Spider-Man is still new at this crime-fighting game and is still coming to grips with his powers and abilities. When he starts paying attention to the media's mutant hysteria coverage, he frets that if the radioactive spider bite made him a mutant. That sets the stage for his first meeting with a mutant, and who better to encounter than Wolverine, Magneto's deadliest assassin?

From there, Peter finds himself covering the monster from the southwest called the Hulk, and is he in for an eye-opener when they meet face to face! Talk about your radioactive mutations!

Spider-Man also encounters the armored avenger called Iron Man, and learns something about power, responsibility and technology from an older, more experienced man. 

From the Publisher
Brian Michael Bendis has gone from independent crime comic writer to Marvel's hottest super-hero scribe. He writes Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, the latter allowing him to work with some of the biggest names in the comics business. Artists in this volume include Matt Wagner (Mage), Phil Hester (Green Arrow), and Michael Allred (X-Force, Madman).

Mark Millar (story) and Brian Hitch (art) paint an intense, shocking, and often hilarious picture of these classic heroes, truly redefining them for the new generation.

This trade paperback collects The Ultimates issues #1-#6. It is an excellent read, and a good jumping-on point for people who don't want to wade through the piles of continuity that bog down many of the Marvel titles. Possibly the best comic that Marvel produces today, and certainly one of my favorites.