The Ultimates 3

The Ultimates 3 is a five-issue, monthly comic book miniseries published in 2008 by Marvel Comics in the Ultimate Marvel imprint. Written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by Joe Madureira, it is the sequel to The Ultimates and The Ultimates 2, as well as the prequel to Ultimatum.

Why It Ultimately Sucks

 * 1) To get cat out of the room, it is infamous for having an incestuous relationship between Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, which is incredibly questionable and nonexistent.
 * 2) They even have a subplot about a sex tape involving Tony Stark/Iron Man and Black Widow that is completely pointless to the story and was forgotten in later issues.
 * 3) Ultron is a very disappointing main villain of this comic, who is later revealed to be the one who assassinated Scarlet Witch in order to provoke her father, Magneto for seeking vengeance on humankind. He even creates robotic duplicates of the Ultimates that act like their Earth-616 counterparts, while it is revealed that it was staged by Dr Doom himself.
 * 4) Joe Madureira's art, while passable is wasted with rather dark orange color palletes that feels like the backgrounds came from a sunset and looks very eerily similar to something that Rob Liefeld (creator of Deadpool and Cable) would draw. Also, he mistakenly drew Wasp's face ethnicity from Asian to Caucasian.
 * 5) The fight scenes are rather lackluster and slow-paced because of said dark orange color palletes.
 * 6) Relies way too much on shock value and brutal violence since it is rated T+ (Teens).
 * 7) Tony Stark sleeping with Black Widow.
 * 8) Valkyrie slicing Venom's entire body since he can regenerate, slicing Mastermind's head and Pyro's hands.
 * 9) Quicksilver's hand shot from the bullet.
 * 10) Captain America being slashed to the back by Sabretooth.
 * 11) Wolverine sleeping with Magneto's wife.
 * 12) Wolverine stabbing Quicksilver.
 * 13) Hawkeye being slashed by Sabretooth.
 * 14) Thor crushing Unus' head.
 * 15) Some of the Ultimates act extremely out-of-character and be like killers:
 * 16) * Hawkeye acts like an idiot who has PTSD and tries to kill Wolverine, Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy.
 * 17) * Thor speaks old-fashioned English, something he didn't do in Ultimates 1 and 2.
 * 18) *Valkyrie is now a "mean girl" stereotype who keeps chopping off people's heads and hands. Her subplot about paying a house rent has nothing to do with the story at all.
 * 19) *Hank Pym is still on drugs until he reforms his erratic behavior.
 * 20) Wolverine serves no purpose other than to be revealed as the lover of Magneto's wife.
 * 21) Wasted most of the X-Men villains like Mastermind and Pyro who are sadly shoehorn in this comic. Even, Venom, revealed to be an Ultron drone is here too.
 * 22) The flashback revolving caveman, Ka-Zar is rather pointless to the story other than filler.
 * 23) Major Plothole: How did Valkyrie (in this version that is not a goddess) get super powers.
 * 24) The pacing is inconsistent, along with the tone itself.
 * 25) This comic also started the downfall of the Ultimate Marvel imprint, which would be accelerated in its follow-up, Ultimatum.
 * 26) Some plot-holes like how Captain America is wearing the Black Panther costume.
 * 27) Thor's hammer which was an axe-hammer is replaced with the mainstream hammer, thus creating a continuity error until it's explained in Ultimate Comics New Ultimates.
 * 28) *In addition, the hammer, Mjolnir is used by Magneto despite it doesn't have some worthy enchantment in Norse mythology.
 * 29) It is a very disappointing "conclusion" to the Ultimates comic trilogy.
 * 30) In the end of the comic, Magneto later becomes even more villainous and unsympathetic when his son died, and vows to get revenge on the Ultimates and those such as humans who wrong him.
 * 31) Like with Ultimatum, this comic was made while its writer, Jeph Loeb, was suffering a mental breakdown after the death of his son - and it shows.
 * 32) False Advertising: The Ultimates do not fight Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy until the last 2 issues. Also, Spider-Man does not team up with the Ultimates just got into a fight with Hawkeye while Venom doesn't team up with the Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The Ultimates battling the Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy could've been executed well without the Ultron plot-thread.
 * 2) The Ultron robot designs look well-detailed.
 * 3) Spider-Man, despite not having a large role, is still likeable.