Ultimate Spider-Man Still Resonates
Marvel relaunched a lot of its most popular superheroes in the early 2000s by creating the Ultimate imprint. With the first Spider-Man and X-Men films on the horizon, Marvel decided to modernize its famous superheroes by simply starting over.
Shortly after the first Spider-Man movie was released, I got back into reading comics and found myself getting hooked onto The Ultimate Spider-Man series. Having not read the comics for years, it was an easy way to catch up on story arcs I had missed. The arcs were modernized as well as the characters.
I was 17 when this happened, which was two years older than Peter Parker's age in Ultimate Spider-Man. Writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley created the comic that was modern to what any high school student would be feeling at that time. Bendis's writing captured the frustrations most teenagers go through at that age perfectly. I found myself being able to relate more to the characters as a result of this and was immediately hooked.
Over time, I collected the graphic novels and would stop in to Borders bookstore in my hometown to read the latest issues. I kept finding myself drawn to the stories because I could easily feel some of the same pains Peter Parker and the other teenage characters were going through. That and the clever lines as comic relief made the comic enjoyable.
As time passed and I went to college, I didn't always have time to keep up with the stories. I had to put more of my time towards my studies and couldn't always make it to a comic shop to catch up on the stories.
Upon graduating college and entering adulthood, I often found myself rereading the Ultimate Spider-Man stories I had enjoyed as a teenager. I have read the arcs several times but it never gets old. I am past the frustrations I had as a teenager but still enjoy the great writing the comics have.I am in my early 30s and the comic still is great.
Shortly after the first Spider-Man movie was released, I got back into reading comics and found myself getting hooked onto The Ultimate Spider-Man series. Having not read the comics for years, it was an easy way to catch up on story arcs I had missed. The arcs were modernized as well as the characters.
I was 17 when this happened, which was two years older than Peter Parker's age in Ultimate Spider-Man. Writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley created the comic that was modern to what any high school student would be feeling at that time. Bendis's writing captured the frustrations most teenagers go through at that age perfectly. I found myself being able to relate more to the characters as a result of this and was immediately hooked.
Over time, I collected the graphic novels and would stop in to Borders bookstore in my hometown to read the latest issues. I kept finding myself drawn to the stories because I could easily feel some of the same pains Peter Parker and the other teenage characters were going through. That and the clever lines as comic relief made the comic enjoyable.
As time passed and I went to college, I didn't always have time to keep up with the stories. I had to put more of my time towards my studies and couldn't always make it to a comic shop to catch up on the stories.
Upon graduating college and entering adulthood, I often found myself rereading the Ultimate Spider-Man stories I had enjoyed as a teenager. I have read the arcs several times but it never gets old. I am past the frustrations I had as a teenager but still enjoy the great writing the comics have.I am in my early 30s and the comic still is great.
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