Avengers/Ultimates Crossover?
Way back in the year 2000 this image was the cover to Marvel Comic’s newest book “The Ultimates #1” which launched Marvel’s new rebooted ‘Ultimate Universe.’
Now, 15 years later, and February’s Avengers #41, (set in Marvel’s main 616 continuity) will feature the all-too-familiar Bryan Hitch cover to The Ultimates #1. Just what are Marvel up to?
Talking to Newsarama Tom Brevoort has said;
“Using that piece itself certainly implies something. Exactly what it implies I’ll leave it up to people to conjecture about, but we made a deliberate choice when we chose that image – and it did what we hoped it would do: make people talk. There is certain stuff going on in Avengers #41 with the Ultimates.
When Jonathan Hickman and I were talking about what the cover for Avengers #41 might be, it came up. I don’t remember if it was of his thought or mine, but I’ll assume it was his and it seemed like a good thought. Plus, it was easy to do and I was sure I’d have it in time for the catalog. We reached out to Bryan Hitch about it, and paid him for the re-use and so forth to get it all covered.”
With Jonathan Hickman’s run on both ‘Avengers‘ and ‘New Avengers’ drawing to a close, could the reality crossing and earth shattering incursions bring the ‘Ultimates‘ into frame with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes of Marvel’s 616 continuity, and if so, as friend or foe?
Naturally we’ll let you know when we know.
