Millar to Pen Ultimate Avengers in 2009

With Jeph Loeb virtually destroying the Ultimates line in Marvel’s Ultimate universe, that leaves Ultimate Spider-Man as the best title in that line (in my opinion).

Things should get much better next year when many of the Ultimate titles are canceled and replaced by an Ultimate Avengers title written by the original Ultimates creator—Mark Millar. Comic Book Resources has all of the details, but how can you not get excited when you think of this:

Quite simply, "Ultimate Avengers" will be the equivalent of an "event" series happening two times a year. "The way I keep describing it to Marvel is it’s going to feel like ‘Civil War’ or ‘Secret Invasion’ or something every six issues," Millar remarked. "Twice a year, there will be a six-issue story where a different big catastrophe hits the Ultimate Universe," revealed Millar. "And Nick Fury has to assemble a bunch of bad-ass guys to go and deal with it. So the first storyline will involve Ultimate Kang and you get Captain America and Thor and all of those guys we’ve seen in ‘The Ultimates,’ but we also have some of the X-Men and Fantastic Four and so on getting together to fight this thing."

The second "Ultimate Avengers" storyline delves into material from the first volume of "The Ultimates," in which Hawkeye and Black Widow were seen working for a black ops team called Ultimates Black. "We’ve got Nick Fury assembling a dirty tricks team really and we see there is a dark side to Ultimate universe," Millar explained. "You’ve got a team comprised of The Punisher, War Machine and an African-American Hulk character that I have created. And it’s also tied into the origin of Hawkeye. We have seen the origin of Thor and Captain America and so on in ‘The Ultimates’ but we never really saw where Haw

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Millar revealed the first act of "Ultimate Avengers" features all of the Ultimates, all of the Fantastic Four and some of the Ultimate X-Men. "And there’s a small appearance by Ultimate Spider-Man," Millar revealed. "The first [arc] is a huge one. It’s got everybody. And Kang is the villain. And Red Skull is in there, as well. It’s great getting to apply the same hand as I did in putting the Ultimates together. What would these guys be like? An Ultimate Red Skull?"

The writer also shared the second arc would include Ultimate Ghost Rider, Ultimate Punisher and the third act is a showcase for Ultimate Blade.