10. Ultimatum

By Mike Williams | December 15, 2009 | +

This list is going to start with the death of a universe. Marvel’s Ultimate Universe. This decade featured the rise and fall of the Ultimate line of comics (Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and The Ultimates). Effectively a reboot of the big names and teams of Marvel, the experiment was a huge success but as each series got older and more and more stale stories crept in from the original Marvel U it was clear that the reboot needed a reboot. Thus Ultimatum. The series and its tie-ins were not well received. Some of the over 30 major characters killed in Ultimatum were most of the X-Men, Daredevil, Thor, Wasp, and Doctor Doom.

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