Ultimate comics

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The Ultimate Comics are several comic series from the American publisher Marvel Comics , which are based on the traditional Marvel superheroes. You play in the separate Ultimate Universe .

In contrast to other comic series from the publisher, these series deliberately make no reference to previously published editions of other comics, e.g. B. by reappearing certain characters from previous comics or referring to previous events. Instead, Ultimate Comics was created as a fresh start in 2000, allowing new readers to follow the characters' story from the start. This step was deemed necessary as most of the Marvel characters are from the 60s or earlier. That said, it is difficult for today's readers to get the early stories that defined the characters and are still referenced today. In addition, the stories in their style are clearly of the time ( Cold War ) and a much younger audience, which is why there was an unsatisfactory discrepancy in the atmosphere of one and the same series.

In 2009 there was the first major relaunch of the Ultimate Universe as part of the Ultimatum event . Following the storyline The Death of Spider-Man , 2011 saw another change in the status quo when the late Peter Parker was replaced by Miles Morales. As part of the Secret Wars event, the Ultimate Universe will come into contact with the "classic" Marvel comic universe for the first time from May 2015. As the Multiverse collapses, an end of the Ultimate Universe is suspected. Individuals from him could be taken over into the new comic universe.

The most important series from the Ultimate universe are The Ultimate Spider-Man , Ultimate X-Men , The Ultimate (a reinterpretation of the Avengers ) and The Ultimate Fantastic Four . In addition to these four ongoing series, several miniseries appeared, such as The Ultimate Iron Man . They all tell the story of the classic heroes in a contemporary guise and with slight modifications to the original.

Trivia

  • The Ultimate Universe has been assigned the designation Earth-1610 within the Marvel Multiverse .