Jonathan Hickman's Ultimate Invasion series has followed the Ultimate Reed Richards, The Maker, as he rebuilds Earth-1610 in his image. That's led to some seismic changes, including a Peter Parker who never became Spider-Man and an Iron Man who is Howard Stark instead of Tony.
Whether those changes stick remains to be seen, though we've known for a while now that the limited series will conclude with the creation of a new Ultimate Universe. The line originally launched in the early 2000s with The Ultimates and titles revolving around characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, and Fantastic Four.
Unfortunately, everything started falling apart when Jeph Loeb got involved and it was Hickman who brought a seemingly permanent end to Earth-1610 in the pages of Secret Wars.
According to Bleeding Cool, the new Ultimate Universe line will include Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men and, perhaps most surprisingly, Ultimate Black Panther. There's going to be a fourth comic which, while not confirmed, is expected to be The Ultimates (they're this reality's Avengers).
It sounds like this won't be a redo of the original Ultimate Universe so we'd bet on these comics all looking very different this time. Ultimate Spider-Man is particularly intriguing; will Miles Morales return to his own reality or are we getting a new take on Peter Parker?
He died in order to usher in Miles' debut and later returned in what proved to be a rather unsatisfying story arc before this world reached its end.
The site concludes its report by revealing, "Jonathan Hickman will be writing at least one of these titles going forward, while keeping his eye on the others. How any of this will tie into his G.O.D.S. series, if at all, I have no idea whatsoever. But I wouldn't rule it out."
We're probably a couple of months away from learning any official details about Marvel Comics' plans for the Ultimate Universe but if you're a comic book movie fan looking for an entry point into the comics, this might be a great place to start!