History ComicBook / UltimateSpiderMan2000

-> '''Mark Raxton''': Man...what's so special about this [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Peter Parker]]?\\
'''[[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]]''': Everything.

** When it was revealed that [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen the Blob]] was Liz Allan's father]], his first name was revealed to be "Franklin", not "Fred".

** Peter also gets ''really'' pissed off with the [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen X-Men]] [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/240093.html after they finally undo]] a FreakyFridayFlip:

** Liz was put on a bus to [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen the X-Men]]]].

* {{Transplant}}: Kitty Pryde from ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''. After ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' canceled everyone else's series, the Parkers also took in Iceman and Human Torch.

In 2014, The fourth and final volume, called ''Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man'', began in the wake of the ''[[Comicbook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand Cataclysm]]'' CrisisCrossover. This title ended with #12 and led into ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', at the end of which, [[CanonImmigrant Miles Morales was imported directly into the Marvel Comics Universe]] thanks to the intervention of Molecule Man. This was done as a part of the ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' line-up, not only starring in ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers'', but also starring in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2016'', by the same creative team and with Miles as the main Spider-Man with the original Peter Parker serving as a mentor for the younger web-slinger. The crossover ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII'' provided a coda for ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' and the ''Ultimate Marvel'' line as a whole.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: Does this three times over. First, Comicbook/NormanOsborn becomes the Green Goblin thanks to the same AppliedPhlebotinum that affected the spider that empowered Peter Parker, which caused an accident that made Otto Octavius into ComicBook/DoctorOctopus and [[spoiler: Harry into the Hobgoblin]]; and another recurring BigBad candidate, the Kingpin, is connected to Spider-Man's origin in that the burglar who killed Uncle Ben is one of his lower-level thugs. Finally, {{Comicbook/Venom}} is the result of experiments performed by Peter's parents.

** There's a ''strong'' resemblance in Miles' first Spider suit and the look of the costume from ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' (other than the loose-fitting gloves and boots). His official costume resembles a reworked version of Alex Ross' unused design from the first ''Film/SpiderMan1'' movie (which itself [[RetCanon was later brought into continuity]] in ''Comicbook/SuperiorSpiderMan'').

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first arc, when Peter first changes into Spider-Man for a superhero fight, he hides among the bushes and thinks "this can't be how Captain America does it!". The ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe was still in its early stages, and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica had not been acknowledged yet. He was first used in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': he was a war hero from World War II, the first superhuman ever, who fell to the ocean and was presumed dead after stopping a nazi rocket. He was retrieved in the present day of that miniseries, but this story was not there yet. So, for all that Peter knows at that point, Captain America had only been a superhero during WWII, and probably did not even had to bother about concealing a secret identity.

In September 2023, Marvel announced a new ''[[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan2024 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' series as part of its rebooted Ultimate Universe. Written by Creator/JonathanHickman with artwork by Marco Checchetto, this series adds a twist to the origin by having Peter be bitten by the spider as a married man with children, rather than as a high school student.

In September 2023, Marvel announced a new ''[[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan2024 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' series as part of its rebooted Ultimate Universe. It is planned to be written by Creator/JonathanHickman with artwork by Marco Checchetto. In contrast to the original ''Ultimate'' series or even the mainline 616 comics, the reboot adds a twist to the origin by having Peter be bitten by the spider as a married man with children, rather than as a high school student.

!Please Note: Due to the comic changing main characters at the end of Volume 2, tropes for the first two volumes of the title are separate from tropes for the third and fourth volumes. As such, all tropes relating to [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Morales]] will be collected under the tropes for Volumes 3 and 4. This page will also feature unmarked spoilers for the Peter Parker-focused portion of the series.

-> '''Mark Raxton''': Man...what's so special about this [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Peter Parker]]?\\

In September 2023, Marvel announced a new ''[[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan2023 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' series as part of its rebooted Ultimate Universe. It is planned to be written by Creator/JonathanHickman with artwork by Marco Checchetto. In contrast to the original ''Ultimate'' series or even the mainline 616 comics, the reboot adds a twist to the origin by having Peter be bitten by the spider as a married man with children, rather than as a high school student.

* DistressedDamsel
** Mary Jane, as always. [[DistressedDude Inverted]] in issue #122: ''The Worst Day in Peter Parker's Life'', where the Shocker manages to capture Spidey, so Mary and Kitty team up to save him.
** Spidey actually gets kidnapped a ''lot'' throughout the entirety of USM. First by Doc Oc, then by Silver Sable (twice by her if you count the game), there was an incident with ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, once by the Kingpin, another time by the Six, and again by the Chameleon[[spoiler:s]].

After a six-month TimeSkip following ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'', which killed off many Ultimate Marvel characters and initially left Peter's fate ambiguous, the series was re-launched as ''Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man'' until the comic reached its 150th issue (counting both pre- and post-''Ultimatum'' issues) and returned to its original numbering and naming format for 10 issues, just in time for a crucial crossover event: ''The Death of Spider-Man'', which was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The series ended with issue 160, followed by the miniseries ''Ultimate Fallout''. (Peter eventually got better, but he stopped being the protagonist of the series at that point.)

* CloningBlues: The Clone Saga, which features a total of five clones of Peter, one of which is female, and a [[spoiler:Gwen Stacy clone]]. The latter two became major characters.

In September 2023, Marvel announced a new ''[[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan2023 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' series as part of its rebooted Ultimate Universe. It is planned to be written by Creator/JonathanHickman with artwork by Marco Checchetto. In contrast to the original ''Ultimate'' series or even the mainline 616 comics, the reboot adds a twist to the origin by having its Peter be bitten by the spider as a married man with children, rather than as a high school student.

In September 2023, Marvel announced a new ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' series as part of its rebooted Ultimate Universe. It is planned to be written by Creator/JonathanHickman with artwork by Marco Checchetto.

There's also the 2005 [[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005 tie-in game]], which introduced Ultimate Beetle and was marketed as being in continuity with the series but this has since been the subject of CanonDiscontinuity. A version of the game's plot and events was adapted between USM #123-128 ("War of the Symbiotes"). And on the subject of video games, Ultimate Spidey also made an appearance in 2010's ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]'' as one of the four playable characters ([[DummiedOut on home consoles]]). Not to be confused with the ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' animated show, which has a different premise; though as with most Marvel adaptions it does have some Ultimate Universe elements incorporated into it.

* BloodierAndGorier: The ''War of the Symbiotes'' arc, a PragmaticAdaptation of the [[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005 2005 video-game]], shows several people and a horse being nommed on by Venom.

* BreatherEpisode: Spider-Men for Volume 3, as it's removed from the core story line, which is nothing but SerialEscalation.
** Ultimate Spider-Man #200

* CanonForeigner: Miles does not have a counterpart in the regular Marvel Universe. [[spoiler: Although that can be questioned if the SequelHook at the end of ''ComicBook/SpiderMen'' is taken into account...]]
** He graduates to CanonImmigrant (literally) after the Comicbook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: An early issue of Volume 4 has a crazed prostitute screaming that the {{Multiverse}} is collapsing, and that soon all worlds will be merged into one. At the time, it seemed like a harmless ShoutOut to Creator/JonathanHickman's ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' and ''Comicbook/NewAvengers'' storylines, but then came ''[[Comicbook/SecretWars2015 Secret Wars]]'' in which that actually happened.

** Volumes 3 and 4 have the same "shouting suspect in the police station referencing outside events" gag. Some guy dressed in Comicbook/MsMarvel drag was shouting about two worlds melding into one which was foreshadowing ComicBook/SecretWars2015 or referencing DC Comics' Comicbook/{{Convergence}} event. And in the final issue of volume 4, a guy (who's drawn to look like Creator/JonathanHickman dressed as ComicBook/CaptainUniverse was screaming about everything being his fault again referencing his the end of his Comicbook/TheAvengers run and ComicBook/SecretWars2015.

** The end of ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #200. [[spoiler: As everyone leaves the gathering, a mysterious figure peeks from the bushes.]]

** The end of ''Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man'' #12 features a shot of Earth 616 on a collision course with Earth 1610 due to the onset of an Incursion, leading right into the events of ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.

** The Enforcers also got hit with this. Fancy Dan's last name went from Daniel Brito" to "Crenshaw", Ox's real name was changed from "Raymond Bloch" to "Bruno Sanchez", and Montana's real name went from "Jackson Brice" to Montana being his real first name and his last name being "Bale". Frederick Foswell's real name remains unchanged, but his codename went from "The Big Man" to "Mr. Big".

* CanonImmigrant: Geldoff, a villain who appear for one arc, later appeared in the mainstream MarvelUniverse with the codename "Proton".

In September 2023, Marvel announced a new ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' series as part of its rebooted Ultimate Universe.

* ContinuitySnarl: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_McFarlane#Character.27s_name Kenny McFarlane's Wikipedia page]] has a whole section dedicated to the many names Bendis gave him before deciding on that one. Additionally, as mentioned under AdaptationNameChange, there's the kerfuffle over Curt Conners' wife's name in this universe.

* RunningGag: Pretty much any time we see the inside of a police station, there's a girl (sometimes two) in a wacky superhero costume being taken away, usually shouting some kind of revolutionary slogan. These are regularly {{Shout Out}}s to big events outside the Ultimate Universe, like a 616-Scarlet Witch screaming "I'm not crazy! I'm not crazy!" at the time of House of M, or a big lady with a Flash costume screaming "I was reborn! Rebirthed!" for the Flash Rebirth story at DC.
* SavedByCanon: Of course Norman, Harry and Octavius survive the big explosion in Oscorp. The series is still starting, we haven't had any actual story with them yet.

* BloodierAndGorier: The ''War of the Symbiotes'' arc, a PragmaticAdaptation of the [[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan 2005 video-game]], shows several people and a horse being nommed on by Venom.

* CompressedAdaptation: The prologue of the ''War of the Symbiotes'' arc in the comics was more or less a compressed adaptation of the first half of [[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan the game]], including Silver Sable trying to capture Venom and introducing the powered armour-clad Beetle.

* AssholeVictim: Ultimate Betty Brant was always a far cry from her 616 counterpart. While regular Brant is a close friend and one-time LoveInterest of Peter Parker, Ultimate Brant was a huge AdaptationalJerkass (and pretty lousy reporter) who barely even interacted with a teenage Peter Parker. Her last appearance has her try to track down the identity of the new Spider-Man, eventually come to the ''completely wrong'' conclusion that he's Aaron Davis, and try to sell the story to the Bugle. When Jameson refuses to run it because it would only ruin a good man's life, Betty just stares blankly at him and says she has no idea what he's talking about, because all she cares about is the money. Thankfully for Miles' family, Brant is murdered at the hands of Ultimate Venom before her article can get out, and nobody misses her or cares.

* AssholeVictim: Ultimate Betty Brant was always a far cry from her 616 counterpart. While regular Brant is a close friend and one-time LoveInterest of Peter Parker, Ultimate Brant was a huge AdaptationalJerkass (and pretty lousy reporter) who barely even interacted with a teenage Peter Parker. Her last appearance has her try to track down the identity of the new Spider-Man, eventually come to the ''completely wrong'' conclusion that he's Aaron Davis, and try to sell the story to the Bugle. When Jameson refuses to run the story because it would only ruin a good man's life, Betty just stares blankly at him and says she has no idea what he's talking about, because all she cares about is the money. Thankfully for Miles' family, Brant is murdered at the hands of Ultimate Venom before the story can get out, and nobody misses her or cares.

* AssholeVictim: Ultimate Betty Brant was always a far cry from her 616 counterpart. While regular Brant is a close friend and one-time LoveInterest of Peter Parker, Ultimate Brant was a huge AdaptationalJerkass (and pretty lousy reporter) who barely even interacted with a teenage Peter Parker

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33673 The logic behind making Miles Morales a half-Black/half Hispanic teen.]]