By Chad Burdette

on August 3, 2025

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!

Lat week at the 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.

Teased last week, ULTIMATE ENDGAME delivers the moment every reader has been waiting for—the return of the Maker!

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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.

Hickman explained:

“This was everything that I pitched. Nothing has deviated. It’s been really nice to execute the plan well and everything culminates into this issue. Fans of the Ultimate Universe are going to love it. It’s been a real pleasure being the writer of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN.”

Deniz Camp added:

“This is the craziest and most impactful crossover [I’ve worked on] . “I’m really excited about it. It’s all the characters: everyone coming together in this big way, coming up against each other in a big way, and the resolution of some long plot threads we’ve all been seeing. It’s very big, very dramatic, and with the Ultimate Universe, we can change the world. We can actually do it as creators because we have this incredible playground that Marvel has not just allowed, but encouraged us, to use. It’s such an honor to do something like this. It’s been amazing, and this is the culmination of a lot of what we’ve been doing together.”

Hickman added:

“Doing this tight continuity stuff, this smaller line… the execution from the company on this has been great, and it’s stuff we should keep trying to do. You guys supporting this book is the only reason we can [tell stories] this way. Hearing you like this gives us the opportunity to do more things like this,”

Check out the cover for ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #24 and the Foil Variant Cover by Derrick Chew for ULTIMATE ENDGAME #1