History ComicBook / TheUltimates2015

* BackFromTheDead: The Maker resurrects [[spoiler: the original Ultimates of Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Wasp, and Giant-Man.]]

Related {{in name only}} to the original [[ComicBook/TheUltimates Ultimates]], who were ComicBook/TheAvengers of [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Earth-1610]]. Until Ultimates Squared's 10th issue anyway. That issue is the 100th issue of Ultimates, so guess who turns up?

** Issue 10 (or 100) features the long awaited return of the beloved [[spoiler:original Ultimates]]

* WalkingSpoiler: Ultimates 2 #10 will be renumbered as Ultimates #100, in line with the "Marvel Legacy" brand (all the previous volumes are added and counted as one, to generate the new number). Any discussion about who appears in this issue (and in the end of #9) can become this trope very easily.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Maker is back [[spoiler: and reveals to have been tasked by the Molecule Man to evolve everything. Based on his previous evolution experiments, it remains to be seen how "well intentioned" he actually is.]]

* TheBusCameBack: The Infininaut returns in issue 7 [[spoiler:as part of the Eternity Watch.]]

** [[spoiler: In Issue 6, Monica Rambeau and Adam Brashear merger together, using Monica's Spectrum powers with Adam's strength. Carol also lends support by generating light for Monica to absorb, increasing her power.]]

* MythologyGag: When saying she thinks Voght might be suspicious, Carol calls him "Voight", the name of his original ''New Universe'' incarnation.

* UnwittingPawn: Master Order and Lord Chaos are one for [[spoiler:the Cosmic Jailer, who's egging them on. As it turns out, so is Voght.]]

** In issue 6, the [[spoiler:First Firmament]] names the Death Celestials "aspirants" and "astro-gods". The Aspirants were mentioned in Kieron Gillen's ''Iron Man'' to have previously fought a horrific war against the Celestials, and the Astro-Gods were noted in ''Marvel Boy'' to be from "the first firmament", and powered by acts of genocide. Ewing leaves no stone unturned. Also of note, in ''Iron Man'' it was noted another name for Aspirants was "tyrant". Since they serve [[spoiler:the omnicidal first universe, whom the Celestials rebelled against, now we know why.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: During a meeting of shadowy government officials who don't like or trust any of the Ultimates, one of them is speaking, only to be interrupted by another making an incredibly un-PC remark about how the team "looks like a Beneton ad". The guy sitting next to him essentially tells him to not say anything again.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Raz Malhotra, the new Giant Man who was first introduced during the [[ComicBook/AntMan 2015 Ant-Man Annual]], makes his first appearance in the third issue, a good two months after ANAD Marvel began (and at a time when he hadn't yet appeared in the concurrent ''ComicBook/AstonishingAntMan'' ongoing. Sadly, after helping the team out with retrofitting their vehicle with the means of inter-dimensional travel, he's declined a chance to join them on the grounds that he's too new a superhero and so they wouldn't feel right endangering him by bringing him along.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: The Maker is back, and reveals to have been tasked by the Molecule Man to evolve everything. Based on his previous evolution experiments, it remains to be seen how "well intentioned" he actually is.]]

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Issue 4 has Adam Brashear preparing to fight whatever Rostdvow actually is. Come issue 5, Rostdvow returns dragging a battered Brashear with it.]]

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: possibly Rostdvow for the First Firmament. Or else he is just TheHeavy.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Rostdvow's true form appears to be a large, faceless blob thing, which the captions describe as "beyond naming". America only refers to him as "it".]]
* EvilCounterpart: Rostdvow for America. [[spoiler:He has an orange, inverted versions of her star portals, but is cold-blooded and ruthless. Voght admits he finds him completely terrifying. In issue 4, he suggests he comes from a dystopian counterpart to America's utopian reality.]]

* HorrorHunger: [[spoiler:The corrupted Galactus, per Rosdtvow, has a hunger greater than he ever had as the Devourer, and will eventually compel him to start eating existence itself. Fortunately, this doesn't last long enough to happen.]]
* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:Rostdvow tries this before Galactus eats it.]]

* WorfHadTheFlu: Issue 7 has America try to recruit Galactus for help disabling the planetary shield set up over Earth to keep the Ultimates out. While Galactus could most likely take it down any other time, since he's recovering from [[spoiler:Logos' attack]], he can't help. Even if he could lend a hand, [[spoiler:The Secret Empire is another symptom from The First Firmament's actions.]]

* WorfHadTheFlu: Issue 7 has America try to recruit Galactus for help disabling the planetary shield set up over Earth to keep the Ultimates out. While Galactus could most likely take it down any other time, since he's recovering from [[spoiler:Logos' attack]], he can't help. Even if he could lend a hand, [[ spoiler:The Secret Empire is another symptom from The First Firmament's actions.]]

* WorfHadTheFlu: Issue 7 has America try to recruit Galactus for help disabling the planetary shield set up over Earth to keep the Ultimates out. While Galactus could most likely take it down any other time, since he's recovering from [[spoiler:Logos' attack]], he can't help.

Related {{in name only}} to the original [[ComicBook/TheUltimates Ultimates]], who were ComicBook/TheAvengers of [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Earth-1610]].

* ClarkKenting: ''Squared'' #1 begins with T'Challa doing this when he meets Carol at a diner, pretending to be an ordinary guy on an internet date. Carol even addresses him as "Clark Kent". She also adds that his American accent is creepy.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Like the Psi-Force from their original series, the Troubleshooters can pool their Psi-Force powers together to summon Emmet in his Psi-Hawk form from it. Like the trope namer, he is [[PhysicalGod powerful enough to confront cosmic beings]], and they're all [[BroughtDownToNormal powerless]] for as long as he is manifested.

* ContinuityNod: In issue 5, America mentions meeting other Justices before, and that they're usually called Jim, John or Jenny. The original Justice was called ''John'' Tensen.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Like the Psi-Force from their original series, the Troubleshooters can pool their Psi-Force powers together to summon Emmet in his Proudhawk form from it. Like the trope namer he is [[PhysicalGod powerful enough to confront cosmic beings]] and they're all [[BroughtDownToNormal powerless]] as long as he exists.

* CannonImmigrant: Issue 6 introduces Emmett Proudhawk, [[spoiler:albeit posthumously, slightly.]]

* HungerHorror: [[spoiler:The corrupted Galactus, per Rosdtvow, has a hunger greater than he ever had as the Devourer, and will eventually compel him to start eating existence itself. Fortunately, this doesn't last long enough to happen.]]

* EvilCounterpart: Rostdvow for America. [[spoiler:He has an orange version of her star portals, but is cold-blooded and ruthless. Voght admits he finds him completely terrifying. In issue 4, he suggests he comes from a dystopian counterpart to America's utopian reality.]]

* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler:The shade of the Shaper of Worlds uses an inverted version of the ArcWords of Jonathan Hickman's Avengers - "Nothing dies" - alongside Galactus's own catchphrase of "everything lives", stating that if everything lives, then nothing ever dies. And that's allowed something nasty to survive.]]

* CompositeCharacter: Kathy Ling is shown using the Spitfire PoweredArmor, thus making her a combination of ''Psi-Force''[='s=] Kathy and Jenny Swenson, the using the of armor in ''Spitfire and the Troubleshooters''.

* FusionDance: [[spoiler:At the end of issue 3, Order and Chaos eat the Inbetweener, then merge into an entity called "Logos", a hideous mess of heads and limbs.]]

* NewSeasonNewName: As part of ComicBook/MarvelNOW2016, the book was relaunched as ''The Ultimates[[superscript:2]]''. Furthermore, the title itself is a {{mythology gag}} to ''ComicBook/TheUltimates 2'', which was the second volume of its original namesake.