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Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) (Single Issues) ##2
Ultimate Spider-Man (2024-) #2
THE MOST SURPRISING SPIDER-MAN STORY OF THE 21ST CENTURY CONTINUES! Spider-Man faces his first super villain! J. Jonah Jameson's quest to uncover who is really pulling the strings of this new Ultimate Universe leads to a shocking revelation! And New York City welcomes its newest hero…the Green Goblin!
28 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 21, 2024
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Jonathan Hickman
1,238 books2,085 followersJonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for creating the Image Comics series The Nightly News, The Manhattan Projects and East of West, as well as working on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, FF, and S.H.I.E.L.D. titles. In 2012, Hickman ended his run on the Fantastic Four titles to write The Avengers and The New Avengers, as part the "Marvel NOW!" relaunch. In 2013, Hickman wrote a six-part miniseries, Infinity, plus Avengers tie-ins for Marvel Comics. In 2015, he wrote the crossover event Secret Wars. - Wikipedia
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February 27, 2024
Peter tries to be Spider-Man but he learns he's not very good at it.
At middle age too none the less...perfection.
Great way to showcase Peter's new struggles while keeping the essence of his character. I'm loving this series.
At middle age too none the less...perfection.
Great way to showcase Peter's new struggles while keeping the essence of his character. I'm loving this series.
February 25, 2024
An excellent continuation - has lived up to the hype so far and I'm really enjoying it.
The artwork is phenomenal, but it's also nice to be working with an older, more mature Peter.
Plenty of fun - I'm looking forward to what's to come.
The artwork is phenomenal, but it's also nice to be working with an older, more mature Peter.
Plenty of fun - I'm looking forward to what's to come.
February 21, 2024
Hickman doesn’t miss he just don’t miss
June 5, 2025
Ultimate Spider-Man #2 by Hickman keeps the slow burn going—and it works. Sharp dialogue, strong character moments, and a fresh take that feels genuinely exciting. This reboot’s got heart, brains, and serious potential.
February 21, 2024
Peter as a girl dad 🥰
Really enjoying this interpretation of peters spidey origin it’s so unique and I can’t wait for the next issue!
Really enjoying this interpretation of peters spidey origin it’s so unique and I can’t wait for the next issue!
May 24, 2025
Really great, sadly haven’t been able to find Ultimate Spider-Man #1 but a buddy caught me up and set me up perfectly for #2 and it doesn’t skip a beat. I LOVE J. Jonah and Uncle Ben’s friendship and Sauna time lol. I also thought May finding out Peter is the scary guy was very cute too. Also the crap talking Fisk takes had me cringing for that dudes life.
February 21, 2024
Peter learning to become Spider-Man, but as an adult is fun. Also I love that his daughter is gonna help him create the suit.
February 22, 2024
Fantastic second issue, beautifully written, illustrated and coloured! I am calling this as my book of the month yet again! 🙌🏻 truly fantastic
February 22, 2024
when will Hickman ever miss
February 21, 2024
This is the longest wait for a comic I’ve had to endure in quite a while. I feel like that’s going to be a trend for this series. Not a ton happens here compared to the first issue, but I loved how bad Peter is at superhero-ing and we did still get a bit of world and character building with Fisk and Ben and JJJ.
March 1, 2024
Ainda estamos na edição 2 do novo Ultimate Spider Man, mas já confesso que chorei lendo essa edição e a anterior. Não tem jeito, o Peter constituindo uma família, depois de sofrer em diversas versões, finalmente ele está feliz 🥲.
Considerando que essa é a edição n°2 ainda, não é possível saber para onde a trama está caminhando. De momento, as "peças do tabuleiro" estão sendo apresentadas, os personagens ainda não estão com aprofundamento e não se sabe se o Rei do Crime será o Vilão central, tendo em vista aparições pontuais do Duende Verde.
Ainda assim, é bacana ver como esse universo está criando contrastes em relação ao universo tradicional do Peter. Além da mudança já apresentada na edição 1, e a premissa básica desse novo universo Ultimate, temos o Peter com alguns problemas distintos. Por já possuir família, seu dilema agora sobre a identidade secreta, não se restringe a tia May, ele terá que resolver essa questão com uma esposa e 2 filhos.
Eu estou empolgado pelo desenvolvimento desse universo, e não vejo a hora de ler a próxima edição. Uma pena o lançamento ser mensal e não semanal.
Considerando que essa é a edição n°2 ainda, não é possível saber para onde a trama está caminhando. De momento, as "peças do tabuleiro" estão sendo apresentadas, os personagens ainda não estão com aprofundamento e não se sabe se o Rei do Crime será o Vilão central, tendo em vista aparições pontuais do Duende Verde.
Ainda assim, é bacana ver como esse universo está criando contrastes em relação ao universo tradicional do Peter. Além da mudança já apresentada na edição 1, e a premissa básica desse novo universo Ultimate, temos o Peter com alguns problemas distintos. Por já possuir família, seu dilema agora sobre a identidade secreta, não se restringe a tia May, ele terá que resolver essa questão com uma esposa e 2 filhos.
Eu estou empolgado pelo desenvolvimento desse universo, e não vejo a hora de ler a próxima edição. Uma pena o lançamento ser mensal e não semanal.
February 25, 2024
Everytime an issue ends I'm left wondering if I want more of the superhero plot, but as the week goes on moments of character and art stick and stew up ideas in ways a lot of serial storytelling has forgotten to. Peter wonders to himself here if he should be playing catch up with a past version of himself that now never was, or if that will forever put him behind the curve - I as a reader need to also not compare this to classic Spidey, I'd never be happy, but the ways in which the tensions and dramas of the classic character are starting to set themselves up with the Fisk vs. JJJ and Ben dynamic. Exciting times!
July 22, 2024
This got me so hyped. I’m so glad I decided to start this series, actually I was kind of afraid I wouldn’t appreciate an older Peter Parker but he is so relatable. I want to keep reading this so bad.
January 2, 2025
“…maybe I’ll give it one more day.”
nah they know that they’re doing over at marvel. they know
nah they know that they’re doing over at marvel. they know
February 23, 2024
Amazing indeed
Spider-Man's black costume is drawn here by Checchetto with with sleek sexy modernity. Peter Parker learning the ropes as Spider-Man Man as an adult invites a lot of comedy and Hickman plays this up for this issue while setting up the villains and supporting characters.
Spider-Man's black costume is drawn here by Checchetto with with sleek sexy modernity. Peter Parker learning the ropes as Spider-Man Man as an adult invites a lot of comedy and Hickman plays this up for this issue while setting up the villains and supporting characters.
February 22, 2024
This was boatloads of fun. Can't wait for the March issue!
February 22, 2024
HE IS CHANGING HIS SUIT FOR HIS DAUGHTER I LOVE HIM
February 21, 2024
He’s innocent and gullible. I like the adult Spider-Man who can’t take down the Shocker. I hope his wife finds out soon.
February 29, 2024
So you're turning 40? Life and Family are great, but you feel like something's missing... or getting away from you... or just not what it could be. Well, Hickman's found the Ultimate fix for your midlife crisis: Become Spider-Man!
April 7, 2024
eu amo as interações do peter com a família 😭
April 4, 2024
Nothing here makes sense.
The main issue is that we are seeing a mature man playing with his new super powers as if he were a teenager, I mean, do you want him to be mature or not?
I will elaborate later why the story doesn't make sense at all, but first, there are some of the same technical issues the previous one had:
The "bros" relationship between Jonah and Ben feels weird but I won't complain about it, what I did find annoying was the dialogue about the 25 years of cofee, that page was completely pointless. I guess Hickman wanted to get some casual dialogue like the "Royale with Cheese" scene from Pulp Fiction, but the result feels so unnatural that it seems like it was written by an AI, that must be insulting to any writer but I'm sorry, bad dialogue is bad dialogue. It serves no purpose. A good editor would have altered that. (I'm going to repeat that several times, get used to it.)
Marco Checchetto is one of the best artists working at Marvel right now, but someone has to tell him that's not what a one-eyed man looks like, or that he should at least have consistency, how is it possible that in one panel the guy has a scar and in the next panel he doesn't. Maybe he didn't notice the scar was missing, but a good editor would have. Checchetto, next time just draw a patch.
Now, let's talk about the story:
I love the Shocker and I hate when writers make a joke out of him, that's not the case here and I appreciate it, the problem is that by making the Shocker kind of cool, Hickman turned Spider-Man into the joke.
Seriously, Peter Parker should be a smart guy, sometimes silly but always smart, here, the Shocker easily outsmarted him TWICE. It's not believable at all. Peter is not even a kid here, he is a grown man, why was he fooled so easily TWICE?
I get it. This guy is not a smart guy.
Peter's IQ isn't the only inconsistent thing here. I mean it when I say that the story doesn't make sense.
At the beginning of the issue, Peter's son (Richard) tells his little sister (May) that the masked man on the front page is not real, that it is probably photoshop or CGI, and Peter pretends he doesn't know anything, but a few pages later Jameson says that Peter Parker was the one who took the photograph of the mysterious man, so Richard was accusing his father of photoshop... WHAT THE HECK?
Wouldn't it have been better if the son showed enthusiasm and curiosity about the story his father was covering? Jeez.
And Peter Parker now is having "existencial questions", now he thinks that maybe it was a bad idea to do what the hologram of a stranger accused of terrorism proposed to him. OF COURSE IT WAS A BAD IDEA! And now he is in search of some meaning. Dude, you're married to a wonderful woman and have two children to raise, that's your friggin meaning. Maybe you were supposed to become a superhero, but you didn't, the world changed, your life changed and your responsibilities changed.
The story would have been MUCH BETTER if Tony Stark had exposed Peter to new circumstances where he was bitten by the spider without him knowing, the fact that Peter willingly chose the powers makes no sense. A scenario in which Peter obtains powers without wanting it and that, instead of making him happy, causes him frustration as he sees how his entire life loses balance would be much more believable, in this scenario Peter would have to choose to sacrifice his lifestyle to become Spider-Man not because he wants to but because he has to, later in the series he would find out that it was not fate but Stark and that would cause an interesting conflict in which Peter would blame Tony for ruining his life.
But no, no one told Hickman that his argument was stupid. Marvel urgently needs a good editor.
Also, Mary Jane here is as plain of a character and one-dimensional as she could be.
The main issue is that we are seeing a mature man playing with his new super powers as if he were a teenager, I mean, do you want him to be mature or not?
I will elaborate later why the story doesn't make sense at all, but first, there are some of the same technical issues the previous one had:
The "bros" relationship between Jonah and Ben feels weird but I won't complain about it, what I did find annoying was the dialogue about the 25 years of cofee, that page was completely pointless. I guess Hickman wanted to get some casual dialogue like the "Royale with Cheese" scene from Pulp Fiction, but the result feels so unnatural that it seems like it was written by an AI, that must be insulting to any writer but I'm sorry, bad dialogue is bad dialogue. It serves no purpose. A good editor would have altered that. (I'm going to repeat that several times, get used to it.)
Marco Checchetto is one of the best artists working at Marvel right now, but someone has to tell him that's not what a one-eyed man looks like, or that he should at least have consistency, how is it possible that in one panel the guy has a scar and in the next panel he doesn't. Maybe he didn't notice the scar was missing, but a good editor would have. Checchetto, next time just draw a patch.
Now, let's talk about the story:
I love the Shocker and I hate when writers make a joke out of him, that's not the case here and I appreciate it, the problem is that by making the Shocker kind of cool, Hickman turned Spider-Man into the joke.
Seriously, Peter Parker should be a smart guy, sometimes silly but always smart, here, the Shocker easily outsmarted him TWICE. It's not believable at all. Peter is not even a kid here, he is a grown man, why was he fooled so easily TWICE?
I get it. This guy is not a smart guy.
Peter's IQ isn't the only inconsistent thing here. I mean it when I say that the story doesn't make sense.
At the beginning of the issue, Peter's son (Richard) tells his little sister (May) that the masked man on the front page is not real, that it is probably photoshop or CGI, and Peter pretends he doesn't know anything, but a few pages later Jameson says that Peter Parker was the one who took the photograph of the mysterious man, so Richard was accusing his father of photoshop... WHAT THE HECK?
Wouldn't it have been better if the son showed enthusiasm and curiosity about the story his father was covering? Jeez.
And Peter Parker now is having "existencial questions", now he thinks that maybe it was a bad idea to do what the hologram of a stranger accused of terrorism proposed to him. OF COURSE IT WAS A BAD IDEA! And now he is in search of some meaning. Dude, you're married to a wonderful woman and have two children to raise, that's your friggin meaning. Maybe you were supposed to become a superhero, but you didn't, the world changed, your life changed and your responsibilities changed.
The story would have been MUCH BETTER if Tony Stark had exposed Peter to new circumstances where he was bitten by the spider without him knowing, the fact that Peter willingly chose the powers makes no sense. A scenario in which Peter obtains powers without wanting it and that, instead of making him happy, causes him frustration as he sees how his entire life loses balance would be much more believable, in this scenario Peter would have to choose to sacrifice his lifestyle to become Spider-Man not because he wants to but because he has to, later in the series he would find out that it was not fate but Stark and that would cause an interesting conflict in which Peter would blame Tony for ruining his life.
But no, no one told Hickman that his argument was stupid. Marvel urgently needs a good editor.
Also, Mary Jane here is as plain of a character and one-dimensional as she could be.
February 22, 2024
Me gusta y me interesa ver a un Peter Parker tratando de vivir su "despertar heroico" con 20 años de retraso y cargas familiares. Lo cual en este número se lleva muy bien con la presencia de un clásico villano segundón con el que Peter aún no logra enfocar de verdad su "método" frena criminales. Pero también es cierto que se nota como Hickman tiene que forzar el ritmo y no creo que se de una evolución natural del personaje ni la historia. Aunque en lo ya mostrado deja unas "artimañas" argumentales bien gustosas como el "dúo dinámico" periodístico de Jameson y Ben Parker, el Kingpin ligado a los Regentes dispuestos por el Hacedor y, por supuesto, este Duende Verde que parece que establecerá la relación más curiosa con el trepamuros en años.
October 18, 2024
Peter as Spider-Man failed so many times this issue lol this isn’t a bad thing! In fact, the way it happens is very good in contract to when he first starts wearing his suit in other iterations/adaptions of himself. Whereas he usually fails in his origin of being angry and self-centered which results in the death of Uncle Ben, this Peter is trying his hardest to be a good samaritan but he keeps failing. He doesn’t have the skills or the smarts to be Spider-Man yet (his interactions with Shocker 💀), but he’s gonna keep throwing himself at it until he figures it out!
Also, love the bond between Uncle Ben and JJJ, Peter and his family, and really love how the issues take place on a monthly basis during the month the issue released!
Also, love the bond between Uncle Ben and JJJ, Peter and his family, and really love how the issues take place on a monthly basis during the month the issue released!
March 21, 2026
Another banger issue! We get to see Peter learning the ropes of being a superhero - and I like that his heart gets him beat by Shocker because otherwise this would be the most washed-up Spider-Man in the multiverse. And the book immediately addresses my main issue with Peter not being honest with his family because of May’s reaction. And I can’t get over the decision that it’s her fear of him (along with the drawing) that inspires him to get the classic Spider-Man costume! Still, he should be honest with MJ because that’s the aspect of the book that I’m the most excited about. We also get to see Ben and Jonah bond, which is such an unexpected treat from this series. I didn’t touch on the fakeout reveal of Ben in #1, but it’s fantastic. I’m giving this issue a 9/10!
February 21, 2024
Still skeptical and it's too early to say anything but I'm cautiously optimistic. This Peter is very different from the ones we are used to, so we need to see how he'll learn that with great power comes great responsibility. I'm not a fan of how he got his powers though, yeah, I've read some arguments online about how this time it's his choice, but we have to keep in mind that Uncle Ben's murder played a pivotal role in his development. All we have now is a Peter Parker who is Spider-Man just because he never got to be in his timeline. Again, I'm skeptical.
July 28, 2024
I’ve been enjoying this run of Ultimate Spider-Man a lot. An aged but novice hero is inspired and exciting. It, for me, evokes Kafka Hibino of Kaiju No. 8. I’m not super convinced Hickman is keeping up with weekly Shonen Jump, but there’s an interesting cycle of influence to be discussed here.
Otherwise, Peter is as clever as ever and the showdown with Shocker is a classic. Hickman still comes up with some great lines about Peter’s twenty year belated spider bite. Somehow, in this context, the superhero origin story feels fresher.
Otherwise, Peter is as clever as ever and the showdown with Shocker is a classic. Hickman still comes up with some great lines about Peter’s twenty year belated spider bite. Somehow, in this context, the superhero origin story feels fresher.
September 28, 2024
Segunda grapa y tenemos ya a un Spiderman primerizo con muy buenos detalles de caracterización en esos encuentros con el Conmocionador. El entorno familiar de Peter sigue siendo lo más atractivo de la serie, en este caso personificado en su complicidad con la pequeña May. A mayor escala, tenemos por ahí a Kingpin tratando de controlar el tinglado y al Duende Verde de este universo, cuyo encuentro con Spidey es inminente. Con ganas de más de esto, pero esperaré al siguiente mes para seguir la temporalidad del propio cómic.
February 27, 2024
I love that while Peter may have gained strength and resilience when getting bit by the "magic spider" he didn't magically develop skills to delineate truth from lie and his inherent empathy ends up getting him into trouble. We enjoyed Ben & Jonah's relationship and their reimagined personalities, it feels like Peter has people on his side and really helps set up the good vs. evil dynamic.
My husband and I both enjoyed that he didn't lie to his little girl outright and that while he has doubts in his ability he was able to draw on the strength of their love to push forward.
The villainous plot is intriguing as well, very curious to know how Kingpin plays a part in this reimagined tale.
My husband and I both enjoyed that he didn't lie to his little girl outright and that while he has doubts in his ability he was able to draw on the strength of their love to push forward.
The villainous plot is intriguing as well, very curious to know how Kingpin plays a part in this reimagined tale.
March 4, 2024
Ultimate Spider-Man #2 significantly improves over the first issue by putting more focus on Peter Parker as he tries, fails, and tries again to figure out how to be a superhero. Hickman wisely balances the wonder of a person getting superpowers with the maturity of an older man who thinks before he acts. That said, the second draw of this series is the Parker family and they still aren't given much exposure or anything to do, which is a bummer.
March 20, 2024
A good follow up to the first issue that moved at a good pace and contained some action the first book last. Already two issues in, this series has already done a great job of establishing most of the key characters and helping us understand their place in the context of the work. I look forward to seeing what comes next and how some of the tools not available in the mainline book will be utilized!
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