More Power Coming To Ultimate Comics Next Year!

If any of you read ULTIMATUM, you'd know that Jeph Loeb and David Finch did the proverbial "shake the house down" treatment on the Ultimate universe, with characters dying left and right and the status quo of the surviving few changed forever. The Ultimate universe was then reformatted to Ultimate Comics, and since then we've only had three titles to enjoy, depicting the new lives and adventures of the Avengers, Iron Man, and Spider-Man. So far, it's only about Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Web-Slinger... but what happened to the rest of the Ultimate World, specifically the X-men for that matter? Comic Book Resources and Marvel.Com have some preview titles to answer those questions, including a peek at the title to replace Ultimate X-men.



Say hello to "Ultimate Comics X" by Jeph Loeab and Art Adams. With the entire Ultimate cast in turmoil, a new kid steps in and makes his presence known, apparently sporting claws like James Howlett, aka Wolverine, who was killed by Magneto in ULTIMATUM. How this guy makes an impact in the Ultimate universe will have to be seen, as this issue is still slated for a Feb 2010 release. Looking forward to that, as well as the other titles due that month, when more woes hit the Parker home in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, and Captain America finally comes face to face with his son, The Red Skull, in Ultimate Comics Avengers. Hit the links on CBR and Marvel above to view the solicits!

The End? O Really?

This teaser pic was just released by Marvel.com and various comic blog sites like Newsarama.



It's not much of a spoiler image, but it does allude to a big loss that's about to happen when Ultimatum #5 hits shops on July 29. Then again, with the death toll already beyond what people expect, is there anyone else we'd be surprised to find six feet under? Judging from the vaporized skeleton, it looks like Wolverine's buying the dust... or it could be Cap all over again and someone will take over the role in Ultimate Avengers! Honestly, while I am somewhat looking forward to Mark Millar penning the Ultimates again, I've kinda grown apart from the world where new readers could jump in and read modern new tales of their favorite heroes. All this death and destruction... it was just too much for Jeph Loeb to do. I'd very much rather look forward to Blackest Night later, honestly. Sorry to say, but Ultimate Universe, you lost me completely.O_o