Ultimate Endgame

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Ultimate Endgame
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Format Limited series
Genre Superhero
Publication dateDecember 2025 – April 2026
No. of issues5
Main character(s) Ultimates
Spider-Man
Maker
Creative team
Written by Deniz Camp
Pencillers
Inkers
Letterer VC's Cory Petit
Colorists
  • Federico Blee
  • Edgar Delgado
Editor(s)Wil Moss
Michelle Marchese

Ultimate Endgame is a five-issue American comic book limited series written by Deniz Camp, drawn by Terry Dodson and Jonas Scharf and colored by Federico Blee and Edgar Delgado. The first issue was published by Marvel Comics on December 31, 2025. Set in Ultimate Universe, the series follows the heroes of Earth-6160 rallying together to combat against the return of The Maker.

Contents

Publication history

In July 2025, during San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Comics announced the Ultimate Endgame miniseries, which depicts the return of Maker as the heroes from all five titles unite for the first time to prepare for his return. [1] [2] In August 2025, it was announced that Ultimate Endgame would mark the debut of the "True Believers" blind bag program. [3]

In October 2025, during a retailer day at New York Comic Con, Marvel officially announced that the Ultimate Universe would end in April 2026 with the release of Ultimate Endgame #5. [4] Some concepts of this continuity will be featured in the 2026 Marvel Universe crossover event Armageddon written by Chip Zdarsky, after Miles Morales' return to Earth-616 with the Origin Boxes of Earth-6160 in the aftermath of the Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion miniseries. [5]

Plot

In a flashback to 1963, the Maker travels to Earth-6160, intending to remake it in his image. He massacres the Eternals and destroys the machine that would have allowed them to resurrect themselves. Before being killed, Zuras asks what will happen if the Maker's experiment fails, with the Maker retorting that he will burn it down, then start over. In the present day, the Maker has been imprisoned in the City, his own headquarters, for two years. 30 minutes before the City opens and the Maker escapes, J. Jonah Jameson and Ben Parker discuss a series of uprisings against Maker's Council. In Staten Island's Savage Land, Iron Lad rebonds the picotech suit to Spider-Man after seeing that it was being used by his son Richard, stating that the suit was always meant for Spider-Man. Iron Lad, Spider-Man, Doom, and America Chavez plan to get into the City as it is stated that the Maker's Council has gone into hiding. Immediately after the City opens, the Maker's H.A.N.D. Helifleet attacks the Triskelion and shuts down the Ultimates Network, with Iron Lad, Spider-Man, Doom, and America Chavez being sealed inside the City and cut off from the rest of the world. As the group work their way to the Central Spire, the City's nervous system, they are attacked by the Maker's Children of Tomorrow. They are then saved by an army of Deathloks, led by Death's Head 22, who take them through a rift to meet Immortus. Iron Lad recognizes Immortus as his father Howard Stark, but Immortus does not recognize him. When Doom asks if he knows where Maker is, Immortus states that Maker has become the City as his face is shown on the Central Spire. [6]

Reception

Issue #1 of Ultimate Endgame was met with mixed reviews. [7]

References

  1. Adams, Tim (July 17, 2025). "Avengers: Endgame Is Coming to Marvel's Ultimate Universe (But What Does It Mean?)". ComicBook.com. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
  2. Marvel. "SDCC 2025: 'Ultimate Endgame' and the Final Issue of 'Ultimate Spider-Man' Revealed". www.marvel.com. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
  3. Marvel. "Marvel's All-New True Believers Blind Bags Debut with 'Ultimate Endgame' #1". www.marvel.com. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
  4. Zalben, Alex (October 8, 2025). "Marvel's Ultimate Universe To End In 2026". Comic Book Club. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  5. Marvel. "Armageddon Assembles in June 2026". www.marvel.com. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  6. Ultimate Endgame #1 (January 2026)
  7. Tucker, William (December 31, 2025). "REVIEW: 'Ulimate Endgame' Issue 1". But Why Tho. Retrieved January 2, 2026.