Ultimate Comics: Doomsday is a metaseries collection of three 4-issue comic book

Comic book

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 limited series

Limited series

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 published by Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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. All three series (Ultimate Enemy, Ultimate Mystery and Ultimate Doom) are set in the Ultimate Marvel universe

Ultimate Marvel

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, and are written by Brian Michael Bendis

Brian Michael Bendis

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 with art by Rafa Sandoval.

Publication history

Bendis has discussed the idea behind the stories and the problems it brings:

Plot

The series mainly focuses on what remains of the Fantastic Four

Ultimate Fantastic Four

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 after Ultimatum, specifically dealing with an unknown threat (revealed later) trying to alter the entire Ultimate Universe, in the process causing a significant amount of destruction. Whilst the previous members of the Fantastic Four remain prominent throughout the series, many other characters from different strands of the Ultimate universe also feature.

Collected editions

The entire series has been collected into the following hardcover volume:

Title	Material collected	ISBN
Ultimate Comics: Doomsday	Ultimate Enemy #1-4 Ultimate Mystery #1-4 Ultimate Doom #1-4	ISBN 0-7851-4776-4