This is the first trade paperback that collects issues #1-6 of the comic book The Ultimates. Essentially, the Ultimates are the Avengers, but in a different "universe" that parent company Marvel has created to reach a different demographic. This "universe" is meant to be accessible to people newer to comics, and therefore does not require much, if any, background knowledge of the characters to understand these new stories. That being said, The Ultimates vol. 1 is a great place to start reading if you are interested in the new Avengers movie or any of the characters in it. While this book does not follow the same plot, several scenes and plot points from the movie were inspired by this comics series. (In fact, there is a point in the book where characters discuss who should play them in a movie).
All that aside, The Ultimates is a series that stands on its own. It is both written and illustrated very well, something that caused massive delays when it was shipping as individual comics, but you don't have to worry about that now. This first volume does an excellent job at setting up the characters and has some nicely done action scenes at the end. Of course, this book does continue in later volumes, but there is resolution after only a few more books. This is a quick, enjoyable, but somewhat mature book, dealing with issues of relationship abuse, so be cautious before recommending this to younger readers.
Check out this book at the Sacramento Public Library
--GS
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