This morning, during a liveblog press conference about changes coming to the Ultimate Comics line, Marvel have announced that this September Nick Spencer & Paco Medina will be collaborating on Ultimate Comics: X-Men.
The series will be part of the “Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn” banner, which follows the events of the “Death of Spider-Man” arc happening now in Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates, and continuing in the weekly July series Ultimate Fallout.
Ultimate Fallout, beginning this July, will be a bridge between “Death of Spider-Man” and this rebirth of the Ultimate Comics line. It will touch on all the prominent characters who will be featured upcoming and showing how the Death of Spider-Man affected them. It will be written by all the writers working on the new books, including Hickman.
Spencer explains that the current climate of the Ultimate Universe for mutants is very “Days of Future Past,” with dwindling numbers and the government essentially giving orders to shoot mutants on sight. He also reminded readers that there are many former X-Men still out there, including Jean Grey, Iceman, Storm, Colossus and Nightcrawler, all of who will be featured in the series.
The main cast of Ultimate Comics: X-Men will be Kitty Pryde, Iceman, Rogue, Johnny Storm & Jimmy Hudson. But Karen Grant, aka Jean Grey, as well as Liz Allan, Storm, Colossus and other characters from Ultimate X will be involved.
The plot of the first arc will reveal the secret genesis of the government creating mutants. “Mutants thought up until this point they might be the next step in evolution, but it turns out they’re just a lab experiment gone wrong” says Spencer.
Read the full transcript of the liveblog below:
Ultimate Comics Event, May 3
(05/03/2021)
Tuesday May 3, 2021
11:54
Agent M:
Hey guys! Hang tight! We’ll be starting very shortly.
11:56
UltimateKidNova:
Hey everybody, Marvel.com Associate Editor Ben Morse here, joined by Editorial Director Agent_M
11:57
UltimateKidNova:
We’ll be starting things off in a moment with our mystery guests and another major Ultimate Comics announcement, but first, for those of you who may have missed yesterday, a quick recap…
11:57
Comment From COMICSBLOGFRA
Hi!
11:58
UltimateKidNova:
We were joined by Jonathan Hickman & Esad Ribic, the creative team behind the coming soon Ultimate Comics Ultimates, which will launch out of Death of Spider-Man and Ultimate Fallout.
11:58
UltimateKidNova:
Ultimate Comics Ultimate will feature among its cast Nick Fury, Thor, Iron Man, The Hulk and Spider-Woman, but NOT Captain America, for reasons not yet revealed.
11:58
UltimateKidNova:
The first arc will be titled “The Republic is Burning”
As a reminder, Agent_M and myself are monitoring all your comments and questions, so please keep them coming. If they don’t show up in the main feed, it’s not because we can’t see them, it’s just that there are only two of us and lots of you, so we approve as much as we can.
12:00
UltimateKidNova:
Also remember we will be asking YOUR questions, so make them good ones!
12:00
UltimateKidNova:
Ok, let’s sit tight and the action will be starting soon!
I will give you guys just a tiny tease for today’s announcement: The project we will be announcing involves a solo character who has not had their own Ultimate Comics series before.
12:02
UltimateKidNova:
Commence guessing
12:02
Comment From BaIfro
Nope
12:02
UltimateKidNova:
Good news, @Balfro, you can watch the whole thing at the link Agent_M just shared!
12:02
Comment From Plawsky1
Captain America…
12:02
Comment From BaIfro
Nova
12:02
Comment From JustinLose
Hawkeye?
12:02
Comment From Ian Claydon
Ben Grimm!
12:02
Comment From TylerLeto
Ultimate Hawkeye?
12:03
UltimateKidNova:
Cap already had a book @Plawsky1, but interesting guesses all around…
12:03
Comment From MarvelMaster616
Daredevil?
12:03
Comment From BaIfro
Moon Kight
12:03
Comment From Abe Rodriguez
Hulk!
12:03
Comment From Patrick Gizinski
Will this be the Bruce Banner Hulk apart of Ultimate Comics: Ultimate?
12:04
UltimateKidNova:
@Patrick Gizinski If you’re asking if the Hulk in Ultimate Comics Ultimates will be Bruce Banner…yes it will
12:04
UltimateKidNova:
Swerve! We’re announcing the solo series tomorrow!
12:04
UltimateKidNova:
We are joined by Nick Spencer who will be writing Ultimate Comics X-Men with art by Paco Medina!
We’re also joined by Marvel E-i-C Axel Alonso and Senior Editor Mark Paniccia
12:05
UltimateKidNova:
As Nick is explaining, the current climate of the Ultimate Universe for mutants is very “Days of Future Past,” with dwindling numbers and the government essentially giving orders to shoot mutants on sight
12:06
UltimateKidNova:
Nick reminds that there are many former X-Men still out there, including Jean Grey, Iceman, Storm, Colossus and Nightcrawler, all of who will be featured
12:07
UltimateKidNova:
The main cast: Kitty Pryde, Iceman, Johnny Strom & Jimmy Hudson
12:07
UltimateKidNova:
Karen Grant, aka Jean Grey, as well as Liz Allan, Storm, Colossus and other characters from Ultimate X will be involved
Nick Spencer is writing a book that stars Kitty and Iceman? I’m there!
12:09
Agent M:
I’m collecting some questions from you guys to ask later.
12:10
UltimateKidNova:
“Mutants thought up until this point they might be the next step in evolution, but it turns out they’re just a lab experiment gone wrong.” -Nick Spencer
12:10
Comment From Dallas Strimple
I guess that kills the rumor that Kitty Pryde will be the new Spider-Man
12:11
Agent M:
@Dallas Does it?
12:11
UltimateKidNova:
Nick and Axel both praising Paco Medina, how far he has come in the last couple years, how much energy he brings and how excited they are to have him on Ultimate Comics X-Men
12:12
Comment From wyokid
I’m at school right now, having the worst time not freaking out with joy! ^_^
12:12
UltimateKidNova:
“Ultimate Comics X was the reaction to Ultimatum. This is the next step.” -Nick Spencer
12:13
UltimateKidNova:
Nick speaking now on how a lot of Ultimate Comics X-Men and the world of mutants in the Ultimate Universe will grow out of Death of Spider-Man as well as Jonathan Hickman’s world-building in Ultimate Comics Ultimates
12:14
Comment From BaIfro
Same as Wyokid, I’m at work trying not to cause a scene
12:14
Comment From torgelfi
What happens to Ultimate Comics X? is it over?
12:14
Comment From Patrick Gizinski
So far both announcements for Ultimate books have floored me with excitement. Let’s hope the rest of the week holds the same!
12:14
UltimateKidNova:
@torgelfi Ultimate Comics X will conclude its run and lead into Ultimate Comics X-Men
12:14
Comment From Dan Gvozden
It’s lunchbreak at my work so I’m ecstatic
12:15
Marvel:
#UltimateComics X-MEN cast will also include Johnny Storm, Jimmy Hudson, Colossus, Liz Allan, Nightcrawler & others. http://bit.ly/m1S5ZY[via Twitter]
12:15
Comment From Professor__Funk
Will all the new titles be launched around the same time, or will they be spaced out from each other?
12:15
UltimateKidNova:
@Professor_Funk All those details coming soon, possibly before this week is over
12:15
Comment From raptorjesu
I agree with Patrick. These are both super solid announcements.
12:16
UltimateKidNova:
“This book is less about saving the world and more about a group of kids deciding to stick together and save each other.” -Nick Spencer
12:16
Comment From Riggins_44
Glad to see that the Ultimate Universe is in good hands. Millar’s run got me back into comics and Bendis USM has kept me there.
12:17
UltimateKidNova:
Nick thinks the fact that Professor X and Magneto are gone and “the legends are dead, both sides of the argument are done” makes the landscape even more exciting.
