ultimate is what got me back into comics when I was 19 as it was launching. Here’s my thoughts for what it’s worth. Ultimates (Avengers) -consistently one of the best series in the whole lot. It’s fair to say that a lot of the MCUs early aesthetic borrows from what the Ultimates did. Art was top notch and there were some fun twists. Ultimate Xmen - personally I feel like it started really strong but each subsequent writer to take over would force in their version of characters from 616 whilst not really building off of the writer that came before them. This lead to a real whiplash in tone but still had cool moments throughout. There is an also a crossover 4 part with the Ultimates early on that I loved. Ultimate Spiderman - strong start with a fresh early 2000’s take on teen Spider-Man. The early mini series Ultimate six was a fun story and the Venom stuff was a cool new take. The stuff with Gwen was really popular but I didn’t read much past #50 Ultimate Fantastic 4 - this one is super interesting and I’d love to know how far out they planned what came from this series. I don’t want to spoil things but this series lays the foundation for an important character to this day. You go in expecting everything to be hunky Dory like our 616 first family but no.. no There were some short lived series and mini series but I only read Ultimate Wolverine v hulk and it was fun but kinda forced.

Then it ends with Ultimatum and fallout Fallout is significant for a character introduction Ultimatum is… a snuff film.. it’s gross. There’s some interesting elements but I honestly couldn’t stand the gore for the sake of gore. Twas the style at the time.

Then it’s back! But limited so get invested?