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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 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).

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* [[Rasputinian Death]]: {{spoiler|Wolverine's}}; first almost all his soft tissue is blasted away, then his skeleton is torn apart, then the individual cells of his last remaining bones are destroyed.

** {{spoiler|Magneto}}, as well. His hand is cut off by Valkyrie, Wolverine [[Curb Stomp Battle|goes to town]] [[Extreme Melee Revenge|on him]], and finally Cyclops disintegrates his head.

* [[Rocks Fall Everyone Dies]]: Could be the comic codifier. With the amount of ridiculous deaths, it starts to seem like someone at Marvel was using this as some sort of catharsis.

* [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]: Could be the comic codifier. With the amount of ridiculous deaths, it starts to seem like someone at Marvel was using this as some sort of catharsis.

* [[Selective Magnetism]]: Magneto is seen somehow treating a bleeding wound using magnetism. Probably the best explanation (in that it wouldn't work, but sounds almost possible if you don't know) is that he's controlling the iron in blood.

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: At the end, after hearing Reed talk about how much of a threat Dr. Doom is, Ben quietly goes to Latveria, kills Doom, and leaves.

** {{spoiler|Could be a case of [[Harsher in Hindsight]] when you consider what Ultimate Reed goes on to do down the road in The Ultimates himself. }}

* [[Tastes Like Chicken]]: The Blob says this exact line {{spoiler|when he's eating the Wasp.}}

* [[Wham Episode]]

* [[Wham! Episode]]

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Hawkeye gets a damn justified one on Captain America when he makes a snarky comment about Hank Pym's [[Heroic Sacrifice]].

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