Written by: Deniz Camp
Art by: Juan Frigeri
Colors by: Federico Blee
Letters by: VC’s Travis Lanham
Cover art by: Dike Ruan, Neeraj Menon
Cover price: $4.99
Release date: August 14, 2024
The Ultimates #3, by Marvel Comics on August 14, 2024, sends Iron Lad, Thor, and Sif to a radiation-saturated island to find out what Banner is hiding.
Is The Ultimates #3 Good?
The Ultimates #3 gets down to the business of adding a Hulk to Earth-6160’s roster in a setup issue that introduces readers to Lejori Joena Zakaria, aka She-Hulk. Writer Deniz Camp gives readers a look into the callous machinations of Dr. Bruce Banner and how his experiments have killed or mutilated scores of Pacific Islanders, leading to the creation of the Marvel equivalent of Un-Men and a super-strong woman who may be the instrument of Banner’s downfall.
When last we left Earth-6160’s Avengers in The Ultimates #2, the team suddenly decided to storm the White House and attack President Midas while he lounged in the Oval Office wearing a gold Iron Man suit. After a bizarre and heavy-handed tirade about capitalism from the President, Iron Lad smashed through the Oval Office floor to find America Chavez strapped to a rig that siphoned off her powers to be converted into energy for the local power grid. No explanation was given as to how America got there, how the Avengers knew she was there, or why the President was using her as a living battery. The issue ended with the Avengers carrying America off.
