Ultimates (Ultimate Marvel)

The Ultimates are a team that feature in Marvel Comics.

History

Origin

The Ultimates were a team of superpowered beings who resided on Earth-1610 in the Multiverse. (The Ultimates v1 #1)

Cataclysm

When Galactus finally arrived to Earth, he appeared in New Jersey and destroyed it. After S.H.I.E.L.D.'s aircraft failed to destroy the entity, the Ultimates were called to deal with the situation. They were easily overpowered by him as Iron Man performed some readings on Galactus' energy signature and discovered it was not from this universe. (Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand v1 #1) Iron Man discovered the entity came from the same universe a Peter Parker temporarily came from months ago, Earth-616. The Ultimates decided to use a portal recovered from a visitor from Earth-616 to go there and ask for help to their Reed Richards, as suggested by the visitor. Before they could decide who would go, Reed Richards appeared and recommended to put their differences aside and let him go, as he could access to the other Richards' files in case he wasn't available to help them at the moment. (Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand v1 #2) The Ultimates let Richards go, with the condition of being accompanied by Miles Morales. Both heroes managed to arrive to Earth-616, extract the information needed and return. (Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand v1 #3) After accidentally revealing themselves to Galactus, the cosmic being started approaching the Triskelion. To give S.H.I.E.L.D. the time necessary to move away, Steve used a jet to fly near Galactus and distract him. Captain America directed the jet towards Galactus' face and was last seen abandoning it before it crashed, however his fate remain unknown. (Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand v1 #4) The plan to defeat was carried out with the help of Kitty Pryde, using Hank Pym's serum she would grow to a giant size and use her phasing powers to destroy Galactus' Elemental Converter as Reed Richards activated a portal to the Negative Zone where Galactus was exiled. However, Thor was also left stranded in the Negative Zone as he had to push Galactus in order for the cosmic entity to enter to the portal against its will, but the Earth was ultimately saved. (Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand v1 #5)

Members

• Nick Fury
• Iron Man :
• Captain America :
• Thor :
• Wasp :
• Giant-Man :

Notes

• The Ultimates were created by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch where they made their first appearance in The Ultimates v1 #1 (March, 2002).
• The team were created to be Ultimate Marvel's incarnation of the Avengers that were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
• In a 2004 interview, Millar outlined the difference between the Ultimates and the Avengers, "The idea behind The Avengers is that the Marvel Universe's biggest players all get together and fight all the biggest supervillains they can't defeat individually, whereas Ultimates 2 is an exploration of what happens when a bunch of ordinary people are turned into super-soldiers and being groomed to fight the real-life war on terror."

Alternate Versions

• In Avengers v6 #0 (2015), an alternate version of the Ultimates were shown to exist on Earth-616 in the Multiverse.

In other media

Films

• In Ultimate Avengers: The Movie, the Ultimates appeared in the setting of the animated film.
• In Ultimate Avengers: The Movie, the Ultimates appeared in the setting of the animated film sequel.

Appearances

• The Ultimates v1: (2002)

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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