Ultimate Marvel
| Character | Year Created in | Currently Played by | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Man | 1963 | Robert Downey, Jr. | Avengers |
| Captain America | 1941 | Chris Evans | Avengers |
| Hulk | 1962 | Mark Ruffalo | Avengers |
| Spiderman | 1962 | Toby Maguire | Avengers, Defenders, Fantastic Five, etc. |
| Thor | 1962 | Chris Hemsworth | Avengers |
| Angel | -- | Cayden Boyd | X-Men |
| Beast | -- | Kelsey Grammar | X-Men |
| Colossus | 1943 | Daniel Cudmore | X-Men |
| Cyclops | 1963 | James Marsden | X-Men |
| Wolverine | 1974 | Hugh Jackman | X-Men |
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| Predecessor | Ultimate Marvel (name) |
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| Country of origin | US |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Distribution | Diamond Comic Distributors |
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| Fiction genres | superheroes |
| Owner(s) | Marvel Worldwide, Inc. |
Ultimate Marvel, later Ultimate Comics, is an imprint of comic books published by Marvel Comics, featuring re-imagined and updated versions of the company's superhero characters that exist in the Ultimate Universe. Those characters included Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, and the Fantastic Four. The imprint was launched in 2000 with the publication of the series Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men, giving new origins for the characters. The universe has been designated as Earth-1610 within the Marvel Multiverse, which comprises an infinite number of alternate universes and other galaxies.
As a part of a large scale reboot of the All-New All-Different Marvel multiverse, the Ultimate Universe ends at the conclusion of Secret Wars, and some of the characters from the Ultimate Universe move over to the mainstream universe.[1]
Marvel Studios, owned by Walt Disney Studios, creates films and animated movies on their originally comic characters. Some of the movies include Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America Civil War, Deadpool, etc.
Publication history
The Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610) was launched in 2000 with the publication of Ultimate Spider-Man, followed by Ultimate X-Men in 2001 and The Ultimates in 2002, and finally Ultimate Fantastic Four. Prior to the launch, the imprint was under the working title of "Ground Zero". The characters in this line exist outside of the regular Earth-616 Marvel Universe and therefore do not normally interact with their original version counterparts. However, while certain characters within the Marvel Multiverse, such as Reed Richards, do sometimes possess the means to contact or enter other universes, there may occasionally be direct interaction as well.
The setting of Ultimate Marvel features modern-day re-telling of the mainstream origin stories and characters from past and present continuities (many of which were created in the 1960s and 1970s), updated to reflect contemporary sensibilities.[2] For example, Ultimate Spider-Man gains his superpowers from a genetically-engineered spider rather than a radioactive spider, and his alter ego, Peter Parker, originally a photographer for the Daily Bugle newspaper, now has a part-time job as paper's webmaster. The Ultimate Marvel universe also features many of the characters as younger than their regular-continuity counterparts.
In December 2005 through early 2007, Marvel published a print ad campaign in titles across their company that showed all Ultimate titles and had the slogan, "Ultimate Marvel: The Gold Standard".
Writers noted for their work in the line include Brian Michael Bendis, Warren Ellis, and Mark Millar. Joe Quesada and former Marvel president Bill Jemas were also involved in the creation of the line.
Ultimate Comics
The entire Ultimate Marvel imprint was re-launched in 2009 after the conclusion of the Ultimatum event, under the Ultimate Comics brand.[3] “The Death of Spider-Man” arc of Ultimate Spider-Man ended with the June 22, 2011 issue, 160.[2]
In August 2011, Marvel re-launched the Ultimate line again, this time with the Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn tagline after the conclusion of "The Death of Spider-Man" story arc.[4] A new multi-ethnic Spider-Man, Miles Morales, was introduced in Ultimate Comics Fallout #4 on the stands in August 2011.[5]
In 2015 Marvel published Ultimate End, which ended the Ultimate Marvel imprint after 15 years. Ultimate End launched the "Battleworlds" branding of Marvel's Secret Wars storyline, and is written by Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley, the team that began the Ultimate Marvel universe with Ultimate Spider-Man.[6] The Morales Spider-Man and the Maker moved to the post-Secret Wars Marvel Universe.[7]
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