For old and new fans, Marvel’s latest take on an Ultimate Universe has been exciting. For each month between issues of any title, a month has passed. We’re seeing a world built in real time. Yet I’m disappointed to find out Marvel plans to continue it past its alleged deadline.
Hear me out: what has made it great is knowing that each title has a plan, moving inexorably toward the return of the Maker. That villain, a survivor of the first Ultimate Universe, made this world in his image. And yet heroism finds a way. Despite the best efforts of the Maker’s agents on this Earth, he’ll face opposition on his return.
That real-time build, that knowing there’s an ending — that’s part of what has made it so exciting. Even when it’s not obvious how it’s all going to tie together, as with Peach Momoko’s excellent and excellently weird Ultimate X-Men. So when Marvel touts that October covers prove the Ultimate Universe is just getting started… I’m sure they’ll still be good books, though I wouldn’t be surprised to see some creative teams change. They’ll have just lost some of the energy that made the whole thing work. As happened with the first Ultimate Universe, as happened with the New Universe (though maybe that never quite worked), and happened with DC’s Earth-2 books.
I expect that DC’s current Absolute Universe will also have an end, as much as they’re killing it right now. Licensing forbids that Darkseid stays dead forever. The Maker, though, he hasn’t quite made the same impression in popular consciousness.
We’ll give it a chance, though, won’t we?
From Marvel:
Marvel’s Ultimate Universe is heading towards a major turning point that will impact all five of its current hit ongoing titles and set the stage for the line’s exciting future!
Upon his return, the Maker will quickly discover the universe he so meticulously crafted has been thrown wildly off course! The rise of new super heroes has brought hope to his corrupt world, but the Maker’s renewed presence will evolve the stakes beyond anything anyone could imagine and usher in all-new eras of bold Ultimate storytelling. With these startling developments on the horizon, it’s the perfect time for fans to see why this new line of books have taken the industry by storm.
Today, peek ahead with the reveal of all the Ultimate issues coming this October!
ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER #21
Written by BRYAN HILL
Art by STEFANO CASELLIBLACK PANTHER RETURNS TO FACE THE PROGENITORS!
The Vodu-Khan have turned on Wakanda! Killmonger and Okoye are vulnerable while Storm and Black Panther are away! Will the mystic journeys Black Panther has endured turn the tide? And will Killmonger learn what happened between Black Panther and Storm?!
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #22
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by MARCO CHECCHETTOTHE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
CLASSIFIED!
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: INCURSION #5 (OF 5)
Written by DENIZ CAMP & CODY ZIGLAR
Art by JONAS SCHARFTHE ULTIMATE EXIT! A SHOWDOWN WITH THE MAKER’S COUNCIL!
The clock is ticking for Miles to escape the Ultimate Universe with his baby sister! How will Miles leave a mark on the Ultimate Universe? And how will the Ultimate Universe leave a mark on Miles?! Don’t miss the exciting conclusion…and what it bodes for the future of BOTH UNIVERSES! Following this saga’s conclusion, see Miles deal with its shocking aftermath in his solo series by Ziglar and Luigi Zagaria, starting in October’s MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #33.
ULTIMATES #17
Written by DENIZ CAMP
Art by JUAN FRIGERITHE ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR?
Now that the Ultimates are using the Immortus Engine to its full capacity, Doom’s dream of the Ultimate Fantastic Four may finally be realized…
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #10
Written by CHRIS CONDON
Art by ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIOWOLVERINE VS. OMEGA RED!
The Eurasian Republic leaders have learned that their prize weapon has joined the Opposition! And Wolverine busts out a secret weapon when Omega Red comes to reclaim him…
ULTIMATE X-MEN #20
Written by PEACH MOMOKO
Art by PEACH MOMOKOREGROUP…AND THE FUTURE OF THE X-MEN…?
The X-Men lick their wounds after the climactic battle against the Children of the Atom! But what is Armor’s fate? And what happened to her when she chased Shadow King into the astral plane?
If you’re excited, tell your local comic shop ASAP! Distribution may be a bit of a mess for the next few months, so retailers need to know what the people want now more than ever!
