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143-446: The series of titles begins with two Ultimate Fantastic Four story arcs, " Crossover " (2005) and " Frightful " (2006), by Mark Millar and Greg Land . The story arcs were followed by a Marvel Zombies limited series by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips , who also created the prequel Marvel Zombies: Dead Days and sequel Marvel Zombies 2 . A crossover with Army of Darkness , Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness ,

286-400: A convention Q&A session with Joe Quesada . All of the following one-shots are resolved with the aforementioned Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution . At the end of the first issue, a glimpse of an unidentified zombie (probably Giant Man and Wasp) is seen, commenting that he would like to have a bite out of the protagonists, who warp to a different universe. The issue ends with Red Ghost and

429-420: A cybernetic helmet that lets him communicate with and control them. He designs a costume made of unstable molecules to prevent bites or scratches from the ants and reinvents himself as the superhero Ant-Man. After several adventures, Pym is contacted by Dr. Vernon van Dyne, who asks for his help contacting alien life . Pym refuses, but is attracted to Vernon's socialite daughter Janet van Dyne. When Vernon

572-450: A couple of weeks the cravings disappear and the subject is able to perform a functional role within society, albeit with necrotized flesh and near-immortality. Any additional ingestion of flesh will restore the hunger, though it can again be overcome. Another interesting note about the addiction is that, even while lacking a digestive system or even most of their lower body, the infected still have hunger pangs and wish to continue feeding. In

715-478: A cybernetic helmet he created for achieving rudimentary communication with ants and other higher order insects. As Yellowjacket, then later as Wasp, Pym wears artificial wings and has bio-blasters called "stingers" built into his gloves. He took up the Wasp mantle in memory of Janet, who was believed to be dead at the time. Pym also carries a variety of weaponry, provisions, and scientific instruments, which are shrunken to

858-557: A dimension where Nazi zombies won the war. It was initially written by Frank Marraffino, with art by Mirco Pierfederici, but Marraffino's health issue meant he had to hand over the writing reins to Peter David with issue #3. The ultimate origin of the infection is unknown. Although a paradoxical loop is responsible for its existence in the universes seen in Marvel Zombies and Marvel Zombies Return , several universes are shown to have their own isolated outbreaks that have not reached

1001-505: A dimensional portal but are captured. With help from Magneto , Reed escapes the zombie universe and prevents more zombies from entering the Ultimate universe. In " Frightful " (issues #30–32), the zombified Fantastic Four of Earth-2149 attempt to break free from their confinement. Johnny Storm is infected with a demon from the N-Zone, and Reed Richards performs a mind-swap with Doctor Doom. After

1144-519: A dog...to form the Deadpool Corps. After Deadpool Corps: Prelude , the Deadpool Corps travel around the universe, fighting off the Champion, "Borg"-like entities, and looking for the "broken blade", all while trying to defeat the evil awareness and saving the universe. Though not directly related to Marvel Zombies , Marvel Apes was first suggested as a successor to Marvel Zombies by a fan during

1287-515: A few additional clues. Once there, they find Logan, still alive but basically crippled after his healing factor has been pushed to the limit, after which they are confronted by Magik , who takes them to Limbo and reveals that the current 'plague' was caused when the Brood managed to infest Galactus, upgrading them to a new level of power. The synopsis for this new horror anthology series: "This action-packed, utterly original, gloriously gory anthology series

1430-464: A few hundred thousand years left before succumbing to an entropic heat death , and wishes to escape from his world to ours. In "Think Tank" the team meet Rhona Burchill (a re-imagined Mad Thinker ), who captures them and attempts to sell them to the highest bidder. In Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1, they meet Crystal of the Inhumans , and as a result of trespassing on their home destroy it, forcing

1573-509: A foe from behind once the opponent had ceased fighting. Captain America suspends Yellowjacket from Avengers duty pending the verdict of a court-martial . Pym suffers a mental breakdown and concocts a plan to salvage his credibility. He plans to build a robot and program it to launch an attack on the Avengers; Pym will then counter the false flag attack at a critical moment using his knowledge of

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1716-602: A good start". The subsequent storyline The Long Road Home has a few of the heroes, such as Colonel America and Thor, appear silhouetted in a one-panel flashback as the narration states that Ash had gone on to "kick the ass of all types of undead marvels across the realities". In Black Panther (vol. 4) #27 – 30, the Fantastic Four ( Black Panther , Storm , the Human Torch and the Thing ) are teleported by King Solomon's Frogs to

1859-458: A human computer. While Threshold calls him a 'warrior without equal' in "God War" this almost certainly refers to his success in discovering a way to defeat an undefeatable foe (Ultimate Ronan) as opposed to actual battlefield prowess. Sue lauds his expertise in physics . After Ultimatum, Reed left the Baxter Building and returned home much to the chagrin of his father. In Ultimate Enemy #1,

2002-505: A method of teleportation in his youth. He is discovered by government official Willie Lumpkin , and subsequently recruited into a think tank /school located in the upper floors of the Baxter building. There he meets Professor Storm, who leads the project, and his children, bioengineer Susan Storm and her younger brother Johnny. Reed also becomes the rival of Victor Van Damme , a fellow student. When Reed turns 21, he plans to teleport an apple into

2145-683: A new attempt by the Skrulls to give members of their species the power of the Fantastic Four, this time divided across four Skrulls rather than recreating the Super-Skrull . Once the FF have returned to their world, T'Challa states that he has used the experience from talking with his other self to draw up plans to prevent such an infection ever happening on their world. A sequel to Marvel Zombies 4 , Deadpool teams up with his zombified head after discovering it in

2288-569: A new zombie virus is unleased, and Groot is Patient Zero. Set before the events of The Army of Darkness crossover, the two-part story The Death of Ash ends with Ash being killed, and finding himself in the Marvel Zombies Universe, where he is confronted by the undead superheroes. The From the Ashes story arc begins with Ash having returned to his home dimension through unknown means, and proclaiming "Step one, no zombie superheroes. Off to

2431-535: A number of characters in the Marvel universe that have also used the "Pym particles" to effect size changing. These include Janet van Dyne , Clint Barton , Bill Foster , Scott Lang , Erik Josten , Rita DeMara , Cassandra "Cassie" Lang , Eric O'Grady , Tom Foster , Shang-Chi , Raz Malhotra and Nadia Pym . Although they do not use their powers for altering their size, both Wonder Man and Vision derive their powers from Pym particles. The following are

2574-548: A number of notable aspects. The origin story of the team is modified and modernized and the team is much younger, being in their late teens to early 20s. The series revolves around the adventures of teen genius: Reed Richards , his childhood friend: Ben Grimm , and siblings: Susan and Johnny Storm , who get engulfed in a malfunctioned teleporter experiment and begin to develop super-powers: Reed can stretch his body to impossible lengths, Susan can project force fields and turn invisible, Johnny develops pyrokinetic super-powers and Ben

2717-447: A parallel universe (the " N-Zone "), but Van Damme claims Reed's calculations are wrong and changes the setup at the last minute. The five students are teleported through the N-Zone, and when they rematerialize, they return heavily mutated. After the Fantastic Four return to the Baxter building, they face their first opponent, Mole Man . Although staying relatively true to the original stories, Millar's storylines and writing deviated from

2860-554: A pocket universe for a year before returning to the mainstream Marvel Universe . Hank Pym returns and aids the team as Giant-Man, and makes a significant contribution by defeating criminal mastermind Imus Champion and his flawed creation Ultron, simultaneously overcoming his old issues of guilt over Ultron's crimes. During the Destiny War between Kang the Conqueror and Immortus , two versions of Hank Pym are drawn in: Giant-Man of

3003-496: A prequel and an origin story of the Marvel Zombies. In this continuation from Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness , the zombie infection spreads throughout the world, while uninfected superheroes inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier try to concoct a plan to save the human race; unfortunately, many of them were overwhelmed and infected, while the survivors flee back to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. After devouring all life in

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3146-517: A prequel to this series. Responding to a mysterious emergency call, Jill Harper and her super-crisis special-ops unit descend deep into the bowels of a top-secret underground research facility. They discover that the demented experiments of an unhinged geneticist have placed them at ground zero of a brand-new virulent zombie strain—one that has infected powerful superheroes. The Squadron Supreme , once heroic defenders of justice and utopian ideals, have been reduced to corpulent cannibalistic murderers with

3289-532: A short relationship with teammate Tigra . After being taunted by old foe Whirlwind , Pym contemplates suicide , but is stopped by Firebird . Pym and Janet eventually resume a romantic relationship. The character returns to the Avengers, joining the East Coast team as Giant-Man. The pair, together with many of the other Avengers, apparently sacrifice themselves to stop the villain Onslaught , but actually exist in

3432-418: A size-altering formula and a reversal formula, testing them on himself. Reduced to the size of an insect, he becomes trapped in an anthill before he eventually escapes and uses the reversal formula to return to normal size. Deciding the serums are too dangerous, he destroys them. He later reconsiders his decision and recreates his serums. Pym's experience in the anthill inspires him to study ants, and he builds

3575-536: A spell cast by Gath temporarily transforms Pym into a swashbuckler-style Yellowjacket, followed by the Yellowjacket persona manifesting a physical presence from the extradimensional bio-mass Pym uses to grow. Yellowjacket's stability deteriorates in a confrontation with Diablo . The two personalities are restored when the Wasp helps the two halves realize they need each other. Pym is eventually able to resolve his problems and adopts his Yellowjacket persona again. After

3718-460: A squadron of fighters known as Ducky's Dozen. Marvel, as part of its Secret Wars multiverse crossover where pieces of the main Marvel universe, Ultimate universe, and several other alternate universes are melded into a Battleworld, offers two Marvel Zombies stories. The first one, simply called Marvel Zombies , falling under the Battleworld banner, is about Elsa Bloodstone who is stationed on

3861-463: A tabletop and they would draw a heroic-looking guy. I would say, 'Draw a matchbook cover next to him, so we see the difference in size.' But they kept forgetting. So when you would look at the panels, you thought you were looking at a normal guy wearing an underwear costume like all of them. It didn't have the interest. Pym began a continuous shift of superhero identities in Tales to Astonish , first becoming

4004-534: A variation of zombification will temporarily merge during a cross-temporal "planetstorm". Morbius charges fellow A.R.M.O.R. agents, Machine Man and Howard the Duck with retrieving different samples of zombies from each reality so that he can find a cure for his infected friend, Jack Russell . Different classes of zombies are identified, informally named after the directors of movies in which their type appeared (e.g. "Romeros" and "Boyles" ). Amazing Spider-Man #622 acts as

4147-526: A voracious appetite for human flesh. Harper and her team fight against overwhelming odds to stop this ravenous zombie menace where it began—before it spreads out to devour Earth. A.R.M.O.R. is called upon to rescue an alternate reality where the Nazis won WWII with zombies, and seek to use magic rituals to teleport themselves to every universe. Howard the Duck brings in Nazi-fighter extraordinaire Dum Dum Dugan and

4290-545: Is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running Fantastic Four comic book franchise as part of the Ultimate Marvel imprint. The Ultimate Fantastic Four team exists alongside other revamped Marvel characters in Ultimate Marvel titles including Ultimate Spider-Man , Ultimate X-Men , and The Ultimates . While the characters remain relatively faithful to their original Marvel Universe conception, they differ in

4433-457: Is created when scientists graft the original team's DNA to human corpses and zaps them with space radiation. These zombies appear to be infected with a disease identical to the one seen in Marvel Zombies , its three sequels, and Marvel Zombies Return , though what this suggests about the origin of the virus seen in those series (if anything) is unknown. Regardless, the most frequent version is

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4576-440: Is eventually able to change size at will, and mentally generate Pym particles to change the sizes of other living beings or inanimate objects. Pym retains his normal strength when "ant" size, and possesses greatly increased strength and stamina when in "giant" form, courtesy of the increased mass. Pym's costume is synthetic stretch fabric composed of unstable molecules and automatically adapts to his shifting sizes. Pym also uses

4719-429: Is exposed and defeated by the hero Crusader . After the final battle between Earth's heroes and the Skrulls, Pym is found with other "replaced" heroes in a Skrull vessel. When Janet is seemingly killed in battle, Pym takes on a new superhero persona, the Wasp, in tribute to her. He rejoins the Avengers and eventually leads the team. The cosmic entity Eternity reveals to Pym that he is Earth's " Scientist Supreme ",

4862-657: Is in love with her. Ben never acted on it because of Reed. Ben also developed the ability to turn into a purple-skinned glowing form and back again at will. Susan Storm's younger brother is a short-tempered teen, who is enamored with good-looking girls and has a rock-star attitude. The obvious "cool factor" of his powers only serves to heighten these personality traits: Johnny's powers engulf him in flames that enable him to fly and shoot fiery projectiles. This power sometimes has detrimental effects on his body, as Johnny burns, or more accurately fuses , his own body-fat to provide his 'fuel', and every so often, he "hibernates" and sheds off

5005-499: Is killed by an alien criminal who teleports to Earth, Janet asks for Pym's help avenging his death. Pym reveals his secret identity to Janet and uses Pym particles to graft wasp wings beneath her shoulders, which appear when Janet shrinks. She assumes the alias of the Wasp , and together they find and defeat Vernon's killer. They become founding members of the superhero team the Avengers. Pym eventually adopts his first alternate identity as

5148-400: Is killed in the 3rd issue) were teleported to a different universe similar to Earth-616 called Earth-91126/Earth-Z, and deals with the ramifications of their arrival on a new Earth and the characters' resurgent hunger, which once again drives them to obtain cross-universal teleporters. Each issue stars its title characters, though not necessarily the zombified versions of Earth-2149, as seen in

5291-586: Is reversed, Pym rejoins the Avengers as Yellowjacket. Pym is forced to briefly leave the team when the roster is restructured by government liaison Henry Peter Gyrich . Also at this time, he noticed Scott Lang 's theft of the Ant-Man suit. After Darren Cross 's defeat and aware of Lang's use of the stolen goods, Pym let Lang keep the equipment, albeit only to uphold the law. Returning 14 issues later, Hank Pym participates in several missions until, after demonstrating hostile behavior toward Janet van Dyne, he attacks

5434-534: Is set in a universe where the Avengers, the X-Men, Spider-Man, and many more Marvel heroes and villains are beset by ever-growing zombie hordes and transformed into flesh-eating monstrosities. In a brutal, bloodstained world, can hope survive? Or will creeping, gnawing, shambling horror win out at last...?" The Guardians of the Galaxy face an army of undead Avengers in this new Marvel Zombies chapter called Dawn of Decay, in which

5577-400: Is transformed into a rocky-skinned figure with super-human strength and durability. The series takes place in contemporary New York City and was met with mostly favorable responses from readers and critics, with the fresh, unique and modernized re-imagining of the classic Fantastic Four mythos, the artwork and the writing runs of Millar, Bendis and Ellis, being points of praise, while criticism

5720-519: Is ultimately killed. Not directly tied into the Marvel Zombies series, this miniseries is an adaption of the classic story and focuses on Ebenezer Scrooge encountering the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come in a world overrun by the undead, due to the character's selfishness and greed. Ultimate Fantastic Four Ultimate Fantastic Four is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics . The series

5863-518: Is unable to penetrate Ben's skin to determine any more detail than his internal fluid pressure. Sue continues to develop her control of her force fields, using them to create pressurized environments at the bottom of the sea, plugging her own throat to prevent swallowing poison gas, and creating "cushions" to catch falling people and objects. Damage to her force fields also causes her mental strain or, in extreme cases ( Ultimate Power #5), to black out. Susan has proven capable of standing her own, and after

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6006-483: The Avengers , X-Men , and Fantastic Four investigate. Too late, they discover that Galactus’ body is now the vessel of an interstellar terror, which one-by-one transforms Earth's Mightiest Heroes into the universe's most terrifying predators. As our heroes try to escape the superpowered, cannibalistic aberrations that were once their friends and family, will any survive? And even if they do, can they hope to protect Earth from

6149-557: The Circus of Crime erupts; in the ensuing conflict, the chemicals lose their effect on him and his identity is restored. After several adventures with the Avengers, including another encounter with Ultron, the pair take another leave of absence. The heroes re-encounter Hank Pym at the beginning of the Kree-Skrull War , and once again as the Ant-Man persona and has a series of solo adventures. After aiding fellow superhero team known as

6292-480: The Defenders as Yellowjacket, Pym returns to the Avengers. He is eventually captured by an upgraded Ultron that brainwashes his creator, causing the character to regress to his original Ant-Man costume and personality — arriving at Avengers Mansion, thinking it to be the very first meeting of the team. Seeing several unfamiliar members, Pym attacks the team until stopped by the Wasp. After Ultron's brainwashing

6435-787: The Marvel Universe , Machine Man and Jocasta go to the Marvel Zombies universe to retrieve a blood sample from an uninfected human. Unbeknownst to them, a zombie Morbius plans to use the blood to infect the Marvel Universe. The Midnight Sons , under the command of A.R.M.O.R., hunt zombies who have escaped to different universes. Meanwhile, Dormammu commands the Hood to capture the virus for his own ends of zombie life. The storyline follows from Marvel Zombies 2 when Zombie Spider-Man, Giant-Man and Wolverine (the Earth-2149 version of Wolverine

6578-737: The N-Zone . The experiment went awry giving Reed and several others superpowers. His powers enable him to stretch his body parts to incredible lengths and endow him with enhanced durability. Reed's powers have been increased in comparison to that of his Earth-616 counterpart. He no longer needs to eat nor sleep, and has no internal organs or bones. He can stretch his eyes, specifically the lens so that he does not need his glasses or any other visual augmentation but can only sustain this for short periods. Sue's mother revealed that she knows that Reed's abilities allow him to stretch his brain in order to accommodate and solve almost any problem thus making him effectively

6721-615: The Silver Surfer , and then attack Galactus. Infused with the Power Cosmic , Giant Man, Wolverine, the Hulk, Iron Man, Luke Cage, and Spider-Man travel the universe as the "Zombie Galacti" to search for more sources of food. In this crossover, Ash Williams from Evil Dead arrives accidentally in the world of Marvel Zombies . Continuing Ash's own storyline from Army of Darkness ( The Death of Ash (vol. 1) #12–13), this series also serves as

6864-650: The Speedball Special , so the zombies never discover either universe. However, Gorilla Girl had to sacrifice herself to change history, so she ceases to exist. It is also implied that a dimensional portal Reed Richards had earlier been testing had something to do with bringing the Zombie Sentry to his Earth, though this is not made clear how this fits in with the rest of the Marvel Zombies series. In this direct sequel to Marvel Zombies 4 , forecasters for A.R.M.O.R. discover that several alternate realities afflicted with

7007-645: The West Coast Avengers as a scientist and inventor in West Coast Avengers vol. 2, #21 (June 1987). Writer Steve Englehart explained, "I've been using him as he asked to be used. In the Egghead story, where he bombed out as Yellowjacket, he said that he would never be a superhero again, so I took him at his word." Pym returned to the Avengers as Giant-Man in The Avengers vol. 3, #1 (February 1998). When

7150-411: The West Coast Avengers , Pym constructed a one-man vehicle with artificial intelligence named Rover. Rover is able to communicate with Pym and is capable of flight and discharging energy and acid. Back with the Avengers main team, he built a second Rover, resembling an Avengers Quinjet . After fusing with Ultron, he now contains all of his creation's abilities when he is in control. There are

7293-460: The multiverse ending up in the Marvel Zombies universe where he becomes a zombie, often referred to as "Undead Ham". Undead Ham's last words are "Roink! Get out of my way, robot! I'm Hungry". He is with zombies Colonel America, Wolverine, and Hulk. A zombiefied Wolverine, similar to the Marvel "Zombie Universe" version, appears in an Exiles comic book series alongside other Wolverines from different dimensions, but this zombie version of Wolverine

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7436-411: The robot Ultron that unexpectedly achieves sentience and becomes one of the Avengers's greatest foes. During a botched experiment, Pym inhales chemicals that affect his mind, and he reappears at Avengers Mansion in the cocky new persona of Yellowjacket, claiming to have disposed of Pym. The Wasp secretly realizes he is Pym, however, and accepts his offer of marriage . At their wedding, a battle with

7579-454: The " Marvel Zombies universe" where they encounter the Marvel Zombies in their "Zombie Galacti" form on a Skrull planet. This is the first crossover of the "Zombie"- and Marvel's main universe . During their time in this world, T'Challa talks with his other self to learn what had happened on Earth, and the FF also encounter the alternate Lyja - the Torch's Skrull wife in his universe- who is part of

7722-511: The " Secret Empire " storyline, Pym sets up a base in Alaska and is forced to work through some family issues and relationship strife within the Avengers team. Pym later goes on a journey to collect all the Infinity Stones. During this storyline, a piece of Hank's soul gets stuck in an alternate realm and eventually devoured. In another storyline, Hank is portrayed as a villain in a battle against

7865-446: The "N-Zone" arc required that the military fashion a public image for the four. The "Crossover" story arc began in medias res, with the four already a public team known as The Fantastic Four, each of them possessing codenames identical to their 616 counterparts. Their jumpsuits remain largely unchanged, save for the added '4' insignia. Ultimate Fantastic Four has been collected in the following trade paperbacks : Official Handbook of

8008-532: The "good Ultron", Ultron-12 stated to Wasp that he went through a soft reboot to protect Hank as Ultron takes over the Lethal Legion. Hank regained consciousness and reunited with Nadia when Ant-Man, Mayor Luke Cage, Stinger, Valkyrie, and Vision arrived as he claims to Nadia that Ultron's no longer in him. He gives Nadia the code for the nano-tech from the future to use while Ultron is distracted as she's got to think big which Ultron-12 agrees with him on. After Ultron

8151-425: The 12 ft-tall (3.7 m) Giant-Man in issue #49 (November 1963). Pym and van Dyne continued to costar in the title until issue #69 (July 1965), while simultaneously appearing in The Avengers until issue #15 (April 1965), after which they temporarily left the team. Next Pym rejoined the Avengers and adopted the new identity Goliath in Avengers #28 (May 1966). Gradually falling to mental strain, he adopted

8294-505: The 12-foot-tall Giant-Man . (Three decades later, a flashback shows him adopting the identity out of feelings of inadequacy when compared to powerful teammates Iron Man and Thor . ) Pym and the Wasp begin a romantic relationship, and soon take a leave of absence from the Avengers. Returning to the Avengers, Pym adopts a new superhero identity, Goliath . A mishap traps him in giant form for several issues and affects his self-esteem. After recovering his size-shifting powers, he creates

8437-491: The Ant-Man of the 25th century, Dr. Zayn Asghar . Ultron is ultimately defeated and the other Ant-Men are returned to the past. Sometime later, an old man claiming to be Hank Pym places an artificial personality in Whirlwind's corpse called "Victor Shade". It was later revealed that a fragment of Hank's conscious had separated from All-Father Ultron when he was defeated. The fragment recreated his body which appeared older and he

8580-440: The Avengers and blamed for the theft, as Egghead erases all evidence of his own involvement. Pym, in turn, blames Egghead, a criminal still believed dead by the other Avengers. This is taken by Pym's former teammates as further proof of his madness, and he is incarcerated. During Pym's imprisonment, Janet has a brief relationship with Tony Stark. Egghead later attempts to kill Pym but is himself accidentally killed by Hawkeye . With

8723-562: The Faltine Dormammu through the mystic Jennifer Kale , is even able to at least temporarily take control of the plague and its consciousness. Kale's Atlantean magery, combined with the voodoo spells of the Black Talon , is able to draw and contain the virus-mind within a single suitable host, such as Simon Garth. The zombified Hank Pym, when the Marvel Zombies are confronted by Death and Thanos (secretly Skrulls in disguise), expresses

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8866-519: The Inhumans to move to a new one. "Crossover" has them encountering zombie infected versions of themselves and every other hero of that world. With the help of that world's Magneto the Fantastic Four manage to escape with the few survivors. "Tomb of Namor" has the Four encountering Atlantian criminal Namor who only leaves when he gets a kiss from Susan Storm. In "Super-Skrull" Reed Richards goes back in time to

9009-462: The N-Zone experiment. In the company of those three, Susan fled Molekevic and used her invisible protective force field to take them back to the surface. Making the study of herself and her three partners her new life's work, Sue spent months investigating their abilities and charting their powers while improving her own understanding of herself. She has deduced the nature of both Reed and Johnny's changes, though her own powers remain unexplained and she

9152-532: The N-Zone. Though her newfound fame has brought her unsought attention from the likes of billionaire playboy Tony Stark and the Atlantian criminal Namor, she remains romantically attached to Reed despite her concerns about his over devotion to science. As it was shown in Ultimate Secret #2, she's also more sexually forward than her original counterpart. Sue has the power to render herself and others invisible to

9295-506: The Nevada desert testing of Reed's N-Zone dimensional teleporter, Sue was transported a mere three miles (5 km) into the desert by the device's malfunction. She was discovered by former Baxter Building instructor Dr. Arthur Molekevic, who took her to his underground facilities below Manhattan, calmed her, and helped her gain control of her new abilities, while he sent a "monster" to the Baxter Building to retrieve three who had been transformed by

9438-457: The Richards' house was bombed by an unknown individual. Reed Richards is presumed to be dead. In Ultimate X-Men/Fantastic Four Annual #1, a young Franklin Richards is part of a future team of X-Men. It is also revealed that in all of the possible futures, Franklin is Reed and Sue's son. In Ultimate Mystery #3, Reed Richards is revealed to be alive and is seen aiding or leading the aliens to pillage

9581-459: The Savage Land. Dodging HYDRA operatives, dinosaurs, cavemen and zombie cavemen, he attempts to return the head to the Marvel Zombies universe. A sequel to Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth , Deadpool goes into different universes to find other Deadpools: Headpool, the zombie head of Deadpool; Kidpool, a kid version of Deadpool; Lady Deadpool, a lady version of Deadpool; and Dogpool, who is Deadpool as

9724-523: The Shield, burdened with the Sisyphean task of keeping the zombie hordes from rampaging through Battleworld. When she is not enraptured in battle, she meditates on her deceased father Ulysses Bloodstone and his tough lessons that made her what she is today. But it seems that one more final lesson is yet to be learned. The second story is titled Marvel Zombies vs. Age of Ultron . A story full of black humor, through

9867-523: The Silver Surfer. In "The Ultron Agenda" storyline, Hank attempts to merge all robots with humans. Iron Man and Machine Man interfere with his plans and Pym attempts to take revenge. At the end of this storyline, we discover that Hank's human side has been dead since he first merged with Ultron. The Ant-Man miniseries released in 2022 depicts an early Hank Pym being pulled into the future, along with Eric O'Grady and Scott Lang, in an attempt to assist

10010-628: The Skrull pill given to them by the Skrulls and the leader Super-Skrull . The Skrulls however have tricked humanity and the still-human Ben Grimm is their last hope. In "Frightful", Johnny is infected with an illness only Doctor Doom can cure; it also features the escape of the Frightful Four. In "God War", alien terrorists attack Reed, who is looking for a seed while also facing a powerful enemy. The next arc "Devils" introduces Diablo who kidnaps those close to

10153-689: The Ultimate Marvel Universe #1–2 Ultimate Fantastic Four also has been collected in the following oversized hardcovers : The 2015 film Fantastic Four was loosely based on Ultimate Fantastic Four . Hank Pym Dr. Henry Jonathan Pym is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by penciller Jack Kirby , editor-plotter Stan Lee and writer Larry Lieber , Pym debuted in Tales to Astonish #27 (January 1962). He returned several issues later as

10296-631: The Ultimatum wave, Johnny has a breakdown at the Statue of Liberty and was captured by the demon Dormammu. Sue and Ben save him, and after Franklin Storm's funeral he leaves for Europe. In Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1, Johnny shows up on Peter Parker's doorstep, and Aunt May chooses to let him stay with them. Up until the middle of the series' second year, the team did not use the above code names, nor were they referred to as The Fantastic Four . The lack of code names

10439-580: The Wasp in the mini-series Ant-Man & The Wasp (January 2011) and as a regular character in the 2010-2013 Secret Avengers series from issue #22 (April 2012) through its final issue #37 (March 2013). After Secret Avengers , Pym joined the Avengers A.I. after beating his creation Ultron . He then appeared in many comics including Daredevil (Vol. 3 and 4) and the graphic novel Rage of Ultron . Biochemist Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym discovers an unusual set of subatomic particles he labels " Pym particles ". Entrapping them within two separate serums, he creates

10582-562: The Wasp: Quantumania (2023). Douglas also voiced alternate-timeline versions of Pym in the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021–2023). Hank Pym debuted in a seven-page solo cover story, "The Man in the Ant Hill", about a character who tests shrinking technology on himself, in the science fiction / fantasy anthology Tales to Astonish #27 ( cover date January 1962). The story

10725-615: The Zombieverse to get the zombies before they get the Apes. There are heavy casualties on both sides. Zombie Reed Richards is beheaded, but still mobile. He teams up with the Gibbon, Gorilla Girl, Ape-X, Speedball, Spider-Monkey, and the rest of the characters to alter history so that the Ape and Zombie universes never meet. The team is successful. History is changed so that the Apes never found Speedball back in

10868-466: The administrators at Camp Hammond , a U.S. military base in Stamford, Connecticut , for the training of registered superheroes in the government program The Initiative. Pym and Janet's relationship fails, and Pym again begins a romantic relationship with teammate Tigra . Following the publication of Civil War , Marvel's Secret Invasion storyline uses flashbacks to present the then-current version of

11011-527: The ape Speedball in the Ape Universe, running away from the recently appearing zombie versions of Giant Man, the Wasp, Iron Man, Wolverine, and others. The issue ends with Ape X, the Gibbon, Jane Potter, Gorilla Girl, and the Red Ghost's apes in the Marvel Zombies universe, as zombie versions of Wolverine and Colonel America draw closer. Iron Mandrill and other heroes receive a vision of the Marvel Zombies. When

11154-467: The artifacts stored at Project Pegasus . As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that Reed Richards' world view has changed, and he has become something more like an Ultimate Kang the Conqueror . Later he assembles part of the Infinity Gauntlet. The eldest child of renowned scientist Franklin Storm , Sue Storm inherited her father's genius at an early age. Since early childhood, she has been one of

11297-606: The case of Iron Man and Hulk, whose respective issues feature uninfected versions battling zombies. The series sees different takes on key events in the classic 616 drastically altered by the zombies including the formation of the Sinister Six, Demon in a Bottle , the Kitty Pryde and Wolverine miniseries and World War Hulk before a final issue which sees two groups of Zombie Avengers from the two realities battling, one group led by Spider-Man which wants to stop their hunger and destroy

11440-402: The catastrophic levels seen in other series. As seen in Marvel Zombies 5 , some of these universes have unique variations different from the established virus. Any connection between the common version seen in the first four series and Marvel Zombies Return and the isolated, alternate versions seen in Marvel Zombies 5 is unknown. In Marvel Zombies Supreme , the zombified Squadron Supreme

11583-465: The character as an impostor who replaced the real Pym at some point in the books' fictional history prior to the events of Civil War . This impostor is an extraterrestrial of the shape-shifting Skrull race participating in a covert invasion of Earth; Pym's experiences throughout the Civil War series and related series are retold in brief from the perspective of the impostor and its allies. The impostor

11726-518: The cosmic balance—reflects that both Pyms were necessary so that Yellowjacket's betrayal could bring the team into the right position to attack the Time-Keepers, while Pym's presence as Giant-Man both provided a stable support and irritated Yellowjacket to provoke his own actions. Back in the present, an encounter with Kulan Gath results in Pym being split into his two personas of Pym and Yellowjacket, after

11869-512: The costumed superhero Ant-Man who starred in the 13-page, the three-chapter story "Return of the Ant-Man/An Army of Ants/The Ant-Man's Revenge" in Tales to Astonish #35 (September 1962). His adventures became an ongoing feature in the title. Issue #44 (June 1963) featured the debut of his socialite girlfriend and lab assistant Janet van Dyne , who adopted the costumed identity of the Wasp. She co-starred in Pym's subsequent appearances, and

12012-537: The day he was born. At the age of 11, following a demonstration of his research on the field of teleportation at a school science fair, Reed was recruited for a government program which sponsors young geniuses ' research. He continued his research at the government research facility located in Manhattan's Baxter Building. At the age of 21, his research was realized as he and several others attempted to teleport organic material through an alternate plane of existence called

12155-441: The end, both writers were satisfied with the results. Millar and Bendis stated that they had many more ideas, but massive scheduling problems forced them out. Instead, they persuaded Warren Ellis to continue the series. Ellis wrote the next arc, "Doom", centering on Victor Van Damme. He made Van Damme a descendant of Dracula, a boy whose childhood ended when he was 10, formed by his severe, authoritarian father. Ellis also fleshed out

12298-732: The events of the " Avengers Disassembled " storyline, Pym takes a leave of absence, and in the one-shot Avengers: Finale , he and Janet leave for England to rekindle their relationship. As Yellowjacket, Pym is a central character in the Civil War storyline, joining those heroes that support the Superhuman Registration Act . At the conclusion of the Civil War, Pym is named "Man of the Year" by Time magazine for his role in freeing several captive anti-registration heroes. Pym becomes one of

12441-526: The eyes of someone with limited technological knowledge, who must find the limits of his skills and humanity to defeat an army in which Ultron's robots who want to destroy life to create a perfect world, and have therefore teamed up with the Marvel Zombies who are the antithesis of life and perfection. Marvel Zombies received a franchise reboot in October 2018 with the freshly titled Marvel Zombie . The story takes place years after an incurable zombie virus ravaged

12584-577: The father of Nadia van Dyne , his daughter by his first wife, Maria Pym . Since his earliest appearances in the Silver Age of Comic Books , Pym has been featured in various Marvel-endorsed products including animated films , video games , television series , and feature films . Michael Douglas plays Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Ant-Man and

12727-537: The fields of quantum physics , robotics / cybernetics , artificial intelligence , and entomology . Pym discovered the subatomic " Pym particles " that enable mass to be shunted or gained from an alternate dimension, thereby changing the size of himself or other beings or objects. Pym is the creator of the robot Ultron , whom he created as an experiment after examining Dragon Man , showing his knack for AI and cybernetics. After constant experimentation with size-changing via ingested capsules and particle-filled gas, Pym

12870-401: The four as bait; he intends to get immortality by using Reed's sister as a power source. Ultimate Fantastic Four , along with Ultimate X-Men was canceled after the events of the 2008 – 2009 Ultimatum miniseries. The members of the team are the focus of Ultimate Comics: Doomsday . A new volume dubbed Ultimate FF (with "FF" standing for " Future Foundation ", not "Fantastic Four")

13013-508: The fourth superhero identity Yellowjacket in issue #59 (December 1968). He reappeared as Ant-Man in Avengers #93 (November 1971); and for issues #4–10 starred in the lead story of the first volume of Marvel Feature (July 1972 – July 1973). During this run, he appeared in a redesigned costume with a nail as a weapon. After appearing occasionally as Yellowjacket in the 1980s and battling mental and emotional issues, he temporarily abandoned costumed personas altogether, joining

13156-426: The hard science fiction element behind the FF, namely writing that they gained their powers because the teleportation changed their "phase space condition" into something from an alternate universe ; in laymen's terms, there are multiple conceivable states of an object, a 'phase space' of all the possible ways they could be. While in the N-Zone, each one of them mutated into another form that they could have been. It

13299-542: The infection via his healing abilities, despite being bitten twice. While the skills of Doctor Druid and apparently Doctor Strange (the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth's dimension and who was sought by the former for help after contracting the virus), and even the dark magic of the Necronomicon itself cannot seem to directly cure the virus, at least some forms of highly potent extradimensional magic, such as that employed by

13442-445: The infestation that has already claimed half of the known universe? After the initial attack, the series jumps to a point a few years later, where Peter Parker, Karla Sofen , Forge , Franklin and Valeria Richards are travelling with a reprogrammed Sentinel , as possibly the last superhuman survivors. As they desperately fight for survival, they meet other living survivors, including Blade , and eventually retreat to Atlantis following

13585-559: The moment when the Sentry first appeared and spread the infection on Earth-2149, essentially 'containing' the zombie virus in those two universes in an elaborate time loop, Uatu recognizing that since the virus's "hunger" will never be sated, let it then devour itself. This one-shot is a crossover between the Zombies and the Marvel Apes . It resolves some of the remaining questions over the origin of

13728-592: The naked eye. She also has the power to generate nearly impenetrable invisible force fields. Sue can manipulate her force fields in a variety of ways, including levitating herself and others, firing destructive force-blasts, and causing objects to explode by projecting and expanding force fields inside them. Gifted physically as a youth, Ben Grimm is Reed's best "and only" friend. When they were in school together, Ben would protect Reed from various bullies, including ones "three years younger", and in exchange Reed would help Ben with his math homework. Ben moved on to college and

13871-464: The original iteration of Ant-Man , a superhero with the power to shrink to the size of an ant . He later assumed other superhero identities, including the size-changing Giant-Man and Goliath ; the insect-themed Yellowjacket ; and briefly, the Wasp . He is a founding member of the Avengers superhero team, and the creator of the robotic villain Ultron . He is also the ex-husband of Janet van Dyne and

14014-479: The original source material in notable ways, almost bypassing the original works by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Most notable were changes to the characters' personality and backgrounds. The character of Reed Richards, in the mainstream Marvel Comics super-intelligent and a true leader, had his previous role split, with Professor Storm taking his leader traits, while the 21-year-old idealist Reed retains his super-intelligence. Reed no longer automatically assumes leadership of

14157-400: The outbreak. With Marvel Zombies 5 he teamed up with Kano , with the story picking up from the end of Marvel Zombies 4. A new series was launched in 2011, Marvel Zombies Supreme takes the zombie infection to Earth-712 , the universe of Squadron Supreme . It has a new creative team of Frank Marraffino and penciller Fernando Blanco . This was followed by Marvel Zombies Destroy! set in

14300-433: The perpetrator of the original theft now exposed, Pym is cleared of all charges. After bidding farewell to Janet and his teammates, Pym leaves to devote himself full-time to research. Pym reappears as a member of the West Coast Avengers , first in an advisory role, then as a full member. He answers to "Doctor Pym" in the field, using none of the names or costumes associated with his previous superhero identities. He begins

14443-475: The present and Yellowjacket immediately prior to his marriage to Janet van Dyne. Yellowjacket briefly betrays the team to Immortus and the powerful Time-Keepers try to create a timeline where he will not turn back into Pym, but he rejects this decision in time to help his allies. Observing the final battle, Libra —who brought the team together by using the Destiny Force to tap into his subconscious awareness of

14586-462: The prodigies studying and working at the Baxter Building, a midtown Manhattan government research lab. Following her father into physics, at age eight she built a sugar-power rocket and accidentally destroyed her father's car, after which she changed her focus to "inner space" biology. Romancing brilliant Baxter Building classmate Reed Richards, Sue became a formidable scientist in her own right, earning four doctorates in bio-chemical sciences. Attending

14729-529: The project. It was agreed that Millar would write the plot and Bendis finalized the scripts based on his plots. Millar completely rewrote the origin for the protagonists because he was not satisfied with the original 1961 story, in which the four team members steal a space craft to beat the Soviets to the moon. In their version, Millar and Bendis wrote a story in which Reed Richards is a child prodigy, protected by his burly friend Ben Grimm from bullies, who had invented

14872-414: The robot's weaknesses, thereby presenting himself as the other Avengers' savior. The Wasp discovers the plan and begs Pym to stop, whereupon he strikes her. Pym is subsequently expelled from the Avengers, and Janet divorces him. Left penniless, Pym is manipulated by an old foe, the presumed-dead Egghead , who tricks Pym into stealing the national reserve of the metal adamantium . Pym is confronted by

15015-480: The scientific counterpart to Earth's Sorcerer Supreme . The Norse trickster-god Loki later claims to have been posing as Eternity to manipulate Pym. Hank Pym creates Avengers Academy , a program to help train young people with newly acquired superpowers. He returns to his Giant-Man identity, and later joins the superhero team: Secret Avengers . In the " Age of Ultron " storyline, Pym travels through time to destroy his robot, Ultron , who had managed to conquer

15158-442: The seven most powerful Apes gather and reluctantly have to work together with Dr. Doom and a futuristic Nick Furry 2099, they realize that the zombies have already arrived and one of the apes will be infected. The heroes are able to protect their universe from the infection, but unbeknownst to them, Iron Mandrill has been infected and is secretly consuming his dates and hiding behind his armor. Spider-Ham accidentally travels through

15301-408: The size of microchips and stored in the pockets of his uniform. An experienced superhero, Pym is a skilled hand-to-hand fighter. In his first appearance, he claimed to be a master of judo , is skilled in wrestling and karate and has since been seen in combat with opponents of both his own size and radically larger than himself (as a result of his size-changing abilities). During his stay with

15444-450: The skin cells that protect him from his own flames, growing new ones. Regardless, he finds the idea of being a real superhero incredibly exciting and firmly intends to sign up with The Ultimates once he is old enough, rather than continue hanging around the Baxter Building with the nerds and geeks. He is indeed a high school dropout and a Spider-Man fan (he makes a guest appearance in the "Superstars" arc). After witnessing his father die in

15587-511: The somewhat odd circumstances of their collaboration. Foremost, virtual communication was the only method available as Millar lives in Glasgow , Scotland, and Bendis in Portland, Oregon . Secondly, they both had considerably different writing styles, as Millar's stories are typically fast-paced and widescreen, while Bendis' output is more dialogue-heavy and slow-paced and both writers feared it could wreck

15730-512: The story arc " Crossover " (issues #21–23), Reed Richards receives contact from an older version of himself from an alternate dimension. After crossing over, Reed discovers he's been tricked and that it is an alternate Earth where all the superheroes turned into zombies looking to use the Ultimate Marvel Universe as a food source. The zombified Fantastic Four of this reality, after failing to capture him, cross over to Earth-1610 through

15873-585: The team disbanded after a series of tragedies, Pym, as Yellowjacket, took a leave of absence beginning with vol. 3, #85 (September 2004). Following van Dyne's death, a grieving Pym took on yet another identity as a new iteration of Wasp , in tribute to the woman he had married and divorced, in the one-shot publication Secret Invasion: Requiem (January 2009). Giant-Man appeared as a supporting character in Avengers Academy from issue #1 (August 2010) through its final issue #39 (January 2013). Pym returned as

16016-460: The team in demanding situations, a role more often filled by Sue Storm. She was little more than a damsel in distress in the early comics, but in this version, she is the most head-strong and assertive member of the team, and has a gift for biochemistry and bioengineering. Ben Grimm, no longer Reed's college friend but his grade-school friend, is not as intelligent and has to have science explained to him, providing an opportunity for plot dumps . In

16159-455: The team went public, she assumed the codename "Invisible Woman." Her force fields have been the Four's ace in the hole, saving their lives when Nihil dumped Reed and Ben into the near-vacuum of the N-Zone and single-handedly stopping the time-traveling Chrono-Bandits. She co-created the chrono-tunnel with Reed, and has conducted biological studies of the Kree alien Mahr Vehl and extra-dimensional life in

16302-425: The teleportation accident to ensure it does not go wrong. There is dispute amongst the team whether this is the right course of action. However, after a cruel prank played by Johnny Storm on Ben Grimm, the team realize just how depressed Ben is being trapped inside 'The Thing'. Reed goes back and makes the experiment a success. This alters the time-line so that everyone on the planet except Ben has superpowers thanks to

16445-456: The transformation has caused deep psychological trauma. In the "Diablo" arc, he is briefly transformed to blue. At the end of Ultimate Doomsday , Sue proposes to him and he accepts. After Ultimatum and the dissolution of the Fantastic Four, Ben approached General Ross and asked to enlist in the Air Force. In Ultimate Enemy #1, he returns to the Baxter Building to see Sue, and confesses that he

16588-460: The universe over the course of 40 years, the Zombie Heroes return to Earth to find a way to access other dimensions for food. On Earth, they face off against New Wakanda , a colony of humans who survived the zombie onslaught. Near the end of the book, the zombie Hulk kills many zombies and he, too, is killed. The last remaining zombies are teleported to a new world at the end. After zombies invade

16731-527: The view that the power of the Cosmic Cube could undo everything that has thus far occurred. In Marvel Zombies 5 , Morbius of the core Marvel Universe finally manages to produce a cure by combining samples of different versions from several realities, having earlier produced a vaccine that could possibly infect its users as well, as shown in the case of the Werewolf. Reed Richards of the Ultimate Marvel Universe

16874-498: The virus seen in the first several Marvel Zombies series. The contagion passes via a bite from an infected being. The infected appears to be dead, or at least decaying, but retains their intelligence, personality, and special abilities, sans healing factors; of note, the virus was initially contained in North America, but was able to be spread over the world when Quicksilver was infected. With his abilities retained, he raced around

17017-481: The virus. The Aquarian , empowered by the energies of the Cosmic Cube , is able to, through intense hibernative meditation within an energy cocoon, eventually purge the infection from his system, and the Man-Thing , allegedly due to his intimate connection with Gaea, evidently cannot be permanently harmed by the zombie virus. The only other individual who has avoided infection is Iron Fist who appears to be able to purge

17160-557: The will. Pym resurfaces in a space adventure before rejoining the Avengers on Earth, though it becomes clear that Ultron is actually controlling Hank's body. The Avengers defeat the hybrid robot, but both Hank and Ultron survive and continue to do battle with one another internally. Later in this period, we get introduce to Hank's daughter, Nadia , from his ex-wife Maria Trovaya. Through Nadia, we discover that Hank has bipolar disorder, which he has been monitoring on his own to predict when and how often his mood swings may occur. During

17303-505: The world and spread the infection to foreign heroes such as Captain Britain , Red Guardian , Silver Samurai and Ka-Zar . The disease causes a powerful hunger in the host, a hunger which can only be sated by ingesting the flesh of the living; the flesh of other infected tastes foul to them and causes them to be ill. The hunger affects the infected's self-control; the more hungry they are, the less rational and intelligent they become. Once sated,

17446-480: The world, when a small colony of survivors is protected by the Marvel Universe's few remaining heroes, including Spider-Man, Daredevil and the Falcon. But when their last chance at salvation arrives, will they be willing to sacrifice their own humanity in the process? Originally titled Marvel Zombies: Respawn , the series gets another reboot in October 2019, when Galactus’ corpse appears at the edge of Earth's solar system,

17589-451: The world. In another adventure, Pym and Monica Chang , A.I. Division Chief of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. , assemble a new team called the Avengers A.I. A few months later, Pym, using his Yellowjacket identity, is shown as a member of the Illuminati . At one point, Pym is presumed dead and a funeral service is held in his honor. Scott Lang receives one of Pym's labs according to

17732-520: The zombie plague and is set between Dead Days and "Crossover". The story starts in the Zombieverse shortly after Dead Days . Zombie Giant-Man and Wasp discover the Ape-verse (as seen in the previous Apes specials) and take a trip there to devour its populace. In the story, it is discovered that the Prime Eight scared them back to their dimension. The Ape-vengers are now leading a pre-emptive strike into

17875-532: The zombie plague, and a second led by the Sentry who wants to unleash the plague on all realities. The series culminates in the Watcher of the new universe (who had seemingly been eaten by Giant Man in the first issue, but a Watcher cannot be killed or infected in that manner) sending the infected Sentry of his reality (who had been infected by a zombified Bruce Banner in their battle during World War Hulk ) back in time to

18018-455: The zombie virus, certain mystical changes in physiology (such as in the case of Jack Russell , from his human to werewolf form), while unable to purge the infection, are able to keep it and its effects at bay for some time, and Uatu and the Watchers , due to their having exchanged corporeal bodies for forms of pure energy long ago, are incapable of being consumed by the infected, and are immune to

18161-579: The zombies break free, Reed, in Dr. Doom's body, becomes the demon's new host and defeats the zombies. Dr. Doom undoes the mind-swap and goes through the portal, destroying it and trapping himself in the zombie universe. After zombie superheroes eat the human race to extinction , Galactus prepares to eat the Earth. Colonel America , Giant Man , Wolverine , the Hulk , Iron Man , Luke Cage and Spider-Man defeat and devour

18304-568: The zombies' personalities re-emerge, and the more humane and moral individuals (such as Spider-Man ) often feel great guilt at this point, though others (such as Hank Pym or Reed Richards ) seem to embrace the infection, and seek to spread the infection to other universes. The disease seems to be almost 100% infectious, with even Wolverine , the Hulk and Deadpool , individuals normally highly resistant or immune to most diseases, being affected. However, as noted by Spider-Man , those with any kind of accelerated healing appear to be able to fend off

18447-633: The zombification longer after being bit than others, though it does eventually overcome them. The disease is also shown to convert the high gods of Asgard and Olympus, as well as bearers of the Phoenix Force , as members of several of Earth's ancient pantheons, such as Thor, Hercules and Amora , along with Jean Grey , are shown among the packs of zombies in various series. Perhaps the only immunity goes to voodoo-crafted zombies, such as Simon Garth , and non-organic mechanical beings, such as Jocasta , Ultron and Machine Man who apparently cannot be affected by

18590-692: Was a framing-sequence host for backup stories in the series. In September 1963, Lee and Kirby created the superhero title The Avengers , and Ant-Man and Wasp were established in issue #1 as founding members of the eponymous team. Decades later, Lee theorized as to why "Ant-Man never became one of our top sellers or had his own book": I loved Ant-Man, but the stories were never really successful. In order for Ant-Man to be successful, he had to be drawn this small next to big things and you would be getting pictures that were visually interesting. The artists who drew him, no matter how much I kept reminding them, they kept forgetting that fact. They would draw him standing on

18733-485: Was a frequent source of humor for then writer Warren Ellis, who frequently had Sue, Ben and especially Johnny give themselves outlandish names like "Invisible Ninja-Girl", "Asbestos Thing", and "Human Dashboard Lighter". In the Ultimate Spider-Man " Superstars " arc and the Ultimate Spider-Man game, Johnny was referred as Human Torch and in the game, the team was the "world-famous" Fantastic Four. The events of

18876-636: Was able to easily overpower and cripple the zombified Fantastic Four of Earth-2149 using magic he learned from Doctor Doom 's Atlantean spellbooks. Furthermore, Mephisto has proven capable of easily destroying the zombies using his demonic hellfire. The disease is incredibly difficult to stop once spreading, due to the high survival rate of all zombies. Zombies seem to only need their brain stem to survive and can continue living without any use of their organs, limbs, and body functions. The infection even allows severed heads without lungs or vocal cords to continue speech just to further its infection capability. This

19019-515: Was aimed at the perceived decline in quality of the writing, as the series progressed. The title was created by Brian Michael Bendis , Mark Millar and Adam Kubert . The series debuted in early 2004 and had a monthly publishing schedule. Issue #60, the last of the series, was written by Joe Pokaski and drawn by Tyler Kirkham and was followed by a series epilogue in Ultimate Fantastic Four: Requiem . Ultimate Fantastic Four

19162-439: Was also explained that Reed's body functions because his cells were replaced with "pliable bacterial stacks", single cells which duplicate most of the larger functions of the human body and does not rip or tear when he extends. The next arc "N-Zone" has the four traveling on the spaceship Awesome (a name of Johnny's choice) to the dimension where they got their powers. They encounter an alien named Nihil whose dimension has only

19305-401: Was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee , writer Larry Lieber , penciller Jack Kirby , and inker Dick Ayers . In a 2008 interview, Lee said: "I did one comic book called 'The Man in the Ant Hill' about a guy who shrunk down and there were ants or bees chasing him. That sold so well that I thought making him into a superhero might be fun." As a result, Pym was revived eight issues later as

19448-409: Was defeated and the nanos reconstructed themselves into a new body for Ultron-12, Hank states that Ultron is not gone for good as the recovering Lethal Legion agree with him on it. Hank then leaves with the Lethal Legion to Sub-Atomica to regroup and prepare for Ultron's return as part of Protocol S. Hank Pym is a scientific genius with PhDs in biochemistry and nanotechnology and expertise in

19591-525: Was invited to watch Reed's teleportation experiment. Grimm woke up as the Thing in Mexico City. The teleportation through the N-Zone gave him an orange rocky hide which boosts his strength and makes him nigh-invulnerable to physical damage and physiologically stressful conditions (such as a toxic breathing environment), and he no longer feels differences in temperature. Despite Ben's seeming happy-go-lucky disposition,

19734-536: Was involved in conceptualizing Ultimate Fantastic Four and was at one point set to write the series. However, they departed from Marvel for an exclusivity contract with DC Comics before this could be finalized. Bryan Hitch designed the costumes for the characters, thus explaining their aesthetic resemblance to the costumes worn by the protagonists of The Ultimates . In the Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 1 hardcover edition, Millar and Bendis write about

19877-505: Was launched in April 2014, starring Invisible Woman , Iron Man , the Falcon , Machine Man , Phil Coulson , and Victor van Damme . The title was written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Stuart Moore , with art by Mario Guevara, Tom Grummett and André Araújo. In August 2014 with the release of issue 6, Ultimate FF was officially cancelled. Reed is a child genius who displayed his curiosity from

20020-462: Was still paranoid from being Ultron's "meat puppet". What he did to Whirlwind was part of an experiment involving killing and reviving villains into becoming members of his Lethal Legion with help from Black Ant. To his surprise later by the time Wasp and Moon Knight find him, the "Victor Shade" persona ended up being hijacked by Ultron-12 by the time Wasp learned the truth on what happened to Hank as Ultron-12 knocks him out. As Wasp remembers Ultron-12 as

20163-436: Was the fifth continuing series of the Ultimate Marvel series, after Ultimate Spider-Man , Ultimate X-Men and The Ultimates and Ultimate Marvel Team-Up . The first writers assigned by project leader Bill Jemas were Mark Millar ( The Ultimates , Ultimate X-Men ) and Brian Michael Bendis ( Ultimate Spider-Man , Ultimate X-Men ), who had both previously written comics in the Ultimate Marvel universe. Grant Morrison

20306-410: Was witnessed by Wasp and Hawkeye in the original Marvel Zombies , they were both simply severed heads that somehow still could function, and another example would be Colonel America , who survived for over 40 years as a brain on the ground until being put inside the body of Black Panther's dead son. The contagion has an addiction element to it; if a victim can be isolated from a food supply, within

20449-439: Was written by John Layman with art by Fabiano Neves, Fernando Blanco and Sean Phillips. With Marvel Zombies 3 , Kirkman and Phillips were replaced by Fred Van Lente and Kev Walker . The team continued on to Marvel Zombies 4 , a four-issue mini-series starting in April 2009. Van Lente then stayed on to write the first and last issues of Marvel Zombies Return , a series of five one-shots looking at different aspects of

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