Esad Ribic

Ultimate Marvel by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus collects his original 2010–2012 run on the first Ultimate Universe — not the 2024 relaunch, but the acclaimed earlier work that planted its seeds. Ultimate Comics Ultimates is geopolitical, high-concept superhero storytelling on a world scale: the rise of the hyper-accelerated posthuman "City," the collapse of nations, and the turn of Reed Richards toward the villain he will become — the Maker. With Ultimate Thor and Ultimate Comics Hawkeye alongside, drawn by Carlos Pacheco, Esad Ribić and more. The run that Hickman himself would later build the new Ultimate Universe from.

Jonathan Hickman's Secret Wars is the culmination of his entire five-year Marvel run — from SHIELD to Avengers to New Avengers — compressed into a single reality-ending event. When the multiverse collapses, Doctor Doom remakes existence in his own image. Battleworld is the result: a patchwork planet of Marvel's greatest alternate realities, ruled absolutely by a god named Doom. Collects the complete Secret Wars #1–9 main series (), plus key tie-ins.

Jason Aaron kicks off his run with the highly regarded God Butcher opener. Gorr, a villain with real reasons to hate the gods (all his people starved to death while the deities looked on), kills gods for the cosmos. Aaron turns the conflict into a reflection on faith and responsibility. Esad Ribić on the art with digital watercolour pages.