Who are The Ultimates? Marvel\u2019s twisted Ultimate Avengers explained Marvel ComicsBefore Marvel\u2019s Ultimates reboot, here\u2019s a look at the Ultimate Comics\u2019 twist on The Avengers throughout the years. With the release of a new Ultimates #1 trailer, Marvel Comics has officially started the slow build to the next phase of its Ultimate Comics reboot. Fans will get their first look at the new status quo on Free Comic Book Day, with Ultimate #1 being released the month after. Six months after the team ventured into the future, they\u2019re finally returning in June\u2019s Ultimates #1. Before the new series drops, here\u2019s everything you need to know about who the Ultimates are. The Ultimates were the Ultimate Universe\u2019s twisted Avengers The Ultimates #1 debuted in January 2002, introducing fans of the pre-existing Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men titles to the new twist on The Avengers. The original series deals with the team\u2019s formation and ensuing fights with a rampaging Hulk and the invading Chitauri aliens. Elements of The Ultimates have, frankly, not aged well. Many of the characters are given edgier personalities that become downright offensive, from Cap\u2019s blatant racism to the Hulk\u2019s more impulsive actions. Later series only get darker, with Iron Man descending into uncontrolled alcoholism and the incestuous Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver relationship. The proper Ultimates eventually come to an end, being replaced with an updated New Ultimates line-up. Despite multiple reboots and tie-ins with other Ultimate Comics titles the series never hit the same sales and critical heights as its original offering, much of which formed the basis for the MCU\u2019s Avengers debut. Blue Marvel\u2019s Ultimates were a team of multiversal problem solvers Shortly after the events of Secret Wars, a new Ultimates were introduced on Earth-616. This version was led by Blue Marvel, a superhero from the \u201860s who had been forced into retirement. Along with Black Panther, Spectrum, America Chavez and Captain Marvel, the team was more focused on solving problems on a galactic scale than being superheroes. The book won over fans with the Ultimates\u2019 first mission: fixing Galactus. The team is able to completely flip his personality, turning him into Galactus the Lifebringer, a change that would persist for years. The story of these Ultimates ends with a bombastic showdown against The Maker, which sees them team up with the original Ultimates. The team disbanded afterward. The new Ultimates are the last hope for a broken world The all-new Ultimates of Earth-6160 are the result of the fallout with The Maker and Earth-6160\u2019s Howard Stark. After his world was destroyed, The Maker survived and placed a piece of himself in every new universe. One version destroyed and rebuilt a stray timeline, rebuilding his world. The new world, Earth-6160, is devoid of heroes due to The Maker\u2019s manipulation. When Howard and The Maker seemingly die, Tony Stark adopts the alias Iron Lad and steals the catalysts that would have made the various heroes. Ultimates #1 picks up six months after Ultimate Universe #1, which saw Tony, Thor, Captain America, Doctor Doom, and Sif leap through time to avoid an attack by The Maker\u2019s Council. With the team finally returning, it\u2019s up to a small band of heroes to undo The Maker\u2019s manipulations and fix the new Ultimate Universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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