Ultimate Human starts with two very strong issues, pure, vintage Ellis excellency, only to close with two rather weak issues. I like the reinterpretation of superheroes or superhumans as the first step toward post-humanity, a trend seen first in Wildstorm’s superhero universe, which makes me check it out occasionally over DC and Marvel stuff. Back to Ultimate Human, which shows some interesting talk between Banner and Stark and delves into the mechanisms that make the Hulk work. This is all Ellis’s stuff and quite fascinating, especially the pieces about adapting to the environment on other worlds and then…
Ellis includes a full issue detailing the background of Ultimate Pete Wisdom who became the Ultimate Leader and has head issues (and other issues as well). Then we have a final issue that closes the whole conflict between the Leader and Stark/Banner in a rather abrupt manner. It’s not that it’s not entertaining, but the first two issues made me expect something more meaty and interesting than what it turned out to be.
