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NYCC 2025: The End Nears for Marvel’s Ultimate Universe

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Announced at New York Comic Con, Marvel Comics’ Ultimate Universe concludes next year, bringing an end to a line of blockbuster titles that ignited the industry with bold storytelling and captivating new versions of iconic characters.

During Marvel’s “Next Big Thing Panel,” Head of Marvel Comics and Franchise Dan Buckley, Editor in Chief C.B. Cebulski, Senior Editor Wil Moss, Ultimates writer Deniz Camp, and Ultimate Wolverine writer Chris Condon revealed information on the final issues of all five Ultimate titles to a room of surprised fans: Ultimate Spider-Man #24 in December, Ultimate Black Panther #24 in January, Ultimate X-Men #24 in February, and Ultimates #24 and Ultimate Wolverine #16 in April.

Marvel’s new Ultimate Universe began in June 2023 with Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch’s Ultimate Invasion. The Maker, a dark version of Reed Richards from the original Ultimate Universe, created a world without heroes. Despite his meticulous planning, heroes like Spider-Man and the Ultimates still rose to embrace their destinies—but the trajectory of their journeys were radically altered…

In Ultimate Spider-Man, an older, wiser Peter Parker balanced web-slinging with his responsibilities as a husband and father. In Ultimate X-Men, a group of students in Japan developed strange abilities. Ultimate Black Panther saw Khonshu go to war against the isolated nation of Wakanda. In Ultimates, Iron Lad built a network of heroes to restore freedom to a world ruled from the shadows. And in Ultimate Wolverine, a man named Logan is the Maker’s most lethal weapon: the Winter Soldier!

Ever since the beginning, the Ultimate Universe was built with a predetermined endpoint—the Maker’s return from captivity! The Maker’s release kicks off Ultimate Endgame, a five-issue event series launching in December that brings this interconnected universe together for a climactic showdown.

Told in real time month to month, the Ultimate Universe was an ambitious storytelling project that exceeded all expectations. Now, it ends on a definitive high point, delivering a complete, groundbreaking saga that can be enjoyed by comic fans for generations to come.

The Ultimate Universe will leave its mark on the main Marvel Universe in the way of “Origin Boxes,” the very devices the Maker used to rob legendary heroes of their powers. In Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #5, on sale later this month, Miles Morales will swing back to the 616 with a handful of these boxes, setting the stage for new heroes and storylines throughout 2026.

Check out the covers for Ultimate Spider-Man #24, Ultimate Black Panther #24, and Ultimate X-Men #24, and stay tuned for future cover reveals for Ultimates and Ultimate Wolverine, including the final issues. Don’t miss Ultimate Endgame #1, which marks this historic moment with the debut of Marvel’s first-ever Blind Bag program!

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #24
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art and Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
On Sale 12/24

ULTIMATES #24
Written by DENIZ CAMP
Art by JUAN FRIGERI
Cover by DIKE RUAN
On Sale April 2026

ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER #24
Written by BRYAN HILL
Art and Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
On Sale 1/21

ULTIMATE X-MEN #24
Written by PEACH MOMOKO
Art and Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
On Sale 2/11

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #16
Written by CHRIS CONDON
Art and Cover by ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO
On Sale April 2026

Ultimate Spider-Man #21 has us guessing as to where this series is going

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We get to learn the origin of Mr. Negative and how he became a part of the Sinister Six with an ending that’s unexpected.

Story: Jonathan Hickman
Art: David Messina
Color: Matthew Wilson, Erick Arciniega
Letterer: Cory Petit

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Marvel reveals more Tron: Ares variant covers

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Marvel Comics celebrates the release of Tron: Ares, the newest installment in the groundbreaking Tron franchise arriving in theaters on October 10, with Tron: Ares Variant Covers. Featured on select issues in October, the covers reimagine Marvel characters in the iconic visual style of the Tron universe. The new collection marks the second such crossover between Marvel Comics and Tron, following the popular Tron Variant Covers created for the release of the 2010 sequel, Tron: Legacy.

Marvel’s greatest heroes are digitized and transported to the Grid! Inside this exhilarating cyber realm, Captain America, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man and more become super powered Programs—racing Light Cycles and fighting for the Users! Drawn by some of the industry’s hottest artists, the covers debut sleek light suit designs that echo the film’s titular character, Ares, a highly sophisticated Program who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.

Check out all ten Tron: Ares Variant Covers and preorder them at your local comic shop today!

  • NEW AVENGERS #5 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY HICHAM HABCHI – 75960621145600551
  • ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #10 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO – 75960621050301031
  • AVENGERS #31 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY MAHMUD ASRAR – 75960620426703151
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY STEPHEN SEGOVIA – 75960621146300451
  • INCREDIBLE HULK #30 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY BEN SU – 75960620663603051
  • JEFF THE LAND SHARK #5 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY ROD REIS – 75960621313900541
  • MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #39 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY PACO MEDINA – 75960620483003941
  • MOON KNIGHT: FIST OF KHONSHU #13 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960620928601341
  • ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #22 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER FERNANDEZ – 75960620796102241
  • BLACK CAT #3 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY MIRKA ANDOLFO – 75960621252100361

The Ultimate Universe Unites Against their Maker this December

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This December, Marvel’s Ultimate Universe reaches a critical turning point—one that will determine if it even has a future—in Ultimate Endgame!

In addition to Ultimate EndgameE, the climactic five-issue event that brings together the entire Ultimate line for the first time, December also sees the launch of Ultimate Universe: Two Years In #1, a special one-shot packed with reveals that will impact Ultimate Endgame, as well as the final issue of Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto’s generational run of Ultimate Spider-Man and key issues of Ultimates, Ultimate Black Panther, Ultimate Wolverine, and Ultimate X-Men, each setting the stage for their involvement in the upcoming event.

Written by Ultimates scribe Deniz Camp and drawn by superstar artists Jonas Scharf and Terry Dodson, Ultimate Endgame delivers the ultimate payoff to the epic narrative that Jonathan Hickman began over two years ago in Ultimate Invasion. The Maker, creator of the Ultimate Universe, finally returns and confront the heroes who have brought hope and freedom to a world he once held in his tight grip! The fate of this world—and its future storytelling—will be decided in an epic, multi-front conflict with the Maker and his powerful allies.

The Ultimate Universe has been an industry sensation, and to mark this highly anticipated chapter, Ultimate Endgame #1 will debut True Believe Blind Bags, Marvel’s first-ever bling bag program, giving fans a chance to purchase the issue in special sealed bags that contain one of the issue’s many covers, including variant covers only available in True Believe Blind Bags. The covers exclusive to the True Believe Blind Bags also include secret covers that will remain unrevealed until a lucky fan finds them, creating an exciting opportunity for collectors and a new way for local comic shops to engage with their customer base!

Behold all that’s to come with the reveal of all seven Ultimate issues coming this December:

ULTIMATE ENDGAME #1

Written by DENIZ CAMP
Art by TERRY DODSON & JONAS SCHARF
Cover by MARK BROOKS
On Sale 12/31

ENDGAME HAS ARRIVED!

The moment that has been building since the beginning of the new Ultimate Universe! Spinning out of Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri’s ULTIMATES comes the culmination of ULTIMATE INVASION… Two (thousand) years have passed in the Ultimate Universe, but inside the City, the Maker has had thousands of years to prepare for his return! With the barrier around the City finally gone, heroes all across the Ultimate Universe must mobilize to defeat the Maker before it’s game over. For everyone. Meanwhile, the rest of the world wages World War III…

ULTIMATE ENDGAME #1

ULTIMATE UNIVERSE: TWO YEARS IN #1

Written by DENIZ CAMP & ALEX PAKNADEL
Art by SUPERSTARS FROM ACROSS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
On Sale 12/3

ALL PATHS LEAD TO ENDGAME!

In preparation for the Maker’s return in ULTIMATE ENDGAME, the Ultimate Guardians have been traveling all across time and space, recruiting members new and old… Travel across all the corners of the Ultimate Universe! Don’t miss the dawn of many new characters, including Ultimate Daredevil!

ULTIMATE UNIVERSE: TWO YEARS IN #1

ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER #23

Written by BRYAN HILL
Art and Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
On Sale 12/10

ALL IS NOT WELL IN WAKANDA!

Will Erik Killmonger become the new Black Panther? What do the Vodu-Khan want with Storm? What, exactly, does the prophecy about this Child of Light entail?

ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER #23

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #24

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art and Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
On Sale 12/24

THE END OF THE LINE!

This is it, folks – the last you’ll see of Spidey and his Ultimate friends by Jonathan Hickman & Marco Checchetto! That’s all we can tell you!

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #24

ULTIMATES #19

Written by DENIZ CAMP
Art by JUAN FRIGERI
Cover by DIKE RUAN
On Sale 12/31

STUNG BY THE WASP!

It’s the Ultimate Betrayal! Wasp has been a double agent for the Maker’s Council in the name of protecting her family…but now, with the Maker emerging, her treachery must be answered for!

ULTIMATES #19

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #12

Written by CHRIS CONDON
Art and Cover by ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO
On Sale 12/10

WOLVERINE’S ATTACK ON THE EURASIAN CAPITAL!

After the devastation of last issue, Wolverine is out for vengeance! And he’s taking on the whole of the Eurasian Republic in this big, bad and bloody climactic issue…who will be left standing?

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #12

ULTIMATE X-MEN #22

Written by PEACH MOMOKO
Art and Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
On Sale 12/3

THE FINAL SHOWDOWN BETWEEN ARMOR AND SHADOW KING!

Kageyama has proclaimed death to Hisako! But the X-Men aren’t going to go down without a fight!

ULTIMATE X-MEN #22

Ultimate Spider-Man #20 is an issue with little action and a lot of character development

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MY DINNER WITH HARRY!

Harry Osborn lives! Peter and Mary Jane have another fateful dinner with Harry and Gwen…

Story: Jonathan Hickman
Art: David Messina
Color: Matthew Wilson
Letterer: Cory Petit

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Marvel’s Heroes Enter the Grid in TRON: Ares Variant Covers

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Marvel Comics celebrates the release of TRON: Ares, the newest installment in the groundbreaking TRON franchise arriving in theaters on October 10, with TRON: Ares Variant Covers. Featured on select issues in October, the covers reimagine Marvel characters in the iconic visual style of the TRON universe. The new collection marks the second such crossover between Marvel Comics and TRON, following the popular TRON Variant Covers created for the release of the 2010 sequel, TRON: Legacy.

Marvel’s greatest heroes are digitized and transported to the Grid! Inside this exhilarating cyber realm, Captain America, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man and more become super powered Programs—racing Light Cycles and fighting for the Users! Drawn by some of the industry’s hottest artists, the covers debut sleek light suit designs that echo the film’s titular character, Ares, a highly sophisticated Program who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.

Check out the first five TRON: Ares Variant Covers and preorder all ten at your local comic shop today!

  • NEW AVENGERS #5 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY HICHAM HABCHI
  • ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #10 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
  • AVENGERS #31 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY MAHMUD ASRAR
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY STEPHEN SEGOVIA
  • INCREDIBLE HULK #30 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY BEN SU
  • JEFF THE LAND SHARK #5 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY ROD REIS
  • MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #39 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY PACO MEDINA
  • MOON KNIGHT: FIST OF KHONSHU #13 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO
  • ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #22 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER FERNANDEZ
  • BLACK CAT #3 TRON: ARES VARIANT COVER BY MIRKA ANDOLFO

Ultimate Spider-Man #19 Delivers Conflict, Tension, and Paranoia

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THREE-WAY DANCE, ALL-OUT WAR!

FISK vs. MR. NEGATIVE vs. MYSTERIO with SPIDER-MAN and his allies caught in the middle! Will the SINISTER SIX destroy New York before they destroy each other?!

Story: Jonathan Hickman
Art: Marco Checchetto
Color: Matthew Wilson
Letterer: Cory Petit

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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SDCC 2025: Ultimate Endgame and the final issue of Ultimate Spider-Man Revealed

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Since its creation in 2023, Marvel’s new Ultimate Universe has taken the industry by storm with its bold reinventions of Spider-Man, Black Panther, the Avengers, the X-Men and more! At the highly anticipated Marvel Comics: Ultimate Universe Panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Ultimate Spider-Man writer and the visionary mind behind the Ultimate Universe Jonathan Hickman, Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski, Ultimate Editor Wil Moss, Ultimates writer Deniz Camp, and Ultimate Wolverine writer Chris Condon shed light on the future of the best-selling line with exciting first looks, the reveal of the final issue of Ultimate Spider-Man, and the official announcement for Ultimate Endgame, a five-part event series by Deniz Camp, Jonas Scharf, and more launching in December.

Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto’s generational Spider-Man saga reaches its planned conclusion in Ultimate Spider-Man #24. Fans should prepare themselves for a startling finale that will cement the run as one of the most beloved Spider-Man runs in recent history. Packed with dramatic—and shocking—developments for the entire Parker family—Peter, Mary Jane, Richard, May and Uncle Ben—along with Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacy and more, the issue will also create promising roadmaps for future storytelling.

Teased last week, Ultimate Endgame delivers the moment every reader has been waiting for—the return of the Maker! Imprisoned for the last two years—both in real time and in-universe—the Maker is set to emerge and finally confront the heroes who have brought hope and freedom to a world he once held in his tight grip! Bringing the characters of all five titles together for the first time, the Ultimate fate of this captivating new universe is decided in an epic, multi-front conflict with the Maker and his powerful allies

Check out the cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #24 and the Foil Variant Cover by Derrick Chew for Ultimate Endgame #1 and stay tuned for more information in the weeks ahead!

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