CBR Relaunch of the Ultimate Universe

[comicstar100]

Relaunch the Ultimate universe. What are the ongoing titles, whats your premise and who are the creative teams?

[Michael Watkins]

Ultimate Squadron Supreme

creative team: a writer who doesn't approach it with the perspective of the squadron being losers and an artist like Clay Mann or Gary Frank. or just get the original creative team behind MAX Supreme Power.

same premise

[Michael Watkins]

Ultimate New Warriors

I already did this in the 'revamp a hero' thread. basically, I targeted the areas where the original concept was weak. it's alright to go after low level threats. but no comic is going to last long when the 'villains' are boring. so just give them and the warriors makeovers. instead of a formal Psionix group, there'd be an evil corporation routinely creating threats (through human experimentation) to humanity that the Warriors have to deal with. those individual characters could stand to be fleshed out individually (and be less 90s). i'd probably change Speedball (Collider or Blur) and Night Thrasher's (probably Nightwatch) codenames. i'd tie Dwayne's origins/Tai/that cult to Kun Lun (have it be a rogue sect like they did with Colleen Wing on Netflix). i'd change Namorita's name to Kymaera and have her be a regular young woman experimented on by Lemuel Dorcas in an attempt to create a weapon using Atlantean DNA. Vance and Angel would be pretty much the same as they are in the main universe. i'm not a fan of Rage (mostly because of his origin). and I hate Donyell. so i'd probably roll them into one character; have Don be a large framed individual trained/given the mission to kill Dwayne if he doesn't go along w/ the cult's plans. he would still be Dwayne's half-brother but would have been deprived of the comfort that wealth brings to harden him. he'd be a lot like the MCU version of Killmonger; just bigger. i'll stop there because I did a lengthy version in the other thread.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I'd probably take a page out of Justice league Gods and Monsters, creating a new world with new faces underneath the mantles.

[ArsonoptiX]

Ultimate Cap: Jason Aaron and David Marquez. Ultimate Cap would be Black this time because honestly...who would try an untested formula on a white person first. Formula works but is lost so America is stuck with the epitome of American ideals...in a Black man. Red Skull would be full Nazi and thus disgusted by this notion. American soldiers would be disgusted by this notion as well but Cap would win them over (while having to enduring the ever present snide comment). Gets frozen and wakes up in 2019.

Ultimate Blue Marvel: Same origin, gets told by JFK to retire after the world finds out he's Black. Leaves for space and has adventures (told in flashbacks). Comes back to earth because a huge threat is coming but finds earth is NOT ready...maybe because the message he sent was destroyed/delayed. Now working to prepare a planet already fractured with internal strife for a enemy that will steamroll Earth.

[Mister Mets]

I've been thinking of this question. The line should be kept small, no more than four books.

The Ultimates
Writer: Simon Spurrier, Artist: Joe Bennet
This was probably the most important ultimate title, and one that has a decent story engine, exploring the government's top superteam.

Ultimate Black Panther
Writer: Saladin Ahmed, Artist: Christian Ward
With Black Panther's massive box office success, and a shortage of Ultimate universe adventures, it makes sense to go for accessible adventures, so this title makes sense. It would be a series with an outsider's perspective.

Ultimate Captain Marvel
Writer: Sloane Leong, Artist: Russel Dautermann
The rationale is similar as with Black Panther. It allows for an exploration of a different corner of the Marvel Universe.

Ultimate Runaways
Writer: Ales Kot, Artist: Kris Anka
If I was an editor, I'd go with the best pitch for the fourth title. Runaways cold work as a book with a different energy than the other series exploring the new generation of heroes.