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101-437: Published from August 2004 to May 2006, the three series were titled Ultimate Nightmare (#1 - 5, Oct. 2004 - Feb. 2005), Ultimate Secret (#1 - 4, May - Dec. 2005), and Ultimate Extinction (#1 - 5, Mar. - July 2006). They were all written by Warren Ellis . Ultimate Nightmare is a five-issue comic book limited series . Issues 1, 2, 4 and 5 were penciled by Trevor Hairsine and inked by Simon Coleby . The third issue

202-566: A "monster" to the Baxter Building to retrieve three who had been transformed by the N-Zone experiment. In the company of those three, Susan fled Molekevic and used her invisible protective force field to take them back to the surface. Making the study of herself and her three partners her new life's work, Sue spent months investigating their abilities and charting their powers while improving her own understanding of herself. She has deduced

303-408: A 'phase space' of all the possible ways they could be. While in the N-Zone, each one of them mutated into another form that they could have been. It was also explained that Reed's body functions because his cells were replaced with "pliable bacterial stacks", single cells which duplicate most of the larger functions of the human body and does not rip or tear when he extends. The next arc "N-Zone" has

404-458: A descendant of Dracula, a boy whose childhood ended when he was 10, formed by his severe, authoritarian father. Ellis also fleshed out the hard science fiction element behind the FF, namely writing that they gained their powers because the teleportation changed their "phase space condition" into something from an alternate universe ; in laymen's terms, there are multiple conceivable states of an object,

505-532: A formidable scientist in her own right, earning four doctorates in bio-chemical sciences. Attending the Nevada desert testing of Reed's N-Zone dimensional teleporter, Sue was transported a mere three miles (5 km) into the desert by the device's malfunction. She was discovered by former Baxter Building instructor Dr. Arthur Molekevic, who took her to his underground facilities below Manhattan, calmed her, and helped her gain control of her new abilities, while he sent

606-513: A free long-form webcomic illustrated by Paul Duffield, and Ignition City , a five-issue miniseries. He also has five other current series with Avatar: Anna Mercury , No Hero , along with two long series Doktor Sleepless and Gravel . The first quarter of 2009 had the release of G.I. Joe: Resolute , a series of webisodes written by Warren Ellis and later released on DVD in December. He worked with D'Israeli again in 2010–2011 for

707-436: A malfunctioned teleporter experiment and begin to develop super-powers: Reed can stretch his body to impossible lengths, Susan can project force fields and turn invisible, Johnny develops pyrokinetic super-powers and Ben is transformed into a rocky-skinned figure with super-human strength and durability. The series takes place in contemporary New York City and was met with mostly favorable responses from readers and critics, with

808-508: A mediated dialogue with Ellis since August 2021 and that they were making progress in a guided transformative justice process. In February 2022, Ellis relaunched his newsletter, in which he linked to the SoManyofUs.com update and website. On January 19, 2023, SoManyOfUs.com once again updated the site, alleging that Ellis "took none of the steps we hoped he would", stating "we do not anticipate our involvement in any progress he might make in

909-769: A monthly publishing schedule. Issue #60, the last of the series, was written by Joe Pokaski and drawn by Tyler Kirkham and was followed by a series epilogue in Ultimate Fantastic Four: Requiem . Ultimate Fantastic Four was the fifth continuing series of the Ultimate Marvel series, after Ultimate Spider-Man , Ultimate X-Men and The Ultimates and Ultimate Marvel Team-Up . The first writers assigned by project leader Bill Jemas were Mark Millar ( The Ultimates , Ultimate X-Men ) and Brian Michael Bendis ( Ultimate Spider-Man , Ultimate X-Men ), who had both previously written comics in

1010-615: A new ongoing comics series featuring James Bond in November 2015, published by Dynamite Entertainment in partnership with Ian Fleming Publications and illustrated by Jason Masters. James Bond depicts the original character from the Ian Fleming novels, as opposed to the one in the films , but is set in present day. The first story arc, "Vargr", was followed in June 2016 with a second arc titled "Eidolon". Ellis stepped down from

1111-508: A new series that reimagines the New Universe under the title newuniversal . The first issue was released on 6 December 2006. Ellis continued to work on several projects for different publishers, including Desolation Jones (for DC/Wildstorm) and Blackgas and Black Summer (for Avatar Press). Ellis also wrote an episode of Justice League Unlimited entitled "Dark Heart". Ellis's first prose novel, Crooked Little Vein ,

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1212-495: A new six-issue comics miniseries with artist Phil Hester , published by AfterShock Comics. The series follows the survivor of a shipwreck trying to find out what happened after he washes up on another world. Though Ellis has left open the possibility of expanding the book past six issues, he said he is focused finishing the story as planned first. Despite rarely returning to his early work, in October 2016, DC Comics announced

1313-482: A new webcomic written by Ellis and illustrated by Colleen Doran , was announced in September 2016. Set to be published by Webtoon in 2017, the 26-issue weekly series follows a middle-aged female detective working a murder mystery. In 2020, anime streaming platform Crunchyroll announced that it was adapting the webcomic FreakAngels as one of the first Crunchyroll Originals anime TV series. In 2006, Ellis

1414-556: A new website, SoManyofUs.com, in July 2020 and contain accounts of "manipulation, gaslighting , coercion, and other forms of emotional abuse ". Ellis responded, writing that he had not considered that others would see him as having "a position of power and privilege", and that "I have hurt many people that I had no intention of hurting. I am culpable. I take responsibility for my mistakes. I will do better and for that, I apologize." DC Comics subsequently announced that, at Ellis's request,

1515-558: A one-off comic, SVK , to be published by BERG, a London consultancy firm. It uses a UV torch to reveal the thoughts of the characters in the story. In 2010, a documentary film on Ellis, Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts , was announced for 2011 completion. Its co-producer Sequart Organization also plans on publishing, in 2011, three books studying Ellis's work: on Planetary , Transmetropolitan and Ellis's overall career. Sequart has dubbed this push "The Year of Ellis." Ellis's second novel, hardboiled detective thriller Gun Machine ,

1616-716: A relaunch of the WildStorm publishing line as a new imprint curated by Ellis. Taking a similar approach to Gerard Way's Young Animal imprint, DC asked Ellis to write a main series, titled The Wild Storm , and curating others set in the same universe. The series begins a complete reboot of the WildStorm Universe, with Ellis saying his goal is for the imprint to be new reader-friendly. The Wild Storm debuted in February 2017 with art by John Davis-Hunt. In his newsletter Orbital Operations , Ellis stated that he has

1717-452: A screenplay. Ellis's novel Gun Machine has been set up as a television series first with writer Dario Scardapane at Fox in 2012, and later in 2014 at the now-defunct Xbox Entertainment , with a script by Brett Conrad. In 2016, it was announced that NBCUniversal had optioned the rights to Ellis and Jason Howard's Trees and would be developing it as a television series with Tom Hardy's production company. In 2013, Ellis spoke at

1818-525: A story in which Reed Richards is a child prodigy, protected by his burly friend Ben Grimm from bullies, who had invented a method of teleportation in his youth. He is discovered by government official Willie Lumpkin , and subsequently recruited into a think tank /school located in the upper floors of the Baxter building. There he meets Professor Storm, who leads the project, and his children, bioengineer Susan Storm and her younger brother Johnny. Reed also becomes

1919-475: A temporary exclusive work for hire contract. Toward the end of 2004, Ellis released the " Apparat Singles Group ", which he described as "An imaginary line of comics singles. Four imaginary first issues of imaginary series from an imaginary line of comics, even". The Apparat titles were published by Avatar, but carried only the Apparat logo on their covers. In 2006, Ellis worked for DC on Jack Cross , which

2020-619: A trilogy...So I needed to come up with a credible second step in the trilogy fairly quickly." Ultimate Secret is a four-issue comic book limited series with art by Steve McNiven . Ultimate Extinction is a five-issue comic book limited series began in January 2006, cover dated March, and was illustrated by Brandon Peterson . A broadcast disrupts the world's communications systems, filling televisions and computer monitors with images of death and destruction that cause thousands of people to commit suicide. The broadcast ripples across

2121-439: A two-page story written by him would not be included in an upcoming anthology. Ellis ended his long-running email newsletter, which he had published under various titles since 1995. In mid-July 2020, The Guardian reported "Ellis responded to these accounts with self-pity and what seemed to be genuine contrition. [...] Ellis insists that the problem was relationship trouble, 'not predatory behaviour', but concedes that '[t]here

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2222-471: A two-year plan for the series. Three more WildStorm series are expected to follow. In 2017, Netflix launched a Castlevania animated television series adaptation, written and produced by Ellis. Ellis had been previously hired to write a screenplay for Castlevania: Dracula's Curse , an animated film based on Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse . The first season of the Castlevania TV series

2323-455: A way to defeat an undefeatable foe (Ultimate Ronan) as opposed to actual battlefield prowess. Sue lauds his expertise in physics . After Ultimatum, Reed left the Baxter Building and returned home much to the chagrin of his father. In Ultimate Enemy #1, the Richards' house was bombed by an unknown individual. Reed Richards is presumed to be dead. In Ultimate X-Men/Fantastic Four Annual #1,

2424-680: A web-based "end-of-the-world" collaboration with director Joss Whedon , was postponed due to Whedon's work on The Avengers . Ellis and British producer Vivek Tiwary developed an adventure thriller television miniseries title Ascension , with Idris Elba in talks to star, though nothing has come of the project. Adaptations of Ellis's works have frequently been planned, to limited success. Ellis and Cully Hamner's miniseries, Red , has been loosely adapted as two films: Red (2010) and Red 2 (2013), written by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and starring Bruce Willis , Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren . The sequel

2525-417: A year later. Since 2013, Ellis has been writing the weekly email newsletter Orbital Operations , which features work updates and thoughts on books, comics and current events. As of late 2015, Orbital Operations had 13,000 subscribers. In 2007, Ellis launched the now-defunct message board Whitechapel as a companion to his webcomic FreakAngels , though it rapidly evolved into his internet home. He

2626-447: A young Franklin Richards is part of a future team of X-Men. It is also revealed that in all of the possible futures, Franklin is Reed and Sue's son. In Ultimate Mystery #3, Reed Richards is revealed to be alive and is seen aiding or leading the aliens to pillage the artifacts stored at Project Pegasus . As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that Reed Richards' world view has changed, and he has become something more like an Ultimate Kang

2727-491: Is a differing of perception here, and I've been listening to it'. He said he was going to try therapy on the advice of friends". The Hollywood Reporter later reported Ellis would not be returning to Castlevania for subsequent seasons and that a planned Batman comic would no longer be moving forward. In June 2021, a week after Ben Templesmith announced that he would be reteaming with Ellis for new issues of Fell , Image Comics announced that they would not be publishing

2828-623: Is a humanist and former patron of Humanists UK , a charity focused on promoting humanism and advancing secularism . He is a resident of Southend-on-Sea , England. Ellis was born in Essex in February 1968. He has stated that the televised broadcast of the Moon landing is his earliest coherent memory. He was a student at the South East Essex Sixth Form College, commonly known as SEEVIC. He contributed comic work to

2929-532: Is aware of the other's involvement. The two teams trace the signal to an abandoned complex built in the era of the Soviet Union and encounter an army of mutated humans, all engineered by a now-defunct Soviet super-soldier project designed to create versions of Captain America. Two characters who make appearances, though unnamed, are Ultimate Unicorn and an Ultimate version of Red Guardian . After defeating

3030-497: Is based on a talk Ellis gave in Berlin at a conference titled "Cognitive Cities", which was based on a series of posts on his website. At Image Expo 2015, Heartless , a new creator-owned comic book with Ellis's Supreme : Blue Rose collaborator Tula Lotay , was announced. As of May 2024 , Heartless has yet to be released, though Ellis has commented in 2016 that Lotay and he are working on it at their "own pace". Finality ,

3131-496: Is discovered to be a swarm of thousands of sentient ships stretched 100,000 miles (160,000 km) long and within only a week's journey from Earth. The heroes Captain America, Falcon, Iron Man and Mahr Vehl have several battles with Gah Lak Tus' heralds, the Silver Men , and allow Reed Richards, Charles Xavier and Jean Grey time to develop a plan. Xavier and Grey make psychic contact with Gah Lak Tus, which completely repulses

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3232-626: Is frequently referred to as "The Boss", "Stalin", "The Love Swami" or "Internet Jesus" on these forums. Ellis maintains a blog at his personal website, thought it is rarely updated. Beginning in 2014, he wrote regularly at Morning.Computer . In 2015, Ellis published Cunning Plans , an ebook collection of talks he gave at technology and futurism conferences. In June 2020, several people (including musician Meredith Yayanos , artist Zoetica Ebb, and photographer Jhayne Holmes) publicly accused Ellis of sexual coercion and manipulation, in having engaged in simultaneous relationships with several of them without

3333-657: Is in love with her. Ben never acted on it because of Reed. Ben also developed the ability to turn into a purple-skinned glowing form and back again at will. Susan Storm's younger brother is a short-tempered teen, who is enamored with good-looking girls and has a rock-star attitude. The obvious "cool factor" of his powers only serves to heighten these personality traits: Johnny's powers engulf him in flames that enable him to fly and shoot fiery projectiles. This power sometimes has detrimental effects on his body, as Johnny burns, or more accurately fuses , his own body-fat to provide his 'fuel', and every so often, he "hibernates" and sheds off

3434-489: Is more dialogue-heavy and slow-paced and both writers feared it could wreck the project. It was agreed that Millar would write the plot and Bendis finalized the scripts based on his plots. Millar completely rewrote the origin for the protagonists because he was not satisfied with the original 1961 story, in which the four team members steal a space craft to beat the Soviets to the moon. In their version, Millar and Bendis wrote

3535-417: Is not as intelligent and has to have science explained to him, providing an opportunity for plot dumps . In the end, both writers were satisfied with the results. Millar and Bendis stated that they had many more ideas, but massive scheduling problems forced them out. Instead, they persuaded Warren Ellis to continue the series. Ellis wrote the next arc, "Doom", centering on Victor Van Damme. He made Van Damme

3636-588: Is planned. Ellis joined main writer Kelly Sue DeConnick to co-write two issues of her Captain Marvel series in early 2015. In May 2015, Ellis reteamed with his Moon Knight collaborators Shalvey and Bellaire to publish Injection with Image Comics . The creator-owned science-fiction series follows the members of a think tank given the task of improving the future, who deal with mistakes made after trying to prevent human innovation from dying off. Three volumes of Injection have been released. Ellis launched

3737-523: The Gen spin-off DV8 and took over Stormwatch , a previously action-oriented team book, to which he gave a more idea- and character-driven flavor . He wrote issues 37–50 with artist Tom Raney , and the 11 issues of volume two with artists Oscar Jimenez and Bryan Hitch . Hitch and he followed that with the Stormwatch spin-off The Authority , a cinematic super-action series for which Ellis coined

3838-553: The Columbine High School massacre , that it would not publish " Shoot ", a Hellblazer story about school shootings , although the story had been written and illustrated prior to the Columbine massacre. Planetary concluded in October 2009 with issue 27. Ellis returned to Marvel Comics as part of the company's " Revolution " event, to head the " Counter-X " line of titles. This project was intended to revitalise

3939-523: The HowTheLightGetsIn festival in Hay. In his first talk, titled Our Hopeless Future and Other Comedy, he discussed the power of Twitter and how it can 'break' other people's websites. In the second, Thinking Differently, he explored how the internet revolution is changing people's lives and asked whether it is changing how people think. A festival regular, he has returned in subsequent years to debate

4040-745: The Marvel 2099 imprint , most notably in a storyline in which a futuristic Doctor Doom took over the United States. Other notable early Marvel work is a run on Excalibur , a superhero series set in Britain. He also wrote a four-issue arc of Thor called "Worldengine", in which he dramatically revamped both the character and book (though the changes lasted only as long as Ellis's run), and wrote Wolverine with artist Leinil Francis Yu . Ellis then started working for DC Comics , Caliber Comics and Image Comics ' Wildstorm studio, where he wrote

4141-480: The Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 3 (2013). Ellis created The Authority and Planetary for WildStorm , and wrote a run of Hellblazer for Vertigo and James Bond for Dynamite Entertainment . Ellis wrote the video games Hostile Waters (2001), Cold Winter (2005), and Dead Space (2008). He also wrote the animated TV movie G.I. Joe: Resolute (2009), wrote

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4242-610: The Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 1 hardcover edition, Millar and Bendis write about the somewhat odd circumstances of their collaboration. Foremost, virtual communication was the only method available as Millar lives in Glasgow , Scotland, and Bendis in Portland, Oregon . Secondly, they both had considerably different writing styles, as Millar's stories are typically fast-paced and widescreen, while Bendis' output

4343-578: The X-Men spin-off books Generation X , X-Man , and X-Force , but it was not successful and Ellis stayed away from mainstream superhero comics for a time. In 2002, Ellis started Global Frequency , a 12-issue limited series for Wildstorm, and continued to produce work for various publishers, including DC, Avatar Press , AiT/Planet Lar , Cliffhanger and Homage Comics . In 2004, Ellis came back to mainstream superhero comics. He took over Ultimate Fantastic Four and Iron Man for Marvel under

4444-641: The psychic plane, and attracts the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Charles Xavier , with both tracing the source to the Tunguska wasteland in Russia , the site of a massive comet crash over a century ago. S.H.I.E.L.D. Commander Nick Fury leads a team of heroes - Captain America , Black Widow and Sam " Falcon " Wilson - on a reconnaissance mission, while Professor X sends the X-Men Jean Grey , Wolverine and Colossus to investigate. Neither team

4545-446: The "N-Zone" arc required that the military fashion a public image for the four. The "Crossover" story arc began in medias res, with the four already a public team known as The Fantastic Four, each of them possessing codenames identical to their 616 counterparts. Their jumpsuits remain largely unchanged, save for the added '4' insignia. Ultimate Fantastic Four has been collected in the following trade paperbacks : Official Handbook of

4646-461: The 21-year-old idealist Reed retains his super-intelligence. Reed no longer automatically assumes leadership of the team in demanding situations, a role more often filled by Sue Storm. She was little more than a damsel in distress in the early comics, but in this version, she is the most head-strong and assertive member of the team, and has a gift for biochemistry and bioengineering. Ben Grimm, no longer Reed's college friend but his grade-school friend,

4747-762: The Conqueror . Later he assembles part of the Infinity Gauntlet. The eldest child of renowned scientist Franklin Storm , Sue Storm inherited her father's genius at an early age. Since early childhood, she has been one of the prodigies studying and working at the Baxter Building, a midtown Manhattan government research lab. Following her father into physics, at age eight she built a sugar-power rocket and accidentally destroyed her father's car, after which she changed her focus to "inner space" biology. Romancing brilliant Baxter Building classmate Reed Richards, Sue became

4848-500: The English version of Marvel Anime (2010–2011), and served as the head writer on the acclaimed animated Netflix series Castlevania (2017–2021). Ellis is well known for sociocultural commentary, both through his online presence and through his writing, which covers transhumanist (most notably nanotechnology , cryonics , mind transfer and human enhancement ) and folkloric themes, often in combination with each other. He

4949-511: The Four encountering Atlantian criminal Namor who only leaves when he gets a kiss from Susan Storm. In "Super-Skrull" Reed Richards goes back in time to the teleportation accident to ensure it does not go wrong. There is dispute amongst the team whether this is the right course of action. However, after a cruel prank played by Johnny Storm on Ben Grimm, the team realize just how depressed Ben is being trapped inside 'The Thing'. Reed goes back and makes

5050-498: The Frightful Four. In "God War", alien terrorists attack Reed, who is looking for a seed while also facing a powerful enemy. The next arc "Devils" introduces Diablo who kidnaps those close to the four as bait; he intends to get immortality by using Reed's sister as a power source. Ultimate Fantastic Four , along with Ultimate X-Men was canceled after the events of the 2008 – 2009 Ultimatum miniseries. The members of

5151-544: The N-Zone. Though her newfound fame has brought her unsought attention from the likes of billionaire playboy Tony Stark and the Atlantian criminal Namor, she remains romantically attached to Reed despite her concerns about his over devotion to science. As it was shown in Ultimate Secret #2, she's also more sexually forward than her original counterpart. Sue has the power to render herself and others invisible to

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5252-493: The Ultimate Marvel universe. Grant Morrison was involved in conceptualizing Ultimate Fantastic Four and was at one point set to write the series. However, they departed from Marvel for an exclusivity contract with DC Comics before this could be finalized. Bryan Hitch designed the costumes for the characters, thus explaining their aesthetic resemblance to the costumes worn by the protagonists of The Ultimates . In

5353-592: The Ultimatum wave, Johnny has a breakdown at the Statue of Liberty and was captured by the demon Dormammu. Sue and Ben save him, and after Franklin Storm's funeral he leaves for Europe. In Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1, Johnny shows up on Peter Parker's doorstep, and Aunt May chooses to let him stay with them. Up until the middle of the series' second year, the team did not use the above code names, nor were they referred to as The Fantastic Four . The lack of code names

5454-600: The age of 21, his research was realized as he and several others attempted to teleport organic material through an alternate plane of existence called the N-Zone . The experiment went awry giving Reed and several others superpowers. His powers enable him to stretch his body parts to incredible lengths and endow him with enhanced durability. Reed's powers have been increased in comparison to that of his Earth-616 counterpart. He no longer needs to eat nor sleep, and has no internal organs or bones. He can stretch his eyes, specifically

5555-490: The attackers. Although able to successfully defend the installation, Mahr Vehl is rendered unconscious and is eventually questioned by Fury. Mahr Vehl explains he is a member of the Kree himself, and that they have been observing Earth to determine if humanity poses a threat to the Kree in the larger galaxy . Observing mankind's violent nature, Mahr Vehl reveals that the Kree have recently decided to confine humanity on Earth until

5656-431: The characters remain relatively faithful to their original Marvel Universe conception, they differ in a number of notable aspects. The origin story of the team is modified and modernized and the team is much younger, being in their late teens to early 20s. The series revolves around the adventures of teen genius: Reed Richards , his childhood friend: Ben Grimm , and siblings: Susan and Johnny Storm , who get engulfed in

5757-475: The college magazine Spike along with Richard Easter, who also later followed a career in writing. Before starting his career as a writer, he worked in a book and stationery store, a pub, in bankruptcy, in a record shop, and lifted compost bags. Ellis's writing career started in the British roleplaying magazine 'Adventurer' for which he wrote the 1920s Cthulhu mythos strip 'Whiplash' throughout 1986. This

5858-516: The comic industry and his work. From the Desk of was collected in two print volumes by Avatar Press. When technical issues forced that list to shut down in 2001, Ellis started a new email list, Bad Signal , which was described as "anarchy in your mailbox to brighten up your day". Bad Signal was replaced in 2012, two years after its closing, by Machine Vision ; Ellis ended Machine Vision alongside his relationship with his publisher Mulholland Books

5959-632: The entity Gah Lak Tus can destroy them, thus ending the potential threat. Realizing that other Kree will be coming and that the threat the Vision foretold is now very real, Fury summons the Fantastic Four and the Ultimates . A Kree force attacks the installation soon after but is stopped by a combined team of heroes. Another team of heroes - with Mahr Vehl's aid - storm the Kree ship while the aliens are on Earth. The commander, Yahn Rgg , activates

6060-489: The entity and distracts it. Richards then uses a weapon known as the "Nevada gun" and teleports the latent energy of a Big Bang into the heart of the Gah Lak Tus swarm. With 20% of its mass destroyed by the blast, the entity retreats. Richards then programs Vision with plans for the weapon and sends it into space, in the hopes that other races will be able to benefit and fend off Gah Lak Tus. Nick Fury 's only comment on

6161-506: The experiment a success. This alters the time-line so that everyone on the planet except Ben has superpowers thanks to the Skrull pill given to them by the Skrulls and the leader Super-Skrull . The Skrulls however have tricked humanity and the still-human Ben Grimm is their last hope. In "Frightful", Johnny is infected with an illness only Doctor Doom can cure; it also features the escape of

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6262-435: The four traveling on the spaceship Awesome (a name of Johnny's choice) to the dimension where they got their powers. They encounter an alien named Nihil whose dimension has only a few hundred thousand years left before succumbing to an entropic heat death , and wishes to escape from his world to ours. In "Think Tank" the team meet Rhona Burchill (a re-imagined Mad Thinker ), who captures them and attempts to sell them to

6363-400: The fresh, unique and modernized re-imagining of the classic Fantastic Four mythos, the artwork and the writing runs of Millar, Bendis and Ellis, being points of praise, while criticism was aimed at the perceived decline in quality of the writing, as the series progressed. The title was created by Brian Michael Bendis , Mark Millar and Adam Kubert . The series debuted in early 2004 and had

6464-480: The future." Ultimate Fantastic Four Ultimate Fantastic Four is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics . The series is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running Fantastic Four comic book franchise as part of the Ultimate Marvel imprint. The Ultimate Fantastic Four team exists alongside other revamped Marvel characters in Ultimate Marvel titles including Ultimate Spider-Man , Ultimate X-Men , and The Ultimates . While

6565-602: The highest bidder. In Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1, they meet Crystal of the Inhumans , and as a result of trespassing on their home destroy it, forcing the Inhumans to move to a new one. "Crossover" has them encountering zombie infected versions of themselves and every other hero of that world. With the help of that world's Magneto the Fantastic Four manage to escape with the few survivors. "Tomb of Namor" has

6666-602: The humans the two teams meet, with Fury's team capturing the X-Men and then discovering the source of the broadcast - a sentient, self-repairing robot called Vision . Vision explains that it traveled to Earth 100 years ago, and when its ship malfunctioned it crashed in Tunguska and was later captured by the Soviets, who amputated portions of its body and grafted them onto Soviet Army volunteers to create experimental super-soldiers. Vision has repaired itself enough to communicate with

6767-436: The lens so that he does not need his glasses or any other visual augmentation but can only sustain this for short periods. Sue's mother revealed that she knows that Reed's abilities allow him to stretch his brain in order to accommodate and solve almost any problem thus making him effectively a human computer. While Threshold calls him a 'warrior without equal' in "God War" this almost certainly refers to his success in discovering

6868-502: The limited series to television include writers Scott Nimerfro in 2009, and Rockne S. O'Bannon in 2014, though none have materialized. Gravel was at one point being developed with Tim Miller attached as director, with Ellis commissioned to write the first draft of the screenplay and serving as executive producer. Black Summer has also been optioned as a feature film. Ellis's comics collaboration with Chris Sprouse , Ocean , has been optioned, and Ryan Condal hired to write

6969-448: The matter is "the human race can kick the hell out of anything ." The series has been collected into a number of volumes : Warren Ellis Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is an English comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including Transmetropolitan (1997–2002), Global Frequency (2002–2004) and Red (2003–2004), which

7070-592: The naked eye. She also has the power to generate nearly impenetrable invisible force fields. Sue can manipulate her force fields in a variety of ways, including levitating herself and others, firing destructive force-blasts, and causing objects to explode by projecting and expanding force fields inside them. Gifted physically as a youth, Ben Grimm is Reed's best "and only" friend. When they were in school together, Ben would protect Reed from various bullies, including ones "three years younger", and in exchange Reed would help Ben with his math homework. Ben moved on to college and

7171-613: The nature of both Reed and Johnny's changes, though her own powers remain unexplained and she is unable to penetrate Ben's skin to determine any more detail than his internal fluid pressure. Sue continues to develop her control of her force fields, using them to create pressurized environments at the bottom of the sea, plugging her own throat to prevent swallowing poison gas, and creating "cushions" to catch falling people and objects. Damage to her force fields also causes her mental strain or, in extreme cases ( Ultimate Power #5), to black out. Susan has proven capable of standing her own, and after

7272-434: The original stories, Millar's storylines and writing deviated from the original source material in notable ways, almost bypassing the original works by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Most notable were changes to the characters' personality and backgrounds. The character of Reed Richards, in the mainstream Marvel Comics super-intelligent and a true leader, had his previous role split, with Professor Storm taking his leader traits, while

7373-452: The others' knowledge. The Daily Beast reported that "by 19 June, over 60 women had joined a group organized by Holmes, all of them accusing Ellis of a largely consistent pattern of behavior". The Guardian later reported that "roughly 100 women have come forward, while 33 of them have composed written statements, supported by emails and text messages, which have been seen by The Guardian ". These testimonials were posted together on

7474-531: The release of his short story "Dead Pig Collector". In July 2013, "Dead Pig Collector" was picked up by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and published as a digital original. In March 2014, Ellis relaunched Moon Knight for Marvel, with art by Declan Shalvey and colors by Jordie Bellaire . The series received critical acclaim and helped establish Moon Knight as a major character in the Marvel Universe. Ellis ended his run after six issues, after which

7575-513: The release of issue 6, Ultimate FF was officially cancelled. Reed is a child genius who displayed his curiosity from the day he was born. At the age of 11, following a demonstration of his research on the field of teleportation at a school science fair, Reed was recruited for a government program which sponsors young geniuses ' research. He continued his research at the government research facility located in Manhattan's Baxter Building. At

7676-423: The risks and rewards of artificial intelligence with physicist Stephen Hawking and collaborator Roger Penrose . Ellis is a contributor of nonfiction articles and columns to magazines and websites. He has been a columnist for SuicideGirls , Reuters , Vice , Wired UK , and Esquire . From 1995 to 1999, he wrote an email list titled From the Desk of , where he wrote about various subjects including

7777-485: The rival of Victor Van Damme , a fellow student. When Reed turns 21, he plans to teleport an apple into a parallel universe (the " N-Zone "), but Van Damme claims Reed's calculations are wrong and changes the setup at the last minute. The five students are teleported through the N-Zone, and when they rematerialize, they return heavily mutated. After the Fantastic Four return to the Baxter building, they face their first opponent, Mole Man . Although staying relatively true to

7878-401: The self-destruct mechanism, but not before Mahr Vehl hacks into the ship's database and downloads its contents into his memory banks. With the information gained from both Vision and the Kree, Fury contemplates how to deal with the coming threat of Gah Lak Tus. Fury enlists the aid of Reed Richards and Professor Xavier once Silver Surfer arrives to "herald" the approach of Gah Lak Tus, who

7979-603: The series after 12 issues in December 2016 and was succeeded as writer by Benjamin Percy . As part of Marvel's All-New All-Different relaunch, Ellis wrote the series Karnak , following the eponymous Inhuman character. The series debuted in October 2015 with art by Gerardo Zaffino to positive reviews. Karnak suffered several delays which resulted in Zaffino being replaced by Roland Boschi. The series ended its six-issue run in February 2017. Normal , Ellis's new novella,

8080-496: The series following negative reaction from within the industry. An update on SoManyofUs.com informed that Ellis reached out to the collective which created the site. He wrote that he was made aware of the offer of a mediated dialogue and that he would be available to begin a conversation. After having closed his newsletter in June 2020, he used it again to inform his subscribers about this development. In an update in January 2022, SoManyofUs.com reported that their members have been in

8181-559: The series was taken on by writer Brian Wood . Trees , a new creator-owned comics collaboration between Ellis and artist Jason Howard, debuted in May 2014 through Image Comics . The science fiction series explores a world in which aliens have invaded Earth, but completely ignored humans. The first story arc concluded in January 2015, and was followed by a second volume, Trees: Two Forests , which ended its run in August 2016 . A third volume

8282-450: The skin cells that protect him from his own flames, growing new ones. Regardless, he finds the idea of being a real superhero incredibly exciting and firmly intends to sign up with The Ultimates once he is old enough, rather than continue hanging around the Baxter Building with the nerds and geeks. He is indeed a high school dropout and a Spider-Man fan (he makes a guest appearance in the "Superstars" arc). After witnessing his father die in

8383-550: The team are the focus of Ultimate Comics: Doomsday . A new volume dubbed Ultimate FF (with "FF" standing for " Future Foundation ", not "Fantastic Four") was launched in April 2014, starring Invisible Woman , Iron Man , the Falcon , Machine Man , Phil Coulson , and Victor van Damme . The title was written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Stuart Moore , with art by Mario Guevara, Tom Grummett and André Araújo. In August 2014 with

8484-408: The team went public, she assumed the codename "Invisible Woman." Her force fields have been the Four's ace in the hole, saving their lives when Nihil dumped Reed and Ben into the near-vacuum of the N-Zone and single-handedly stopping the time-traveling Chrono-Bandits. She co-created the chrono-tunnel with Reed, and has conducted biological studies of the Kree alien Mahr Vehl and extra-dimensional life in

8585-475: The term " widescreen comics ". In 1997, Ellis started Transmetropolitan , a creator-owned series about an acerbic "gonzo" journalist in a dystopian future America, co-created with artist Darick Robertson and published by DC's Helix imprint. When Helix was discontinued the following year, Transmetropolitan was shifted to the Vertigo imprint, and remained one of the most successful nonsuperhero comics DC

8686-461: The transformation has caused deep psychological trauma. In the "Diablo" arc, he is briefly transformed to blue. At the end of Ultimate Doomsday , Sue proposes to him and he accepts. After Ultimatum and the dissolution of the Fantastic Four, Ben approached General Ross and asked to enlist in the Air Force. In Ultimate Enemy #1, he returns to the Baxter Building to see Sue, and confesses that he

8787-616: The world and warns Fury of an impending threat: the Eater of Worlds called Gah Lak Tus . The X-Men subsequently escape and Fury's team takes the Vision back to S.H.I.E.L.D for further analysis. A secret S.H.I.E.L.D. installation in New Mexico investigating revolutionary methods of space travel is attacked by the alien Kree . This forces resident scientist Dr. Philip Lawson to change to his true identity of Captain Mahr Vehl and battle

8888-494: Was a frequent source of humor for then writer Warren Ellis, who frequently had Sue, Ben and especially Johnny give themselves outlandish names like "Invisible Ninja-Girl", "Asbestos Thing", and "Human Dashboard Lighter". In the Ultimate Spider-Man " Superstars " arc and the Ultimate Spider-Man game, Johnny was referred as Human Torch and in the game, the team was the "world-famous" Fantastic Four. The events of

8989-410: Was adapted into the feature films Red (2010) and Red 2 (2013). Ellis is the author of the novels Crooked Little Vein (2007) and Gun Machine (2013) and the novella Normal (2016). A prolific comic book writer, Ellis has written several Marvel series, including Astonishing X-Men , Thunderbolts , Moon Knight and the " Extremis " story arc of Iron Man , which was the basis for

9090-426: Was drawn by Steve Epting . Ellis notes that " Ultimate Nightmare was originally intended as a set-up for a big Ultimate-line event that Mark Millar was going to do. Mark, however, has had health issues for some time, and that and his workload led to him bowing out and me once again being asked to step in and help out. And then, while I was getting into Nightmare , Joe Quesada had the idea of turning this event into

9191-562: Was followed by a six-page short story published in 1990 in independent magazine Deadline . Other early works include a Judge Dredd short and a Doctor Who one-pager. His first ongoing work, Lazarus Churchyard with D'Israeli , appeared in Blast! , a short-lived British magazine. By 1994, Ellis had begun working for Marvel Comics , where he took over the series Hellstorm: Prince of Lies with issue number 12, which he wrote until its cancellation after issue number 21. He also wrote for

9292-450: Was hired to develop a science-fiction television series for AMC titled Dead Channel , but the project was put on hiatus. The series followed a television network executive who discovers the existence of aliens and decides to turn the discovery into a reality show. Listener , a near-future science fiction novel, was planned as Ellis's next book after Crooked Little Vein. The novel has since been lost and cancelled. Wastelanders ,

9393-535: Was invited to watch Reed's teleportation experiment. Grimm woke up as the Thing in Mexico City. The teleportation through the N-Zone gave him an orange rocky hide which boosts his strength and makes him nigh-invulnerable to physical damage and physiologically stressful conditions (such as a toxic breathing environment), and he no longer feels differences in temperature. Despite Ben's seeming happy-go-lucky disposition,

9494-608: Was not well received and was subsequently cancelled. For Marvel, he worked on Nextwave , a 12-issue limited series. He also worked on the Ultimate Galactus trilogy. Ellis also took over the Thunderbolts monthly title, which deals with the aftermath of the Marvel Civil War crossover. In honour of the 20th anniversary of Marvel's New Universe in 2006, Ellis and illustrator Salvador Larroca created

9595-468: Was published in mid-2007 by William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins ). Ellis has described himself as "a notorious pain in the arse for getting involved in book design". According to a comment made in the first issue of Fell , he has more trade paperbacks in print than anyone else in the American comic industry. On 29 July 2007, Ellis announced two new projects for Avatar Press: FreakAngels ,

9696-437: Was released in 2017, and seasons 2 through 4 were released during the period of 2018 to 2021. Executive producer Adi Shankar confirmed that Ellis would be writing every episode. In 2012, Ellis announced he would publish a nonfiction book, tentatively titled Spirit Tracks , with Farrar, Straus, and Giroux . The book is "about the future of the city, the ghosts that haunt it and the science-fiction condition we live in." It

9797-416: Was released on 3 January 2013 by Mulholland Books . The novel follows a Manhattan detective investigating a murder, which expands into the hunt of a serial killer. Gun Machine hit The New York Times Best Sellers list and received mostly positive reviews. In June 2013, Ellis announced on his website that he would be ending his relationship with Mulholland Books due to "continuing issues" and cancelling

9898-437: Was serialized as four digital installments beginning in July 2016. It was published as a single volume by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in November 2016. The near-future thriller follows the residents of an asylum for futurists as they investigate a disappearance. The novella received a mostly positive reception, with reviewers praising its plot, humor and commentary on the future. In October 2016, Ellis launched Shipwreck ,

9999-530: Was simply inspired by the comics as no source material exists outside the original miniseries. The Hoebers were commissioned to write a third installment in 2013, though no further developments have occurred since. A television series based on the Red film franchise, produced by di Bonaventura and written the Hoeber brothers, was announced as in development in 2015. The Iron Man " Extremis " story arc written by Ellis

10100-476: Was then publishing. Transmetropolitan ran for 60 issues (plus a few specials), ending in 2002, and the entire run was later collected in a series of trade paperbacks. It remains Ellis's largest work to date. Planetary , another Wildstorm series by Ellis and John Cassaday , launched in 1999, as did Ellis's short run on the DC/Vertigo series Hellblazer . He left that series when DC announced, following

10201-428: Was used as the primary influence on the plot of the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 3 , directed by Shane Black . Elements of "Extremis" were also used in the first Iron Man film. Global Frequency has been at various stages of adaptation since its publication. A television pilot written by John Rogers was produced in 2005, but development ended after it was leaked. Several more attempts to bring

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