Ultimate X-Men

*Ultimate X-Men*
Ultimate X-Men
	Cover art for Ultimate X-Men #65, by Stuart Immonen.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Publication date	February 2001 – February 2009 (original); March 2024 – present (relaunch)
No. of issues	101
Main character(s)	List Angel ; Beast ; Colossus ; Cyclops ; Dazzler ; Iceman ; Jean Grey ; Nightcrawler ; Professor X ; Betsy Braddock ; Rogue ; Kitty Pryde ; Storm ; Wolverine ;
Creative team
Created by	Bill Jemas; Joe Quesada; Mark Millar; Adam Kubert; Andy Kubert; (based upon the original characters by Stan Lee, Chris Claremont and Jack Kirby)
Written by	Mark Millar (#1-12, 15-33, Ultimate War #1-4); Chuck Austen (#13-14); Geoff Johns (#1/2); Brian Michael Bendis (#34-45); Brian K. Vaughan (#46-65, Annual #1); Mike Carey (Ultimate X4 #1-2); Robert Kirkman (#66-93, Annual #2); Aron Eli Coleite (#94-100, X-Men/FF Annual #1-2, Ultimate Requiem)
Penciller(s)	Adam Kubert (#1-4, 7-8, 10-12, 15-17, 20-22, 25, 29, 31-33); Andy Kubert (#5-6, 50-53); Tom Raney (#9, 66-68, 72-74, Annual #1); Tom Derenick (#12); Esad Ribić (#13-14); Aaron Lopresti (#1/2); Chris Bachalo (#18-19, Ultimate War #1-4); Kaare Andrews (#23-24); Ben and Ray Lai (#26); David Finch (#27-28, 30, 34-45); Brandon Peterson (#46-49, X-Men/FF Annual #2); Stuart Immonen (#54-57, 59-65); Steve Dillon (#58); Pasqual Ferry (Ultimate X4 #1-2); Leinil Francis Yu (Ultimate X4 #2); Ben Oliver (#69-71, 75-76, 78, 81, Ultimate Requiem); Salvador Larroca (Annual #2, 88-92); Yanick Paquette (#77, 79-80, 84-88); Pascal Alixe (#82-83); Harvey Tolibao (#93); Mark Brooks (#94-100, X-Men/FF Annual #1)

Ultimate X-Men is a superhero comic book series, which 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 the Ultimate Marvel imprint.^[1] The Ultimate X-Men exist alongside other revamped Marvel characters in Ultimate Marvel titles including Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four and The Ultimates.

The protagonists are the X-Men, a group of teen-aged mutants: a subspecies of the human race, who possess latent super-human abilities from birth, due to the presence of the mysterious "X-Gene" within their genetic codes. It sets them apart from the rest of humanity and despite being feared and distrusted by the general public and authorities, they use their super-powers to prevent and stop unnatural threats to both the human and mutant race, while being mentored by Professor Charles Xavier, The X-Men's founder and a world-renowned expert on genetics and the world's most powerful telepath. The series features many characters and storylines similar to those of the original X-Men series. Ultimate X-Men almost completely ignores supernatural or mystical elements as plot devices, and the X-Men have no secret identities, and mutants are distrusted and hunted down. The series began in 2001 under writer Mark Millar and artists Adam Kubert and Andy Kubert, while the final issues of the series were written by Aron Coleite and penciled by Mark Brooks. Ultimate X-Men was met with considerable commercial success, even outselling most of the other X-Men comic titles and received a generally positive response from critics and readers, who praised the art-work by various artists, the writing runs of Millar, Bendis, Vaughan, Kirkman and Coleite, the character development and progression of the titular superheroes throughout the series and the unique and interesting twists on conventional X-Men themes and concepts, along with the fresh and distinctively modernized re-imagining of the classic X-Men mythos, while the uneven quality of the writing, the somewhat edgy and unnecessarily adult-oriented tone and direction of the comics and some of the changes and deviations from the original X-Men comics were singled out for criticism.

A quasi-sequel/spinoff titled Ultimate Comics: X began in February 2010, but only lasted for 5 issues. The series focused on Wolverine's secret son Jimmy Hudson, Jean Grey, and several other mutants dealing with the aftermath of Ultimatum.

Ultimate X-Men was later relaunched by Nick Spencer and Paco Medina, with the title now called Ultimate Comics: X-Men.

^ Brevoort, Tom; DeFalco, Tom; Manning, Matthew K.; Sanderson, Peter; Wiacek, Win (2017). Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History. DK Publishing. p. 304. ISBN 978-1465455505.

[1] Brevoort, Tom; DeFalco, Tom; Manning, Matthew K.; Sanderson, Peter; Wiacek, Win (2017). Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History. DK Publishing. p. 304. ISBN 978-1465455505.

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