The new Ultimate Universe will seemingly conclude when the Ultimate Endgame event wraps up. However, its impact is going to be felt on Earth-616 this summer in the pages of Reborn: Ultimate Impact.
Exploring the fallout from the end of the Ultimate Universe, the five-issue limited series will debut all-new characters empowered by Origin Boxes. As a reminder, those contain the catalysts that The Maker collected to rob characters of their destinies.
Each Origin Box holds all that’s needed to grant familiar power sets to whoever opens it, from the mighty abilities of legendary superheroes to the deadly skills of the world's fiercest supervillains. Who will get their hands on these powers, and what abilities will they gain?
We know that one of them will be a Wonder Man more in line with the MCU's take on the character, but newly revealed covers for Reborn: Ultimate Impact #1 appear to confirm that the other three Origin Boxes contain the powers of The Juggernaut, Captain Marvel (the Mar-Vell version, not Carol Danvers), and Doctor Strange.
The Negative Zone's Hostilicus will seemingly receive The Juggernaut's powers. Now, we also have a first look at the other two mystery new heroes—or villains—coming to the Marvel Universe. The one looks quite similar to Ms. Marvel, costume-wise, while the other seems to have the Eye of Agamotto embedded in his chest.
"I kind of went away and picked what I thought were my favourite power sets and what I thought would be interesting to play with, what if we do a spin on this and a spin on that [and] just push things into interesting territories," writer Chris Condon recently told The Comic Source podcast (via Bleeding Cool).
"They really wanted Wonder Man in this. So, that was kind of the only thing that was, 'We would really like this in the book.' [Hostilicus] is the big bad in the book. He's covered in Annihilus's body. He leads a faction of people in the Negative Zone, they're the followers of Annihilus, and they're locked in a forever war with Blastarr's children."
"They fight and kill for these gods. Hostilicus leads the followers of Annihilus and leads them into battle every day. He's in the 6160 negative zone. So, it's kind of playing with this idea of like, what's the Ultimate Universe Negative Zone like? And is Annihilus alive there? Is he not?" the writer added.
Take a closer look at each of these newly created characters from Reborn: Ultimate Impact below.
THE ULTIMATE UNIVERSE'S LEGACY LIVES ON!
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 U! This May, Chris Condon (ULTIMATE WOLVERINE) and Stefano Caselli (ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER) team up to create stunning and unforgettable new characters on both sides of a conflict that will shape the future of the 616!
REBORN: ULTIMATE IMPACT #1 (OF 5)
Written by CHRIS CONDON
Art by STEFANO CASELLI
Cover by BEN HARVEY
First Appearance Variant Cover A by STEFANO CASELLI
First Appearance Variant Cover B by STEFANO CASELLI
On Sale 5/20