In this video, Owen explains the history of Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley’s Ultimate Spider-Man, how this comic reimagined Peter Parker’s iconic origin story, and how this series changed my life forever.
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0:00 – Prologue
1:26 – Introduction
3:40 – The Ultimate Origin
9:44 – Power and Responsibility
14:55 – A Learning Curve
19:27 – Legacy and Personal Reflections
27:32 – Outro
In 2000, Marvel embarked on a bold new experiment, re-imagining some of their greatest heroes in the 21st century, beginning with Spider-Man! Writer Brian Michael Bendis along with artists Mark Bagley and Stuart Immonen invite you to discover the world of Peter Parker in a whole new way with the series that changed everything.
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Ultimate spider man is and always will be one of my favorite comic book series I mean the art the writing and the jokes who wouldn’t love it
Honestly the ONE unequivocally positive thing that came out of the Ultimate Universe
I know many of us were excited when we first heard about it but with the benefit of history I think we can see that they leaned WAY too hard into being "edgy" and "adult" and just not a lot of fun.
That's not even mentioning the shitshow of how it limped past Ultimatum to its final demise.
Ultimate Spidey was responsible for pulling me back into the world of comic books. I have such a huge appreciation and feeling of nostalgia for this run. I will always recommend these books to anyone looking for a place to start with spidey without needing decades of knowledge leading into it.
This is my all time favorite spider man run.
The ONLY thing I didn't like was bringing Gwen back as a clone and having her just hang around after that like she never died. And then there was that forced romance between her and Peter.
Other than that it's almost perfect.
Sadly, I was mostly out of comics by 2000 (mostly because of money issues). Sounds like a series I absolutely would have loved.
That said, I did get into the XD series Ultimate Spider-Man when it came along, essentially turning him into an Avenger team leader for the next generation of heroes. Previously, I'd never seen him treated as a team member long term, only the occasional team up with other good guys. This makes him a more responsible person than ever. And teaming him with other reimagined characters, many aged down to his level. Yes some of it felt a tad rushed, only allowing 20 minutes +/- to pack in a lot. My only other minor criticism is the school being turned into a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. Hokey, no? Otherwise, a great concept.
I know exactly how you feel Owen. USM was also my gateway and til this day is still my favorite. I miss that version of the Ultimate Universe and Ultimate Peter so much.
Really glad that they are re-releasing the whole run in 35 volumes.
People nowadays seek for an adult Peter Parker and I can understand that .
Not only did Superior Spiderman and SM Life Story show us how it could look like but even after 8 Hollywood movies, we only get the „teenager“ version.
Nonetheless, Ultimate SM might be one of the most relatable and exciting stories of all time – right from the origins to the confession and the Sinister Six.
I feel like every character, side or main cast, has his moment and the right to exist.
Compared to the current Spiderman run, it looks exactly like some MCU or Star Wars shows where they just try to put as many characters into the story as they can with barely any logic (Misty Knight, Colleen Wing etc.)
God not just one of the best retellings of a hero, but just one of the best comic books ever made, period!!
I love Ultimate Spider-Man more than life itself
Owen, I think you just convinced me that comic books are good, actually
This book means so much to me. Its my favorite comic ever, and I truly believe it changed my life for the better. I'm glad that there's someone else that loves it as much as I do
I've been trying to get into Ultimate Spider-Man since it came out. The art has always turned me off. Plus, it all seemed so unnecessary. I like Miles though, and am I'm glad they brought him into the main universe
Ultimate Spider-man is arguably Bendis best series besides Daredevil. I have every volume and love it
I read the first 5 issues of Ultimate Spider Man 3 months ago and I gotta say it was incredible. Although it's not the first comic I read It's definitely one of my Favorite Comics of all time
Beautiful video! I enjoyed it from the beggining until the end. I feel absolutely more identificated in this version of Peter Parker than another. This comic was love, learning, and ultimate!
Did u dress up as peter in the first issue for this vid? Cuz u seem to have a similar hair style, the glasses and the "jacket over button shirt, over t-shirt" outfit he tends to wear.
The ultimate imprint was the comic of my generation. Everyone loves USM but I really think that UXM and UFF were also good in their own way until before ultimatum, about the time you should drop off reading it :). A lot of great stories were written in that time, and the long running duration of the golden age ultimate line is nothing to sneeze at!
My favorite storyline and ultimate spider man is the black suit venom saga Ultimate spider man was always great and I was glad to be a part of this series When I was a child being born in the early 2000 I really love your videos Owen I was sincerely hoping that one day You would make a video About the significant importance of Todd McFarlane's spider man iconic trifecta consisting of Spider Man 298 299 300 Even though my favorite is 299 I used to have the issue 300 when I was a kid when my grandmother used to work at Walmart And there was a spider man toy line spiderman originsSo my grandmother managed to get me The spider man origins documentary explaining it in grave detail the origins of spider man's black costume And I also had the issue 300 With my spider-man toy Take care and as always I will continue reading comics
Love Ultimate Spider-Man, but one ironic thing about it for me is how dated it seems now. It’s like in an effort to make it “modern” the writers just made it very indicative of the era in which it was written. It’s a big nostalgia trip for me, since I was a kid in the late 90s/early 00s. But I wonder if younger or older audiences even connect with it.
Damn I love your videos, they are so introspective. These videos also depict these tales from a different perspective and passion that stands in stark contrast to channels like Comicstorian and ComicsExplained (not to take away from either of them).
Two foundational comics for me were spider-girl and ultimate spider-man because they were in my elementary school library.
Even tho it's not 616 this run is such a defining turn for Spider-Man as a character.
Phenomenal video. The positive message really elevated the series. Cheers.
Being an older reader when this came out it was my least favorite of all the Ultimate titles. Though I'm only a moderate fan of the original Spiderman.
Man, what a great video. Another one, I mean.
While I haven’t read much of Ultimate Spidey, I’ve read a lot of Miles’ stuff by Bendis and i connected to it in a similar way. There’s a scene where Miles’ uncle tells him he is “just like me”, and seeing Miles struggle to reconcile who he wants to be with who he feels doomed to become really resonated with me.
As someone who’s new to comics, I appreciate your work on this channel. I look forward to your future stuff, and I honestly wouldn’t mind more of you sharing your own experiences and thoughts in the future. I know you want to be objective, but this was really cool to hear!
Thank you for speaking about this and show me that there are so many people that just like me loved this series and became something very important in their lives 🧡
Hey! Love these! Keep them up mate 👍🏻
Ultimate spider man is one of my all time favorite comic series the storytelling is great bendis despite his faults is one of the all time great spidey writers along with Lee Conway and slott. The art is fantastic and it's clearly the definitive artwork of Bagley's career. This was the crown jewel of the ultimate marvel line and it saved marvel as a company
I feel bad for Ultimate Peter Parker because most of the heroes in that universe are psychopaths and Peter seems like the only sane hero in that world
Would love to see you do Bendis's daredevil
Have you done a video on John Ostrander's Suicide Squad run? I think that would be pretty fascinating!
Thanks for making this videos !
Ultimate Spider-man was my first introduction to Marvel comics too. I’d read some DC before but never Marvel. Ended up collecting the TPB for the whole ultimate universe up until Ultimatum. Eventually I gave them away to a friend due to needing to create space when my first child was born but they’ll always be important to me.
ultimate is so hated by the majority of spidey “fans” but he’s my personal favorite iteration of the character. He’s why i started reading Spidey comics and even introduced into Miles, my top 3 fav spider-people
always wished they adapted the 1610 Spidey more accurately into the MCU, especially since both versions are obviously aiming to be modern for the times they’re in
to me, what makes the character so unique is that Spider-Man isn’t a “man”. It’s a kid in spandex trying to do what’s right. In fact that’s what made him special initially, Spidey was one of, if not the first kid superhero to NOT be a sidekick. Spider-Man (IMO) is best when he’s just a kid balancing work, school and his superhero life. Not everyone can relate to being an adult, but everyone knows what it’s like to be a kid, which is where spidey shines best imo. I would’ve loved to see 1610 grow up into a young man, but i love the stories we got with him as a teenager
The British reprints in Astonishing Spider-Man was the first comic book I ever got! When Uk reprints of Ultimate started I was in year 6 and it became my life! I owe them two comics my life obsession with the medium! And U.S.M is still an unrivalled run! Thanks for covering!
A great video to start the year off Owen. USM remains a favorite of mine as well
Been wanting to read this for awhile since I heard it’s a good place to start with the Web-head (haven’t read that many Marvel comics overall) but I think I’ll be heading to my comic shop tomorrow. Great job, Owen.
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Loved this video dude as I always do. You even LOOK just like Peter down to the haircut and glasses😂
Beautiful video Owen, it truly feels it really influenced in your personal life (as to many that came from that generation on that time) and as always for Marvel Comics, it always delivered with Spider-Man and this fresh take with the Ultimate universe, was truly something else. Me that I was born in 1984, I managed to read this fresh take and I loved it as much as the 617 stories, because it was a fresh take with the same teachings and growth that many of us readers had faced thru while growing up. And no matter what Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man's respective legacies will always endure no matter what generation comes from. As for me, I started reading the Ultimate universe with The Ultimates and Ultimate X-Men, the latter with depth because I always loved the X-Men and specially (despite being a general cliche for anybody apparently): Wolverine. And as I was already finishing college, I always found the same teoublesome life that Ultimate Logan had, I was let down by society and being pushed being a bad-resentful-boy until, I got along with the right people in order for me to become a better man again and not just an animal.
Kudos for this video👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼, saludos desde Bolivia 👍🏼😎🇧🇴
P.S.: I apologize for the long comment😅👍🏼
I loved the ultimate Spider-Man comics!
Oh my god this is one of my favorite videos from you! You've outdone yourself with this one owen!