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It started off as a simple task. The [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe, originally created to appeal to new readers [[Adaptation Distillation|without fear of years]] of [[Backstory]] or [[Retcon]], had begun to stagnate. Sales had lowered and some series, such as [[Ultimate X-Men]] and [[Ultimate Fantastic Four]], had fallen into [[Seasonal Rot]]. So the powers behind Marvel came up with the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|ultimate]] plan to renew reader interest, a [[Crisis Crossover]]. A [[Wham! Episode]] which would bring all the characters of the Ultimate Marvel universe and shake up the status quo to make a new jumping on point for new readers, written by [[Jeph Loeb]].
It starts with [[Magneto]] claiming [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]]'s hammer and using it to flood New York. And then, well, [[It Got Worse|it goes pretty much downhill from there.]] The series lasted for 5 issues (January-July, 2009).
Unfortunately, the series was not very well received. The series was criticized for relying on shock value, [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|anticlimactic deaths]], and borderline [[Gorn]]. On the brighter side, the art was praised and the series actually did accomplish its task of creating a new status quo for the universe, and was a sales success. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Ultimately]], this storyline is a rather [[Internet Backdraft|touchy subject.]]
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* [[Darker and Edgier]]
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|[[Ultimate Spider-Man|Spider-Man]] manages to survive his near death experience, presumably because Bendis didn't want him killed off...[[Harsher in Hindsight|yet.]]}}
** {{spoiler|Valkyrie and [[Captain America (comics)]] too. Being ressurected by Thor's Sacrifice.}}
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The reason why Magneto doing this {{spoiler|His children being killed. Bit of an overreaction there dude. And even then its revealed he was being manipulated into doing this by his own son, Quicksilver with the help of a mysterious woman and we still don't even know the reason why they did this in the first place. Should further be noted that he was ''horribly, horribly'' abusive to said children, to the point of ''crippling'' his son at one point just for siding against him, further adding to his hypocrisy.}}
** {{spoiler|His children dying is not the only reason. Their deaths are just what ultimately pushed him over the edge. He quite obviously hates humanity and was planning a revolution. Even before Ultimatum in the Ultimate X-Men series, he was willing to kill all humans and those mutants who did not follow him, if memory serves me. But the children dying is what probably pushed him to do this craziness so soon and with such severity. But it doesn't explain why his children dying would push him so much considering he has been shown to be abusive and show little love to them before.}}
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