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The Ultimates are a group of fictional characters, a government-sponsored team of superheroes in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, appearing primarily in their self-titled comic book limited series The Ultimates and The Ultimates 2, published by Marvel Comics, written by Mark Millar and drawn by Bryan Hitch. The series started out as a monthly publication in 2001, but due to the large amount of time required by Millar and Hitch to complete each issue, the series has been released irregularly on a less-than-monthly schedule. Each thirteen-issue miniseries is regarded as a "season" of the same title. The team is a re-imagining of the Marvel Universe superhero team, the Avengers.
Their first series, simply titled The Ultimates, ended in April 2004. The current series, The Ultimates 2, began in December 2004 and has published twelve of thirteen issues as of September 2006. A third series, The Ultimates 3, is planned after the conclusion of The Ultimates 2, and will feature a new creative team in the form of Jeph Loeb and Joe Madureira. It has recently been confirmed that The Ultimates 4 is also currently in the works, with a creative team of Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness. Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada has even stated there is a creative team in mind for an eventual The Ultimates 5.
The tone of the story is widely considered to be darker, more cynical, and more cinematic than most traditional comic books. A prominent theme is the scope and legitimacy of state power, with superheroes - or "persons of mass destruction" as they are described in the series - acting as metaphors for the immense resources of a modern superpower. In this respect, it resembles The Authority, a comic book series that both Hitch and Millar have each worked on, though at different times.
Publication history
Ultimates
In 2001, the Ultimates were the third comic to appear in the Ultimate Marvel line, preceded by its sister titles Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men. The artists were writer Mark Millar, who contemporarily wrote Ultimate X-Men at that time, and artist Bryan Hitch.
On the circumstances of their collaboration, Hitch commented in an interview with Silver Bullet Comics that "Joe Quesada called and said 'Hey, the lunatics are running the asylum over here, want to join the party?' The project came from Millar, and it was perfect. Joe put us together, and after three hours on the phone, we had started the journey that was to develop into The Ultimates. "
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