Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates

Ultimate Comics The Ultimates
Artwork for the cover of Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates 1 (Aug 2011). Art by Esad Ribic.
Publication information
Publisher	Ultimate Marvel (Marvel Comics)
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	August 2011
Creative team
Written by	Jonathan Hickman Sam Humphries Joshua Hale Fialkov
Artist(s)	Esad Ribic Brandon Peterson Luke Ross Butch Guice Leonard Kirk Patrick Zircher Ron Garney Billy Tan Timothy Green II

Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates is an ongoing monthly comic book series published by Marvel Comics that made its debut in September 2011 as part of the second re-launch of Ultimate Marvel. Through the "Ultimate Universe Reborn" tagline following the "Death of Spider-Man" and written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Esad Ribic, the series also serves as a continuation of elements from Ultimate Comics: Fallout, and exists alongside other relaunched Ultimate Marvel titles including Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics: X-Men. The series continues the adventures of the Ultimates, including Nick Fury, Thor and Iron Man.

The Ultimates was re-launched under the "Ultimate Universe Reborn" tagline, along with Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics: X-Men. While past Ultimates comics were limited series, Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates is an ongoing monthly series. Written by Jonathan Hickman (writer of other Ultimate works such as Ultimate Comics: Thor, Ultimate Comics: Fallout and Ultimate Comics: Hawkeye), and illustrated by Esad Ribic, the title will now called Ultimate Comics: Ultimates. The first story arc, "The Republic is Burning", takes place at the same as Hickman's other miniseries Ultimate Comics Hawkeye.

Beginning with issue #10, Sam Humphries co-wrote with Hickman, and from issue #13 he became the sole writer of the series.

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The first story arc by Jonathan Hickman had the emergence of two new superhuman threats, The People in the Southeast Asian Republic led by the brothers Xorn and Zorn, and the children of Tomorrow, led by Reed Richards. While the first story arc ended with Asgard destroyed and S.H.I.E.L.D. in pieces, the last story arc which began with Jonathan Hickman as writer but ended with Sam Humphries as his replacement, had the Ultimates victorious and Reed Richards arrested for his crimes. In the first Sam Humphries solo story arc Captain America returns to an America on the brink of destruction.