The All-New Ultimates make their debut next month

Hot on the heels of the Ultimat universe-changing event that was Cataclysm, the All-New Ultimates are finding themselves in the complete mess that has become New York City.

This April, witness the birth of a super-team unlike any you’ve seen before in ALL-NEW ULTIMATES #1 – the brand new series from critically acclaimed creator Michel Fiffe and rising star Amilcar Pinna!

As the world attempts to rebuild following untold destruction, we need heroes more than ever. Witness the birth of a new team of Ultimates – as Spider-Man, Black Widow, Kitty Pryde, Bombshell and Cloak & Dagger officially unite to tackle a vicious, rampant crime wave plaguing the streets of New York City!

“It’s a war zone in the streets of New York, Hell’s Kitchen in particular.” says Michel Fiffe, in an interview with Marvel.com. “Certain neighborhoods have been torn apart by the recent galactic cataclysm and crime is exponentially growing; local super-powered gangs rule the environment. That’s where Miles and the gang come in, to act with a grittier, more immediate problem while trying to find their own footing as super heroes.”

But Hell’s Kitchen isn’t the new Ultimates’ only problem. Diamondback and her gang of Serpent Skulls run the city’s drug & weapons trade and deal in citywide terror. NYPD detective Brigid O’Reilly and her anti-gang unit are on the hunt for Scourge, a new serial killer who’s exterminating anyone in a mask. They’ll get close, but not without a few casualties! And that’s just the first issue!

Don’t miss the blockbuster first outing of a new team for a new generation. The future of the Ultimate Universe is now – and it all starts this April in ALL-NEW ULTIMATES #1!

It should be interesting to see where Marvel goes with this one. The All-New Ultimates are such a radically different team than I think has ever used the ‘Avengers’ or ‘Ultimates’ name that it should be worth a read just to see how this group of arguably lesser known heroes (Spider-Man aside) is able to operate as the Ultimate version of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

This is also where the flexibility of the Ultimate U comes in handy. You’d probably never see this kind of a shuffle and reorganization (or an event like Cataclysm for that matter) in the good old Marvel U we all know and love. Even if there was something that wiped out a bunch of triple-A superheroes, they’d more than likely be back sooner than later (cough*HeroesReborn*cough). Not so here though as it looks like the landscape is set for some time.

Of course, I suppose if there’s no fan support that might change, but something tells me that Marvellites just might take to the all-new, all-different Ultimate Universe for what it is- a completely different take on the superhero universe that is the standard Marvel U. At the very least, it should be fun since the guy with the webs is present and accounted for.

See how the new Ultimates team shakes out when All-New Ultimates #1 lands on the stands on April 9th from the team of Michel Fiffe and Amilcar Pinna.