Warning! Spoilers for Ultimate Wolverine #6 ahead!
Marvel’s darkly innovative Ultimate Universe just unveiled what might be the most dangerous, no-holds-barredX-Menteam in franchise lore, shifting the status quo of this ongoing alternative continuity storyline, while leaving fans wondering how one major player, Jean Grey, will fit into the narrative before all is said and done.
Ultimate Wolverine#6, written by Chris Condon, with art by Alex Lins,officially introduces the X-Men squad fans have been clamoring for, while also featuring a pivotal milestone, as the brainwashed Ultimateversion of Loganis freed from his mind control, and finally rejoins his mutant allies.
In addition to that, the issue adds a great deal of lore to Marvel’s expandingUltimatetimeline, elaborating on the history of mutantkind in this version of the world, while also hinting at what is to come.
The New Ultimate X-Men Roster Is Officially Unveiled, As Wolverine Rejoins “The Opposition”
Ultimate Wolverine#6, Written By Chris Condon; Art By Alex Lins; Color By Bryan Valenza; Lettering By Corey Petit
In thelore of Marvel’s Ultimate Universe 2.0, the world is ruled by a cabal of evil supervillains, including some familiar mutant faces, most notably Colossus. In order to usurp this reality, the villains used time travel to wipe out the world’s most iconic heroes before they had a chance to actualize themselves. However, asUltimate Wolverine, in particular, has progressed, it has become clear that there is a greater degree of resistance to the world order than previously thought, notably in the form of the mutant “Opposition.”
Wolverine was, at one point, a leading member of the Opposition, but the first five issues ofUltimate Wolverinehave featured him brainwashed and turned against his former allies, including devastatingly being sent to assassinate Nightcrawler and Mystique. Now, Logan has much to atone foras he rejoins the Oppositions ranks, alongside Forge, Beast, Polaris, Kitty Pryde, Gambit, and more, as part of an all-time powerful X-Men line-up. However, fans immediately turned their attention to the question of how Ultimate Phoenix will fit into this group.
Jean Grey Is The Final Piece Of The Puzzle The Ultimate X-Men Need To Fall Into Place
But Liberating “The Phoenix Specimen” Won’t Be Easy
A previous issue ofUltimate Wolverinerevealed that, much like Logan, Ultimate Jean Grey is a captive of the villainous world rulers; known as “the Phoenix specimen,” who is hooked up to a nightmare-fuel version of Cerebro, which includes the disembodied brain of Charles Xavier. Now, with Wolverine once more on the heroic side of the equation, it seemslikely that the series will turn its attention to the liberation of Jean Grey, as the next step in the Ultimate Universe’s overarching battle between the forces of good and evil.
Fans can take satisfaction in the fact that the Ultimate X-Men are one step closer to being a united front, and they have the potential to be more dangerous than any team before them.
Considering how ubiquitousWolverine’s love for Jean isacrossthe Marvel Multiverse, it is safe to speculate that he will be the one spearheading a rescue mission, but when, and how, that will come to pass, and whether it will succeed, are questions that readers must wait to have answered by subsequent issues ofUltimate Wolverine. In any case, fans can take satisfaction in the fact that the UltimateX-Menare one step closer to being a united front, and they have the potential to be more dangerous than any team before them.
