ULTIMATE UNIVERSE: ONE YEAR IN #1 will be a startling one-shot where Ultimates writer Deniz Camp, artist Jonas Scharf and upcoming Ultimate Wolverine creative team Chris Condon and Alessandro Cappuccio set the stage for the next year of Ultimate storytelling!
Since the Ultimate Universe began, readers have learned more and more about its twisted origins, and now Deniz Camp and Jonas Scharf reveal some of its darkest truths yet! .
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On crafting the issue, Camp said:
“With ULTIMATE UNIVERSE: ONE YEAR IN, my goals were simple: Create an entryway for new readers into the Ultimate Universe; reward longtime readers, especially those who have wanted more connective tissue between the Ultimate books; AND set the stage for the next year of stories, as we build towards the return of the Maker. All this while telling a complete and satisfying one-issue story from the bad guys’ point of view! It’s going to be dark, it’s going to be kind of cruel, and, thanks to Jonas Scharf, it’s going to be beautiful.”
Today, fans can check out all the covers for this highly-anticipated issue and get a sneak peek at both stories, each of which adds a major new player in the Ultimate Universe tapestry: Wolverine and Nick Fury!
In never-before-seen preview pages below, get a glimpse behind the curtain as Nick Fury’s role in the Maker’s world order is revealed. With their master’s return imminent, the Maker’s Council convenes to discuss the sudden rise of superheroes determined to bring hope to their corrupt universe.
Plus, meet the Maker’s ultimate weapon, the Winter Soldier, in a prelude to Chris Condon and Alessandro Cappuccio’s Ultimate Wolverine, the newest ongoing Ultimate series launching this January
Among the covers are a group of variant covers where regular Ultimate series cover artists—Marcho Checchetto (Ultimate Spider-Man), Stefano Caselli (Ultimate Black Panther), Peach Momoko (Ultimate X-Men), and Dike Ruan (Ultimates)—traded off and brought their skills to characters from each other’s series.
Also included is a terrifying depiction of the Maker by comic book legend Frank Miller, one-sixth of an epic connecting cover by Josemaria Casanovas that will run across all Ultimate titles, and a spoiler variant cover spotlighting Ultimate Wolverine’s first appearance by the character’s future series artist Alessandro Cappuccio.
Alessandro Cappuccio Spoiler Variant Cover
Stefano Caselli Variant Cover:
Jose Maria Casanovas Connecting Variant Cover
Marcho Checchetto Variant Cover
Frank Miller Variant & Virgin Variant Cover
Peach Momoko Variant Cover:
Dike Ruan Variant Cover:
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- Written by DENIZ CAMP & CHRIS CONDON
- Art by JONAS SCHARF & ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO
- Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
- Spoiler Variant Cover by ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO – 75960621171500181
- Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO – 75960621171500131
- Variant Cover by STEFANO CASELLI – 75960621171500151
Variant Cover by DIKE RUAN – 75960621171500161 - Variant Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO – 75960621171500141
- Connecting Variant Cover by JOSEMARIA CASANOVAS – 75960621171500171
- Variant Cover by FRANK MILLER – 75960621171500121
Virgin Variant Cover by FRANK MILLER – 75960621171500116
Preorder ULTIMATE UNVIERSE: ONE YEAR IN #1 at your local comic shop today and don’t miss it when it goes on sale December 11, 2024, from Marvel Comics