Captain America - Traitor?!?

Oh, Mark Millar, how could you do this to the pure and great icon of America? Oh, wait. That's regular Captain America, not the arrogant jerk with the AK-47 who says stupid things like, "The A doesn't stand for France." Frankily, it shouldn't be surprising that he turns out to be the traitor.

It certainly wasn't surprising to me, and I don't even read the series anymore. Just by flipping through the comic every month to see if Black Widow was in the series anymore, I could tell that it was Cap who betrayed the Ultimates and killed Hawkeye. (Again? People at Marvel really don't like Hawkeye.) Sure, easy for me to say it now that the latest issue of Ultimates is out and Nick Fury arrests Cap, but hey, I got nothing else to write about. And it probably won't even be Captain America, just some clone or Skrull or something.

So, thank you Mark Millar for more of the same things I expect when reading your stories. At least it wasn't about an alternate universe where all the superheroes are vampire zombies... (They're making a spin-off of that, you know. Sad, Marvel. Truly sad.)

Zenon or Xenon?

Ultraman Lah! reports that the new Ultraman to appear in Ultraman Max will be called Ultraman Xenon, according to Tokusatsu Ace issue 11. (See picture.) That is unless there's been a typo. Xenon's first appearance will be in episode 13: Daughter of Z-Ton, airing this Saturday in Japan.

I apologize that all my posts seem to fixate on Xenon/Zenon, but there's not too much else going on right now, expect being swamped with work. And he is a cool looking Ultraman, right?

Newest New Ultraman Yet

I wondered how Bandai would have approved the new Ultraman Max series, one with the first non-transforming Ultraman in quite a bit. But it seems they've got enough ideas on how to make more toys out of the series. First, there's the "new" version of Ultraman Max with his "Max Galaxy," a bracelet-type weapon handy for creating all new action figures.

Second, there's a new Ultraman coming to the Ultraman Max series: Ultraman Zenon! I'm assuming he too comes from Nebula M-78. Unlike Max, who looks like a Ultra Seven wannabe, Zenon has a more individual look to him, more successfully capturing the feel of the "classic" Ultra Brothers. He does have a striking resemblance to Ultraman Melos from the old Ultra Brothers manga I read. I'll try and post more information on Ultraman Zenon as I learn about him.

Ultraman Zenon!