Marvel Seems Serious About Ending the Ultimate Universe in 2026 | NYCC 2025

Marvel's caller Ultimate Universe enactment has proven to beryllium a immense occurrence for the publisher, peculiarly Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto's Ultimate Spider-Man, which routinely outsells the flagship The Amazing Spider-Man series. But contempt that, Marvel is showing each volition of really ending the Ultimate enactment successful 2026.

That was 1 of the large takeaways from Marvel's "Next Big Thing" sheet astatine NYCC this weekend. With Ultimate Endgame kicking disconnected successful December and marking the climax of the ongoing storyline involving The Maker, this fashionable imprint truly is astir to wrapper up. No relaunches oregon reboots here.

Marvel already revealed that Hickman and Checchetto would beryllium ending their Ultimate Spider-Man tally with contented #24 successful December. But present they confirmed that each the ongoing Ultimate comics volition wrapper up betwixt December and April 2026. That includes Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri's The Ultimates, which won IGN's Best Comic Book Series oregon Original Graphic Novel of 2024.

“It’s hard to speech astir without getting emotional,” said Camp successful Marvel's property release. “It truly is the culmination of everything Jonathan began. Everything from my publication and everyone else’s publication are each converging. It’s gonna beryllium definitive, it’s going to beryllium big, it’s going to beryllium emotional, there’s going to beryllium death…it’s conscionable wild.”

“You’ll beryllium capable to instrumentality this journey—the beginning, middle, and end—and digest it for years to travel and walk it connected to others,” Head of Marvel Comics and Franchise Dan Buckley added.

In little depressing news, Marvel besides revealed a caller monthly Iron Man bid astatine the panel. The publication volition beryllium written by Joshua Williamson (Superman) and illustrated by Carmen Carnero (Exceptional X-Men).

Here's Marvel's logline for the caller series:

The unapologetic Iron Man is simply a once-in-a-lifetime leader – but the beating bosom down the armor is simply a once-in-a-century genius. Years ago, Tony Stark was knocking connected death’s door, truthful helium created the Iron Man armor to survive! What happens the adjacent clip decease comes calling? What limb does helium make then? What if…someone other creates it first? These questions person haunted Tony for years, a ticking clip weaponry wrong of him waiting to explode. Femme fatale Madame Masque has besides asked these questions, and with the powerfulness of Advanced Idea Mechanics down her…she’s acceptable to make the adjacent large weapon.

Look for Iron Man #1 to deed stores connected January 28, 2026.

In different NYCC news, Batman: Knightfall is getting an animated movie adaptation, and DC is reviving an infamous canceled Swamp Thing comic.

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