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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The Ultimates #1

March, 2002
Cover Price: $2.25
20 copies available from $1.50 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #1 - 2nd printing

May, 2011
Cover Price: $1.00
2 copies available from $1.70 		2nd Printing Cover by Bryan Hitch; Marvel’s Greatest Comics reprint Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #2

April, 2002
Cover Price: $2.25
7 copies available from $2.25 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #3

May, 2002
Cover Price: $2.25
22 copies available from $1.66 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #4

June, 2002
Cover Price: $2.25
14 copies available from $2.00 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #5

July, 2002
Cover Price: $2.25
16 copies available from $1.75 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #6

August, 2002
Cover Price: $2.25
12 copies available from $0.65 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #7

September, 2002
Cover Price: $2.25
9 copies available from $1.04 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #8

November, 2002
Cover Price: $2.25
8 copies available from $2.00 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #9

April, 2003
Cover Price: $2.25
11 copies available from $1.00 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #10

July, 2003
Cover Price: $2.25
14 copies available from $1.00 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #11

September, 2003
Cover Price: $2.25
16 copies available from $0.50 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #12

November, 2003
Cover Price: $2.25
12 copies available from $1.00 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates #13

April, 2004
Cover Price: $3.50
16 copies available from $1.75 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates Book #1 - 4th printing


Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $9.99 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates Book #1 Hardcover

April, 2010
Cover Price: $29.99
2 copies available from $8.50 		Hardcover Edition; Reprints issues 1-13, plus character designs and“commentary”by Millar and Hitch Mark MillarBryan Hitch
The Ultimates Book #2

January, 2004
Cover Price: $17.99
5 copies available from $11.50 		Mark MillarBryan Hitch, Paul Neary