Age of Ultron Paperback – 4 Sept. 2013

One of the classics, a good, well thought out plot line and a self-contained story. Ultron has always been one of my favourites and if I have one criticism of this story its that you see surprisingly little of him.

First of all let me say that Ultron is my favourite marvel villain and I cant wait for AVENGERS:AGE OF ULTRON. This comic starts of with New York in ruins and the super hero community has fallen with Ultron's forces controlling the whole place. That was kind of annoying because I was really looking forward to seeing the invasion itself happening, however we did see glimpses of it in a flashback from Spiderman. Any way as some of the hero's are regrouping and Black widow steals a chocolate bar from a dead guy; Cap finally comes out of a state of shock and devises a plan. I wont spoil much more but I will say that they meet Nick Fury in the savage land. Unfortunately Hulk, Thor, Thing, Mr Fantastic, Cyclops and a few others have already died so we don't see any of them. But that doesn't take away from the awesome story line and red hulk makes up for the loss of good ol' green skin. The story itself is good and the art is very good.OVERALL SUMMARY:Story:4.5/5Art:5/5Originality:4.5/5Price:5/5

I have been reading lots of comics over the past year, primarily The Walking Dead, and have found myself thoroughly enjoying this platform of storytelling and love the exquisite artwork. However, up until this book, I had actually not read any Marvel comic books and felt I could not call myself a true Marvel fan by solely judging their awesomeness based on their films, TV shows and second-hand knowledge from the Internet. So I thought I should actually buy myself a comic book and see if I would enjoy them as much, if not more so, as the films and TV shows.Although, I didn't really know where to start. True Marvel fans would most certainly be better in offering a good title to welcome new readers to the comic universe but with "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" film being released next year, I thought I'd start by reading the comic that inspired the title of the next Avengers film, even if it isn't going to be based on the actual comic book.The story is neither the most original nor is it the most interesting, although the characters and the artists' excellent designs make the moderately weak story easily forgivable. In fact, the last issue in the book that delves into Henry "Hank" Pym's origin - who is otherwise known as Ant-Man - has in fact catapulted him into my personal Top 20 Superheroes of All Time. Then again that could just be me as I find I am able to empathize with him significantly.Overall, as the comic book that has welcomed me into the comic universe of Marvel, I think this book is brilliant and is definitely worth the read. Plus, I have already ordered another Marvel comic book and cannot wait to read it, so I would say this comic book did a superb job in persuading me that Marvel comic books can be enjoyed just as much as the films etc.

Got this after seeing the film as fully expected a better story in the comic books. I was not wrong! This is much better than the film. Looking to add to this collection as the ultron series looks like a great read!

I love this comic book I mean it has outstanding action it has many characters and its really kind of in the future and in the past.I am not giving anything away but this is the right choice.You definitely will see what ultron is and what his powers are because Avengers: Age of Ultron is coming...

SPOILERS !Great idea & great art, but...As ever Bendis can come up with a big idea, but it is often poorly executed.In this story, I would have liked to have seen just how Ultron conquered the world.How he built a massive city over New York - apparently overnight.How he built all his drones.And Wolverine's solution seems really heavy-handed - almost to the point of cliché – i.e. Hank Pym "won't listen" so he has to be killed.Surely he's a boffin, not a religious zealot!And why is Ultron buying superheroes?And directing everything via the Vision from the future ….Does this get explained - or did I just miss it?And Ultron get invented anyway, in spite of intervention?And why must he be allowed to exist after all that?Timey-wimey stuff I suppose.That said, the adventure as a whole is satisfying.The alternates are pretty good.And for once the climax makes some sense - unlike Bendis' often hopelessly vague and confusing climaxes (such as Secret Invasion and Avengers Disassembled)I realise that comics have moved on since I was a lad, but Bendis’ non-linear, non-explanatory style gets a bit wearing and a tad pretentious.

Its would be rude to be here explain the story on this ARC IMO, so i only have this to say:Its a must have to all MArvel central universe (aka 616) fans, especially ones that like Pym's character and Wolverine.Just don't expect the movie to portrait this ARC because its too intense to the silver screen :)

Great story quite long will take a bit of time to finish if lime long story it doesnt follow the age of ultron film plot if you were wondering

This book is awesom....full of entertenment...

Bendis kann schreiben, wenn er will! Optisch ist der Band dank Bryan Hitch und Carlos Paccheco mehr als großartig. Aber auch die anderen Aushilfszeichner gaben echt ihr Bestes! Von dieser Hauptserie hätte ich gern noch mehr gehabt. Leider fehlte in dieser britischen Ausgabe der Prolog aus "Avengers #12.1.". Aber dafür war der Preis unschlagbar. (Und ich konnte mir die überteuerte deutsche Ausgabe sparen!)

I loved it!!! What I'd you killed the guy who made the atom bomb. How would the world be? This book tries to answer that by Wolverine killing Hank Pym with some help from Sue Storm. They go there after Ultron destroys the world.

Seems like these AOU reviews are all negative. Honestly I don't get it. I don't know if they are doing the ol' "automatically hate it cause its a Marvel event book & thats the hip thing to do" or perhaps they just don't appreciate a great read. Whatever it is, i say ignore those negative reviews. I am a huge fan of both DC and Marvel & I am telling you this is a very good & entertaining story! And i have been quite critical of Marvel events in the past! avengers vs x-men completely missed the mark for me and i still hate Civil War. However, Age of Ultron is a different animal. This is a story you can sit down & become immediately immersed & invested in. The art is amazing!! The story is tight, very plausible & extremely engaging! There is a flow & quality here that was sorely missing in AVX. And finally, this hardcover edition is simply beautiful! The quality of the binding, the pages and the cover!!! Wow! The Hardcover art will blow you away! To summarize: this is a great & beautiful book! For $45 its a steal. Give it a chance, you will not be disappointed.

bien sur on aurait aimé savoir comment débute l'invasion du monde par Ultron, et voir comment il domine le monde depuis le futur.mais il reste que le dessin est d'un très bon niveau, et l'histoire également. Pas une histoire donneuse de leçon, mais un très bon moment de BD.l'histoire porte bien son nom et le titre n'est pas trompeur : elle raconte ce qui se passe sous l'ère d'Ultron, et les conséquences de son règne.