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Yesterday saw the publication of the final issue of the Ultimate Cataclysm mini-series from Marvel Comics and the end of the Ultimate Universe. Until the relaunch in April, obviously. But what changes are we to expect? Well, spoilers ahead, obviously You have been warned. Ultimate Captain America remains deceased at the end of the mini-series[...]

In a PR piece arranged with Matt Moore of the Associated Press, Marvel has announced the future of the Ultimate books. A bit. Brian Bendis is still holding his cars close to his chest, quoted by the AP as saying that the events of the current Cataclysm crossover will be "so huge that it changes[...]

UPDATE: We've now confirmed the Survive creative team as Brian Bendis and Joe Quinones, with Olivier Coipel on the cover. There are no Ultimate titles featured in Marvel's solicitations for March. But there is something with no details attached called Survive #1. Remember when Marvel did something similar with Hunger #1? So at the end of Cataclysm, we can[...]

UPDATE: "Ultimate Prologue" has now been removed from the Amazon listing Goodness… From the Amazon listing for Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand lists the comics it includes, including something called "Ultimate Prologue." Have a look. COLLECTING: Cataclysm: The Ulimates' Last Stand 1-5, Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man 1-3, Cataclysm: Ultimate X-Men 1-3, Cataclysm: Ultimates 1-3, Hunger 1-4, Cataclysm 0.1,[...]

This is the video for the Marvel Comics panel at Baltimore Comic Con from last weekend, lasting almost an hour. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVY91ZCas9s[/youtube] It also clarifies the "gay Ultimate Flash Thompson" issue Bleeding Cool initially reported, after talking to a number of people who were at the panel that; Ultimate Spider-Man artist Mark Bagley revealed that there had been a[...]

Marvel subscribers have been told… With the upcoming Cataclysm event heading to the Marvel Ultimate Universe, three regular titles will be changing briefly. Ultimate Comics X-Men will become Cataclysm: Ultimate X-Men (for three issues, #1-3) Ultimate Comics Ultimates becomes Cataclysm: Ultimates (for three issues, #1-3) and Ultimate Comics Ultimate Spider-Man becomes Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man (for three issues, #1-3)[...]

And it's worked. So, what have you been reading this week? Oh look… Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week All Ultimate Titles Cancelled In November And Replaced With Catacylsm When Batman Killed The Joker At The End Of The Killing Joke So How Did The Joker Die In The Killing Joke? When Brian Bolland Revealed What Happened Between Batman And The[...]

What with the Ultimate news today, it looks like Marvel is trying to cushion the blow. From the current volumes, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1-11, Ultimate Comics X-Men #1-11 and Ultimate Comics Ultimates #1-12 will all be 99 cents on ComiXology, tomorrow on Friday. Time to comfort yourselves, folks.   What with the Ultimate news today, it looks like[...]

In November, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Ultimate Comics X-Men and Ultimate Comics The Ultimates are no more Instead we have… Cataclysm And all the Ultimate comics starting new mini-series in November. Bleeding Cool heard rumours of the end of the Ultimate Universe back in February, but it was denied at the time Could it have been a[...]

From Blackbeard Ben Grimm to Marvel Zombies to Spider-Man 2099 to the Squadron Supreme. Well, in today's Hunger #1 something similar happens to the Ultimate Rick Jones… How many more of him can any universe take? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Currently running the following exhibition.   Time Quake! These appeared at the end of the Age[...]

Let's have a solicitation from Marvel for October. CATACLYSM #0.1 CLASSIFIED! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 Okay, and another. Hunger #4 (of 4) JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV (W) LEONARD KIRK (A) Cover by ADI GRANOV THE BEGINNING OF THE END??? • Has RICK JONES failed to stop Earth from destruction? • The death throes of a universe! • A hero reborn? The road to CATACLYSM starts here! 32 PGS./Rated T+[...]

Well-sourced but reality has a habit of changing… San Diego Comic Con is expected to bring us the Matt Fraction/Inhumans news, as well as a couple of major Ultimate Universe announcements, one of which may see Brian Wood wrapping his Ultimate X-Men run towards the end of the year But if there is some finality to[...]

I understand that Who Is Jake Ellis and Grifter's Nathan Edmondson and X-23 and Daken's Matteo Buffagni will be launching an Ultimate Comics Iron Man mini-series in October Lasting four issues, and spinning out of the current United We Stand crossover… Expect an announcement during the San Diego Comic Con Marvel Ultimates panel at 12.30 today… [...]

Courtesy of Marvel… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SrtW6-HWw[/youtube] Get a first look of what's to come at the Marvel Television Presents San Diego Comic-Con panel (Saturday July 14 at 10:30am in Room 6BCF), as Loki gets revenge on Spider-Man by turning him into a pig — AKA Spider-Ham!  Join Head of Marvel TV, Jeph Loeb, for a screening of this never-before-seen hilarious Ultimate Spider-Man episode,[...]

It's not exactly "Face It Tiger, You Just Hit The Jackpot"… But in the letters pages of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, after readers asked if Miles Morales was getting a girlfriend, the editor replied that this would be happening very soon. But has she already? It's just a glance or two…  but it seems rather opportune[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4HcDaBgH4s[/youtube] Disney XD has premiered it's new Marvel animation block of 2012, yet fans are not happy about the Ultimate Spider-Man TV series! Even though this cartoon is written by Brian Michael Bendis and Paul Dini plus the trailer got a ton of views, the show seems to be a different story[...]

As well as the news that the crossover between the Ultimate Universe and the 616 Universe has actually been going on for quite some time. The article reveals the villain involved has been popping from universe to universe and has shown up in previous issues of Ultimate Spider-Man But in disguise. The article tells us; Bendis says fans[...]

Joe Quesada, on defending his decision to publish Spider-Men, when previously he'd said such an Ultimate/616 crossover would mean Marvel was officially out of ideas. Look, one of the things that used to get thrown back at me all the time is, "Dead is dead You said dead is dead." No, that wasn't the entire quote[...]

The New York Daily News has reported that in June, the touted Spider-Men series from Marvel will be the first official crossover between the Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe. Brian Bendis has long decried such an event, denying that the Ultimate Universe is even an alternate reality to the 616 And getting annoyed by[...]

Is it a hoax? Is it a dream? Is it an imaginary story? Or maybe a flashback? Anyway, Spider-Men, the comic that Marvel teased to break the news cycle of

Vs Wolverine" We've mentioned the appearance of Damon Lindelhof's Ultimate Wolverine And Hulk in the ABC series Once Upon A Time before, as the showrunners also worked on Lost with Damon But this week's episode probably had the biggest plug for it yet, opening with a close up on panel, as well as throwing in John[...]

For the last few years, the Ultimate Comics line – initially a line that cost less than the standard Marvel comics line – cost more, the $3.99 price point And it's been quite a point of contention, especially after Brian Bendis assured readers it wouldn't happen with a previous Ultimate Spider-Man relaunch… and it did. The[...]

Such as a certain Ultimate Spider-Man #1, in comic stores tomorrow. All sorts of websites, newspapers and TV shows Including one called "The Coblert Report" Yeah, I know, mote and beam, mote and beam. Of course, there's one they missed out, a certain website that was first to see where this was all going. Of course, it's also[...]

But USA Today have run the following previews of Ultimate Comics The Ultimates #1 shipping tomorrow and Ultimate Comics Hawkeye #1 shipping next week from Marvel You know, the ones that ship in their polybags to avoid spoilers Enjoy. There doesn't seem to be a corresponding article or anything Not yet But USA Today have[...]

The "Miles Variant" edition of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1, drawn by Sara Pichelli, coming out in September. The "Miles Variant" edition of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1, drawn by Sara Pichelli, coming out in September. The "Miles Variant" edition of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1, drawn by Sara Pichelli, coming out in September. The "Miles Variant" edition[...]

Being written by Brian Michael Bendis and produced by Marvel Studios, the new Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon is set to air on Disney XD next year I've mentioned this before but it might be worth repeating Peter Parker does not appear in the footage seen so far He is not mentioned, he is not named, he[...]

The Black Nerd Ranter has something to say... I wonder what the topic is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUziaJzmnO4

The country's going to hell in a handcart, that sort of thing. Well today it outdid itself. Here's the quote from artist Sara Pichelli from Monday night's USA Today announcement that the new Ultimate Spider-Man lead would be Miles Morales, a young black/latino man. "Maybe sooner or later a black or gay – or both – hero will[...]

From a small London city park this morning… the unboxing of Ultimate Fallout #4, featuring the Black/Latino character Miles Morales… and a few other people. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHdu7rUFXFg[/youtube] So this issue looks fairly normal… anyone know what the big chase variant thing is? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. [...]

Tonight, it is possible that Marvel will pre-announce the identity of the new Ultimate Spider-Man to the Associated Press, or similar. It is possible he will be a young African American, potentially the Ben Reilly scientist character who has stores the late Peter Parker's DNA and that's certainly what Bleeding Cool has been speculating. But that's all,[...]