As the cover shows, UltraMega promises destructive battles betweengiant monsters and an equally titanic protector. But what about once you've finished reading volume one?
A gigantic virus 
Earth is affected by a cosmic epidemic randomly turning ordinary individuals into kaiju, gigantic and violent monsters. To face this threat, a cosmic spirit has chosen three heroes and endows them with powers, but this struggle ravages the cities and destroys their minds.
UltraMega runs at the speed of a tokusatsu punch. Writer and cartoonist James Harren wastes no time: from the first page, we see banal individuals metamorphose and then a single extended episode presents the universe and the characters. All three UltraMegas have already fought and drooled over it. Ern went crazy and wandered the streets before disappearing. There is only one carrier left but Jason is depressed. This is only the beginning because everything is turned upside down at the end of the first episode. We are then suddenly plunged a decade later into a post-apocalyptic world. Each episode ends with a deadly cliffhanger.
UltraMega pushes the codes of the superhero further. Very different, the three UltraMegas do not form a team. They are "pros" who fulfill their function. Indeed, becoming a hero is a burden (which Ern's mind did not bear). In addition, thesepower bearers are left without any help because their "creator" has never spoken since the first dream. Several stories relate to a complicated father-son relationship. A father abandons his first family before rebuilding a home. Heroes represent a surrogate parental model while mothers are absent or contemptuous.
A gigantic cartoonist 
Through James Harren's drawing talent, UltraMega goes from a daily scene that has become disturbing on several pages to a double page of combat. Guaranteed Waow effect! Blood spurts, limbs crack… The narrative turns into horror by these details.
Harren shows the effects of fighting. Not only are buildings destroyed, but passers-by die en masse. Then the blood of the creatures flows causing a tidal wave of hemoglobin. The author even describes the economic effects with an explosion of unemployment. In the post-apocalyptic future, morality is very loose. Hope is often disappointed andsometimes some have to be sacrificed on behalf of the group. Dave Stewart's colorization contributes to this originality. There are no contrasting hues but a greenish or brown tone illustrating the economic degradation and mediocrity of the new society.
UltraMega proposed by Delcourt comics totally reproduces the atmosphere and facilitates the trip. The enlarged format is ideal for blockbuster drawing. The title reproduces the effect of a felt pen like a tag on a wall. The frame of the cover is formed by color spots like a worn book. On the first page, we see the magical artifact and an explosion of energy. The credits page introducing the creative team reminds me of the credits of a blockbuster in the cinema.
From the first pages of UltraMega, I was embarked on a hellish waltz between horror, depressive humor and twisted family narrative. In the post-apocalyptic part, the dialogues are sometimes difficult to follow but you have to hang on because the proposed universe is very promising.
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