Al Ewing’s Ultimates to Defenders cosmology
Al Ewing · Kenneth Rocafort · Travel Foreman · Javier Rodríguez
Story eras 11–12 · After the Multiverse to King in Black and the Krakoan Age
Ewing connects the Ultimates’ efforts to repair Galactus and Eternity to the Defenders’ exploration of successive cosmoses.
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- r/comicbooks — Let’s talk Al Ewing (opens in a new tab)Readers
- Comic Book Herald — Best of Marvel 2021: Defenders (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Marvel — Al Ewing Ultimates and Defenders (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Reference identity and legacy — Al Ewing Ultimates and Defenders (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Ultimates by Al Ewing: The Complete Collection
Book 1 of 2 · After the Multiverse
Ewing’s Ultimates treat post-Secret-Wars cosmic problems as systems that can be repaired.
9781302929923Planned edition#1–12#1–9, #100#0Avengers (2015) #0 contributes only the Ultimates story. Read that team’s introduction here; it is not necessary to follow the issue’s other Avengers teams to begin this run.
Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Defenders: Beyond the Beyond
Book 2 of 2 · King in Black and the Krakoan Age
Ewing and Rodríguez travel backward through Marvel’s successive cosmoses and then beyond the multiverse.
9781302972622Planned edition#1–5#1–5#24#1000–1001Thor #24 contributes “What Comes Next,” also in Cates and Klein’s Thor omnibus; read that short piece once. Marvel Comics #1000–1001 supply the Masked Raider stories only, so follow those features here without treating this as a complete collection of the anniversary anthologies.
Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Duplication across this project
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
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Thor (2020) #24Things to know
Collecting rule: Ultimates is the conceptual foundation; Defenders is the deeper metaphysical continuation.
- Defenders: Beyond the Beyond collects both Ewing Defenders miniseries in one volume, so the cosmology arrives as one large book rather than two.