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From the Origins of the Ultimate Universe (2001) to the end of Volume 2 and the battle against the Liberators

In this Chronology Highlight are scheduled every Ultimates chronological appearance in issues and tales from 2001 to 2007 and all books that contains a tale or a sequence of pages (chronologically) placed in the "2001-2007" year-period..

Moreover, the highlight not only included Ultimates appearances as team but any correlate issue prominent for their continuity from 2001, like several books where individual Ultimates are together (i.e. team-up, crossover or miniseries) and books with individual Ultimates appearances or non-Ultimates appearances since they are important to a key continuity.

Green text-labels indicate hints with details on chronology-key, or starting point in major crossover and big events in the Ultimate Universe. Each entry have a "What's on Chronology?" description drawed in cyan that indicate the title of the story and eventually (in bold) the exact page-sequence fit in the chronology, besides here are listed (in italic) individual Ultimates appearances or Ultimates-related characters appearances in the tale (or page-sequence) fit in the chronology; many entries have a continuity tips (or a short description of the story contents) named "Entry topic". For each entry, click on the cover thumbnails to view further book details.

Chronology Highlight Details

Entry title:
Ultimates Annual #2 (One Shot Annual) - 2006/October

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Untitled [Flashback: Pages 8-12 and 14-15]

Entry topic: Entering Ultimate ARMIN ZOLA (during the 2nd World War)

Entry title:
Ultimates #1 (Volume 1) - 2002/March

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Super Human [Flashback: Pages 1-23]

Entry topic: Vol.1 begins here, First appearance of Ultimate CAPTAIN AMERICA (1945)

Entry title:
Ultimate Iron Man #2 (Volume 1) - 2005/June

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Part 2 [Pages 1-6] (Ultimate Iron Man limited series)

Entry topic: The birth of TONY STARK

Entry title:
Ultimate Iron Man #4-5 (Volume 1) - 2005/November-2006/February

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Part 4-5 (Ultimate Iron Man limited series)

Entry topic: TONY STARK gets his first suit of armor

Entry title:
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #2-3 (Vol.1) - 2001/May-June

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Spider-Man & Hulk: Pt.1-2

Entry topic: First appearance of Ultimate HULK

Entry title:
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #4-5 (Vol.1) - 2001/July-August

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Spider-Man & Iron Man [Pt.1: Pages 1-23 | Pt.2: Pages 16-21]

Entry topic: First appearance of Ultimate IRON MAN and Ultimate NICK FURY

Entry title:
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #14 (Vol.1) - 2002/June

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Spider-Man & Black Widow [Pages 4-22] (Nick Fury appearance)

Entry topic: First appearance of Ultimate BLACK WIDOW

Entry title:
Ultimates #2 (Volume 1) - 2002/April

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Big

Entry topic: First appearance of Ultimate GIANT-MAN and Ultimate WASP

Entry title:
Ultimates #3 (Volume 1) - 2002/May

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
21st Century Boy

Entry topic: CAPTAIN AMERICA joins the Ultimates

Entry title:
Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special #1 (One Shot) - 2002/July

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Untitled [Pages 29-39] (Captain America and Ultimates cameo appearance)

Entry title:
Ultimates #4 (Volume 1) - 2002/June

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Thunder

Entry topic: First appearance of Ultimate THOR

Entry title:
Ultimates #5 (Volume 1) - 2002/July

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Hulk Does Manhattan

Entry topic: The Ultimates versus the HULK

Entry title:
Ultimates #6 (Volume 1) - 2002/August

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Giant-Man vs. the Wasp [Pages 1-5]

Entry topic: THOR joins the Ultimates

Entry title:
Ultimate Adventures #3-4 (Limited Series) - 2003/March-May

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
(Ultimates appearance)

Entry topic: The Ultimates meet up with HAWK-OWL and WOODY

Entry title:
Ultimates #6 (Volume 1) - 2002/August

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Giant-Man vs. the Wasp [Pages 6-23]

Entry topic: HENRY PYM and JANET VAN DYNE had a violent fight

Entry title:
Ultimates #7 (Volume 1) - 2002/September

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Homeland Security

Entry title:
Ultimates #8 (Volume 1) - 2002/November

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
The Experts

Entry topic: First appearance of Ultimate HAWKEYE, QUICKSILVER and SCARLET WITCH

Entry title:
Ultimates #9 (Volume 1) - 2003/April

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Captain America vs. Giant-Man [Pages 7-22]

Entry topic: CAPTAIN AMERICA versus HENRY PYM

Entry title:
Ultimates #10 (Volume 1) - 2003/July

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Devil in Disguise

Entry topic: The CHITAURI starts the planning of the World invasion

Entry title:
Ultimates #11 (Volume 1) - 2003/September

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
The Art of War

Entry title:
Ultimates #12 (Volume 1) - 2003/November

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Persons of Mass Destruction

Entry topic: The Ultimates versus the CHITAURI

Entry title:
Ultimates #13 (Volume 1) - 2004/April

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
How I Learned To Love the Hulk

Entry topic: Vol.1 ends here, ...the Ultimates save the World

Entry title:
Ultimate War #1-4 (Limited Series) - 2003/January-April

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
The Ultimates versus the Ultimate X-Men

Entry topic: The Ultimates vs. MAGNETO and the (Ultimate) X-MEN

Entry title:
Ultimate Six #1-7 (Limited Series) - 2003/November-2004/June

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
(Ultimates appearance)

Entry topic: The Ultimates meet up (Ultimate) SPIDER-MAN

Entry title:
Ultimate Nightmare #1-5 (Limited Series) - 2004/October-2005/February

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
(Ultimates appearance)

Entry topic: Entering Ultimate VISION� and first appearance of Ultimate FALCON

Entry title:
Ultimate Spider-Man #70 (Volume 1) - 2005/February

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Strange: Pt.1 (Ultimates appearance)

Entry title:
Ultimate Secret #1-4 (Limited Series) - 2005/May-December

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
(Ultimates appearance)

Entry topic: First appearance of Ultimate CAPTAIN MARVEL and CAROL DANVERS

Entry title:
Ultimate Extinction #1-3 (Limited Series) - 2006/March-May

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
[Except pages 10-21 of #3] (Nick Fury, Captain America and Falcon appearances)

Entry topic: First appearance of Ultimate SILVER SURFER

Entry title:
Ultimate Spider-Man #86-88 | Ultimate X-Men #65 | Ultimate Fantastic Four #25-26 - 2006/January-February

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Visions: Pt.1-6 (Sam Wilson appearance)

Entry topic: The birth of the new VISION

Entry title:
Ultimate Extinction #3-5 (Limited Series) - 2006/May-July

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
[Except pages 1-9 of #3] (Nick Fury, Iron Man, Captain America and Falcon appearances)

Entry topic: GAH LAK TUS defeated by Reed Richards and Charles Xavier

Entry title:
Ultimate Fantastic Four #31-32 - 2006/August-September

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Frightful: Pt.2-3 (Ultimates appearance)

Entry topic: Ultimate Doctor Doom enters the Marvel ZOMBIE UNIVERSE�

Entry title:
Ultimates #1 (Volume 2) - 2005/February

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Untitled

Entry topic: Ultimates Vol.2 begins here

Entry title:
Ultimates #2 (Volume 2) - 2005/March

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Dead Man Walking

Entry topic: TONY STARK becomes engaged to BLACK WIDOW

Entry title:
Ultimates #3 (Volume 2) - 2005/April

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Trial of the Incredible Hulk

Entry topic: A sentence of death for BRUCE BANNER (a.k.a. Hulk)

Entry title:
Ultimates #4 (Volume 2) - 2005/May

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Brothers

Entry topic: TONY STARK gives a suit of armor to Natasha Romanova

Entry title:
Ultimates #5 (Volume 2) - 2005/June

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
The Passion Play

Entry topic: The Ultimates versus THOR

Entry title:
Ultimates X-Men #63-65 (Volume 1) - 2005/November-2006/January

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Magnetic North: Pt.2-5 (Ultimates appearances)

Entry topic: The Ultimates versus the Ultimate X-MEN

Entry title:
Ultimates #6 (Volume 2) - 2005/July

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
The Defenders [Pages 1-21]

Entry topic: Entering Ultimate DEFENDERS

Entry title:
Ultimates #10 (Volume 2) - 2006/March

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
The Axis of Evil [Flashback sequence: Pages 1-2]

Entry topic: Ultimates crippled a Middle East nation (Iraq)

Entry title:
Ultimates #6 (Volume 2) - 2005/July

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
The Defenders [Pages 22-23]

Entry title:
Ultimates Annual #1 (One Shot Annual) - 2005/October

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
The Reserves

Entry topic: Entering the (Ultimates) Reserves

Entry title:
Ultimates #7 (Volume 2) - 2005/September

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Wolf In the Fold

Entry topic: BLACK WIDOW murdered the HAWKEYE's family

Entry title:
Ultimates #8 (Volume 2) - 2005/November

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Born on the Fourth of July

Entry topic: CAPTAIN AMERICA arrested for betrayal

Entry title:
Ultimates #9 (Volume 2) - 2006/January

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Grand Theft America

Entry topic: America take down by the LIBERATORS

Entry title:
Ultimates #10 (Volume 2) - 2006/March

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
The Axis of Evil [Pages 6-26]

Entry title:
Ultimates #11 (Volume 2) - 2006/July

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
America Strikes back

Entry topic: The Ultimates figh for liberation, and the return of HULK

Entry title:
Ultimates #12 (Volume 2) - 2006/August

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
The Avengers

Entry topic: CAPTAIN AMERICA versus THE COLONEL (a.k.a. Abdul al-Rahman)

Entry title:
Ultimates #13 (Volume 2) - 2007/February

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Independence Day

Entry topic: Mark Millar/Bryan Hitch Era ends here, �and THOR defeats Loki

Entry title:
Ultimates Annual #2 (One Shot Annual) - 2006/October

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Untitled [Except the flashback sequence]

Entry topic: Captain America and Falcon versus ARMIN ZOLA (cyborg)

Entry title:
Ultimate Power #1-2 (Limited Series) - 2006/December-2007/January

What's on Chronology? (the exact sequence of the pages are indicated in bold, eventually):
Ultimate Power: Pt. 1-2 (Ultimates appearance)

Entry topic: SQUADRON SUPREME (from "Earth-31916") invaded the Ultimate Universe

Total Entries/Issues for current Highlight: 50