Little did we know when Ultimate Power began that it would mark the beginning of a series of threads that would lead to the first ever line-wide crossover in the Ultimate Universe. It may not have been the original plan for the series as it ended up taking fourteen months to produce nine issues, but certain story elements would come into play in ULTIMATUM (2009).
The prequel to the crossover that some say effectively murdered Marvel’s beloved Ultimate line of comics would finally reveal the secret connections behind the heroes of Earth-1610. But the fallout of those revelations would have a drastic impact for the heroes, particularly for Magneto, the X-Men and the Ultimates…
Related Events: Each mini-series, story arc and the majority of annuals stand alone, though reading them all will help you see the why things play out the way they do in Ultimatum.
Crossover: The FF/X-Men Annuals are a standard two-part crossover and need to be read together for the full story.
Excluded: ‘March on Ultimatum Saga’ is a one-shot that retells the history of the Ultimate Universe, up to and including issues from the ‘March on Ultimatum’ event.
Must Reads: Story arcs marked with a ✔are must-read stories from this time period, along with any key related stories and often-forgotten tales that are worth a read.
Anthology Issues: When an issue contains multiple stories, the relevant story is denoted with square brackets. For example [2/5] refers to the second story of the five stories in that issue, so you don’t need to read the other four.
Spoilers: The issue descriptions and fallout section contain spoilers, so be warned!
Previous events that directly impact this story:
- RETURN OF THE KING (2003) – The Ultimates vs the Ultimate X-Men
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the chronological reading order without story descriptions, or spoilers:
- Ultimate Captain America Annual #1
- Ultimate Power #1-7 (tie-in)
- Ultimate Power #8-9
- Ultimates 3 #1-5
- Ultimate X-Men #94-97
- Ultimate Hulk Annual #1
- Ultimate X-Men/Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1
- Ultimate Fantastic Four/Ultimate X-Men Annual #1
- Ultimate Origins #1-5
- Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3
| Must Reads | Title, Issue Number & Synopsis |
| Ultimate Captain America Annual #1 [1/2] Years ago, T’Challa Udaku fought a panther for the right to become the Wakanda‘s Black Panther, hoping to usurp his brother’s right to the title. The panther almost killed T’Challa and his brother M’Baku Udaku brought his lacerated body home and their desperate father turned to America for help. 1st appearance: M’Baku Udaku, T’Chaka Udaku | |
| Ultimate Captain America Annual #1 [2/2] Years ago, T’Challa was handed over to the Weapon X project where he was healed and given little claws that pop out between his knuckles, though he remained mute. Nick Fury changed the deal, telling T’Chaka Udaku that the new Black Panther was now American property and would never return home. Now, Fury hands the Black Panther over to Captain America for training. Cap learns SHIELD were keeping the Panther against his will and decides to set up a ruse, sending him home to Wakanda while Cap disguises himself as the Black Panther, joining the Ultimates as their newest member. | |
| ✔ | Ultimate Power #1 (tie-in) On Earth-1610 (better known as the Ultimate Universe), the Fantastic Four prevent the all-female Serpent Squad from stealing the Serpent Crown from Project Pegasus, but the Thing loses a piece of his rocky hide in the fight. Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) promises to find a cure for his friend’s condition and, ignoring Nick Fury‘s orders, sends probes into other universes to gain information that might fix him. A day or so later, the Baxter Building comes under attack from a group of superhumans no one’s ever seen before… 1st appearance: Serpent Squad (Anaconda, Asp, Black Mamba/Janis, Death Adder, Princess Python), Wendell Vaughn, Project: Pegasus |
| ✔ | Ultimate Power #2 (tie-in) The Squadron Supreme of Earth-31916 aren’t fully aligned with the reality they’ve found themselves in and don’t appear to be speaking English, though they’re obviously angry. Spider-Man and Kitty Pryde arrive, spot the attack and join the fight against the Squadron, calling in the Ultimates and X-Men for help. As the Squadron adjust to this new universe, they explain that they’re here to arrest Reed Richards for destroying their world… |
| ✔ | Ultimate Power #3 (tie-in) One of Reed’s probes made it to Earth-31916 (aka the Supreme Power Universe) and brought spores with it that killed around ten million people. Arcanna Jones magically followed the trail back to Earth-1610 and transported the Squadron to that reality. Horrified, Reed surrenders and is magically transported to Earth-31916. However, Nick Fury plans to get him back… |
| ✔ | Ultimate Power #4 (tie-in) Thor uses his hammer to transport the SHIELD Helicarrier to the Squadron’s universe where they immediately run into Hyperion. Kitty Pryde discovers Nick Fury secretly conversing with someone aboard the Helicarrier. Reed Richards is handed over to super-genius Emil Burbank to begin working on a way to counter the ever-growing spores, but Burbank tortures Reed by electrocuting him… |
| ✔ | Ultimate Power #5 (tie-in) Thor, the Invisible Woman and the Human Torch battle it out with Hyperion over Washington. Spider-Man figures Fury’s up to no good and warns Captain America. The rest of the Ultimates, X-Men and Fantastic Four butt heads with the Squadron Supreme again… |
| ✔ | Ultimate Power #6 (tie-in) The fight between the Ultimate Universe heroes and the Squadron Supreme gets brutal. Emil Burbank gasses Reed Richards. And Nick Fury’s secret ally stands revealed as Doctor Doom! |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue Number & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Ultimate Power #7 (tie-in) Doom seems to have fought and beaten just about everybody. Nick Fury confesses to Spider-Man that he asked Doom to tinker with Reed Richards’ probes so that the data they pick up will come to SHIELD first. While everyone’s blaming Fury and Doom, Emil Burbank tells Reed that he was the one who unleashed the spores on his own world in an attempt to kill Hyperion while making it look like they came from the probe. Nick Fury decides to unleash the Hulk. And the Scarlet Witch accidentally transports another Squadron Supreme (the originals from Earth-712) to the Supreme Power Universe where they threaten to arrest Reed Richards… |
| ✔ | Ultimate Power #8 The four-way fight between the Ultimate heroes, the two Squadron Supremes and Doctor Doom ends with the Thing learning Doom is a robot, Earth-712’s Nighthawk claiming he’s met Captain America before (though he’s actually thinking of Captain America from Earth-616) and the Hulk being unleashed with Spider-Man being given the role of his conscience… Identity revealed: ‘Doctor Doom’ is a Doombot |
| ✔ | Ultimate Power #9 Everyone stops fighting each other and team-up to take on the awesome power of the Hulk. The Scarlet Witch and the two Arcannas transport the Earth-712 Squadron back home. The Invisible Woman, the Thing and Spider-Man combines their powers to defeat the Hulk by blinding, suffocating and punching him. Emil Burbank’s plan is revealed to everyone present, but for some reason that’s not enough for the Squadron Supreme. Spider-Man and the Ultimates hand Nick Fury over to stand trial in Supreme Power Universe. The Squadron’s Princess Zarda decides to come back to Earth-1610 to make sure they don’t launch any more probes for a while, promising to return. |
| ✔ | Ultimates 3 #1 Valkyrie was once the powerless member of Hank Pym‘s Defenders, but she now displays Asgardian powers and has joined the Ultimates alongside the Black Panther. Hawkeye has taken to wearing a target on his head to represent his suicidal tendencies. Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch appear to be in an sexual relationship, despite being siblings. The team now use Tony Stark‘s mansion as a headquarters, rather than the Triskelion. A sex tape is released featuring Stark and the traitorous Black Widow (before her death, obviously). Venom attacks the mansion only to be melted by a lightning bolt from Thor. Soon after, someone shoots the Scarlet Witch dead with a bullet designed to chase her DNA. To top it off, Hank Pym is discovered by the Wasp after he’s taken an overdose… 1st appearance: Black Panther/T’Challa Udaku, Pegasus |
| ✔ | Ultimates 3 #2 Hawkeye goes after Spider-Man with all guns blazing in an effort to find out why Venom attacked the Ultimates. Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy attack the mansion and steal the Scarlet Witch’s body. Wolverine shows up just too late to be of any help… 1st appearance: Lorelei/Lani Ubanu, Iron Man armour model [Ultimates 3] |
| ✔ | Ultimates 3 #3 Hawkeye starts a fight with Wolverine who, despite this, offers his help in locating Magneto and returning the Scarlet Witch’s body to the Ultimates. Wolverine explains he once had sex with the Scarlet Witch’s mother. Wolverine accompanies the Black Panther, Hawkeye, Valkyrie and Thor to the Savage Land where they team up with residents Ka-Zar and Shanna. Back in New York, Iron Man attacks the Wasp and unmasks to reveal a robotic visage… 1st appearance: Ka-Zar, Magda Lensherr, Shanna, Zabu New identity: Captain America/Steve Rogers as the Black Panther |
| ✔ | Ultimates 3 #4 Ka-Zar and his people have lived in the Savage Land for years, biding their time as they build up enough numbers to assault Magneto. Joined by the Ultimates and Wolverine they rush into conflict with the Brotherhood, discovering Quicksilver has returned to his father’s side. In New York, Hank Pym recovers from his overdose and dons his Ant-Man gear, attacking Captain America, who also turns out to be a robot. Now Ant-Man and the Wasp are on the run, but soon discover their true enemy beneath the mansion is one of the Project Ultron robots Pym created for the government… New identity: Ultron as Yellowjacket |
| ✔ | Ultimates 3 #5 Ultron was created by Hank Pym as a sample of his proposed next generation of super soldiers, but the Scarlet Witch gave Ultron sentience and he fell in love with her. The vengeful robot leaked Tony Stark’s sex tape, created an android Venom to attack the Ultimates, somehow made Pym take an overdose and killed the Witch when he realised she’d never return his affections. Now, as Yellowjacket, he has created robotic Ultimates to rival the originals and plans to let the humans and mutants wipe each other out so that robots can rule. The robot Ultimates head to the Savage Land and attack Magneto. Steve Rogers is revealed to be under the Black Panther mask. Ant-Man grows to giant-size and rips Ultron’s head off. Hawkeye fires a weapon at Magneto in an effort to kill him, but Quicksilver jumps in and dies to protect his father. With both his children dead, Magneto swears revenge on humanity. Quicksilver’s dead body somehow sheds a tear. Several days later, the head of Ultron is reclaimed by his true creator, Doctor Doom. |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue Number & Synopsis |
| Ultimate X-Men #94 Alpha Flight attack the X-Men and reclaim their former teammate, Northstar. Devastated that his boyfriend’s been kidnapped, Colossus gives chase. Wolverine finds out Alpha Flight are using the power-enhancing drug, Banshee, to power up. Phoenix learns Colossus’ only mutant power is metal skin and he’s been using Banshee all this time to give himself the strength to carry his own weight. Dazzler, Nightcrawler, Angel and Rogue also take Banshee to help Colossus. Cyclops decides to keep tabs on the souped-up group and agrees to join them… 1st appearance: Alpha Flight (Aurora/Jeanne-Marie Beaubier, Jubilee/Jubilation Lee, Shaman/John Proudstar, Snowbird, Sunfire/Shiro Yoshida), Banshee/Mutant Growth Hormone New identity: Wolfsbane/Rahne Sinclair as Sasquatch, John Wraith as Vindicator | |
| Ultimate X-Men #95 The Banshee gives the X-Men secondary and tertiary mutations. Cyclops initially pretends to pump a shot into his neck, but he’s forced to take it for real during the clash with Alpha Flight. He gains full control of his optic blasts, as well as flight. He also becomes more aggressive. Northstar is killed in battle and dies in Colossus’ arms. Elsewhere, Wolverine tests positive for Banshee use, which he refutes. | |
| Ultimate X-Men #96 Wolverine turns to Peter Parker who discovers the source of the Banshee is Wolverine himself. The fight between Colossus’ X-Men and Alpha Flight jumps from Genosha to Siberia, until Alpha Flight are largely defeated. The non-Banshee-powered X-Men catch up with their former teammates and try to bring them down.! Wolverine brings the fight to a close when he claws out Colossus’ heart… | |
| Ultimate X-Men #97 Years earlier, Professor X (Charles Xavier) used a sample of Banshee, briefly gaining Wolverine’s powers. In the present, Colossus is still alive and rips Wolverine’s leg off. Northstar is revealed to be alive, but paralysed. Phoenix has to force Cyclops to give up the Banshee when addiction sets in. Colossus and Wolverine heal up and Wolverine pays Xavier a visit and learns his friend Dr Moira MacTaggert was the one creating and selling Banshee. Wolverine tries to blow her up, but she’s later found by Quicksilver (who is also very much alive) who reveals Magneto is funding the creation of Banshee. |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue Number & Synopsis |
| Ultimate Hulk Annual #1 Captain America was given the task of keeping Zarda in check since she decided to stay on Earth-1610. She reluctantly takes Cap’s advice to travel across America in the hopes it’ll calm her self-righteous attitude and desire to kill. Zarda runs into a very naked Hulk in Kansas. Once they’re done trying to kill each other, the pair of them eat pancakes and have sex in a filthy motel. This teenage fantasy was brought to you by Jeph Loeb. | |
| Ultimate X-Men/Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1 The X-Men of a future timeline (Earth-81122) come back in time to kill modern-day Reed Richards. With Reed captured, the Fantastic Four turn to the modern-day X-Men for help. They return to the Baxter Building to find the future X-Men gone and their Captain America (actually a future Scott Summers) murdered by Sentinels (rfuture obot Wolverines). Only future Shadowcat remains and decides to help the FF travel twenty years into the future to rescue Reed. The captive Reed learns the future Phoenix is his son, Franklin Richards. He manages to escape the X-Men’s clutches only to run into the future Fantastic Four… 1st appearance: Fantastic Four of Earth-81122, X-Men of Earth-81122, Earth-81122 | |
| Ultimate Fantastic Four/Ultimate X-Men Annual #1 The future FF (Sue Storm, Ben Grimm in a robot suit, Namor and Firestar) convince Reed Richards to come with them to the N-Zone to end the threat of mutants once and for all. The modern FF and X-Men travel to the future to rescue their Reed only to discover future Reed Richards is still alive and is disguising himself as Nihil after being trapped by evil future Sue in the N-Zone. The past and future X-Men and Fantastic Four members clash until Wolverine ends the threat of the Wolverine Sentinels by killing the future Wolverine. The future heroes are freed from their N-Zone prison and Reed takes future Sue’s powers away. After returning to the present, Reed decides he’s going to propose to the Invisible Woman. | |
| ✔ | Ultimate Origins #1 When Spider-Man first clashed with the Hulk, Bruce Banner warned him that everything is connected. During World War II, James Howlett (a young Wolverine), Fisk (the Kingpin‘s grandfather) and Nick Fury were arrested when they tried to steal from half-destroyed Sicilian homes, rather than performing their duties as Allied soldiers. Fury was selected by Doctor Erskine to be a human guinea pig for the Super Soldier Program, aka Project Rebirth. Despite all odds, Fury survived and became the first American super soldier, but he escaped and disappeared before Erskine could experiment further. Dr. Abraham Cornelius‘ picked up where Erskine left off, experimenting with the human genome to unleash new abilities, differing for each individual. As the first test subject, James Howlett became the first mutant – Mutant Zero. During these events, a mysterious stone pillar watched events unfold… 1st appearance: Malcolm Colcord, Abraham Erskine, Project Rebirth, Watchers |
| ✔ | Ultimate Origins #2 In 1942, Project Rebirth turned frail Steve Rogers into the second Super Soldier. Dr Erskine was shot by a Nazi, while Rogers went on to become Captain America. In the present day, SHIELD Director Carol Danvers brings the Fantastic Four along when she’s alerted to weird goings on at Project PEGASUS. The Project houses any and all bizarre artefacts SHIELD hasn’t been able to make sense of. Now a pillar that’s been dormant since World War II has just lit up and it seems to be watching… 1st appearance: Watcher/Uatu |
| ✔ | Ultimate Origins #3 Twenty-seven years ago, young Magneto freed James Howlett from the Weapon X project after learning how scientists like his own mother had created mutants. He killed her and began gathering an army, starting with the telepathic Charles Xavier. Sixteen years ago, Magneto, his wife Magda Lehnsherr and more mutants set up a new civilisation in the Savage Land. He uses his powers to create the school of Xavier’s dreams. And the whole time, they’re watched. In the present, pillars pop up at the Xavier School for Gifted Children, Tony Stark’s mansion, the Triskelion and the Baxter Building… 1st appearance: Edie Lensherr |
| ✔ | Ultimate Origins #4 Years ago, Nick Fury returned to the US Army having barely aged due to the experiment at Project: Rebirth. An explosion in Kuwait almost killed him and cost him an eye. He found himself saved by James Howlett. A year later, Fury was given the job of restarting Project: Rebirth and recreate the Super Soldier Program. Fury gave his team of scientists – Franklin Storm, Richard Parker, Bruce Banner and Hank Pym – a starting point: a vial of his own blood. A drunken Banner made a breakthrough and tried out his formula on himself, transforming into the Hulk for the first time. Hulk went on a rampage, accidentally killing Richard Parker and his visiting wife, Mary Parker. The raging beast stood over the orphaned infant Peter Parker and transformed back into Banner, horrified by his own actions. Fury knocked out Banner and picked up the baby. In the present, the pillar communicates through the Invisible Woman and introduces itself as a Watcher named Uatu… |
| ✔ | Ultimate Origins #5 Years ago, Nick Fury and his squad of SHIELD agents located the Weapon X facility, learned the truth about mutants, killed chief scientist Malcolm Colcord and blew the facility to hell. On his way out, Fury saved a boy named T’Challa Udaku who Colcord had been experimenting on. The truth about mutants needed to remain a secret or war would break out between the species. Some time after, Magneto and Xavier had a falling out. Magneto sent a metal spear through Xavier’s spine, costing him the use of his legs. In the present, having witnessed all the events leading up to the moment, Uatu warns the Fantastic Four that devastation will soon be coming. He doesn’t know what form it’ll take, but it’s coming. He selects a herald to help humanity through the devastation and into a new age. And out of everyone on the planet, he picks a teenager called Rick Jones… 1st appearance: Bess Jones, Marion Jones, Rick Jones |
| Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3 Mary Jane Watson is avoiding Peter Parker until she finds out the school news team are looking to unmask Spider-Man. Everyone knows he goes to Midtown High, but who is he? Police Captain Frank Quaid asks Spider-Man for help in trying to capture the mastermind behind a series of robberies. It’s a new bad guy they’ve dubbed ‘Mysterio‘. Spidey and the NYPD attempt to capture him in his warehouse hideout, but Mysterio escapes and blows his warehouse to smithereens. Spider-Man and the cops barely survive, but Spidey discovers there’s a mole in the police department. Later, Pete and MJ reconcile when he finds out she was scared he’d leave her for wanting to hold off on sex, even though she was the one who brought it up. He reassures her he’s happy to wait and they hope to get married one day. Back at the warehouse ruins, Mysterio decides to set his sights on Spider-Man. 1st appearance: Mysterio avatar |
See how this event fits into the wider Marvel Multiverse with these reading orders:
- ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, 2000-2018 – Peter Parker
- ULTIMATE UNIVERSE, 2006-2010 – Origins & Ultimatums
| Must Reads | Issues & Fallout | Event / Crossover |
| Squadron Supreme #1-8 (2008-2009) Nick Fury starts up a version of SHIELD on Earth-31916. | ||
| ✔ | Ultimatum #1 (2009) Hank Pym takes on the Yellowjacket identity; Magneto begins his all-out assault on humanity and causes global devastation. Ultimate Spider-Man #130 (2009) Spider-Man comes face-to-face with the Hulk again. | ULTIMATUM |
| Ultimate X-Men #98 (2009) Rogue heads up a team to go after Alpha Flight; John Wraith is revealed to be under the Vindicator mask. | ULTIMATUM | |
| ✔ | Ultimatum #2-5 (2009) Magneto kills Professor X; Power Princess returns to the Ultimates; Wasp and Yellowjacket don’t get a chance to restart their manage as they’re both killed; Nick Fury returns to Earth-1610; Phoenix reveals the truth about mutantkind’s origins to Magneto; Dr Malcolm Colcord’s fate is revealed; Cyclops is killed before he can get a chance to learn to control his powers; Wolverine is killed by Magneto; Magneto’s war on humanity ends with his death; Quicksilver vows to carry on his father’s legacy. Ultimatum – Fantastic Four: Requiem #1 (2009) Reed Richards proposes to Sue Storm, but is rejected; the Fantastic Four disband. | ULTIMATUM |
| Ultimatum: X-Men Requiem #1 (2009) Jean Grey reveals she’s lost her Phoenix powers; the X-Men disband. | ULTIMATUM | |
| Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (2009) Mysterio kills the Kingpin (Wilson Fisk); Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson are revealed to have broken up and Peter has started dating Gwen Stacy; Jessica Jones claims to have changed her mind about wanting to unmask Spider-Man; Mysterio creates a Spider-Slayer which is destroyed by the Shroud; Mysterio blows up his own hideout again to avoid capture. | ||
| Ultimate Avengers #1 (2009) Hawkeye pulls himself back together. | ||
| ✔ | Ultimate Spider-Man #7-8 (2010) Uatu continues to guide Rick Jones, transforming him into Nova; the Serpent Squad make another attempt to steal the Serpent Crown. | |
| ✔ | Ultimate Enemy #1-4 (2010) The Thing loses more of his rocky hide until he sheds it completely, returning to human form of Ben Grimm but displaying new powers. Ultimate Mystery #1-4 (2010) Reed Richards is revealed to have become a villain. Ultimate Doom #1-4 (2011) Reed Richards is revealed to have stolen artefacts from Project Pegasus; Reed reveals that Sue Storm’s rejection and the destruction caused by Magneto drastically changed his world-view. | ULTIMATE DOOMSDAY |
| ✔ | Ultimate New Ultimates #1-5 (2010-2011) Power Princess , Ka-Zar, Shanna and the real Black Panther join the Ultimates; the Defenders steal Mjolnir, making the Ultimates suspicious of Valkyrie; Valkyrie is killed by Loki, though she gets a chance to have her revenge on him; Power Princess returns to Earth-31916. | |
| ✔ | Ultimate X #4-5 (2011) Firestar (Liz Allen) tries to return to a normal life by going back to school; the Scarlet Witch appears to be alive again; Quicksilver forms a new Brotherhood. | |
| ✔ | Ultimate Spider-Man #155-160 (2011) Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson get back together; Peter Parker dies in front of Mary Jane after a battle with the Green Goblin; Peter’s secret identity becomes public after his death. Ultimate Fallout #4-5 (2011) The truth about the origin of the mutant race becomes public knowledge; Hank Pym’s other robot, the Vision, returns; the ‘resurrected’ Scarlet Witch is revealed to be Quicksilver’s hallucination. | DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN |
| Must Reads | Issues & Fallout | Event / Crossover |
| ✔ | Ultimate Comics: Ultimates #1-4 (2011) Reed Richards takes on a new identity as the Maker and clashes with the Ultimates. | THE REPUBLIC IS BURNING |
| Ultimate Comics: X-Men #7 (2012) Apocalypse uses the Scarlet Witch’s image to convince Quicksilver to head to Egypt. | ||
| ✔ | Spider-Men #1-5 (2012) ‘Mysterio’ is revealed to be an android controlled by the Mysterio of Earth-616; Earth-616’s Mysterio is imprisoned by Nick Fury on Earth-1610. | |
| ✔ | Ultimate Wolverine #1-4 (2013) Magda Lensherr (aka The Witch – Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s mother) is revealed to be alive; Quicksilver learns Jimmy Hudson (Wolverine’s son) is his half-brother. | |
| ✔ | Ultimate Comics: Ultimates #27-29 (2013) Uatu and the Watchers are revealed to have been created as a side-effect of the Infinity Gems usage; Quicksilver spends the last moments of his life confessing his sins at the Scarlet Witch’s grave after Kang mortality wounds him. | |
| ✔ | Hunger #4 (2013) Rick Jones becomes Captain Marvel; further devastation comes to Earth when Galactus of Earth-616 merges with Gah Lak Tus with the intention of consuming the planet. | AGE OF ULTRON CATACLYSM |
| ✔ | Cataclysm: The Ultimates’ Last Stand #2-5 (2014) The Ultimates question Mysterio of Earth-616 to learn about Galactus when he arrives in the Ultimate Universe; Mysterio explains that Reed Richards has consistently repelled Galactus’ attacks, leading to the Ultimate Universe’s Reed Richards being brought in to advise; as Captain Marvel, Rick Jones helps save the Earth from Galactus. | CATACLYSM |
| Ultimate FF #1-3 (2014) The real Doctor Doom returns; the ‘Doom’ dealt with by Nick Fury is revealed to be an impostor (Mary Storm). | ULTIMATE MARVEL NOW! | |
| New Avengers #24 (2014) The Squadron Supreme (including Power Princess) of Earth-31916 are revealed to have been slain by Earth-616’s Cabal. | TIME RUNS OUT | |
| Secret Wars #1 (2105) The Ultimate Universe is destroyed by an incursion. | SECRET WARS | |
| Spider-Men II #5 (2018) Earth-1610 is revealed to have been restored. | ||
| Venom #26 (2020) After spending time on Earth-616 following the destruction of Earth-1610, Reed Richards returned to Earth-1610 and discovered much of it in ruins. |
| Collected Edition Title | Collecting… |
| Ultimate Power | Ultimate Power #1-9 |
| Ultimates 3: Who Killed the Scarlet Witch? | Ultimates 3 #1-5 |
| Ultimatum Hardcover | Ultimates 3 #1-5 Ultimatum #1-5 |
| Ultimate X-Men vol.19: Absolute Power | Ultimate X-Men #94-97 |
| Ultimate Origins | Ultimate Origins #1-5 |
| Ultimatum: March on Ultimatum | Ultimate Captain America Annual #1 Ultimate Fantastic Four/Ultimate X-Men Annual #1 Ultimate Hulk Annual #1 Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3 Ultimate X-Men/Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1 |
| Collected Edition Title | Including… |
| Ultimate X-Men vol.9 Hardcover | Ultimate X-Men #94-97 |
| Ultimate Spider-Man vol.11 Hardcover Ultimate Spider-Man vol.22: Ultimatum Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus vol.4 Ultimatum: Spider-Man | Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3 |
Reading Order © Omniverse Comics Guide 2025
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