Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch are teaming up for a new Ultimate Marvel comic

[D.Z]

ohh Magik?

Has she ever been in the Ultimate Universe?

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Illya...a_(Earth-1610)

[charliehustle415]

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Illya...a_(Earth-1610)

dang only a minor appearance

[Alex_Of_X]

Adding Ultimate Omega Red to the "list of characters I didn't expect to see in 2023"

[Gaastra]

$9 for 56 pages? Heck no! For $9 I can buy a manga with over 100 pages or a marvel trade at ollies!

Heck the trade of this series will be cheaper in the long run! Sorry marvel. Nope. I'll trade wait for this.

Plus, it becomes a hit here comes more $9 books after! Pass on the floppies.

[Digifiend]

The link with the variant covers leaves that on the air, it's either a last look at the Ultimate Universe or the prologue to a relaunch. But then there's that other that says "wait until you see what he and Jonathan have in store for this decade! Including new data pages by Jonathan Hickman - plus exclusive behind-the-scenes material on the world-building that has gone into this project!". I doubt you would waste much world-building work if the idea is just a last look during mere 4 issues. And besides... Hickman. I doubt that Marvel would bring him just for that.

And there's also a bonus: the Multiverse is a big thing nowadays. Both with the new Phase of the MCU, and in DC Comics. Marvel is also playing with it (we have a Spider-Verse and Avengers Forever going on right now), but there's a distinct problem with them: it's all the 616 universe and expendable universes. Marvel needs something similar to Earth-2 (meaning, an alternate universe with enough unique lore to it) to really play the multiverse game. The Ultimate universe is the closest thing to it there is. There are others, yes, but none would work so well. The New Universe is about keeping fantasy to the minium, Heroes Reborn suck way too much, and the Wastelands were built around Old Man Logan and there's little point now that he's dead.

What about MC2? It's very similar to 616 except that what's the present day in 616 was roughly 20 years ago in MC2, and also, they diverge after 1998, on account of MC2 missing most characters who debuted after that (such as all of the Champions and Young Avengers, except for Cassie Lang) - I can only think of Arana as someone who debuted in the 2000s and got ported over.

ohh Magik?

Has she ever been in the Ultimate Universe?

Vision is out of place as well, as the Ultimate version looked completely different as she was female.

[XenobladerX]

The Vision on the cover could be this guy with a different suit:
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Rober...l_(Earth-1610)

[D.Z]

Wouldn't expect everything to be the same as the previous destroyed Ultimate Universe.

[Ultimate Captain America]

What about MC2? It's very similar to 616 except that what's the present day in 616 was roughly 20 years ago in MC2, and also, they diverge after 1998, on account of MC2 missing most characters who debuted after that (such as all of the Champions and Young Avengers, except for Cassie Lang) - I can only think of Arana as someone who debuted in the 2000s and got ported over.

Was that an alternate universe or a possible future of the same universe?

[Digifiend]

MC2 is Earth-982, so it's officially an AU.

The Vision on the cover could be this guy with a different suit:
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Rober...l_(Earth-1610)

Wow, never heard of him, I was thinking of this one.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Visio...)_(Earth-1610)

[D.Z]

Another cover
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/04...g?v=1681491409
Ultimate Wolverine and Scarlet Witch

[Ultimate Captain America]

Didn't Wolverine die before Miles Morales took the Spider-Man identity? And the Scarlet Witch even earlier?

[Triniking1234]

Yes. Wolverine died in Ultimatum and Scarlet Witch in Ultimates 3 which was before that event.

[Frontier]

Another cover
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/04...g?v=1681491409
Ultimate Wolverine and Scarlet Witch

This is definitely...a cover.

[Galerion]

This is definitely...a cover.

Glad someone else said it. That's the first thought I had when I saw this. That's not the kind of cover that would get me to buy something. It's kinda icky.

[D.Z]

It's a great cover. They're about to pounce on the 616ers.