Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews
Age Of Ultron #7 of 10
Marvel Comics
Bendis, Peterson, Pacheco & Martinez
If you have ever seen "Back to the Future Part 2" then you have no need to read this comic book. If you haven't seen the film then watch that movie and skip this comic book. That movie was entertaining and makes you want to seek out the finale. This comic book has none of the charm, limited plot and is utterly forgettable. This is simply a below average comic book.
Wolverine and Sue Richards return to the present after killing of Hank Pym to find how the world has been altered since they messed with the timeline. Time travel is such a slippery slope. Changing the timeline and returning to the present will at a minimum create a scenario where there are two versions of Sue and Wolverine. What did the pair think they would do? Just sort of hang out with their other versions and continue living as though nothing happened?
Think about it: Sue comes back to find her family is alive, but her place is taken by….herself from another timeline. Was she planning to live as a second mom with her kids? Did she just want to look at them alive and well and then ride off into the sunset alone? Wolverine, oddly, is unaffected in the altered in the alternate timeline. Still, what was the second Wolverine planning to do? Wolverine-west maybe?
There is a larger question about what happened to the team that went into the future. Regardless of how their plot turned out presumably they (or some of them) would return to the present. Did Wolverine and Sue just assume they would meet them in New York? Even if the people that were left behind now have altered timelines, those returning from the future should be in the same situation as Wolverine and Sue. Why would Wolverine and Sue just abandon them?
Couple these unexplained plot concepts with the alternate timeline being dull and unimaginative and you have yourself a really bland read. What's interesting is when Wolverine and Sue go invisible the book feels more like "It's a Wonderful Life" instead of "Back To The Future Part 2". Either way, this story has been told and been told much better than this comic book.
The artwork is uneven and helps to bring the reading experience down unfortunately. The book sags when it comes to facial expressions, particularly the awful depiction of Sue's eyes. Strangely, though, her body looks terrific. The fight scenes do not flow together as Wolverine's claws pop and retract panel to panel with no sound effect and no connectivity. We've got ourselves some nice splash pages but that's about it.
Age of Ultron is shaping up to be among the worst series I've ever read. Ten issues is a tough sell for this directionless, limited plot of a book. This issue highlights how Bendis put such a low effort to analyzing the impacts of time travel. The book might give you a few minutes of amusement but this is not one to seek out.
1 out of 5 Geek Goggles
