Looking Back on Ultimate Spider-Man (2000)

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Ultimate Spider-Man is great, man. It's crazy how people today wouldn't know exactly which one I'm talking about when I say that last sentence. Like I can already hear the "are you talking about the series where he has a beard and doesn't have to worry about making a deal that cost his marriage,  the show where he's voiced by Drake Bell, or the 2005 video game?' It's crazy. Today I'm gonna talk a little bit about the first 10 issues of Ultimate Spider-Man (2000).



Yeah. The Ultimate Universe is VERY weird. I can remember my conversation with my pal Jayden about the strangeness of freaky cannibal Hulk, extreme nationalist Cap, Ant-Man being Chris Brown levels of insane, pedo Wolverine , and......... the Maximoff Twins. But let me tell you if there was one good area of that universe, it was 1610 Spidey. Sure he has flaws, but he isn't a character that sounds like he came from Vought and at it's core, he still feels like Spidey.


They did a pretty good job at reinventing the origin story and it was interesting to see this Peter naturally grow into the hero that's fueled with burden and responsibility. I like that this was a modernization of the story , while the comic can feel VERY dated at the time, but just look at bro's hair, but the way they told the story has inspired many Spider-Man projects since then such as the Raimi Trilogy, TASM, the games, literally every show post-TNAS, etc. Even today I still feel the impact of the series. Having Peter meet Harry and MJ in high school was also a very neat creative decision at the time.


Norman Osborn is alright. Not bad but he works just fine and I prefer the goofy masked menace on a glider over the hulking monster. Kingpin and Electro are also pretty neat. 

Overall, I highly recommend reading this series as you will definitely get something out of it. The art bu Bagley is so iconic, the action is amazingly illustrated, the characters are likeable and understandable (wish the rest of 1610 was like this), and it paved the way for many Spider-Man projects that came after. 

9/ 10 Donuts!

Greetings it's Camden on..... Spider-Plush's website! You may also know me from the channel called Channel Camden where I review movies and TV shows. I'm also a guest writer on this site!

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