Ultimates

The Ultimates is a comic book published by Marvel Comics, part of the Ultimate Marvel line featuring classic Marvel Universe characters re-imagined for a modern audience. Its current run, The Ultimates 2, is written by Mark Millar and drawn by Bryan Hitch, as was the first volume. The Ultimates 3 will be written by Jeph Loeb with art by Joe Madureira. The first series was first published in 2001 on a very sporadic schedule, despite being a monthly. The second series has been more regular in its publication.

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The Ultimates is the Ultimate Marvel Universe version of the superhero team The Avengers. It shares similarities to its source material, but like the other Ultimate titles, has undergone deconstruction and reimagining. The stories take place outside of the regular Marvel Universe and bear no relation to the latter's continuity. They also have a darker, more cynical tone and resemble more a large-screen action movie than a traditional comic book. In this respect, it also resembles The Authority, another comic book that both Hitch and Millar worked on, but at different times.

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The Ultimates' lineup initially consisted of the Ultimate Marvel Universe versions of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, The Wasp, and Giant-Man (a.k.a. Ant-Man, Yellowjacket and a couple of other aliases), with General Nick Fury as their government liaison. Later members included The Black Widow, Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch.

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