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Ultimate X-Men #24… Is February 2026 Really The End? (Spoilers)

Ultimate X-Men #24 by Peach Momoko is published today... is February 2026 really the Ultimate end for it? (Spoilers)



Article Summary

  • Ultimate X-Men #24 marks the end of Peach Momoko's acclaimed run after two real-time years of storytelling.
  • Marvel declares the Ultimate Universe is ending in February 2026—but is it really the final curtain?
  • The series explores the growth and struggles of young mutants, pushing boundaries beyond typical X-Men tropes.
  • Lingering mysteries and unanswered questions hint that the story of Ultimate X-Men may not be truly over.

Today sees the publication of Ultimate X-Men #24, written, drawn and coloured by Peach Momoko, with script adapted by Zack Davisson. And, as with all the Ultimate titles, at the end of the two-year journey, it comes to an end. Or is it? The book remains set in the present day, a real-time storytelling journey that has seen the young members age up in that time, more than in any of the other books, as there are just more of them.  This is how it began, with the blossom of life, in March 2024…

Ultimate X-Men #24... Is It Really The End? (Spoilers)
Ultimate X-Men #1 by Peach Momoko and Zack Davisson

And this is how it ends, with death in February 2026, two years and 23 issues later.

Ultimate X-Men #24 by Peach Momoko and Zack Davisson
Ultimate X-Men #24 by Peach Momoko and Zack Davisson

As the familiar Marvel mutant tropes have taken place worldwide. As the rest of the Ultimate Universe concerns itself with the Endgame, Ultimate X-Men has done its best to tread its own path. With idealised suicidation thoughts as therapy…

Ultimate X-Men #24 by Peach Momoko and Zack Davisson
Ultimate X-Men #24 by Peach Momoko and Zack Davisson

And while certain folk may be missing and have a role to play elsewhere, there is no ending. There is never an ending. Life doesn't have an ending, even if certain lives do. All you are left ith is questions…

Ultimate X-Men #24 by Peach Momoko and Zack Davisson
Ultimate X-Men #24 by Peach Momoko and Zack Davisson

Marvel Comics has emphatically said that the UItimate Universe is ending, that is the storytelling point. But Ultimate X-Men gets to add a question mark… Ultimate X-Men #24 by Peach Momoko and Zack Davisson is published today by Marvel Comics.

Ultimate X-Men #24 by Peach Momoko, Zack Davisson
THE FINAL ISSUE! HOPE YOU SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE! It's time to say goodbye to Peach Momoko's Ultimate X-Men! But what does the future hold for our favorite misfit mutants? How will they survive the world war that has broken out? AND WHAT HAPPENED TO ARMOR?


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of comic books The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne and Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and Forbidden Planet. Father of two daughters, Amazon associate, political cartoonist.
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