The end of the Ultimate Universe is just the beginning for a new set of heroes that’ll appear in the regular Marvel Universe.
Today Marvel announced Reborn: Ultimate Impact, a five-issue miniseries by Ultimate Wolverine writer Chris Condon and Ultimate Black Panther artist Stefano Caselli.
The miniseries spins out of Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion, which saw Miles Morales and his baby sister arrive in the Ultimate Universe for a madcap game of “get the baby before the Maker’s cronies do.” Their adventure ended with them back in the regular Marvel Universe, a.k.a. the 616, but they brought home some souvenirs — several of the “Origin Boxes” the Maker used to collect the powers of various heroes before they could experience their secret origins. (You might remember seeing them distributed by Tony Stark and company to many of the heroes in the Ultimate titles).
Miles ended up with a whole bunch of unused ones, and someone’s after them, of course. The series will show the boxes “giving birth to new heroes and villains with familiar powers, but very different journeys.”
“I am so excited to be a part of this book and to be working with this fantastic team,” Condon said. “To be able to play with the idea of these universes colliding in a truly unique and interesting way like this, and to have the opportunity to create new and lasting creations within them – both characters and settings – is a dream for any creator in this industry. I’m having so much fun working on this book with artist Stefano Caselli and Editor Tom Groneman. I hope that shines through when readers pick up their copies of what I think will be an exciting new piece of the Marvel Universe.”
Here’s the description of the series from Marvel:
Miles Morales returned from the Ultimate Universe with a plan: safeguard the Origin Boxes – catalysts for the creation of new super heroes – before they fall into the wrong hands! But the secret is out as Miles’ battle over the boxes engulfs the entire Marvel Universe! Witness the creation of stunning and unforgettable new characters on both sides of a conflict that will shape the future of the 616!
Marvel noted that the Origin Boxes will play a role in the upcoming Armageddon crossover event being spearheaded by Chip Zdarsky, which begins next month in Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon.
Reborn: Ultimate Impact #1 arrives in May, following the end of the Ultimate Universe in April with Ultimate Endgame #5 and Ultimate Universe Finale:
Ultimate Endgame by Deniz Camp, Jonas Scharf and Terry Dodson wraps up the main story, while finale sounds like it’ll be an anthology, featuring “the creative teams of all the Ultimate books come together one last time to say farewell,” including Camp, Condon, Caselli, Jonathan Hickman, Peach Momoko and more. Ultimate Endgame #5 arrives April 22, while Finale arrives April 29.