History ComicBook / UltimateMarvel

Despite ''Secret Wars'' being billed as the end of the road for Ultimate Marvel, Brian Michael Bendis would later bring back the Ultimate Universe in his ''Spider-Men II'' miniseries, revealing that the universe was restored at some point. The fate of the Ultimate universe would become an ongoing subplot years later in ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan'' and ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates''. On February 22, 2023, it was announced that the Ultimate Universe would be revisited with ''ComicBook/UltimateInvasion'', a four-issue mini-series by Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch which sees the Ultimates clash with The Maker, Miles Morales and the Illuminati (Professor X, Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic, Black Bolt, Prince Namor, Doctor Strange, and Black Panther), being billed as the start of "The Transformation of the Marvel Universe".

*** At the beginning of the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' tie-in to Ultimatum, the NYPD figure out that Peter is Spider-Man and bring Aunt May in for questioning, threatening to arrest her for aiding and abetting a fugitive if she doesn't come forward (by this point, she's become one of his [[SecretKeeper secret keepers]]). The police station (and most of New York) gets destroyed during the flood. By the time the issue is mentioned again, Spider-Man had turned into a hero with a HundredPercentAdorationRating, so the police have no problem turning a blind eye to all the leads pointing towards the Parkers.

Brian Michael Bendis would later bring back the Ultimate Universe in his ''Spider-Men II'' miniseries. The fate of the Ultimate universe would become an ongoing subplot years later in ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan'' and ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates''. On February 22, 2023, it was announced that the Ultimate Universe would be revisited with ''ComicBook/UltimateInvasion'', a four-issue mini-series by Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch which sees the Ultimates clash with The Maker, Miles Morales and the Illuminati (Professor X, Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic, Black Bolt, Prince Namor, Dr. Strange and Black Panther), being billed as the start of "The Transformation of the Marvel Universe".

No relation to the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' cartoon show, though like most every other Marvel adaptation since the TurnOfTheMillennium, it incorporates a few ''Ultimate Marvel'' elements. Both of the Ultimate Universe Spider-Men would meet each other and join forces as part of the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' event (in both comic and animated versions), however.

The universe ceased to be published in 2015 during the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' CrisisCrossover, following the arc of Comicbook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman about incursions between universes. The regular and the Ultimate universes clashed in the last incursion and were destroyed, while Dr. Doom got godlike powers and created a battle world with domains composed of the few realities he could save. One of those domains was the New York of both universes combined into a single one and with all their heroes (including duplicates). This was detailed in ''ComicBook/UltimateEnd'', the last Ultimate Marvel story. Miles Morales played an important role in the main story, and when the main universe was restored the Molecule Man made sure that his family and friends were "transplanted" to it as well. Although he was the most important one, with his own comic book and more key roles in subsequent crisis crossovers, Miles was but one of the [[CanonImmigrant/UltimateMarvel several canon immigrants]] that were moved to the main universe; Jimmy Hudson was also incorporated in ''ComicBook/XMenBlue'' and The Maker would be a featured villain in several series. Brian Michael Bendis would later bring back the Ultimate Universe in his ''Spider-Men II'' miniseries. The fate of the Ultimate universe would become an ongoing subplot years later in ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan'' and ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates''. On February 22, 2023, it was announced that the Ultimate Universe would be revisited with ''ComicBook/UltimateInvasion'', a four-issue mini-series by Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch which sees the Ultimates clash with The Maker, Miles Morales and the Illuminati (Professor X, Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic, Black Bolt, Prince Namor, Dr. Strange and Black Panther), being billed as the start of "The Transformation of the Marvel Universe"

No relation to the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' cartoon show, though like most every other Marvel adaptation since the TurnOfTheMillennium it incorporates a few Ultimate comics elements. Both Ultimate Spider-Men would meet each other and join forces as part of the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' event (in both comic and animated versions), however.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[NotYourDaddysX Not your father's Marvel Universe.]]]]

!!''General trope examples:''

!!Phase 1[[note]]From the beginning to ''Ultimatum''[[/note]]

!!Phase 2[[note]]From ''Ultimatum'' to the death of Spider-Man[[/note]]

!!Phase 3[[note]]From the death of Spider-Man to ''Cataclysm''[[/note]]

!!Phase 4[[note]]From ''Cataclysm'' to ''Secret Wars'' and beyond[[/note]]

!!Other

!!Characters with their own pages

!!The major series in the Ultimate Marvel Universe are
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!!''General trope examples:''
* [[AbortedArc/UltimateMarvel Aborted Arc]]
* [[AdaptationalBadass/UltimateMarvel Adaptational Badass]]
* [[AdaptationalJerkass/UltimateMarvel Adaptational Jerkass]]
* [[AdaptationalVillainy/UltimateMarvel Adaptational Villainy]]
* [[AdaptationNameChange/UltimateMarvel Adaptation Name Change]]
* [[CanonForeigner/UltimateMarvel Canon Foreigner]]
* [[CanonImmigrant/UltimateMarvel Canon Immigrant]]
* [[CompositeCharacter/UltimateMarvel Composite Character]]
* [[DeathIsCheap/UltimateMarvel Death Is Cheap]]
* [[DidntThinkThisThrough/UltimateMarvel Didn't Think This Through]]
* [[LegacyCharacter/UltimateMarvel Legacy Character]]
* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero/UltimateMarvel Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!]]
* [[WhatTheHellHero/UltimateMarvel What the Hell, Hero?]]

Major series in the Ultimate Marvel Universe are

Back in the TurnOfTheMillennium things were not going well for Marvel. New readers were forced to be up to date with a BackStory that [[ContinuityLockout goes back to the 1960s]], with plots that started one way, were {{Retcon}}ned into something else later, and then [[ContinuityPorn retconned back]] so frequently that not even the writers themselves could keep track and caused frequent [[ContinuitySnarl Continuity Snarls]]. The usual tropes of the superhero genre, such as the suits with bright colors, the characters with corny names and the general FantasyKitchenSink had been a boom in the 1960s but did little to get new readers on board. Even more, UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks was fading as well. As for bringing readers from other media, Marvel never had a good reputation for film adaptations at this point, and the acclaimed FOX animated series were followed by failures such as ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand''. Not a good time.

!!Phase 4[[note]]From ''Cataclysm'' to ''Secret Wars''[[/note]]

The universe ceased to be published in 2015 during the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' CrisisCrossover, following the arc of Comicbook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman about incursions between universes. The regular and the Ultimate universes clashed in the last incursion and were destroyed, while Dr. Doom got godlike powers and created a battle world with domains composed of the few realities he could save. One of those domains was the New York of both universes combined into a single one and with all their heroes (including duplicates). This was detailed in ''ComicBook/UltimateEnd'', the last Ultimate Marvel story. Miles Morales played an important role in the main story, and when the main universe was restored the Molecule Man made sure that his family and friends were "transplanted" to it as well. Although he was the most important one, with his own comic book and more key roles in subsequent crisis crossovers, Miles was but one of the [[CanonImmigrant/UltimateMarvel several canon immigrants]] that were moved to the main universe; Jimmy Hudson was also incorporated in ''ComicBook/XMenBlue'' and The Maker would be a featured villain in several series. Brian Michael Bendis would later bring back the Ultimate Universe in his ''Spider-Men II'' miniseries. The fate of the Ultimate universe would become an ongoing subplot years later in ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan'' and ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates''.

''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' was the first general CrisisCrossover of the line. It was meant to be a KillEmAll event, and be followed by a reboot; but it was later decided to keep it canon and continue the comics in its aftermath. It was not well received, as it caused the death of several important characters, including the four "sacred cows" of the X-Men (Xavier, Magneto, Wolverine and Cyclops). Although those characters had been dead before in the main comics, this was the first time that they were dead ''at the same time''. This was followed by even bolder changes: Reed Richards has a FaceHeelTurn and turns into the new BigBad, and Peter Parker is killed, so that a new guy, ComicBook/MilesMorales, becomes the new Spider-Man. Hickman's Ultimates were not as successful as Millar's, but were welcomed as a return of the Ultimate line to its former quality, and Miles Morales proved to be the highest success of the whole line. Morales had the first crossover of the Ultimate Marvel universe and the main Marvel universe in ''ComicBook/SpiderMen''. As sales were declining there was a new CrisisCrossover, ''ComicBook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand'', against the universe-displaced Galactus. The last three titles were ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'', Ultimate Spider-Man, and a new Ultimates team composed of street-level superheroes.

* KillEmAll: Very few heroes tend to stay alive.

* [[KilledOffForReal/UltimateMarvel Killed Off for Real]]

** ''Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk'' introduced the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel version of ComicBook/SheHulk in a {{Cliffhanger}} after having earlier introduced Jen Walters (She-Hulk's alter ego in the mainstream Franchise/MarvelUniverse) in a brief supporting role. This turned out to be a misdirect, as the Ultimate She-Hulk was later revealed to be ComicBook/BettyRoss.

* {{Flanderization}}: A major facet of the Ultimate Verse is that all the characters of the mainstream universe are presented in the Ultimate Verse with their worst vices and flaws amped UpToEleven.

** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Gregory Stark, a blonde teetotaler man wearing white, the man is Tony's physical opposite. [[spoiler:Taken Up to Eleven with the reveal that he has powers of his own that turn his white suit into a pure blinding light.]]

No relation to the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' cartoon show, though like most every other Marvel adaptation since the TurnOfTheMillennium it incorporates a few Ultimate comics elements. Both Ultimate Spider-Men would meet each other and join forces as part of the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' event (in both comic and animated versions), however.

** During the ''Comicbook/{{Ultimatum}}'' crossover, Comicbook/TheWasp was [[DroppedABridgeOnHim killed after being eaten off-screen by the Blob]]. Before pulling a HeroicSacrifice, [[Comicbook/AntMan Yellowjacket]] was seen telling Comicbook/IronMan to take the Wasp's body into his lab and activate something known as "The Jocasta Project", hinting that her life might somehow be saved (since in the mainstream comics, Jocasta was an android with the Wasp's brain patterns). This was never mentioned again. In the same event, Comicbook/DoctorStrange was slain by Dormammu. Upon Stephen's death, a mysterious figure appeared in front of his corpse and teleported away with it. Like the business with the Wasp/Jocasta, this was never addressed or even mentioned again.
*** ''Ultimatum'' caused a lot of these. In ''Comicbook/UltimateXMen'', it had been revealed that Comicbook/EmmaFrost (who was thought to be a hero and ally to the X-Men) was actually a [[TheMole Mole]] working for the Hellfire Club. Emma was killed in ''Ultimatum'' (''offscreen'' no less) before this subplot could be continued.
*** In an ''[[Comicbook/UltimateXMen Ultimate Comics: X-Men]]'' arc following ''Ultimatum'', it was revealed that Havok was still alive and in a mental institution. He was released by Nathaniel Essex and introduced to Layla Miller, with the implication that there were plans for the boy. This plot point was never resolved, as the book ended up being given to writers who never followed up on any of this.

** Mary Jane supposedly had the OZ formula purged from her body at the end of the "Clone Saga" arc in ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'', but there were still scattered hints that some of it remained. She briefly grew claws at one point during a tense argument between Peter and Comicbook/KittyPryde, and was shown having nightmares where she transformed back into the Demogoblin and killed Peter. This whole subplot was quietly dropped after a while.

** Jean [=DeWolff=] (spelt [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Jeanne DeWolfe]]) and Comicbook/IronFist work for the Kingpin, though the latter is being blackmailed into doing it.

** An issue of ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'' shows Spidey alongside Captain America, Iron Man and Thor. Several members of Comicbook/TheUltimates do appear, but only for two pages, and Thor is not one of them. There is a major guest star, but it's Doctor Strange, who is not on the cover. Even though, again, it was drawn by the same guy who also penciled the comic itself. The cover was later used for the corresponding ''Ultimate Collection'', without these characters appearing anywhere else in that volume.
** Spider-Man Vol.2 #9 (the Comicbook/MilesMorales volume) has a pretty egregious one. As seen on this page, a cover may show a hero fighting a villain, only for the issue to only show the villain preparing to fight the hero and setting things up for a future issue, or for the issue to end right as they meet. As such, fans often expect this sort of thing, so if an actual fight doesn't occur in the issue between the hero and villain, they at least suspected it and aren't too disappointed. The cover to this issue? Miles desperately fighting Comicbook/{{Venom}}. Not only does Venom not appear in the issue at all (no fight, no setup for a future appearance, not even a single mention of him in the issue), but Spider-Man himself barely appears. It's an issue that focuses mostly on his supporting cast worrying about where he could be.

** Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan does this with style, taking a bullet to the stomach meant for [[spoiler: Ultimate Captain America]], then racing back to rescue his friends and family from the escaped [[spoiler:Ultimate Sinister Six]] before he finally succumbs to his wounds.

* {{Irony}}: For all of the hatred and FantasticRacism for mutants (though Magneto does his level best to justify that fear), it's absolutely ironic because Homo Superior is ''exactly what it was [[WhamLine created]] to be...'' [[SuperSoldier homegrown super soldiers]]. Almost every Ultimate Marvel book has its roots in the American Government trying to [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke (re)discover the secrets]] of the SuperSoldier serum used to create Captain America... yet a single rogue lab was able to leap ahead of [[Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan OsCorp, Roxxon,]] [[Comicbook/UltimateFantasticFour and The Baxter Building]] by ''creating'' Homo Superior... the mutant race. True mutants did exist (like Wolverine or Apocalypse), but were exactly that - random genetic offshoots of humanity. When Wolverine was captured, his genetic code was promptly mapped and manipulated by Doctor Cornelius and used to create the X-Gene. When Nick Fury discovers the horrific laboratory, he orders all the scientists killed and their work erased so the word that Man created Mutant wouldn't spread. He was too late as Cornelius had already disseminated the X-Gene all over the world, creating the first mutant baby boom.

** In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} does this for Jesse, a boy whose mutant power is to generate radiation that kills everyone around him. There are other factors at work, including [[spoiler:the fact that the U.S. government had sent Wolverine to do this and]] how bad the truth would be for the mutant community, but it's presented as sparing a boy from a FateWorseThanDeath.

* MetaOrigin: The Ultimate line simplifies many random elements by having many of the world's superheroes connected to Captain America's SuperSerum in some form or another. The Hulk was accidentally created while Dr. Banner was trying to recreate the serum, ComicBook/{{Norman Osborn}} accidentally created Spider-Man while attempting the same thing, Weapon X [[spoiler: and the entire mutant race]] were created as the Canadian response to the Serum, and so on.

** There are a ''lot'' of other examples. ComicBook/TheWasp was Asian-American, [[Comicbook/ScarletSpider Ben Reilly]] and the [[ComicBook/TheVision Vision]] are black (though the former is not a clone of Spider-Man in this continuity), Hurricane was North Korean, Crimson Dynamo, and the Abomination were Chinese, Abigail Brand is AmbiguouslyBrown.

** ''Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk'' introduced the Comicbook/UltimateMarvel version of Comicbook/SheHulk in a {{Cliffhanger}} after having earlier introduced Jen Walters (She-Hulk's alter ego in the mainstream Franchise/MarvelUniverse) in a brief supporting role. This turned out to be a misdirect, as the Ultimate She-Hulk was later revealed to be ComicBook/BettyRoss.
** Early on in ''Comicbook/TheUltimates 3'', there's an ominous close-up of ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} while he's talking about how something needs to be done about Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} and ComicBook/ScarletWitch before the media can find out about their [[{{Twincest}} incestuous relationship]]. This was obviously meant to imply that Scarlet Witch's killer was Hawkeye [[spoiler: instead of Comicbook/{{Ultron}}]].

** ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'''s Norman Osborn set up "Cellar Door" as an all-purpose trigger phrase for his son Harry.

The universe ceased to be published in 2015 during the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' CrisisCrossover, following the arc of Comicbook/JonathanHickmansAvengers about incursions between universes. The regular and the Ultimate universes clashed in the last incursion and were destroyed, while Dr. Doom got godlike powers and created a battle world with domains composed of the few realities he could save. One of those domains was the New York of both universes combined into a single one and with all their heroes (including duplicates). This was detailed in ''ComicBook/UltimateEnd'', the last Ultimate Marvel story. Miles Morales played an important role in the main story, and when the main universe was restored the Molecule Man made sure that his family and friends were "transplanted" to it as well. Although he was the most important one, with his own comic book and more key roles in subsequent crisis crossovers, Miles was but one of the [[CanonImmigrant/UltimateMarvel several canon immigrants]] that were moved to the main universe; Jimmy Hudson was also incorporated in ''ComicBook/XMenBlue'' and The Maker would be a featured villain in several series. Brian Michael Bendis would later bring back the Ultimate Universe in his ''Spider-Men II'' miniseries. The fate of the Ultimate universe would become an ongoing subplot years later in ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan'' and ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates''.

* AbledInTheAdaptation: On one side, Mahr Vehl never got cancer. On the other, Tony Stark's damaged heart was replaced by a brain cancer tumor.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent
** ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan: Initially, the comic book starred by Peter Parker, reimagined as a teenager. In one of the stories some years later, TheHeroDies. ComicBook/MilesMorales, another teenager with no previous relationship with Parker, becomes the new Spider-Man. It wasn't just a change of the main character, but a change of secondary characters as well, as Miles had his own cast, though some of Peter's supporting cast start coming back in.
** ComicBook/UltimateXMen: Initially, the status quo was basically similar to the standard one: Charles Xavier has a mansion where he recruited and trains the X-Men, who go to superhero adventures, and Magneto has a villain team that opposes them. Things changed in ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}: Most of the cast is killed off for good (including the four sacred cows, Xavier, Magneto, Wolverine, and Cyclops), Storm and Colossus are jailed, and the X-Men break up and destroy the mansion in the aftermath. And it was also revealed that mutants are not the next step of human evolution, but common people with their DNA rewritten by nanobots. From then on, the comic became a FugitiveArc.
** ComicBook/TheUltimates were a reimagination of the Avengers, a government-sponsored team of the most badass heroes around, that provides national security and got involved in international crises as a result. When they break up, the ComicBook/AllNewUltimates replace them. They are a street-level team of teenage superheroes, fighting against street gangs.

One of the aspects that made Nick Fury so unpleasant is that he actively revels in the Pragmatist side of this dichotomy, enjoying chances to KickTheDog under the guise of IDidWhatIHadToDo to the point he often ''doesn't bother'' trying to find other solutions (for example, in the Ultimate Power crossover he dismisses the risk that they'll destroy the universe by stating it isn't ''his'' [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse universe so he doesn't care]]). The Ultimates themselves often hew closer to the Pragmatist side as well, being much more willing to kill than their mainline counterparts the Avengers. In contrast, Spider-Man is easily the most heroic character in Ultimate Marvel, doing his damnedest to actually ''help'' people.

* IdealistVsPragmatist: One of the aspects that made Nick Fury so unpleasant is that he actively revels in the Pragmatist side of this dichotomy, enjoying chances to KickTheDog under the guise of IDidWhatIHadToDo to the point he often ''doesn't bother'' trying to find other solutions (for example, in the Ultimate Power crossover he dismisses the risk that they'll destroy the universe by stating it isn't ''his'' [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse universe so he doesn't care]]). The Ultimates themselves often hew closer to the Pragmatist side as well, being much more willing to kill than their mainline counterparts the Avengers. In contrast, Spider-Man is easily the most heroic character in Ultimate Marvel, doing his damnedest to actually ''help'' people.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero
** In ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', Reed Richards created the Cosmic Cube to defend Earth against ComicBook/{{Thanos}}... which is exactly what Thanos was manipulating him to do.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'': Ben Grimm thought he had killed Dr. Doom. He had killed his mother-in-law, who was using the armor and was posing as Dr. Doom, instead.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Cyclops left the team and, with the Blackbird, joined the Brotherhood in the Savage Land. The US was tracking him and didn't understand why he'd landed near a rock formation in the middle of nowhere. Then they looked a bit closer and noticed that it was a complex hologram hiding Magneto's base.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Spider-Man's first attack to the enforcers. he did it completely unprepared and with no plan, but he also ruined the attempt of the feds to capture those criminals. With the mess he had made, and escaping from the crime scene, he gave them the perfect excuse to claim that they were the victims in there.

The universe ceased to be published in 2015 during the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' CrisisCrossover, following the arc of Comicbook/JonathanHickmansAvengers about incursions between universes. The regular and the Ultimate universes clashed in the last incursion and were destroyed, while Dr. Doom got godlike powers and created a battle world with domains composed of the few realities he could save. One of those domains was the New York of both universes combined into a single one and with all their heroes (including duplicates). This was detailed in ''ComicBook/UltimateEnd'', the last Ultimate Marvel story. Miles Morales played an important role in the main story, and when the main universe was restored the Molecule Man made sure that his family and friends were "transplanted" to it as well. Although he was the most important one, with his own comic book and more key roles in subsequent crisis crossovers, Miles was but one of the [[CanonImmigrant/UltimateMarvel several canon immigrants]] that were moved to the main universe; Jimmy Hudson was also incorporated in ''ComicBook/XMenBlue'' and The Maker would be a featured villain in several series. Brian Michael Bendis would later bring back the Ultimate Universe in his ''Spider-Men II'' miniseries. The fate of the Ultimate universe would become an ongoing subplot years later in ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan'' and ''ComicBook/DonnyCatesVenom''.

The universe ceased to be published in 2015 during the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' CrisisCrossover, following the arc of Comicbook/JonathanHickmansAvengers about incursions between universes. The regular and the Ultimate universes clashed in the last incursion and were destroyed, while Dr. Doom got godlike powers and created a battle world with domains composed of the few realities he could save. One of those domains was the New York of both universes combined into a single one and with all their heroes (including duplicates). This was detailed in ''ComicBook/UltimateEnd'', the last Ultimate Marvel story. Miles Morales played an important role in the main story, and when the main universe was restored the Molecule Man made sure that his family and friends were "transplanted" to it as well. Although he was the most important one, with his own comic book and more key roles in subsequent crisis crossovers, Miles was but one of the [[CanonImmigrant/UltimateMarvel several canon immigrants]] that were moved to the main universe; Jimmy Hudson was also incorporated in ''ComicBook/XMenBlue'' and ComicBook/{{the Maker}} would be a featured villain in several series. Brian Michael Bendis would later bring back the Ultimate Universe in his ''Spider-Men II'' miniseries. The fate of the Ultimate universe would become an ongoing subplot years later in ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan'' and ''ComicBook/DonnyCatesVenom''.

* SecondAmericanCivilWar: A Second Civil War breaks out after Washington D.C is destroyed by a villain known as ''ComicBook/TheMaker'' with the most liberal and conservative states starting to either fight each other or declare their independence from the Union.

->''"Crime just became super-crime. Terrorism just became super-terrorism. Even the fattest, most stupid politician on Capitol Hill realizes that Son of Star Wars is going to be useless against the kind of problems America's staring down the barrel of. So, what's the verdict on how we combat this? Simple: we need super-'''heroes'''."''