In 2014, The fourth and final volume, called Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man, began in the wake of the Cataclysm Crisis Crossover. In 2012, as part of the 50th anniversary of Spider-Man titles, the first 616 and Ultimate Universe crossover, Spider-Men was launched, which saw the 616 Peter arrive into the Ultimate Universe and meet Miles, who never got to meet the original Spider-Man.
This series was published under the title Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Volume 2, or Ultimate Comics: All-New Spider-Man with new numbering. (Peter eventually got better, but he stopped being the protagonist of the series at that point.)Ī third volume came out starring Miles Morales, a new character introduced in the pages of Ultimate Fallout. The series ended with issue 160, followed by the miniseries Ultimate Fallout. But fundamentally Peter is motivated by the guilt of his Uncle's death, by the idea that "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" and as the series evolves he comes to be the moral and emotional center of the entire Ultimate Marvel universe, and a Hope Bringer for his friends, loved ones, and allies.Īfter a six-month Time Skip following Ultimatum, which killed off many Ultimate Marvel characters and initially left Peter's fate ambiguous, the series was re-launched as Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man until the comic reached its 150th issue (counting both pre- and post- Ultimatum issues) and returned to its original numbering and naming format for 10 issues, just in time for a crucial crossover event: The Death of Spider-Man, which was Exactly What It Says on the Tin. Peter gets bitten by a genetically altered spider developed by Oscorp, and his classic villains have a set of powers and skills that are slightly different from how readers expect them to be.
It provided a Setting Update to Peter's high-school and teenage era and origins from the early '60s to the late '90s.
Issue #1 was published in 2000, and it proved to be the first title in Ultimate Marvel and the most famous and influential title in that label. The Bendis and Bagley collaboration, which lasted for 111 issues, holds the record for longest Comic Book Run on a Marvel Comics series by two people, breaking the record set by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby on Fantastic Four. Ultimate Spider-Man, part of the Ultimate Marvel line, is a retelling of the original Spider-Man comic written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn, originally, by Mark Bagley and later by Stuart Immonen.