Comic Reviews by Walt

A few weeks ago, a Facebook group I had joined some years back–for the long-dead comics universe, the Ultraverse–suddenly exploded into activity. It’s been stirring my interest back up in the Ultraverse comics. I already had a stack of PRIME issues on a shelf, waiting for a re-reading project I’ve had in mind for over a year.

In addition, this past weekend I snagged a handful of Ultraverse comics from quarter bins at a couple different comic shops.

Monday night, I decided to take a peek in my “most accessible” longbox, and lo! Ultraverse comics! So I pulled the Ultraverse comics, and decided to look at the next box. Then the two shortboxes.

Amazingly, I found QUITE the mix of Ultraverse comics in just 3 longboxes and 2 shortboxes.

Seems that without particularly realizing it, I’ve actually been grabbing a number of Ultraverse comics the last few years from various bargain bins and such sales. I even found that I’ve got the Black September: Infinity issue, as well as the Ultraverse: Future Shock. And turns out the that special PRIME issue I picked up a couple years back for $1 at a used media store is one of those Limited-5,000 editions.

So, now have a mission before me: to dig through all the longboxes I have in this apartment, to pull together whatever Ultraverse comics I have. From there, see what’s out there that I’m missing, and begin very specifically hunting these things down.

I’m not too concerned about variant covers and alternate editions–should I already own some or come across them cheaply (bargain bins), might snag some.

But my intent is to acquire the entire STORY. From Prime, Hardcase, and Strangers #s 1 in Summer 1993 to Ultraverse: Future Shock cover dated February 1997.

And then–perhaps in this blog, perhaps a blog specifically for the project–I might just try to take on the challenge of reading the entire Ultraverse chronologically.

Time’ll certainly tell!

Filed under: NON-REVIEW CONTENT | Tagged: Exiles, Firearm, Hardcase, Mantra, Night Man, Prime, Rune, Sludge, Solution, Strangers, Ultraforce, Ultraverse Revisited |