{"product_id":"the-ultimates-marvel-age-of-comics","title":"The Ultimates (Marvel Age of Comics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the Stories Behind the Legends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1990s and early 2000s were a time of intense change and experimentation for Marvel Comics. Out of this emerged The Ultimates-a comic that would have an explosive impact on Marvel and the broader pop culture landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriter Mark Millar, with artists Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, and Paul Neary, reimagined the classic characters that made up Marvel's premiere super hero team, the Avengers. Looking at them through a modern, post-9\/11 lens, the creators treated the characters as super soldiers who reported to the US government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with full-color art, Ted Adam's entry in The Marvel Age of Comics takes readers through Marvel of the '90s: the Marvel Knights imprint, the creation of the Ultimate universe with Spider-Man and the X-Men, and finally the Ultimates themselves. With its unique blend of grounded realism and over-the-top action, The Ultimates ensured that comic books and pop culture would never be the same.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57337056657732,"sku":"9798765141649","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0914\/8402\/9252\/files\/9798765141649.jpg?v=1790505086","url":"https:\/\/inkandember.store\/products\/the-ultimates-marvel-age-of-comics","provider":" Ink \u0026 Ember","version":"1.0","type":"link"}