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[[File:ultimate_x-men_4764.jpg|frame|Same great X-Men taste, fewer continuity woes.]]
A reboot of the ''X-Men'' franchise in the ''[[Ultimate Marvel]]'' line of comics, it can be seen as one of the most radical reimaginings, with [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Alternate Character Interpretations]] of the mainstream 616 characters being taken as canon while other characters are given completely different backstories and characterizations. It was far less popular than its sister series ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', due to a constant rotation of artists and writers, churning out story lines that went from good, to bad, to just plain weird. It was eventually canceled after a few bad story lines that culminated in the universally reviled ''[[Ultimatum]]'' event.▼
The series lasted for 100 issues, from February, 2001 to April, 2009. After ''Ultimatum'', the series was replaced with ''Ultimate X'', where mutants that survived the tragedy were scattered, hunted, and leaderless. This new series only lasted 5 issues, from April, 2010 to August, 2011. However, the series was relaunched as Ultimate Comics: X-Men with the mutants starting to band together again after the events of Ultimate Origins revealed the secret origin of the mutant species. The new series written by Nick Spencer ([[Morning Glories]]), dealing with the fallout of this origin being revealed to the public along with the events of the Ultimate Hawkeye series. As of issue 13, Brian Wood ([[DMZ]]) takes over writing duties on the title.▼
▲A reboot of the X-Men franchise in the [[Ultimate Marvel]] line of comics, it can be seen as one of the most radical reimaginings, with [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Alternate Character Interpretations]] of the mainstream 616 characters being taken as canon while other characters are given completely different backstories and characterizations. It was far less popular than its sister series ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', due to a constant rotation of artists and writers, churning out story lines that went from good, to bad, to just plain weird. It was eventually canceled after a few bad story lines that culminated in the universally reviled ''[[Ultimatum]]'' event.
▲The series lasted for 100 issues, from February, 2001 to April, 2009. After ''Ultimatum'', the series was replaced with ''Ultimate X'', where mutants that survived the tragedy were scattered, hunted, and leaderless. This new series only lasted 5 issues, from April, 2010 to August, 2011. However, the series was relaunched as Ultimate Comics: X-Men with the mutants starting to band together again after the events of Ultimate Origins revealed the secret origin of the mutant species. The new series written by Nick Spencer ([[Morning Glories]]), dealing with the fallout of this origin being revealed to the public along with the events of the Ultimate Hawkeye series. As of issue 13, Brian Wood ([[DMZ]]) takes over writing duties on the title.
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* [[Ascended Fanboy]] / [[Heroic Wannabe]]: Pyro.
* [[Aborted Arc]]: After a few issues, Bishop states that in the future he and Psylocke will be married. He's killed an issue and a half later and these claims are never elaborated upon.
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Cyclops vs Wolverine. {{spoiler|Wolverine is actually the one who gets curbstomped.}}
** This is actually a rematch from a previous fight {{spoiler|that went the other way.}}
* [[Darker and Edgier]]
* [[Debut Queue]]: in ''Ultimate X''
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Wolverine and {{spoiler|Professor Xavier}}.
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** Liz Allen doesn't even attempt to {{spoiler|talk her brother Teddy out of joining Pietro's new Brotherhood.}}
* [[Intro Dump]]: Every. Single. Character. ''[[Department of Redundancy Department|Each and every one of them]]'' [[Department of Redundancy Department|are]] ''[[Department of Redundancy Department|continually]]'' referring to each other by name! Every. One.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Just about every member commits terrible acts over the course of the series and save for Wolverine never faces any repercussions. For example:
** Cyclops defects to the Brotherhood and takes part bombings of the British Parliament and M16.
** Professor X and Jean frequently abuse their powers to their own ends.
** Storm even crippled someone and electrocuted a sandbox full of children (off panel.)
** Averted with Wolverine in that he not only faces retribution for the things he does but he is even held accountable for things he didn't do. For example Jean threatens him, and actually follows though with it, f he ever things of her in a sexual way again. Despite the fact that she was fully complacent in their affair.
* [[Kill'Em All]]: Of all the Ultimate titles, ''X-Men'' got hit the hardest in ''Ultimatum''. The casualty list - which includes {{spoiler|Xavier, Cyclops, and Wolverine}} - is probably longer than the list of surviving mutants.
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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Charles Xavier.
* [[Meta Origin]]: Notably different from the mainstream version: {{spoiler|the mutant gene isn't evolution at work, it was artificially created in a lab. Only Wolverine's X-gene is natural.}}
* [[Mind Rape]]: Xavier erases Magneto's mind after the first arc and has him living his life as a peaceful civilian. When it gets reverse, Magneto was very, very angry at the revelation.
* [[Not So Different]]: Both Charles and Magneto are both manipulative and petty in their own special way, and just as uncompromising in their beliefs.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Doug Ramsay is the only non-mutant at his school, he's just ''really'' smart.
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* [[Staircase Tumble]]: Mister Sinister vs. Professor X. The stairs win.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Nightcrawler to Dazzler.
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* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Storm's play, 'The Shadow King'.
* [[Take Up My Sword]]: Although Jean does not seem to want to do this for Xavier and the [[X-Men]], {{spoiler|it seems like she will do so, as Quicksilver is apparently starting a new [[Brotherhood of Evil|Brotherhood of Mutants]], and has at least successfully recruited Theodore, Liz's brother.}}
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[[Category:Marvel Comics Series]]
[[Category:X-Men (Franchise)]]▼
[[Category:Ultimate X-Men]]
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