The Ultimates (comic book)
| The Ultimates | |
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Cover for The Ultimates #13.
Art by Bryan Hitch. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date(s) | March 2002 - April 2004 |
| No. of issues | 13 |
| Main character(s) |
Ultimates Ultimate Nick Fury Chitauri |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Mark Millar |
| Artist(s) | Bryan Hitch |
| Inker(s) | Andrew Currie |
| Letterer(s) | Chris Eliopoulos |
| Collected editions | |
| The Ultimates Vol. 1: Super-Human | ISBN |
| The Ultimates Vol. 2: Homeland Security | ISBN |
| The Ultimates | ISBN |
The Ultimates is a thirteen-issue comic book limited series written by Mark Millar with art by Bryan Hitch. The series introduces the superhero team the Ultimates and was published by the Ultimate Marvel imprint of Marvel Comics.
The Ultimates debuted in February 2002 (cover date March 2002), and ran for thirteen issues.
Bryan Hitch describes his Ultimates work as "widescreen, cinematic compositions" and has expressed his interest of translating his work for movies. This miniseries was affected by delays and the artist admits to having to work hard to recover from reputation as a slow artist after his work on the first Ultimates series stating "‘Cause I think people still now see me as an unreliable artist."
General Nick Fury of the international peacekeeping agency S.H.I.E.L.D. establishes a strike force of government-sponsored metahumans when the President of the United States approves a new defense budget to combat the growing risk of the U.S. being attacked by supervillains. The team, dubbed the Ultimates, includes Tony Stark (Iron Man) and scientist couple Hank and Janet Pym (Giant-Man and the Wasp) and take up residence in the Triskelion, an island laboratory run by S.H.I.E.L.D. Thor is offered a position in the Ultimates, but he declines unless the President agrees to triple the funds allocated to environmental issues in the budget. Bruce Banner is made the new science director, attempting to duplicate the super soldier serum. Betty Ross, Bruce's ex-girlfriend, is appointed as the team's Director of Communications. Bruce attempts to rekindle their relationship but is constantly spurned and belittled. A S.H.I.E.L.D. research team discovers Captain America frozen in the Arctic and attempts to gain a sample of the serum from his body. Instead, Captain America is revived and offered a place in the Ultimates.
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