Ultimate Comics: X

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Ultimate Comics: X

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Cover of Ultimate X
Publication information
Publisher Ultimate Marvel (Marvel Comics)
Schedule Bi-monthly
Format Limited series
Genre
Publication date February 2010 – June 2011
No. of issues 5
Main character(s) Karen Grant (Jean Grey), Jimmy Hudson, Derek Morgan, Liz Allan
Creative team
Written by Jeph Loeb
Penciller(s) Art Adams
Inker(s) Mark Roslan
Letterer(s) Albert Deschesne
Richard Starkings
Colorist(s) Peter Steigerwald
Editor(s) Sana Amanat
Mark Paniccia
Joe Quesada

Ultimate X is a limited series from Marvel Comics written by Jeph Loeb with pencils by Art Adams, originally planned as an ongoing bi-monthly series. [1] [2] [3]

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Jeph Loeb American writer

Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an American film and television writer, producer and comic book writer. Loeb was a producer/writer on the TV series Smallville and Lost, writer for the films Commando and Teen Wolf, and a writer and co-executive producer on the NBC TV show Heroes from its premiere in 2006 to November 2008. In 2010, Loeb became Executive Vice President of Marvel Television.

Contents

The story picks up after the events in Ultimatum and serves as a quasi-sequel/spin-off of Ultimate X-Men . Originally scheduled to be published bi-monthly, alternating months with Loeb's other Ultimate title Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates, X had long repeated delays, and became instead a prologue to Ultimate Comics: X-Men .

<i>Ultimate X-Men</i>

Ultimate X-Men is a superhero comic book series that was published by Marvel Comics from 2001 to 2009. The series is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running X-Men comic book franchise as part of its Ultimate Marvel imprint. The Ultimate X-Men exist alongside other revamped Marvel characters in Ultimate Marvel titles including Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four, and The Ultimates.

<i>Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates</i>

Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates is a comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics that began in March 2010 as part of Marvel's "Ultimate Comics" imprint. The series was written by Jeph Loeb, writer of Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum. Members of the New Ultimates include Captain America, Thor, Valkyrie, Hawkeye, Black Panther, Shanna, Ka-Zar, and Princess Zarda.

<i>Ultimate Comics: X-Men</i>

Ultimate Comics: X-Men was an ongoing monthly comic-book series published by Marvel Comics. It made its debut in September 2011 as part of the second re-launch of "Ultimate Marvel", though was canceled in 2013. Through the "Ultimate Universe Reborn" tagline following the "Death of Spider-Man", and written by Nick Spencer with art by Paco Medina, the series serves as a continuation of earlier titles such as Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Comics: X, and the Ultimate Comics: Fallout mini-series. This title also exists alongside other relaunched Ultimate Marvel works, including Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics: Ultimates.

Characters

Jimmy Hudson

Jimmy Hudson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears in the Ultimate Marvel universe and is the son of Ultimate Wolverine.

Blob (comics) comic book character

The Blob is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an adversary of the X-Men. A mutant originally depicted as an obese circus freak, the Blob claims to be immovable when he so desires. He possesses an extreme amount of pliable body mass, which grants him superhuman strength. Possessing the mindset of a bully, he mostly uses his powers for petty crime and as a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants and Freedom Force. He is one of the most prominent, long-running mutants to be depowered as a result of the Decimation storyline.

Collected Edition

Title Material collected ISBN
Ultimate X: OriginsUltimate X #1-5 ISBN   0-7851-4014-X


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References

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