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word of advice : Spoilers for Ultimate Universe : One Year In # 1The newNick Furyis the most evil adaptation of the character reference ever , and he ’s just essay it by dedicate the horrific murder of Marvel ’s most wholesome team : thePower Pack . It ’s not precisely a new trick to make a story dark , but it work here because of just how over - the - top it is , and how far this book goes to make readers detest this guy .
InUltimate Universe : One Year In#1 by Deniz Camp , Jonas Scharf , Mattia Iacono , and Travis Lanham , the Ultimate Universe ’s new version ofNick Fury shew how vicious he is by killing this universe’sPower Packin beastly fashion , meaning that the untested hero never have a chance to rise up against this world ’s monocracy .
The issue is structured as a confession by Fury , with the roughshod child murder only one of the Acts of the Apostles that press Fury to eventually betray his malevolent masters , who unluckily were expecting him to do so .
Ultimate Nick Fury Killed the Ultimate Power Pack, Cementing How Bleak This Universe Is
The Worst Version of Nick Fury - Ever
ThePower Pack is usuallythe most family - well-disposed of Marvel teams . talented superpowers by a expire unknown , the banding of four sib have starred in child - friendly comedian serial publication off and on since the 1980s . Even when they have n’t had their own title , they ’ve been reliable support character for other type and teams in their lighter dangerous undertaking , such as the Fantastic Four . Not that the mathematical group have n’t had their contribution of obscure adventures . Like the best shaver - favorable culture medium , the Pack confront adult subject through a childlike lens system , most excellently finding themselves entangle in the X - Men’sMutant Massacrein the ' 80s .
Truthfully , Marvel villains do n’t really weigh in the opulent scheme of the wide universe , but the Ultimate Universe has found a way to change that .
This story is n’t the first time that thePower Pack has been used to show just how awful an substitute creation is . Marvel Zombies / Army of Darkness#3 by John Layman , Fabiano Neves , June Chung , and Russ Wooton comprehend the classical zombi movie trope of zombie spirit kids with the Pack . Meanwhile , Exiles#61 by Tony Bedard , Jim Calafiore , Mark McKenna , JC , and Dave Sharpe goes a whole tone further , showing a horrifically fused Power Pack in its returnto the Age of Apocalypse timeline .
Nick Fury Killing the Power Pack Is the Ultimate Universe’s Most Unbelievable Choice Yet
Ultimate Universe: One Year In#1 Cover by Rafael Albuquerque
Part of what ’s playfulness about Fury ’s barbarity inUltimate Universe : One Year In#1 is how it ’s deliberately over - the - top . There are two thing that a scoundrel can do to become unredeemable in an audience ’s idea : shoot down kids or kill a firedog . On one page , Fury does both , killing not just Power Pack , but alsothe Inhuman dog Lockjaw . It ’s so obscure and over - the - top evil that it come all the way back around and becomes funny again . ThisNick Furyis a blast to read about , even as he does horrific things like killing thePower Pack .
Ultimate Universe : One Year In#1is available now from Marvel Comics .
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