Ultimate Marvel Magazine

Always eager to cash in on a good thing, Marvel hustled out this oversized magazine, which reprinted many of the early issues from Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, shortly after the Ultimate books began to take off. Aside from the 70 pages of reprinted stories, the magazine also features a few text extras like news of current and upcoming Marvel movies and comics. Also included are featurettes on comics and movie minutia, such as a story on the weaponry used by actor Wesley Snipes in the Blade film based on the comic character of the same name. If you missed the earliest installments of the reinterpreted Spider-Man and X-Men sagas, this is probably a good place to pick them up (unless the high tide raising the prices of all the Ultimate books pulls this one up too). In the case of the Spider-stories, Brian Michael Bendis’ (Powers) words are as crisp and compelling as ever, while the slightly larger format of the magazine gives Mark Bagley’s art more of vibrant, poster-like feel.

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#1

Feb 2001

Cover: $3.99

W: Brian Michael Bendis, Bill Jemas · A: Mark Bagley

Reprints Ultimate Spider-Man #1 and #2

1 copy for $9.99
#2

Mar 2001

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W: Brian Michael Bendis

Reprints Ultimate Spider-Man #3 and Ultimate X-Men #1

2 copies from $1.25
#3

Apr 2001

Cover: $3.99

W: Brian Michael Bendis

Reprints Ultimate Spider-Man #4 and Ultimate X-Men #2

1 copy for $6.98
#5

Jun 2001

Cover: $3.99

W: Brian Michael Bendis

Reprints Ultimate Team-Up #1 & Ultimate X-Men #5

2 copies from $1.00
#6

Jul 2001

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W: Brian Michael Bendis

1 copy for $7.99
#7

Aug 2001

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W: Brian Michael Bendis

1 copy for $1.25
#8

Sep 2001

Cover: $3.99

W: Brian Michael Bendis

1 copy for $4.99
#9

Oct 2001

Cover: $3.99

W: Brian Michael Bendis

3 copies from $1.68
#10

Nov 2001

Cover: $3.99

W: Brian Michael Bendis

1 copy for $0.86