History ComicBook / AgeOfUltron

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: in the lead up, the Bendis written ''MoonKnight'' title's main plotline concerned the deactivated head of an Ultron, and the final issue stated that this would tie in to ''Age of Ultron''. It was never mentioned again.

* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: The Ultron model that finally succeeds in conquering the world is gold, rather than the usual silver or battleship grey.

* ShownTheirWork: After [[spoiler:Wolveine killed Hank Pym before he could create Ultron]], Bendis released [[http://brianmichaelbendis.tumblr.com/post/49489930167/so-would-you-consider-sharing-those-ideas-as-to-how a list that compiled of all of the changes that would come as a result of this]] - Whilst some are fairly obvious ([[spoiler:Ultron, Vision or Victor Mancha never being created]]), some were less so ([[spoiler:[[TheThanosImperative Nova & Star-Lord not sacrficing themselves to stop Thanos]]]]) or just obscure ([[spoiler:The events of ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'' never took place]]).

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Ultron finally dies...[[JokerImmunity for now]]. The others are double subverted, as they do die, but in alternate universes that don't make a huge difference in the grand scheme of things.]]

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[[caption-width:250: [[ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse Apocalypse]] who?]]

* FantasticAesop: The moral of the story; '''do''' '''''not''''' '''fuck around with time.'''

* SpaceWhaleAesop: The moral of the story; '''do''' '''''not''''' '''fuck around with time.'''

'''Age of Ultron''' (abbreviated AU) is a MarvelNOW CrisisCrossover storyline written by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis and featuring TheAvengers published by Marvel Comics, that involves the return of Ultron and his conquest of the Earth.

* TerminatorTwosome: Wolverine goes back in time, to kill Henry Pym before he creates Ultron. Sue Storm follows him, to try to convince him not to do that. [[spoiler:Eventually, it is Wolverine who convinces her, who stands sad and do nothing while Wolverine does what he does best]]

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: [[spoiler:Subverted. Wolverine thinks that the best way to save reality from Ultron is to kill Hank Pum before he created it. However, this leads to [[MagicVersusScience magic winning over science]], and Tony Stark in the new world chews him out for not just suggesting a way to kill Ultron being in-built. The resulting time travel causes untold destruction to TheMultiverse.]]

* [[spoiler:MindScrew: The entire ending. Time and space are shattered and repaired thanks to Wolverine and Sue's time travel mishaps and it brings Angela out of the Spawn Universe while seemingly pushing Galactus into the Ultimate Marvel Universe.]]

* HeroicBSOD: What Captain America has apparently been doing since Ultron took over. [[spoiler:He gets over it at the end of the first issue.]]

* A.I. Is a Crapshoot: This whole event in a nutshell.

A sequel dubbed ''[[Comicbook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand Cataclysm: The Ultimates Last Stand]]'' will be launched in late 2013. The series sees the heroes of the [[UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] universe dealing with [[spoiler: {{Galactus}} after he is teleported to their world thanks to Wolverine and Sue Storm's actions]].

Not to be confused with the 2015 Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movie ''[[Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron The Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'', which borrows the name of the crossover, but is not an adaptation.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Ultron finally dies. The others are double subverted, as they do die, but in alternate universes that don't make a huge difference in the grand scheme of things.]]

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:But don't worry, by the end of it precisely ALL of them will be alive again... except Ultron himself.]]
* ContinuitySnarl: It is massively unclear where in Marvel continuity this story actually occurs (and trying to work it out is a headache-inducing exercise. At best.) Bendis' comments on the subject only muddy the waters more.

* [[spoiler:MindScrew : The entire ending. Time and space are shattered and repaired thanks to Wolverine and Sue's time travel mishaps and it brings Angela out of the Spawn Universe while seemingly pushing Galactus into the Ultimate Marvel Universe.]]

* ContinuitySnarl: It is massively unclear where in Marvel continuity this story actually occurs (and trying to work it out is a headache-inducing exercise. At best.)