>Marvel's new Ultimate Universe is about to enter its second year and readers can look forward to more of the unpredictable storytelling and bold character reinventions that have defined this exciting new line of comics. With the Maker's return imminent, the stakes are higher than ever and as his Council struggles to maintain their control, the heroes of this once-doomed world will face their greatest challenges yet. Today, fans can peek ahead at what’s to come in January’s Ultimate issues.>The cover reveals and synopses for January's issues spotlight the debut of the Ultimate Guardians of the Galaxy; the climactic showdown between Black Panther and Moon Knight; Kraven’s Ultimate Hunt; and the X-Men’s rise as a new band of mutant super heroes!>Hailing from the far future, the new Guardians consist of Star-Lord, Captain Marvel, Ultimate Nullifier, and Cosmo. These galactic heroes have travelled across time and space to find their missing teammates and the secrets they know about the universe’s hidden past may prove vital to the Ultimates' mission to take down the Maker!
>THE ULTIMATE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! America Chavez takes center stage in this issue as a group of galactic travelers from a far-flung, Maker-free future arrive in search of her!"The creative goal we set for ourselves on ULTIMATES (2024)—in addition to telling complete stories every issue—was to create (or recreate) characters interesting enough to sustain readers' imaginations and their own series, if they had to," ULTIMATES writer Deniz Camp explained. "Whether we've succeeded on either count is up to the readers to decide, but the reaction so far has been really special. I am so grateful for it, and am doing my best to be worthy of it."Issue eight introduces the Ultimate Guardians of the Galaxy, and I hope readers enjoy meeting the heroes of the future as much as I enjoyed writing them! It's our most cosmic issue to date, the life and death of universes in 20 pages, and explores new sides of the Ultimate Universe through Ultimate America Chavez, who has quickly become a favorite of mine."
>MOON KNIGHT VS. BLACK PANTHER! Moon Knight challenges Black Panther to a one-on-one duel to end the war! But with his army of zealots behind him, would Moon Knight’s followers even accept defeat? And the Maker’s Council can’t be stopped so easily… It’s the epic climax of the title’s first year!
>KRAVEN'S MOST DANGEROUS GAME! The Sinister Six are all hunting Spider-Man and the Green Goblin for their ringleader, Kingpin—and this time, Kraven has the upper hand in this love letter to "Kraven’s Last Hunt"!
>WHO ARE THE X-MEN? RISE OF THE MASKED MUTANTS! Maystorm takes the reins! No more hiding their powers – even if it means hiding their faces! Disenfranchised and despairing after the raid on the Children of the Atom, the man-made mutants seek out leadership – and Maystorm is ready to rise to the occasion!>The new Ultimate Universe was created by the Maker—a deranged alternate reality version of Reed Richards—to be a world without super heroes. Manipulating his way through the timestream to rob your favorite characters of their destinies, the Maker and his Council rule the earth from the shadows, twisting the truth to ensure their domination.>Recently, the Maker has been put in a 16-month captivity. When he emerges, he’ll find a new generation of super heroes, nations, and young mutants ready to fight back!>Preorder January’s issues at your local comic shop today!SOURCE: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/ultimate-universe-january-2025-covers-guardians-of-the-galaxy
>>145715427Star-Lord sure looks like a new take on 70s Star-Lord’s mysticism. Might even be the Master of the Sun himself?
>>145715427Wait I know the Nullifier guyHe's from the same issue that America first appeared inhttps://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_Nullifier_(Mayne)_(Earth-616)
>>145715418>Ultimate NullifierI guess that makes sense we haven't seen the 616 version since his debate along with America
>>145715443>Love letter to Kraven's last huntOkay so he's defi gonna die, who do you guys think is gonna kill him?
>>145715515Harry will be goaded by NormanGPT to kill him
>>145715443inb4 he jobs anticlimactically like the original Ultimate Kraven
>>145715515>>145715524Harry killing him would be too similar to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 for my liking. But this series is much better written so far than that shitshow, so it could work.
>>145715427so who do we think is Captain Marvel in this universe?
>>145715549Maybe it's AI Peter who ends up killing him? Issue 12 already implies that it's starting to make Peter act "strange"
>>145715495>>145715498I wonder if they'll make out again
>>145715565Very far future descendant of Mystique and Carol Danvers.
>>145715495More, insane, evidence that the guy writing Ultimates is bizarrely knowledgeable about America. Guess the dude really is reading all those old, forgotten runs.>>145715746Funnily enough, that didn't even happen in Vengeance. It was added in Gillen's YA, which is also the run that made her a lesbian from the lesbian dimension. Weird stuff.
>>145715435>It’s the epic climax of the title’s first year!And probably its last
>barely any responseHickmanverse has no actual interest. Only reason USM sells is becuase retards think they're "sending a message" and Marvel will fix ASM when all they're doing is giving Marvel money and making them think a containment book is for the best while they continue ruining the main book.
>>145715974I think Black Panther will keep going until the Maker comes back
>>145715418>>145715427I really hope this isn't the rumored new title, because you couldn't pay me to read about these faggots. I hope it's either FF or some Council/Illuminati book.
>>145715994>Hickmanverse has no actual interest.>/co/>Talking about comics that isn't ragebait
>>145716027isn't the going rumour that the new book will be Fury book by Chris Condon and the Moon Knight artist
>>145715427...Is Captain Marvel supposed to be Mystique? She started out as a Carol villain after all...
>>145716071Just wishful thinking, nothing concrete. The creative team is probably right, since they were recently added to the one-shot, but I don't know if it'll be Fury getting the book. Could be, as he's the mystery figure that was teased and will be debuting in it. A Fury/Illuminati/HAND book would be right up my alley personally, so I hope it's true.
>>145715427>Captain Marvel has Genis star body thingPretty cool.
>>145715994pretty sure the only reason USM sells is because of the running FOMO from issue #1, and because well its Spider-Man. we should just start a running joke, assuming there isn't already one, about certain Spider-Man fans who are just collectors. they're just Jonah Jamesons. early every Wednesday, they sit down and call their LCS and slam their fists on a desk shouting, "GET ME PICTURES OF SPIDER-MAN!"
>>145715495Does that mean America really do come feom the future in the Makerverse?
>>145715418>>145715427>Captain Marvel>red-headed blue kreeAre we getting Mystique and going back to the original idea for her origin? That she was some kind of Kree-Skrull hybrid.>>145715435At this point, who is even reading Ult. Black Panther anymore? It's so fucking boring.
>>145715443This Kraven is such a beast bro I wanna see him fuck MJ and Gwen like Peter and Harry never could. Fuck he's so big.
>>145716127wait new Ultimate Fury is white? now thats a twist
>>145715451Knowing UXM's track record, the solicit is probably all wrong about what's going to open.
>>145715418>>145715427>Cosmo is a NovaAre we gonna see Ultimate Richard Rider?
>>145716352Didn't someone theorize he might be 616 Fury Sr. undercover?
>>145716127>Could be, as he's the mystery figure that was teased and will be debuting in itThere were actually two mystery debuts teased for it, with Fury as one. My guess is the second one is a character who will be leading into the new book.
>>145716370>Ultimate Nova is a chick named Katt GrazerHickman, hire me. Let me write Cosmic 6160.
>>145716392That's extremely unlikely. No one from Earth-616 is even aware that Earth-6160 exists.
>>145717118I think Miles is supposed toAlso isn't this the same America Chavez?
>>145715515>>145715658It's going to be like in Life Story where Peter gets buried and the symbiote rushed out to save him.
>>145717166No, her being unique in the multiverse got retconned and this seems to confirm this version is a time traveller. Hell >>145715427 even calls her “Ultimate America Chavez.”
>>145715427HAHAHAHHA, where's the Carolfag in denial about her blowing the fuck up back in Ultimates #1?
>>145717585These guys are from the far future Why would there be a future Captain Marvel legacy if there isn't one in the modern day?
>>145717260>No, her being unique in the multiverse got retconned and this seems to confirm this version is a time traveller. Hell >>145715427 even calls her “Ultimate America Chavez.”It probably just a Rachel Summers situation. Yes, there are other people called Rachel in the multiverse that look and act the same, but 616 Rachel is unique and has no variants.
>>145715994Space isn't really my thing.
>>145716392That would require Marvel to actually care about the original Nick Fury
>>145715891>Ultimates is bizarrely knowledgeable about America.Is he gonna callback Gabby's run?
>>145717733nah, pretty much everything from her background in Young Avengers has been poisoned SO HARD by Gabby Rivera's mini that the successive mini COMPLETELY RETCONNED pretty much everything about it and also lowered her power-level for good measure.
>>145715427I want to kiss Captain Marvel.
>>145715443KLH is so above Hickman's level it's not even funny, this is a terrible idea.
>>145717733>>145718744Yeah, the Utopian Parallel was retconned to just be an island on Earth. America's just a random girl from 616, there's now no reason for her to be the only one in the multiverse.
>>145715891wonder if joe casey will lose his shit about the creative rights if thats true
>>145718140He already kinda did: Gabby's run is half about Midas's company, though only his daughter shows up, trying to kidnap America to make a bunch of weird weapons based off her (maybe using her powers to power them?).Meanwhile Ultimates #2 ends up being about Midas hooking a kidnapped America up to a generator to power a bunch of shit (and to "bath in her light" to give himself super powers).
>>145717733>Yes, there are other people called Rachel in the multiverse that look and act the same, but 616 Rachel is unique and has no variantsI mean at that point, does it matter? It's just trying to have it both ways. Sure, you can say "oh those don't count for reasons," but in practice there's a number of versions that seems indistinguishable from "normal" AU versions.
>>145715845>>145715565She's probably a Kree.
>>145720341Yeah, I don't get the theories about her being related to Mystique. I'm pretty sure we've seen redheaded Kree before.
>>145720211Huh. I assumed Midas was a reference to the Iron Man bad guy, but that Midas is actually a better match.
>>145715443THIRTEEN ISSUES AND STILL GOING STRONGGWENSCHIZO SAID IT WOULD END BEFORE TWELVE. PEDOPHILES SAY A LOT OF SHIT.
Ultimate Guardians being a mix of the modern team and the classic team is so cool
>>145721004It's definitely him, Midas first showed up wearing the gold OG Iron Man suit. That's from the wacky Morrison Marvel Boy short run, where he also "bathed in cosmic radiation" to get super powers. Which turned him into basically the super skrull (looks like the Thing and has the powers of the other three). He was also super corporate, but not quite as philosophical about it, as I recall. And when you're making a crazed villain more philosophical about their batshit ideas, you're doing something.
>>145720211I thought that panel of the dead Kree and Skrulls was throwaway so I’m excited it might matterWas also surprised more people didn’t clock the Midas stuff
>>145719546It definitely will be better than Zeb Wells's attempt to homage the thing. God bless Zeb Wells, lowering the bar for everyone and making life sheer painful agony for any of Ultimate Spider-Man's critics.
>>145715891The one in YA wasn't even the real guy, right? So the 616 version hasn't actually appeared since Vengeance?
>>145721941Yeah, they (such as Marvel Boy's three ex's) were all like, weird magical simulacrum from what I recall.
>>145715418Oh I hate that Star Lord.
>>145716208>who is even reading Ult. Black Panther anymore? It'sI am
>>145716366This. And I hate that so much, it's like their trying to really sell it.
>>145715427Man the Guardians of the Galaxy look like shit, Cosmo is neat I guess.
>>145715427they gone done turned the gun into a person
>>145720438She has red hair and her eyes are blank yellow
bump
>>145715427Star Lord better be this guy.
>>145715427U.U looks based on Captain Commando. Looks Cap.Marvel and Star Lord are OCs.
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>>145715418>>145715427Looks abysmal, but they'll probably be somewhat decent.>>145715451>Look! Something might actually happen!I'm not falling for that again. I'm still picking it up, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
>>145715891>Magneto:"Fucking flatscan seducing our glorious mutant girls..."
