Robb Ghag reviews Age of Ultron #10…
“The Finale! The biggest secret in comics will be revealed to you! An ending so confidential even the artists of this book don’t know what lies on the final pages! A surprise so big that comic book legend Joe Quesada himself returns to the pages of Marvel Comics to draw a sequence that people will be talking about for years. “
This series began with a whimper and went out with… well, a little bit of a louder whimper. As much as Marvel tried to promote this ten issue series, even with the exclusive black sealed packaging for the final issue, it ended very flat. With all of the changes in artists, and what seemed to be a lot of changes to the space time continuum, Age of Ultron ended very anti-climatically.
I will say that with almost 10 different artists in this issue alone, Bryan Hitch’s artwork finally gets back to that place when he was drawing Ultimates. It’s effective, especially the way he draws Thor in some of the battle scenes with Ultron. The story however is extremely weak.
There are a few great splash pages and battle scenes but all in all, I would have to say this series did not live up to the hype. Even as things revert back to “normal”, it looks like Marvel was just using this as a launching pad for other ongoing series coming out soon.
The one surprise which I am sure people must know about by now is the introduction of Angela, one of the characters from Spawn, who finally makes her debut in the Marvel Universe. I’m not sure (since it’s been ages since I’ve read anything involving Angela) what her role will be within the Marvel Universe. However, I do know that she’ll be debuting in Guardians of the Galaxy #5 (you can see the ad in the back of the Age of Ultron #10 book).
Robb Ghag works for an Arts & Entertainment Brokerage in Toronto Canada. An Animation and Film school graduate, he specializes in Risk Management of Animation and VFX studios throughout North America.
Originally published June 26, 2013. Updated April 11, 2018.
