The first crossover of the Marvel Now!
era is here, and it’s got heavyweights Brian Michael Bendis and Bryan Hitch behind it!
Welcome to Age of Ultron #1!
Now, Pyms motivation was to make up for Ultron.
Ultron added levels to Pyms character that werent there before.
Writers like Kurt Busiek punctuated theirAvengersruns with memorable Ultron stories.
Now, Bendis has finally delivered a post-apocalyptic tale of a future ruled by Ultron.
But before we look toward the future lets take a brief look at the past.
Ultron wasnt just another villain; he was a cautionary tale of mankinds overreliance on machinery.
If the great Avenger Hank Pym could fall victim to a machine revolution, who else was vulnerable?
Ultron has been a threat to the Marvel Universe since his creation.
This is why a cross-over event involving Ultron carries so many possible ramifications for veteran Marvel readers.
Bendis has been teasing this crossover for a long time and it is finally here.
From a headless Statue of Liberty, to a transformed skyline, New York is utterly devastated.
The planet seems a primordial waste.
Humanity has been wiped out.
Hawkeye and Spidey narrowly escape and join their fellow members of the underground.
Seriously, play theT2soundtrack while reading this bad boy, because it is an unapologetic homage.
But on some levels that is ok, asTerminatorliberally borrowed from the early Ultron stories.
Bendis could have some fun with this setting, as seen in the riveting rescue sequence involving Hawkeye.
Not much really happens, but that is a frequent narrative technique for Bendis: reveal as you go.
