Ultimate Power
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Ultimate Power is a nine-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. The series is a crossover that ties the Supreme Power universe into the Ultimate Marvel universe, and is written by Brian Michael Bendis, J. Michael Straczynski, and Jeph Loeb with art by Greg Land.
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[edit] History
This signifies the first complete Ultimate Universe crossover, i.e. the first crossover that integrates all current ongoing series as well as the first crossover that spans another already existent Marvel Universe. Creators have hinted[citation needed] this will have lasting effects on status quo in both universes, while Wizard has stated one character will not return to their original universe.
[edit] Plot
[edit] Issue One
The Fantastic Four battle the Serpent Squad when the Squad attempts a break-in at Project Pegasus in Devil's Point, Wyoming. During the battle, the Thing is injured and mocked as a freak, reminding Reed Richards that he is still unable to reverse Ben Grimm's transformation into the Thing.
Reed then requests S.H.I.E.L.D. funding for inter-dimensional research, stating that he wishes to send data retrieval constructs into every other dimension he can find. He proposes this on the basis that "it's time we start figuring out the space we live in", but S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury refuses funding, saying that the project is just an attempt to cure Ben Grimm - and citing various recent incidents as reasons why it's a time for "regrouping", not exploring. Fury also bans Reed from attempting the project on his own.
Despite this, Reed sends five of his constructs into other dimensions, including the N-Zone. Later, as the team view prototypes for Fantastic Four action figures, the top of the Baxter Building is ripped away. Invisible Woman uses her force fields to protect the team and the toy company representative, but when she clears away the rubble, they are surprised by the sudden appearance of a group of costumed superhumans - the Squadron Supreme.
[edit] Issue Two
The cover for the second issue focuses on the Ultimate Fantastic Four as the major Marvel presence and Hyperion, Power Princess, Blur, Inertia, Nuke, Arcanna and Shape as the Squadron Supreme presence.
The second issue picks up right where the first one left off. The Squadron Supreme slugs it out with the Fantastic Four on the new roof of the Baxter building. A nearby web-swinging Spider-Man with Kitty Pryde notice the fireworks and investigate, joining the Fantastic Four against the Squadron Supreme, all of whom can only speak in garbles and cannot fully control themselves. When Kitty summons the X-Men to assist, Nick Fury and the Ultimates descend upon the fighters, declaring them all under arrest. However, the Squadron resists until the X-Men arrive to assist the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and Ultimates. The Squadron Supreme "adjust" to their new dimension, and Hyperion can finally declare their intention: they are here to arrest Doctor Reed Richards for crimes against humaity. Invisible Woman asks what he's done, and Nighthawk angrily shouts "he's destroyed our world! He's destroyed everything!" It is then that Zarda reveals one of the devices Richards sent into the N-Zone.
[edit] Trivia
There have been multiple references to Mark Gruenwald and his creations, such as in the first issue when the Ultimate version of Wendell Vaughn appeared as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and when the Thing asked if he had the Serpent Squad's "Serpent Crown", Vaughn simply replied that it was top-secret information classified under the "Gruenwald Doctrine".
In issue #2, a theater with the word "Indiana" written on the marquee is seen in the background. This real-life theater is the "Indiana Theater" located in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Land once lived.
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