The Ultimates

    (Marvel, 2002-2004)
™ and © Marvel Characters, Inc.

Part of Marvel’s new line of reader-friendly, continuity free comics, The Ultimates is a revamped version of the classic Avengers comic. Focusing on a 21st Century update of Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, the Wasp and Giant-Man, the comic is fast, in-your-face and hardhitting. Re-created by writer Mark Millar and artist Bryan Hitch, the Ultimate team is well-funded, well-dressed and supplied with a glamorous headquarters, but they find themselves with little to do in the face of scared and absent super-villains. The Ultimates reads more like a soap opera filled with sexual tension and political intrigue than a mainstream super-hero team book. Great characterization and plots filled with twists and turns define this update. A worthy re-interpretation of the classic stories by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, The Ultimates advertises exactly what it delivers-the ultimate team of heroes!… even if they are somewhat tainted and flawed.
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  • 1
    #1
    Mar 2002
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    1st appearance Bucky (Ultimate); 1st Appearance Captain America (Ultimate); 1st appearance Jarvis (Ultimate)
    27 copies from $0.99
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Bryan Hitch
    May 2011
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    Marvel’s Greatest Comics reprint
    2 copies from $1.70
  • 2
    #2
    Apr 2002
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    1st Appearance of Betty Ross (Ultimate); 1st Appearance of Giant Man (Ultimate); 1st Appearance of Wasp (Ultimate)
    9 copies from $0.99
  • 3
    #3
    May 2002
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    15 copies from $0.99
  • 4
    #4
    Jun 2002
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    14 copies from $0.99
  • 5
    #5
    Jul 2002
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    16 copies from $0.99
  • 6
    #6
    Aug 2002
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    21 copies from $0.75
  • 7
    #7
    Sep 2002
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    1st Appearance Hawkeye (Ultimate)
    9 copies from $0.99
  • 8
    #8
    Nov 2002
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    10 copies from $0.99
  • 9
    #9
    Apr 2003
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    18 copies from $0.50
  • 10
    #10
    Jul 2003
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    17 copies from $0.50
  • 11
    #11
    Sep 2003
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    19 copies from $0.50
  • 12
    #12
    Nov 2003
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    15 copies from $0.50
  • 13
    #13
    Apr 2004
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    Final issue—returns as Ultimates Vol. 2
    19 copies from $1.96
  • Bk 1-4
    Book #1 - 4th printing
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    Collects The Ultimates #1-6
    1 copy for $9.99
  • Bk 1/HC
    Book #1 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition
    Apr 2010
    Cover: $29.99
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch
    Reprints issues 1-13, plus character designs and“commentary”by Millar and Hitch
    2 copies from $7.80
  • Bk 2
    Book #2
    Jan 2004
    Cover: $17.99
    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Bryan Hitch, Paul Neary
    Homeland Security Collects #7-13
    1 copy for $4.63