Man…Ultimate Alliance is both a time capsule of that era of comics and so much fun to go back to now that I know all the comic history associated with it

The amount of “holy shit they put THAT in the game?!” Is so goddamn cool. Just some of my favorites:

• One of Doctor Doom’s alternate outfits in the Gold edition is Kristof from the Byrne run, with another being his Secret Wars armor from the 80s
• This is the only game where the Angelo Fortunato version of Venom is playable
• Sharon Ventura is an alt costume for Ms Marvel (Carol)
• One of Dr Strange’s outfits is his 1602 garb
• Iceman has not only the Grant Morrison era shades and trench coat but a costume that’s a neat one to one recreation of how Jack Kirby drew him in the original comics
• Thor not only has Beta Ray Bill as a costume but the super obscure Emperor Thor outfit from a 90s storyline
• Magneto has both Xorn and his 80s good guy look (with the white gloves)
• This is probably the only game where MayDay Parker is playable (as an alt skin for Spider-Woman)
• Moon Knight and Deadpool being here before their cult status really took off
• Winter Soldier being one of the earliest boss fights despite barely being a year old (first appearance was 2005, game came out in 2006)
• The Mandarin being treated as an equal threat to Doctor Doom (fuck yeah)
• The Wrecking Crew being a major threat in Asgard
• An entire chapter dedicated to the Starjammers and the Shi’ar honor guard (boss fights with Gladiator, Starbolt, Warstar, Hussar and Neutron)
• The Skrull Empress before her big role in Secret Invasion
• The good ending having the Skrulls helping earth against the Kree in contrast to Secret Invasion
• Thanos being nowhere to be seen save an ending slide showing him getting beat by Odin
• The Inhumans are here and don’t suck!