A special variant issue one cover, by InHyuk Lee.
WITH ITS REVISIONIST APPROACH, MARK Millar and Bryan Hitch’s inaugural Ultimates proved highly influential when it debuted in 2002, establishing a template that was subsequently emulated by the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now writer Deniz Camp and artist Juan Fregeri are taking a similarly radical approach as they revive the alternate Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, promising an evolution of not only the Avengers themselves but all superhero team books.
“It’s like the ultimate Ultimates,” says Camp. “It’s about the way the superhero team functions, the stakes of it, as there’s something very dangerous about being a superhero in a world like this. The Ultimates will have to operate as a superhero resistance network rather than a traditional superhero team. There’s no press conferences and government go-betweens, no top secret clearances and meetings with the President or testifying before Congress.”