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102-731: Created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley , the Ultimate incarnation of Spider-Woman first appeared in Ultimate Spider-Man #98 (October 2006), and appeared in All-New Ultimates #1 (April 2014) as the Ultimate Universe's third equivalent of Black Widow (after Natasha Romanoff and Monica Chang ). She is a supporting character in Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates . Spider-Woman

204-593: A book about comics published by Random House . Brian Michael Bendis was born on August 18, 1967, in Cleveland , Ohio to a Jewish-American family. Bendis grew up in University Heights where, despite rebelling against a religious upbringing, he attended the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland , a private, modern Orthodox religious school for boys. He decided he wanted to be a comic book industry professional when he

306-460: A college-aged Peter Parker, and was written to tie-into the then-unreleased 2002 film Spider-Man . The pilot episode that Bendis wrote became the third episode aired. His dismay at being credited for something written by someone else, and the multitude of corporate and legal departments involved in the animation process soured him on the show. Bendis was one of the writers on the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series, which debuted in 2012. He

408-518: A deep-rooted love and passion for science, being well-versed in various fields of scientific topics, such as astrophysics, chemistry, biology, quantum mathematics, mechanical and electrical engineering, advanced chemistry and robotics and was the brightest student in school. However, due to his bookish and introverted personality, he was regularly picked on and tormented by bullies, while also receiving similar treatment from his father, who despised his son for his non-masculine and studious nature. However, as

510-452: A digestive system, he has no need to eat or drink. Similarly, because he has no lungs, Ultimate Reed does not need to breathe in any conventional human sense and can survive in environments lacking oxygen; during his time in the N-Zone, where the atmosphere is essentially acid and contains anti-matter , he is able to survive. Ultimate Reed is extremely durable, surviving a nova flame attack from

612-465: A human computer, so Reed is a genius with an IQ of at least 267 at age 16. The Ultimate Reed cannot stretch indefinitely: catching the falling Carol Danvers after she is dropped by the Silver Surfer, he admits that it hurt him to stretch that far. The Ultimate Reed experiences an increase in his intellect from the accident that empowered him, making his "mind as flexible as his body". He has shown

714-499: A morgue locker. After getting out, he reaches a room to delete the footage of him being attacked by the Venom symbiote while also viewing the events of " Spider-Geddon " and " Infinity Countdown ." Maker later shows up at the hospital when Brock was by the bedside of Dylan Brock . Maker probed the living darkness cocooning Brock's body until the Venom symbiote's tendril constricts him. Eddie tells Maker that he has to go after Dylan after it

816-551: A new Moon Knight series with Maleev, which concluded with issue 12. In 2012, in conjunction with Marvel Studios' feature film The Avengers , Bendis began writing a new Avengers comic, Avengers Assemble . Bendis wrote the first eight issues of Avengers Assemble , a series that premiered in March 2012 that featured a new incarnation of the Zodiac, as well as the return of the Guardians of

918-461: A period within that of "nine years" living as a stereotypical 'starving artist'. In 1996–1997, Bendis moved from Caliber to Image Comics , where Jinx and his other previous crime comics were published by Image's Shadowline arm in trade paperback . At Image, he also produced five more issues of Jinx . Impressed with A.K.A. Goldfish , Image founder Todd McFarlane sought out Bendis, which led to his writing Sam and Twitch . Although set in

1020-404: A planned, but ultimately unproduced, Nick Fury story. Marvel Comics President Bill Jemas , on the recommendation of Quesada, hired Bendis to write Ultimate Spider-Man , which debuted in 2000, and was targeted at the new generation of readers. Bendis adapted the 11-page origin story of Spider-Man from 1962's Amazing Fantasy #15 into a seven issues story arc, with Peter Parker becoming

1122-437: A prelude to Secret Invasion . After Marvel's 2006 " Civil War " storyline, Bendis helmed another Avengers revival, launching Mighty Avengers with Frank Cho in 2007. Post-"Secret Invasion", Bendis left Mighty Avengers with issue #20 and wrote Secret Invasion: Dark Reign , a one-shot that preceded another ongoing Avengers series, Dark Avengers . In 2009, Bendis and former Daredevil collaborator Maleev launched

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1224-402: A reduced need for sleep due to the hyper-efficient workings of his brain. Ultimate Reed's body has been radically transformed, his only internal organ being a "bacterial stack" that generates energy to fuel his body. This obviates the need to explain, for example, how his circulatory system can pump his blood when his body is stretched the length of a football field; he simply has none. Lacking

1326-484: A remnant of Peter's mask, which Kitty takes with her and gives to Mary Jane Watson at Peter's home, informing her and May that Peter is still among the missing. In Ultimate Enemy , Spider-Woman is seen doing recon on the Roxxon Corporation , investigating possible illegal genetic experimentation, when the corporation building is attacked. It is assumed that the person behind the attack is the "Ultimate Enemy". She

1428-604: A resemblance to his Earth-616 counterpart; however, he differs in many aspects: the origin of his powers is different and he is much younger. The character was created by Brian Michael Bendis , Mark Millar and Adam Kubert , and debuted in 2004 in Ultimate Fantastic Four . In 2011, the character started calling himself the Maker and became a nemesis to the Ultimates . This identity was created by Jonathan Hickman . After

1530-573: A result of demonstrating a teleporter at a school science fair, Reed was later recruited for a government think-tank sponsoring intellectually-gifted youngsters and child polymaths, similar to Reed. He conducts his research, along with several other students including Victor Van Damme , at a facility located in the Baxter Building in Manhattan , where he meets Johnny Storm and Sue Storm , with whom Reed becomes smitten and romantically involved. During

1632-622: A sibling-like relationship with him. Spider-Woman later appears during the " Ultimatum " storyline, making their public debut when they help Johnny Storm apprehend the Vulture . Storm begins to develop a romantic interest in Spider-Woman after a bad date with a famed but obnoxious teen singer, unaware that she is Spider-Man's female clone. They later meet May Parker while aiding civilians during Magneto 's worldwide attack , taking them to safety and promising to find Peter for them. Later, she travels to

1734-566: A version of The City at Latveria and becomes known as the Imperator of this world, reshaping international politics and creating a new world order ruled by himself and his Council, using the organization H.A.N.D as a secret police to enforce his laws. He prevents Galactus from consuming Earth and changes the outcome of the Kree-Skrull War. Flashbacks show that the Maker directly sabotaged the rocket launch that would give this world's version of

1836-461: A vested owner about developing a property as a tangible asset with the future in mind," rather than only working on his own characters under his own terms. In 1998, Bendis co-wrote and illustrated the Eliot Ness -starring Torso with Marc Andreyko, again for Image, and in 2000 he produced three issues of the autobiographical Fortune and Glory for Oni Comics . That same year saw the debut of

1938-488: A well-meaning, altruistic and unassuming, but socially-awkward, quirky, eccentric and over-analytical polymath in his early-20s, who balances his love and passion for science with his blossoming relationship with Sue, while also serving as the brains and leader of the Fantastic Four, devising the team's equipment and strategy against adversaries, while being notably younger and snarkier than his mainstream counterpart. After

2040-546: A younger, modernized alternate version of Reed Richards, who later turns into the villainous Maker, after enduring a series of tragedies and immense mental trauma; he eventually becomes part of the regular Marvel Universe , serving as an enemy and evil foil to his parallel universe counterpart, the New Avengers , and Eddie Brock / Venom , serving as an example of what his Earth-616 counterpart could have been had he used his powers and intellect for evil and malice. However, during

2142-464: Is a genetically-engineered clone of the original Spider-Man, Peter Parker , whose chromosomes were manipulated to make her biologically female. Created alongside Kaine to act as agents for the CIA (code name: Spider-Woman), she retains Peter's memories and love of Mary Jane Watson, also viewing herself as Peter. The intent of her creators was to erase her memories and implant new ones, but both escaped before

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2244-456: Is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character was created by writers Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar and artist Adam Kubert , while his Maker identity was created by Jonathan Hickman . He is Ultimate Marvel 's version of Mister Fantastic , initially presented as a heroic, morally altruistic and scientifically driven superhero and

2346-529: Is a brilliant moment. Jessica Drew eventually joined the Ultimates and took on the persona of the new Black Widow before the Ultimate Universe finally came to its Ultimate End. Weirdly enough, the female clone origin for Ultimate Spider-Woman makes more sense than the origin of the original Marvel Universe Spider-Woman, which had to do with her father saving her life by injecting her with experimental spider-blood, and has no direct connection to Peter Parker at all. This

2448-403: Is a female clone of Peter Parker, kind of like how X-23 is a female clone of Wolverine, except that Jessica presents as approximately the same age as Peter. The Ultimate "Clone Saga" is a much better more cohesive story than the original "Clone Saga," and Ultimate Jessica Drew's introduction is part of that. Watching her and Peter Parker try to figure out exactly what's going on when they first meet

2550-414: Is a great case of the Ultimate Universe doing what it set out to do - modernizing and streamlining classic Marvel Universe characters." Alyssa Gawaran of MovieWeb said, "If the multiverse has taught us anything, there is an endless amount of variants of our favorite superheroes out there. Therefore, you should not be surprised that there is a woman clone of our beloved Peter Parker that is out and about in

2652-726: Is actually a female clone of Peter Parker. The character debuted during the Ultimate Marvel version of the Clone Saga. While the original Clone Saga is hotly debated as possibly one of the worst Spider-Man arcs of all time, the Ultimate universe counterpart was received much better, and it was thanks to great characters like the Ultimate Jessica Drew." Jamie Lovett of ComicBook.com asserted, "The other alternate universe clone that needs honorable mentioning here come's from Marvel's own Ultimate Universe. The ultimate universe Jessica Drew

2754-489: Is crashed by an army of clone versions of the Ultimates . Maker and his allies defeat them at the cost of Obadiah Stane's life. He later has a group of innocent people vaporized since they are the genetic ancestors of the clones who were created in the future as he states that he'll need the help of Howard, who operates as Iron Man in this reality. When Howard meets with the Maker's Council , which consists of Emmanuel da Costa of

2856-455: Is facing off against S.H.I.E.L.D. , Maker takes advantage of this by sending his New Revengers to attack them. While O.M.N.I.T.R.O.C.U.S. keeps Sunspot trapped in his office while having his own defense system attack him, Angela del Toro fights her aunt Ava Ayala while the other Revengers members attack the rest of the New Avengers and the staff of Avengers Base Two. Donning a variation of

2958-513: Is forced to deal with the resulting fallout during his absence while awaiting for the day when The City opens to see what comes out of it. Howard's son Tony Stark takes up the name of Iron Lad as he and Doom use the Immortus Engine to retrieve Captain America's frozen body before Maker can find it. Six months later, Iron Lad, Doom, and their allies Captain America, Thor, and Sif work to build

3060-490: Is his biological daughter. He and his wife adopted their two younger daughters, one of whom is African-American, and the other of whom is Ethiopian. Their names are Tabatha (adopted in June 2011) and Sabrina. Bendis mentioned in a July 2013 post on his Tumblr account that they had a newborn son, who is named London. Maker (character) The Maker (previously Mister Fantastic , also known as Ultimate Reed Richards )

3162-477: Is later attacked by the same creature that destroyed the building. Spider-Woman then attempts to infiltrate Roxxon, posing as an employee. On her first day, she is introduced to the Roxxon Brain Trust. Shortly afterward, she witnesses an attack on the Baxter Building, and Roxxon suggests she move into an underground bunker. While waiting there, Misty Knight starts to ask them questions and figures out that she

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3264-479: Is more concerned with ensuring that the world can survive without him. After they find Molecule Man, the Maker attempts to eliminate 616-Reed by devolving his counterpart into a monkey. However, Molecule Man intervenes, returning Reed to normal while turning the Maker into pepperoni pizzas. Despite this, the Maker survives and was split into an infinite number of beings by the Molecule Man, who placed one version of

3366-502: Is not until Reed reveals his face to Thor that the Ultimates learn his true identity. Invisible Woman traps the Maker into a small psychic bubble, but he survives. Later, the Maker assembles part of the Infinity Gauntlet with help from Kang and her Dark Ultimates . When the primary Galactus arrives in the Ultimate Universe due to a temporal distortion, the Ultimates are forced to approach Reed for help after Mysterio (who

3468-517: Is not who she claims to be. The Roxxon Brain Trust then reveals that they suspect Roxxon in the attacks. Spider-Woman doesn't trust them and when they want to see her powers, she webs them up and attempts to flee. One of the Brain Trust members transforms into a brute of some sort and knocks them out before she can get away. In Ultimate Doom , Spider-Woman awakens to find herself bound on a table and meets

3570-524: The Ultimatum miniseries resulted in the death of many heroes, Reed attempts to propose to Sue during Franklin Storm's funeral but she breaks up with him and the Fantastic Four is disbanded. Reed is later seen working with aliens to pillage the artifacts stored at Project Pegasus . It becomes clear that Reed's worldview has changed to a more sinister outlook, as a result of the mental and emotional trauma endured from

3672-708: The Golden Apple Comics chain [of comic shops] in Los Angeles . Bendis's best-known early work, Jinx , starring the titular bounty hunter in a crime noir version of the Sergio Leone film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , began publication in 1996, and ran for seven issues from Caliber. He characterizes much of this period of his professional life in terms of working as "a graphic artist for almost twelve years", undergoing

3774-627: The Inheritors and find out how they are able to clone new bodies for themselves. Following the Secret Wars events that seemingly destroyed Spider-Woman's universe, she is returned to existence, once again using the Spider-Woman identity, and rejoining the Ultimates with the resurrected Peter Parker who has reclaimed the Spider-Man mantle in Miles's absence upon emigrating to Earth-616 . Spider-Woman has all

3876-508: The Spawn universe, Bendis approached Sam and Twitch primarily as a crime comic. He wrote Sam and Twitch for twenty issues, as well as most of the first ten issues of Hellspawn , another Spawn spin-off title. This non-creator-owned work allowed him to, in the words of Rich Kriener in The Comics Journal , "[add] the responsibility of caretaker to his resume, in that he would answer to

3978-520: The Starjammers story, which gained him an A+ grade for imagination and inventiveness. At 19, Bendis began attending the Cleveland Institute of Art , while working at a downtown comic book store where he eventually sold some of his early work. Between the ages of 20 and 25, he sent in a large number of submissions to comics companies, although he ultimately abandoned this approach to breaking into

4080-516: The Ultimates . As the story unfolds, it becomes clear to his former friends that Reed is a threat to the world. Part of his motivation to become a villain is that he no longer likes his home dimension and wishes he could find another world to improve. In Ultimate Fallout , Reed is revealed to have survived his defeat and is shown trapped in the Negative Zone . He soon escapes and returns to his world, where he vows to win back his friends by saving

4182-557: The " Absolute Carnage " and " King in Black " storylines, the Maker revealed he had been coordinating with the Council of Reeds (a group of other alternate counterparts of Mister Fantastic) and had utilized the many Symbiote Codexes he had extracted from the various heroes and villains who had been previous hosts as a means to repeat his long-standing goal: restoring his native dimension (not knowing that it has already been restored as revealed during

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4284-417: The " Heroic Age ". Also in 2010, Bendis launched Scarlet through Icon Comics , his first new creator-owned comic book in over a decade, re-teaming once again with Maleev. In February 2011, Icon released the all-ages graphic novel , Takio by Bendis and his Powers collaborator Mike Oeming, and in mid-2011 a maxiseries called Brilliant with artist Bagley. Bendis's other 2011 projects included

4386-515: The " Secret Wars " storyline destroyed the Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610) and restored the Multiverse, the Maker moved to the post-Secret Wars Marvel Universe in 2015. Born in the suburbs of New York City , Reed Richards was a brilliant, intellectually-gifted and knowledgeable, but socially-withdrawn, shy and reserved, scientific child genius , who possessed a high IQ level of 267 and held

4488-539: The Brain Trust's leader, Doctor Octopus. It doesn't take long for Spider-Man to arrive and save her, just before Roxxon is attacked again. As the duo start rescuing civilians, they notice Doctor Octopus is also in danger. Although Spider-Woman wants to let him die, Spider-Man eventually manages to convince her to help save him. Rick Jones arrives with the Human Torch and they learn that heroes are gathering to take down Reed Richards . Spider-Woman and even Doctor Octopus join

4590-551: The Fantastic Four their powers, causing the deaths of Earth-6160's Johnny Storm (who burned to death), Susan Storm (who died from radiation), and Ben Grimm (who was found dead at the bottom of a quarry). Torturing his imprisoned counterpart in The City, he conditions this Reed to the identity of Doom, turning him into a imprisoned servant. Other deeds included enabling Loki to take the throne of Asgard by having Thor imprisoned and Odin killed, and witnessing Howard Stark becoming

4692-596: The First Firmament to "digest" Eternity), Maker doesn't believe them and orders the Earth-1610 Ultimates to attack. As both versions of Ultimates conclude that there is no reason to fight each other, Maker kills Ultimate Captain America for disobeying his orders. After having been frozen by Spectrum and shattered by the High Evolutionary, both Ultimates help Eternity to defeat the First Firmament. Afterwards,

4794-548: The Galaxy , which teamed with the Avengers against Thanos. Bendis concluded his stint on Avengers and New Avengers in 2012 with the "End Times" arc. His final issue of Avengers , released September 2012, was a "jam issue", featuring splash pages by Marvel artists including Walt Simonson , Jim Cheung , and Leinil Yu . Following Marvel's "Marvel NOW!" relaunch of its titles, Bendis took on writing duties on All New X-Men , which saw

4896-701: The Human Torch, ionic attacks from the Thing and having his brain blown up by Susan Storm 's force fields. The Maker can split himself into multiple sentient beings that can operate separately from one another. Following the Secret Wars , the Maker was split into an infinite number of beings by the Molecule Man , who placed one version of the Maker in each of the newly formed universes being created by his Earth-616 counterpart and Franklin Richards . Each of these versions shares

4998-512: The Immortus Engine (the time machine the Maker used to alter the timeline of Earth-6160) and is paired up with Doom. As Maker tries to enlist the help of Howard Stark in order to create the Immortus Engine, an alternate version of Kang the Conqueror arrives with an army of versions of Ultimates, and eventually Howard Stark rebels, trapping the Maker inside the city for two years after realizing his true intentions and personality. The Maker's Council

5100-410: The Maker in each of the newly formed universes being created by his Earth-616 counterpart and Franklin Richards. Each of these versions shares the same consciousness, allowing them to operate independently. He then emerged in the new Prime Earth, where he takes over the science-based terrorist organization W.H.I.S.P.E.R. to continue experimenting for his own gain. His first experiment focuses on harnessing

5202-582: The Marvel Comics — and she's a lesbian! Jessica Drew, better known as Ultimate Spider-Woman, is a hero found in the All-New Ultimates series for Marvel. She ends up taking on the Black Widow legacy and has her very own 'coming out' moment in All-New Ultimates #4 . The Spider-Verse is still expanding, and Jessica Drew would be a very fitting addition." Ultimate Spider-Woman appears in Spider-Man: Across

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5304-515: The Negative Zone, where he can starve to death due to the Negative Zone consisting entirely of anti-matter and thus providing nothing for Galactus to consume. Nick Fury secretly recruits Reed to help draft counter-measures to doomsday scenarios, where he eventually starts having to fight Incursions. While working on stopping another, he finds the Cabal escaping from another destroyed Earth. Following

5406-484: The New Avengers / X-Men crossover, " House of M ", which would retroactively be considered the second act of a three-act super-event beginning with "Avengers Disassembled" and culminating in the Bendis-written 2008 storyline " Secret Invasion ". Bendis also wrote the storyline " Secret War ", which was published between 2004 and 2005. The series, which was not connected to the 1984 miniseries Secret Wars , served as

5508-728: The Rescue armor, Toni Ho manages to slay the alternate Skar. Also, Mockingbird managed to get free from O.M.N.I.T.R.O.C.U.S.' clutches with the help of Warlock while Ava frees Angela from the combined influences of the Tiger God and the Hand . The remaining members of the New Revengers face off against the New Avengers and A.I.M. While the remaining members of the New Revengers are defeated, Maker escapes. Sunspot later confronts Maker aboard fake Air Force One and defeats him. Sunspot then delivers Maker to

5610-752: The Society of South America, Henri Duggary of the European Coalition, Hulk of the Children of Eternal Light, the Harada-Yoshida Alliance of Hi no Kuni, the Rasputin family, and Lord Ra and Lord Khonshu . Maker then appears to greet his Council and welcome Howard as its new member upon succeeding Obadiah as the leader of the North American Union. Taking him into The City, Howard is tasked with building

5712-466: The Spider-Man identity. Later, Miles and Spider-Woman team up with Cloak & Dagger and Bombshell to fight Roxxon's Brain Trust and confront Donald Roxxon . Along with Kitty Pryde, the group becomes the New Ultimates, she changes her superhero alias to "Black Widow". During the " Spider-Verse " storyline, Spider-Woman teams up with Kaine and an alternate Ben Reilly to investigate the home of

5814-465: The Spider-Verse as a member of Miguel O'Hara 's Spider-Society. Brian Michael Bendis Brian Michael Bendis ( / ˈ b ɛ n d ɪ s / ; born August 18, 1967) is an American comic book writer and artist. Starting with crime and noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero work. While at Marvel Comics , Bendis worked with Bill Jemas and Mark Millar as

5916-511: The Ultimate Universe, where Maker is happy to see his Earth's New York in ruins. After Eddie Brock becomes the new King in Black following Knull's defeat, Venom tells the Avengers that Maker is still around and may be plotting an invasion on the main Marvel Universe. During the " Ultimate Invasion " storyline, the Maker used the body that was in the government's custody since his defeat at

6018-534: The Ultimate line, including Ultimate Marvel Team-Up , which Bendis pitched to Marvel as a follow-up to Ultimate Spider-Man , as well as Ultimate Fantastic Four , Ultimate X-Men , Ultimate Origins , Ultimate Six , the first three issues of Ultimate Power , and the Ultimate Comics: Doomsday metaseries . In 2011, Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli created the Miles Morales character as

6120-459: The Ultimates as a resistance network as it was stated that The City would open in 18 months. Ultimate Reed Richards has the power of elasticity. 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. It is revealed that his abilities allow him to stretch his brain in order to accommodate and solve almost any problem, thus making him effectively

6222-605: The Ultimates team, being captured along with Captain Britain by the new S.H.I.E.L.D. director Marvin Flumm , but is later released and takes part in Captain America's swearing into the presidency. When Captain America went to join the states once more, Spider-Woman joined the new president and was part of the ground forces. During the "United We Stand" storyline, Spider-Woman is reluctantly teamed with Miles during S.H.I.E.L.D.'s battle with

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6324-439: The Ultimatum coupled with Sue's rejection and breakup. In Ultimate Enemy , he is shown to be living with his parents again before an explosion seemingly kills them. In Ultimate Mystery , Reed is revealed to have orchestrated his family's murders and faked his own death, before allying himself with the attacking aliens. Ultimate Doomsday sees Reed confronted by his former teammates, as well as Spider-Man , Mahr Vehl , and

6426-413: The business partner of Obadiah Stane . Despite some feats, he is unable to prevent the origin of Hulk and couldn't find Captain America 's frozen body. His memory log has Earth-6160's known inhabitants that would've been superheroes in this reality listed as either deceased, inactive, captured, or "controlled". While holding an event in Latveria, Maker emerges from The City and the international gathering

6528-427: The center of Manhattan where Doctor Strange 's home is being attacked by Nightmare ; the Hulk begins to destroy the portal to the Dark Dimension, causing an explosion. After briefly being chased by Hulk, Spider-Woman continues her search for Peter and meets Kitty Pryde . They work together on the search as well as try to help survivors, but are overwhelmed by the deaths and destruction around them. They manage to find

6630-538: The character to eventually evolve naturally. His depiction of Aunt May in Ultimate Spider-Man , for example, strongly resembles his mother. Bendis met his wife Alisa in 1995 through the Cleveland chapter of the Hillel Foundation , where Alisa worked and Bendis was a staff illustrator. The two were married within a year. Alisa Bendis manages JINXWORLD, the company through which Bendis produces his creator-owned and licensed comics work. They have four children, of which three are daughters. Bendis's oldest daughter, Olivia,

6732-437: The comics industry, including Mike Oeming , Dave Mack and Marc Andreyko , and began the first in a series of independent noir fiction crime comics when he published two issues of Fire in 1993 and five issues of A.K.A. Goldfish in 1994 with Caliber. In 1995 he illustrated Flaxen from a script by James Hudnall , with David Mack providing inks to the story featuring former Playboy Playmate Susie Owens as mascot of

6834-400: The coordinates of the teleporter at the last minute, resulting in the four being engulfed in a parallel dimension termed as the "N-Zone" and grants the four with super-powers, with Reed being able to stretch his body parts to incredible lengths and is endowed with enhanced durability. They have a series of adventures and encounters with a number of super-human and extraterrestrial threats, during

6936-418: The events of Spider-Men II storyline), which he sets out to enact in the 2023 miniseries Ultimate Invasion , resulting in the creation of the new Ultimate Universe after altering the timeline of another universe. The 2015 film Fantastic Four adapts the origin story of Ultimate Fantastic Four to its version of Reed Richards, primarily portrayed by Miles Teller . Ultimate Reed Richards bears

7038-465: The final experimentation phase of his research, Reed was visited by Ben Grimm , his best and only friend since childhood, who protected him from bullies during his years in school. At the age of 21, Reed, along with other scientists, attempted to teleport organic material through an alternate plane of existence called the N-Zone , with Sue assisting him and Johnny and Ben observing the demonstration. The experiment goes awry due to Victor secretly changing

7140-427: The final incursion, Reed and the Cabal escape the destruction of Earth-1610 in a "life-raft" created for that purpose. Learning that they are on a new world ruled by God Emperor Doom using the power of the Beyonders and Molecule Man , Reed works with his Earth-616 counterpart to devise a means of defeating Doom. However, they are divided due to their morals, as Ultimate Reed wishes to kill their enemy while 616-Reed

7242-503: The four's attempts to solve the mystery behind the source of their new-found powers and turn Reed and Ben back to normal. The four are later exposed to the media and public, who name the group as: "The Fantastic Four", with Reed undertaking the alias of "Mr. Fantastic" and embarking on numerous adventures and conflicts against inter-dimensional adversaries and super-human enemies. Throughout the series, Ultimate Reed Richards' personality remains largely similar to his Earth-616 counterpart, being

7344-623: The government, who imprison him in a special cell. Maker later appears as a member of Project Oversight. He was seen interrogating Eddie Brock about the incident revolving around the Grendel symbiote and Knull while stating that he is not the Mister Fantastic that Brock knows. In addition, he talked about how the Venom symbiote has lost its personality, saying it is just a guard dog now, that it can't give Brock powers anymore. When Brock asks Maker if he would be able to restore it, Maker states that

7446-559: The group. During the attack in the Negative Zone, Spider-Woman meets the Ultimates for the first time, and assists Captain America himself. After the confrontation with Richards, Spider-Woman becomes an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. at Carol Danvers 's request. After Peter apparently dies fighting the Green Goblin , Spider-Woman confronts the new Spider-Man, Miles Morales . She later assists Iron Man and Hawkeye in fighting Electro . Eventually, Spider-Woman becomes frustrated about being in

7548-578: The hands of Sunspot to escape his special cell. He then meets with Miles Morales and asks him if he wants to go back to his native universe, but Miles declines. The Illuminati confront the Maker, but he escapes and starts to rewrite the history of another universe, being shown preventing a spider from biting the Peter Parker of that world. His actions create Earth-6160 , a reality that was similar to aspects of Earth-1610 and Earth-616, yet vastly different from both, reshaping it to his will. He establishes

7650-645: The industry, considering it too much of a "lottery." Best known as a writer, Bendis started out as an artist, doing work for local magazines and newspapers, including caricature work. He worked at The Plain Dealer as an illustrator. Although he did not enjoy caricature work, it paid well and funded his interest in writing crime fiction for graphic novels . He eventually moved into both writing and illustrating his work, before he began producing work for Caliber Comics , including Spunky Todd . Through Caliber, he met many of his longtime friends and collaborators within

7752-458: The introduction of the Neil Gaiman character Angela into the Marvel Universe. On July 22, 2014, Random House published Bendis's instruction book on comics, Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels. The day after that book's publication, CBR.com published an interview in which Bendis talked about the course on writing Graphic Novels he had taught for

7854-545: The long-delayed Spider-Woman , following up on her role in the "Secret Invasion" storyline. Spider-Woman was the first comic book to be offered simultaneously on the Internet as a "motion comic" and in comic stores in print form. Bendis re-teamed with Olivier Coipel for the 2009 crossover series " Siege ", which brought the "Dark Reign" storyline to a close, and with-it, Dark Avengers . Springboarding out of Siege , Bendis relaunched both Avengers and New Avengers as part of

7956-498: The names used for boxers mentioned by a corrupt boxing manager in the 2003 Daredevil movie. Also in 2001, Bendis helped launch Marvel's non- Comics Code -approved, adult MAX imprint with Alias , featuring former superhero Jessica Jones operating as a private investigator . The series ran for 28 issues before many of the characters moved to Bendis's mainstream Marvel Universe series The Pulse . In 2004 Powers moved from Image to Marvel's creator-owned imprint Icon , where it

8058-467: The new version of the Ultimate Spider-Man. Bendis wrote every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man, including its second iteration, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man . Quesada offered Bendis the writing duties on Daredevil , which he took over in 2001, writing most of the subsequent 55 issues until 2006, collaborating mostly with artist Alex Maleev . As a major Daredevil author, Bendis's name is one of

8160-408: The only way to do that is to connect it to the symbiote hive mind and the last person to do that was the late Flash Thompson . Maker was unable to get the answer from Brock about what happened to the same of the Grendel symbiote. He even reveals the symbiote bio-mass that was extracted by Flash's corpse as he plans to exhume and vivisect it. This causes the Venom symbiote to retaliate and trap Maker in

8262-542: The past few years, initially at Portland State University , and beginning with the Fall 2013 semester, at the University of Oregon . His decision to teach came at the urging of Dark Horse Comics editor Diana Schutz . Among the works he employs as teaching guides are the works of Scott McCloud and Will Eisner . In November 2017, Bendis announced via Twitter that he would be working exclusively with DC Comics . His DC debut

8364-475: The planet. In Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates , Reed is revealed to be the Maker, creator of The city and leader of the Children of Tomorrow , a race of genetically engineered superhumans. He has come back to fight against the Ultimates after spending 1,000 years in the distant future - having been unable to age due to his powers - and the top of his head has been 'stretched' in order to increase his intelligence. It

8466-461: The powers of Spider-Man, including superhuman strength, speed, and agility, the ability to stick to surfaces and a spider-sense that warns them of danger. In addition, her fingertips have spinnerets , allowing her to fire silk -spinning webbing from them. Michael Austin of CBR.com stated, "Not only is the mainstream Jessica Drew incredibly cool, but her Ultimate universe counterpart is also an equally impressive character as well. This Jessica Drew

8568-429: The process could be carried out. Doctor Octopus reveals himself as the mastermind behind the experiments that created them. All three fight Doctor Octopus together and eventually prevail. Peter surrenders to Nick Fury while the clones opt to flee. At the storyline's close, Spider-Woman decides to start a new life apart from Peter, takes her leave of him after what she calls "the most awkward hug in history", establishing

8670-426: The return of the original 1960s X-Men to the present, Uncanny X-Men , whose focus shifts to Cyclops' team of X-Men going rogue after the events of "Avengers Vs. X-Men", and Guardians of the Galaxy , picking up where his Avengers Assemble run left off. Bendis wrote the " Age of Ultron " crossover storyline, which included an eponymous 10-issue miniseries, that was published between March and June 2013. Issue 10 saw

8772-757: The same consciousness as the one imprisoned by the New Avengers) arrives on Counter-Earth to collaborate with High Evolutionary to "evolve the entire multiverse". The Maker uses the High Evolutionary's machinery to destroy the Superflow that keeps the different universes separate, merging them into one reality to help Eternity fight the First Firmament. He also uses the machine to revive the Earth-1610 Ultimates ( Captain America , Iron Man , Giant-Man , Wasp , and Hulk ) in case anyone tries to reverse his universal fusion. When Earth-616's version of Ultimates arrive on Counter-Earth to confront Maker (who has made it easier for

8874-407: The same consciousness, allowing them to operate independently. This also enables him to teleport by switching between different versions of himself from different universes, and to transport weapons from other universes, which makes it difficult to disarm him. Brashear fields can be used to block his access to other dimensions. During the "Eternity War" arc, an alternate version of the Maker (sharing

8976-591: The screenplay adaptation of A.K.A. Goldfish for Miramax , and the screenplay adaptation of Jinx for Universal Pictures . In 2014, he wrote the plot of the Disney Infinity 2.0 video game. In 2013, he was named on IGN 's list of "The Best Tweeters in Comics", in part for his frequent Twitter posts highlighting the work of other creators. When creating characters, Bendis says that he always begins with someone he knows and builds upon that inspiration, allowing

9078-642: The souls of the dead to try and capture the souls of previous universes. Maker also assembles a new incarnation of the Revengers , with plans to have them face the New Avengers. They consist of Asti the All-Seeing, Paibok , Vermin , White Tiger , and alternate versions of Angar the Screamer and Skar. During the " Civil War II " storyline, the New Revengers gain City's O.M.N.I.T.R.O.C.U.S form as its latest member. As A.I.M.

9180-402: The source novels of both Thompson and Dashiell Hammett , which helped cement his love for crime stories . These, in turn, led him to discover the documentary Visions of Light , which taught him the visual "rules" of film noir , an important influence on him creatively. While in high school, he submitted a " Creative Writing assignment", a novelization of Chris Claremont 's X-Men and

9282-509: The streaming service HBO Max . The show is set to be based on his run of the comic book series and will not connect to the original animated series . In addition to his primary work in comics, Bendis has produced written work in several other media, such as video games , TV and film. Bendis was the co-executive producer and series- pilot writer for Mainframe Entertainment 's 2003 animated Spider-Man show, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series that aired on MTV and YTV , which features

9384-491: The superhero police/ noir detective series Powers , co-created with and drawn by Michael Avon Oeming and published by Image. Powers won major comics industry awards, including Harvey , Eisner , and Eagle Awards . Around the time Bendis began Sam and Twitch , his friend David Mack began working for Joe Quesada 's Marvel Knights imprint, which Bendis was a fan of. Based on Bendis' work on Jinx , Quesada invited him to pitch ideas for Marvel Knights , which included

9486-478: The terrorist group HYDRA . After they are separated in the battle, Spider-Woman finds Miles and returns him to New York. Initially, Spider-Woman is not forthcoming when Miles asks why she cares so much about him. But after Miles quits being Spider-Man following personal tragedy, Spider-Woman reveals to Miles that she is Peter's clone, explaining that although she has Parker's memories, she is not Spider-Man, but feels that Miles should be. This convinces Miles to resume

9588-500: The titular hero after the fifth issue, making the book a bestseller, often surpassing in sales those of the mainstream Marvel universe title, The Amazing Spider-Man . The Bendis/Bagley partnership of 111 consecutive issues made their partnership one of the longest in American comic book history, and the longest run by a Marvel creative team, beating out Stan Lee and Jack Kirby on Fantastic Four . Bendis subsequently wrote other books in

9690-424: The work of David Mamet , Richard Price , and Aaron Sorkin , whose dialogue, Bendis said, was "the best in any medium." In addition to writing comics, Bendis has worked in television, video games and film. He has also taught courses on graphic novels at The University of Oregon and Portland State University . In 2014, Bendis wrote Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels,

9792-829: The writer on the first book of the Ultimate Marvel imprint, Ultimate Spider-Man , which debuted in 2000. He relaunched the Avengers franchise with New Avengers in 2004, wrote the Marvel storylines " Avengers Disassembled " (2004-2005), " Secret War " (2004–2005), " House of M " (2005), " Secret Invasion " (2008), " Siege " (2010) and " Age of Ultron " (2013), and co-created the characters Riri Williams , Miles Morales , and Jessica Jones . Bendis has won five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books. Though he has cited comic book writers such as Frank Miller and Alan Moore , Bendis' writing influences are less rooted in comics; drawing on

9894-416: Was 13, working on his own comics, including a Punisher versus Captain America story that he revised several times. A fan of Marvel Comics in particular, he emulated idols such as George Pérez , John Romita Sr. , John Romita, Jr. , Jack Kirby , Klaus Janson and Frank Miller . He later discovered crime comics by Jim Steranko and José Muñoz , which he traced back via Jim Thompson 's work to

9996-503: Was credited as a developer and wrote several episodes for the TV adaptation of his comic, Powers , which starred Sharlto Copley and ran on PlayStation Network for two seasons from 2015 to 2016. Bendis's video game work includes Activision 's Ultimate Spider-Man video game , which Bendis wrote. He also wrote an Avengers game, which was never released. He was also a writer of Marvel's MMO, Marvel Heroes . His film work includes

10098-494: Was discovered that Dylan is his son, but Maker states that Dylan will be fine. Maker shows his concern that Eddie will not survive long being forcefully separated from the Venom symbiote. After turning up the volume the symbiote is successfully removed from Eddie, however incapacitating both Maker and Eddie. Eventually, Maker bonds with the Venom Symbiote from Earth-1610, but is attacked by a symbiote named Virus and thrown into

10200-459: Was in Action Comics #1000 (June 2018). Ivan Reis drew the first issue of Bendis's The Man of Steel limited series, and collaborated with Bendis on the relaunched the ongoing Superman series in 2018. Bendis took over writing Action Comics following its 1,000th issue. On December 21, 2021, Bendis announced that he was developing an adult animated Legion of Super-Heroes series for

10302-562: Was relaunched as Powers Vol. 2 alongside another ex-Image series, David Mack 's Kabuki . Also in 2004, Bendis oversaw the closing issues of The Avengers as part of the crossover storyline " Avengers Disassembled ". This led directly to the Bendis-helmed relaunch of one version of the eponymous team in the pages of The New Avengers . Bendis's work on this storyline included the death of Avenger Hawkeye , which proved controversial. In 2005, with artist Olivier Coipel , Bendis wrote

10404-448: Was trapped in the Ultimate universe) identifies Galactus and reveals having been defeated by Earth-616's Reed Richards in the past. Accompanied by the new Spider-Man , Reed travels to Earth-616 to access his counterpart's files. Before he departs, he and Miles are confronted by Valeria , leaving Reed shaken as he witnesses the family he and Sue could have had. Based on his counterpart's files on Galactus, Reed defeats him by sending him to

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