reason why I decided to read the entire Ultimate Marvel Universe starting with Ultimate Spider-man. I purchased almost every collected volume of Ultimate Spider-man, and before that, I purchased some issues of the Ultimates, and Ultimates 2 before I bought 2 collected volumes of Ultimate X-Men. Let's face it, I absolutely love the Ultimate Universe.
My favorite storyline and ultimate spider man is the black suit venom saga Ultimate spider man was always great and I was glad to be a part of this series When I was a child being born in the early 2000 I really love your videos Owen I was sincerely hoping that one day You would make a video About the significant importance of Todd McFarlane's spider man iconic trifecta consisting of Spider Man 298 299 300 Even though my favorite is 299 I used to have the issue 300 when I was a kid when my grandmother used to work at Walmart And there was a spider man toy line spiderman origins my grandmother managed to buy me The spider man origins documentary explaining it in grave detail the origins of spider man's black costume And I also had the issue 300 With my spider-man toy Take care and as always I will continue reading comics
Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this video! It so eqoleuntly sums up why you, I, and countless others have fallen in love with this character over the years and will continue to do so. Every time I see a child or teen tell me they love Spider-Man, I can't help but smile. I know they will be inspired by Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and the many other characters I fell in love with so many years ago. Well done, Owen!
Ultimate Spider-Man will always have a Special Place in my Mind. This Series was part of The Reason Spidey has become probably One of my Favorite Characters Ever. Ultimate #160 still gets to me all these years later. Great Video, Man.
I loved ultimate comics. I’ve Read everything in the 1610 from the first issue of ultimate Spider-Man up to ultimatum. I also grew up on the 90s cartoons. Ultimate X-Men had its ups and downs but was my favorite
The British reprints in Astonishing Spider-Man was the first comic book I ever got! When Uk reprints of Ultimate started I was in year 6 and it became my life! I owe them two comics my life obsession with the medium! And U.S.M is still an unrivalled run! Thanks for covering!
Great video 👏👏👏. Ultimate Spider-Man is my favorite comic and version (in the comics, tasm in the movies). The first time that i read it i was13 and it was after the goblin fight at the school and kraven goes to school to track spiderman's scent. After so many years later sometimes i read it again from the 1 to the 160. This comic has a place in my heart ❤🕸🕷❤
This is my all time favorite spider man run. The ONLY thing I didn't like was bringing Gwen back as a clone and having her just hang around after that like she never died. And then there was that forced romance between her and Peter. Other than that it's almost perfect.
Insomniac released their first Spider-Man game on the exact same day Marvel introduced Ultimate Spider-Man to the world, just 18 years later. Either it was just a happy coincidence or they knew what they were doing with that release date.
I had read comics as a kid but got older and never touched them again but I started reading ultimate Spider-Man and it was my gateway into comics as well
I had a very similar experience with Ultimate Spider-man some 20 years ago. It was the first ongoing series I invested myself in, I loved the cartoons and before the movies I was looking for new media involving my favourite heroes. When I heard about a fresh start about a modern day Spider-man, I was instantly intrigued. I mean rebooting a hero using today's standard and mentality was at the time very radical, especially with one of the very biggest, and arguably, greatest hero of all time. My love faded when I had to start using my money for other resources but I still have my collection, and I have nothing but found memories of rereading each book over and over and over. Truly one of the very best comic runs ever. You have immaculate taste.
I grew up on Spider-Man, I got into the game when Maximum Carnage hit, I was fairly astonished at all the chaos going on and the amusing art of the 90's. When this tittle launched in early 2000 I was in my 20's and it was like falling in love wth character all over again, like you this is probably the only comic I stuck with until they published the last issue, I only stuck with Miles when he took over just to see Peter's last hurrah as the character in the ultimate Universe. Awesome video as usual Owen, thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Storytime: Much like you, I was into superheroes since I was little. The first movie my dad took me to see was Batman and Robin (I was too young to remember, but my dad talks about it like it gives him 'Nam flashbacks). I was weaned on superhero shows from Spider-Man to the DCAU and beyond. I had read the occasional comic, like I remember specifically an issue of a youth-oriented Spidey comic that retold Doc Ock's origin and had Human Torch. But, much like you, Ultimate Spider-Man was my true gateway. My 11th birthday, 2006, I got the Ultimate Spider-Man game used from Gamestop then that same night, my grandpa gave me the trade of the Ultimate Venom arc, which both I and my sibling practically memorized. Throughout middle school, I was pretty fully a member of the Merry Marvel Marching Society (I was one of those who thought Superman was boring), then in high school I became more into DC. Over the last couple years, though, I've found myself gravitating back into Marvel to the point where I think I prefer it. But through it all, I trace it back to Ultimate Spider-Man. Even with it's problems, like Bagley's inability to draw more than one face, or the fact that they occasionally drop an r-slur, or that Peter is often characterized as a bit of a prick, I can't help but call it my favorite comic of all time.
Thank you for speaking about this and show me that there are so many people that just like me loved this series and became something very important in their lives 🧡
I was reading comics when ultimate came out but Ultimate and Sonic the Hedgehog were the first comics I ever had from start to finish in singles. I remember getting the preview comic for ultimate in late 99 when I was 6.
Man, what a great video. Another one, I mean. While I haven’t read much of Ultimate Spidey, I’ve read a lot of Miles’ stuff by Bendis and i connected to it in a similar way. There’s a scene where Miles’ uncle tells him he is “just like me”, and seeing Miles struggle to reconcile who he wants to be with who he feels doomed to become really resonated with me. As someone who’s new to comics, I appreciate your work on this channel. I look forward to your future stuff, and I honestly wouldn’t mind more of you sharing your own experiences and thoughts in the future. I know you want to be objective, but this was really cool to hear!
Beautiful video! I enjoyed it from the beggining until the end. I feel absolutely more identificated in this version of Peter Parker than another. This comic was love, learning, and ultimate!
Ultimate Spider-man was my first introduction to Marvel comics too. I’d read some DC before but never Marvel. Ended up collecting the TPB for the whole ultimate universe up until Ultimatum. Eventually I gave them away to a friend due to needing to create space when my first child was born but they’ll always be important to me.
Although I didn’t read Ultimate Spider-Man until later on I could make the same video for myself about the Ultimates themselves and how they where a huge part of my life
I absolutely adore this series, the Barnes and Noble collection of the first 3 hardcovers was my very first omnibus and despite being dog eared and worn out from regular reading is still a prize possession. I often say that no matter what your feelings on more recent work, this book alone is still good enough to put Bendis among the best comic writers of all time!
Ultimate spider man is one of my all time favorite comic series the storytelling is great bendis despite his faults is one of the all time great spidey writers along with Lee Conway and slott. The art is fantastic and it's clearly the definitive artwork of Bagley's career. This was the crown jewel of the ultimate marvel line and it saved marvel as a company
Unironically my first comic I collected was superior spiderman because through shows and childhood the status quo was drilled into my head and i loved the difference in story, ultimate was 2nd spiderman run and it still hits and is worth re-reading to this day
Been wanting to read this for awhile since I heard it’s a good place to start with the Web-head (haven’t read that many Marvel comics overall) but I think I’ll be heading to my comic shop tomorrow. Great job, Owen. Tim
ultimate is so hated by the majority of spidey “fans” but he’s my personal favorite iteration of the character. He’s why i started reading Spidey comics and even introduced into Miles, my top 3 fav spider-people always wished they adapted the 1610 Spidey more accurately into the MCU, especially since both versions are obviously aiming to be modern for the times they’re in to me, what makes the character so unique is that Spider-Man isn’t a “man”. It’s a kid in spandex trying to do what’s right. In fact that’s what made him special initially, Spidey was one of, if not the first kid superhero to NOT be a sidekick. Spider-Man (IMO) is best when he’s just a kid balancing work, school and his superhero life. Not everyone can relate to being an adult, but everyone knows what it’s like to be a kid, which is where spidey shines best imo. I would’ve loved to see 1610 grow up into a young man, but i love the stories we got with him as a teenager
Your videos are always so easy to watch and listen to and I love the topics you choose to talk about. Thanks for doing what you do, Owen. The world and my life in particular are better for it
i have an idea, venom=depression, its probally been done before but it just lines up perfectly in my eyes the voice in your head whispering things that only you can hear making you think the worst things the darkness filling you with contempt and anger both at yourself, and at the world for making you this way the sudden outbursts of said repressed anger the "drowning" feeling you get that you arent even in control of your own body at times, just a husk going through the motions PLUS it all started with "spider-man" when he was a teenager, which is usually when undiagnosed depression starts to rear its ugly head. like they kind of go that route a BIT with eddie, but they kinda lose that and go with the standard "rage monster" trope till he "gains control" of it....and they have also compared it to addiction....ALL OF WHICH can usually be linked to a long term case of undiagnosed depression of some sort.......iunno, it makes sense to me, LOL.
This book means so much to me. Its my favorite comic ever, and I truly believe it changed my life for the better. I'm glad that there's someone else that loves it as much as I do
Beautiful video Owen, it truly feels it really influenced in your personal life (as to many that came from that generation on that time) and as always for Marvel Comics, it always delivered with Spider-Man and this fresh take with the Ultimate universe, was truly something else. Me that I was born in 1984, I managed to read this fresh take and I loved it as much as the 617 stories, because it was a fresh take with the same teachings and growth that many of us readers had faced thru while growing up. And no matter what Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man's respective legacies will always endure no matter what generation comes from. As for me, I started reading the Ultimate universe with The Ultimates and Ultimate X-Men, the latter with depth because I always loved the X-Men and specially (despite being a general cliche for anybody apparently): Wolverine. And as I was already finishing college, I always found the same teoublesome life that Ultimate Logan had, I was let down by society and being pushed being a bad-resentful-boy until, I got along with the right people in order for me to become a better man again and not just an animal. Kudos for this video👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼, saludos desde Bolivia 👍🏼😎🇧🇴 P.S.: I apologize for the long comment😅👍🏼
Damn I love your videos, they are so introspective. These videos also depict these tales from a different perspective and passion that stands in stark contrast to channels like Comicstorian and ComicsExplained (not to take away from either of them).
it's funny i'd collected comics my entire life, and the ultimate runs in marvel stopped me cold. i struggled through the clone saga and then ultimate landed and i was just done.
I got into comics because of Ultimate Spider-Man, loved it even when I hated the rest of the Ultimate line. Unfortunately, I loved it too much and didn't give Miles a chance.
Honestly the ONE unequivocally positive thing that came out of the Ultimate Universe I know many of us were excited when we first heard about it but with the benefit of history I think we can see that they leaned WAY too hard into being "edgy" and "adult" and just not a lot of fun. That's not even mentioning the shitshow of how it limped past Ultimatum to its final demise.
Now I'm not the biggest Ultimate Spider-Man ( I was put off by his large head and scrawny body on covers and I hated how they treated Venom...never to return) but did respec aspects of what it did for the franchise: *It gave a modern take to the Spider-Man Mythos to get new fans into. *Character interactions and storylines were changed( for the better most of the time- this Clone saga was done right!) to be more cohesion with characters. ( MJ knows who Spidey is a lot faster, Brock and Peter were like bros, etc.) * Gave fun alternate takes on stories while creating its own ( wolverine n Peter switching bodies was awesome!) *We Got Miles Morales. * We Got the awesome Spectacular Spiderman Cartoon adapting aspects of Ultimate Spiderman. That being said it did do a lot of great things for Marvel as well and expanded the now Ultimate Universe at the time.
It also changed mine, I grew up reading Ultimate comics, and then I realised The Ultimate Spider man wasn't the same Amazing Spider man, and that's how My love for the concept of the multiverse was born, or at least it think so.
Did u dress up as peter in the first issue for this vid? Cuz u seem to have a similar hair style, the glasses and the "jacket over button shirt, over t-shirt" outfit he tends to wear.
Sadly, I was mostly out of comics by 2000 (mostly because of money issues). Sounds like a series I absolutely would have loved. That said, I did get into the XD series Ultimate Spider-Man when it came along, essentially turning him into an Avenger team leader for the next generation of heroes. Previously, I'd never seen him treated as a team member long term, only the occasional team up with other good guys. This makes him a more responsible person than ever. And teaming him with other reimagined characters, many aged down to his level. Yes some of it felt a tad rushed, only allowing 20 minutes +/- to pack in a lot. My only other minor criticism is the school being turned into a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. Hokey, no? Otherwise, a great concept.
Being an older reader when this came out it was my least favorite of all the Ultimate titles. Though I'm only a moderate fan of the original Spiderman.
Great video Owen. Hey, if you have a new video coming up soon and you need some voiceover work for it, I’d be happy to lend my voice. Just look in the bio on my channel. Thanks.
