Marvel’s Ultimate Universe is coming to an end.
Marvel Comics’ Ultimate Universe is an imprint that is overseen by writer Jonathan Hickman. This imprint is set within an alternate universe, Earth-6160, that was created by The Maker and reimagines Marvel characters’ origin stories and other key components.
It was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 that Ultimate Spider-Man, which has proven to be one of Marvel Comics’ most popular titles since its launch in January 2024, will end after 24 issues this coming December. Hickman said at the time that it had always been his plan to end Ultimate Spider-Man’s story there, and that “it’s been nice to get to execute a plan, and execute a plan well.”
When will Marvel’s Ultimate Universe end?
Now, via Popverse, Marvel has announced that the entire Ultimate Universe will be ending in 2026. Like Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Black Panther, Ultimate X-Men, and The Ultimates will all end with their 24th issue — Black Panther’s arriving in January, X-Men’s in February, and The Ultimates’ in April.
Ultimate Wolverine, meanwhile, will also end in April after 16 issues, while the fifth installment in the Ultimate Endgame crossover series will then be the final Ultimate Universe title.
The Ultimate Endgame event begins in December 2024. The solicitation for the first issue reads, “ENDGAME HAS ARRIVED! The moment that has been building since the beginning of the new Ultimate Universe! Spinning out of Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri’s ULTIMATES comes the culmination of ULTIMATE INVASION… Two (thousand) years have passed in the Ultimate Universe, but inside the City, the Maker has had thousands of years to prepare for his return! With the barrier around the City finally gone, heroes all across the Ultimate Universe must mobilize to defeat the Maker before it’s game over. For everyone. Meanwhile, the rest of the world wages World War III…”
