In this new Ultimate Universe, the Maker - an evil Reed Richards - altered the origins of heroes to control the world - a world without the heroes we know. Now a young Iron Man is working to awaken a new generation of heroes. Across this universe and time, familiar heroes like Spider-Man, Captain America, and Storm begin to learn what it means to be a superhero.
A great place to start for old fans and new readers alike.
The Maker (an evil Reed Richards) returns to reshape a new Ultimate Universe by preventing heroes’ origins and remaking the world in his image. The Illuminati and other heroes resist, turning the conflict into a metaphor for challenging fixed ideas about what these characters must be.
Peter Parker is in his 30s, married to Mary Jane, with children — but only now becomes Spider-Man. The series explores family, responsibility, and reinvention while remixing the classic formula into something both familiar and fresh.
Hisako Ichiki (Armor) discovers her mutant abilities while haunted by trauma and loss, in a story framed as a horror-infused coming-of-age manga. Instead of a school or mentor, she navigates identity, culture, and womanhood with other lost young mutants.
King T’Challa wrestles with Wakanda’s mythical origins and the threats of mysticism, revolution, and cosmic forces tied to vibranium. The story mixes sci-fi, spirituality, and politics, with Killmonger and Ororo positioned as outsiders challenging the throne.
A team of reimagined heroes like Iron Lad, Doom, America Chavez, and She-Hulk grapple with fixing a world deliberately broken by the Maker. The book serves as the philosophical “thesis” of the new line, mixing sci-fi spectacle with sharp commentary on resistance, revolution, and American culture.
Wolverine is reimagined with ties to the Winter Soldier program instead of Weapon X, caught in a Cold War–styled world of espionage and underground mutant resistance. He battles trauma, his violent past, and villains like Magik and Colossus, with striking noir visuals setting the tone.
