The Ultimates is a 2024 comic book series by Marvel Comics, written by Deniz Camp and drawn by Juan Frigeri. It's part of Marvel's second Ultimate Universe line.
Although it's linked to the wider Marvel Universe, the Ultimate Universe is an Alternate Universe within the same continuity, where the meddling of the supervillain known as the Maker has ensured that the world, and its superheroes, take a very different path.
In this universe (identified as Earth-6160 by some of Marvel's other comics), following the Maker's entrapment, his shadow council tighten their grip on the world he created. Iron Lad (Tony Stark) and Doom (Reed Richards) work together to organize a resistance network of heroes who origins were robbed by The Maker and free the world from his control.
The first issue will be released June 5, 2024.
The Ultimates (2024) contains examples of the following tropes:
- The Cameo: In the previews, glimpses of Spider-Man, Captain Marvel and Hawkeye are shown.
- Immediate Sequel: The series picks up from the ending of the Ultimate Universe one-shot.
- Mythology Gag: Hawkeye throwing his costume in the trash and walking away is an obvious parody of the iconic "Spider-Man: No More".
- Time Skip: Tony and his team travel six months into the future, exactly the amount of time Ultimate Universe was released prior.
