Det her er vildt: Mark Millar og Bryan Hitch – holdet bag The Ultimates Vol. 1 & 2 – overtager Fantastic Four i starten af 2008.
Mark Millar har følgende kommentar:
“It’s the keys to the family car, isn’t it? To ‘civilians,’ they associate Marvel with Spidey, but as fans we know it all started with ‘FF.’ It was probably the most radical of all the Stan and Jack collaborations in that we had a superhero cohabiting with his equally super girlfriend, the world’s ugliest superhero, a super-hedonist, and with no masks or secret identities. It was the book that broke all the rules, which is something we take for granted.”
Det lader til at Millar henter inspiration fra udgaver af FF, som mange her i Danmark kender og holder af:
“The stuff I’m trying to measure up to are the first 110 [‘FF’] issues and the Byrne stuff. I’ve championed Byrne as often as possible these past couple of years because I specifically think his ‘FF’ run counts as some of the best Marvel books ever. I think it’s up there with his ‘X-Men.’ Just amazing stuff.”
Den nogen gange meget store forsinkelse der har været på The Ultimates (hvilket bl.a. har haft Mark Millars sygdom og ikke mindst Bryan Hitchs perfektionisme som årsag) har de i noget grad forsøgt at tage højde for:
“I started this before Christmas and Bryan started in the New Year, I just handed in our tenth issue last week and Bryan is just finishing the fourth. So, we’re in good shape. But I don’t want to trailer any plots until late next month. It’s good stuff, though. We’re very pleased with it.”
Det bliver et team, der kommer til at dele vandene, hvis altså deres Ultimates er noget at gå efter. Personligt glæder jeg mig til at se hvad d’herrer finder på – om end jeg tvivler på at de laver så solid en Dr. Doom som Waid og Weringo. :doom: