• Written by: Deniz Camp
• Art by: Juan Frigeri
• Colors by: Federico Blee
• Letters by: VC’s Travis Lanham
• Cover art by: Dike Ruan, Neeraj Menon (cover A)
• Cover price: $4.99
• Release date: March 5, 2025

The Ultimates #10, by Marvel on 3/5/25, sends the Ultimate Avengers on a killing spree to retrieve the body of a long-dead ally.

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Is The Ultimates #10 Good?

Recap

When we last left Earth-6160 in The Ultimates #9, we met the Ultimate Luke Cage as a career prisoner whose life mimicked the real-life radical activist and convicted murderer George Jackson. When Luke was granted the abilities of Power Man, courtesy of a box secretly delivered by Iron Lad, Luke used his power to stage a prison revolt and take over the prison. When Iron Lad arrived to welcome Luke Cage to the team, Luke refused the offer. Instead, he chose to remain a prisoner, transferring from one prison to the next to tear down the prison system from the inside.

Plot Synopsis

In The Ultimates #10, the writer’s barely disguised fetish gets even weirder. The story begins with Jim Hammond, aka the robot known as the original Human Torch, recounting how he was the one responsible for the death of Adolf Hitler during WWII. The memory puts a smile on his face and keeps him warm at night, which is an odd observation for a robot.

The Avengers prepare to invade a gated compound, one of several across North America, populated by the families of the Red Skulls, a neo-fascist group with a diverse range of anti-establishment ideologies. Why are the Ultimate Avengers raiding a gated compound? We’re not told until they reach their target.

The Avengers sneak in first. Wasp and Ant-man enter the ears of the guards and explode them from the inside. Captain America knocks out everyone he encounters with his shield. Human Torch burns any resistance to ash and bone. Eventually, the team enters the compound’s headquarters to find their target, Namor, stuffed and mounted on a wall. They’re greeted by the current Red Skull, his civilian identity unknown, who explains this predecessor retrieved Namor’s body years ago after Namor was executed after a coup in Atlantis. His body was banished to the seas to discourage martyr worship.

The Ultimate Avengers leave after they kill the Red Skull’s entourage, and the Red Skull escapes. The issue ends with Iron Lad, still recovering, wiping out the Red Skull’s internet data and funds (Ultimate Cancelling), and Cap recognizing the man behind the mask is a former sidekick.

First Impressions

There is ample evidence in The Ultimates #11 to suggest that writer Deniz Camp struggles with the definition of what it means to be a hero. We’ll talk about the particulars down below, but it’s fair to say Camp has lost the plot, literally and figuratively.

How’s the Art?

The art is great, if a bit nauseating depicting the actions our “heroes” take in this issue. Juan Frigeri gives the original Jim Hammond an upgrade that makes him look industrial rather than flames in humanoid shape, and it’s a cool visual. The action is well-choreographed, and the gore is kept to a blessed minimum.

What’s great about The Ultimates #10?

Beyond Juan Frigeri’s art, seeing Jim Hammond in action is the highlight of this issue. As much as I love the current Human Torch, Johnny Storm, this issue evokes the spirit of the original Invaders for readers who have a fondness for that title.

What’s not great about The Ultimates #10?

Deniz Camp’s plot, direction, and purpose verges on sickening. The Ultimate Avengers attack a guarded compound unprovoked, kill a bunch of men, and then leave with a corpse. Why is this okay? Apparently, murder is justified if the victims in question believe in Nazi-adjacent ideologies. In effect, Deniz Camp has turned a group of heroes into a death squad.

Readers may read the previous paragraph and may have a knee-jerk reaction to the sentiment, but it’s correct for two specific reasons.

First, the Ultimate Avengers had to know Namor was already dead. Why? Because Namor was killed years before by execution after Atlantis was overtaken by an internal coup. His execution was not a secret to the people, and his never-decaying body was kept in repose for a long time, frequently visited by Atlantis’s citizens out of reverence. If Captain America and Human Torch were looking for Namor to get the Invaders back together to fight the Maker, Atlantis would have been the first stop and they would have learned the truth. Therefore, the Ultimates entered a compound and killed a bunch of men simply to recover a dead body that had been discarded by the rulers of his kingdom.

Second, heroes value and defend human life, even life they disagree with, even life they hate. Heroes do not take life unless it’s to defend themselves or others, and even then, only when necessary. There’s nothing heroic about what the Ultimates did in this issue. For those who would say, “Why are you defending Nazis?” I’m not. Don’t be stupid. I can hate an ideology and still believe in the sanctity of life. Anyone who can’t tell the difference should seek professional help.

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Final Thoughts

The Ultimates #10 is a sickening turn for the title when the writer transforms a developing team of heroes into a death squad for sentimental and ideological reasons. Deniz Camp’s poorly constructed script serves as little more than a platform for his fetish to kill “those people,” only marginally saved by Juan Frigeri’s cool art. At this point, Camp may need some kind of intervention.

4.5/10

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