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''Ultimate X-Men'' is a superhero comic book series that was published by Marvel Comics from 2001 to 2009. The series is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running X-Men comic book franchise as part of its Ultimate Marvel imprint. The Ultimate X-Men exist alongside other revamped Marvel characters in Ultimate Marvel titles including ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', ''Ultimate Fantastic Four'', and ''The Ultimates''. The protagonists are the X-Men, a group of mutants whose unusual genetics grant them superpowers which set them apart from the rest of humanity. They are led by Professor Charles Xavier, the world's most powerful telepath. The series features many characters and storylines similar to those of the original X-Men series. ''Ultimate X-Men'' almost completely ignores supernatural or mystical elements as plot devices, and the X-Men have no secret identities, and mutants are mistrusted and hunted down. The series began in 2001 under writer Mark Millar and artists Adam Kubert and Andy Kubert, whilst the final issues of the series were written by Aron Coleite and penciled by Mark Brooks. A quasi-sequel/spinoff titled Ultimate Comics: X began in February 2010, but only lasted for 5 issues. The series focused on Wolverine's secret son Jimmy Hudson, Jean Grey, and several other mutants dealing with the aftermath of ''Ultimatum''. Ultimate X-Men was then relaunched by Nick Spencer and Paco Medina, with the title now called ''Ultimate Comics: X-Men''. ==Publishing history== (詳細はUltimate Marvel line, preceded a few months by its sister title ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. The heads of the Ultimate Universe line, Bill Jemas and Joe Quesada, originally tried to hire Brian Michael Bendis to write the title, but he declined.〔(Untitled Document )〕 Marvel hired Scottish writer Mark Millar, who was best known at the time for his run on ''The Authority'' and was largely ignorant of the X-Men franchise. With the first X-Men film as his only reference, Millar reinvented the X-Men.〔(Sequential Tart: Mark Millar – Ultimate Writer (vol V/iss 3/March 2002) )〕 As a result, Millar's original X-Men consisted of telepath Professor X, Cyclops, whose eyes shoot concussive beams, telepathic and telekinetic Jean Grey, weather-manipulating Storm, simian genius Beast, metal-skinned Colossus, and cryokinetic Iceman. Common to the Millar period was an edgy tone, featuring quick action-driven plots and less moral X-Men. For instance, Wolverine tries to kill Cyclops in "Return of the King" because he is envious of Jean's love. In an interview with ''Sequential Tart'', Millar commented, "You're not competing with Cartoon Network on these books; you're competing with 'Buffy'...Superhero comics aren't adult, but they shouldn't be written for five-year-olds either."〔 Millar shaped ''Ultimate X-Men'' into a commercial hit, consistently outselling its sister titles, ''X-Treme X-Men'' and ''Uncanny X-Men'' and staying just behind Grant Morrison's experimental and popular ''New X-Men'' run.〔(ICv2News: ICv2's Top 300 Comics & Top 100 GN's Index )〕 After Mark Millar's run, ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' writer Brian Michael Bendis took over for a year. Bendis stated that his run on the book would be more character-driven, especially concerning Wolverine, who had previously tried to kill his teammate Cyclops.〔 Bendis' run was marked by the relative absence of major villains and was also notorious for killing Beast, who was killed when a Sentinel attacked the White House during Emma Frost's public disclosure of her school. This made Beast the first dead Ultimate X-Man. As a side note, ''Ultimate X-Men'' #40 features what Marvel claims to be the first marriage proposal in a comic book letters column, which is answered in ''Ultimate X-Men'' #44 with a positive response. The third ''Ultimate X-Men'' writer was Brian K. Vaughan, best known at the time for his work on ''Y: The Last Man''. His run was marked by the relative absence of Wolverine as the main character and the re-imagining of second-string ''X-Men'' characters. He introduced Mr. Sinister as a mutant-killing scientist with hypnosis and stealth powers in "The Tempest" (#46-49), German twins Fenris as mutant corporate criminals in "Cry Wolf" (#50-53), as well as Mojo and Longshot as a corrupt TV producer and a mutant felon, respectively in "The Most Dangerous Game" (#54-57). Both are of non-alien origin in this world and have the civilian names "Mojo Adams" and "Arthur Centino", a play on the names of their creators, writer Ann Nocenti and artist Art Adams. Further arcs were centered on Professor X (#58) and Deathstrike in "Shock and Awe" (#59-60). Lady Deathstrike possesses adamantium claws and regenerative powers. Vaughan also reintroduced Emma Frost's mutant team and Magneto in "Magnetic North" (#61-65), and established Ultimate Colossus to be homosexual. (13 - Magnetic north (#65) ) Vaughn's run was followed by Robert Kirkman, author of ''The Walking Dead'' and ''Invincible'' comic books. Kirkman's run was noted for adapting several major storyarcs from the regular X-Men series. These included Jean Grey's transformation into Phoenix, the arrival of Cable and Bishop, and the appearance of Apocalypse. Kirkman reintroduced Wolverine as an important character, and played with issues of team loyalty. Under his authorship, major characters such as Nightcrawler and Colossus left the team. His tenure also featured Cyclops' decision to turn Xavier's into a more traditional school and consequently disband the X-Men. When this was done an alternate team of X-Men was formed by Bishop as part of the upcoming fight against Apocalypse. After the ''Ultimatum'' storyline, nearly all of the X-Men were killed, and the team disbanded. After the events in ''Ultimatum'' the book, along with ''Ultimate Fantastic Four'', was canceled after its 100th issue.〔(Mark Millar Summons The Ultimate Avengers )〕 A follow-up one-shot, called ''Requiem'', was released and concluded the series' story. A new series, ''Ultimate Comics: X'', debuted in early 2010 and featured Kitty Pryde, Wolverine's son, Jimmy Hudson and Jean Grey. ''Ultimate X-Men'' was then relaunched as ''Ultimate Comics: X-Men'' with writer Nick Spencer and artist Paco Medina. The series stars Jimmy Hudson, Kitty Pryde, Johnny Storm, Bobby Drake and Rogue.〔("Marvel Announces Jonathan Hickman on Ultimate Comics: Ultimates in August!" ), Hypergeek, May 2, 2011〕〔Manning, Shaun. ("Marvel's '-Men'" ), Comic Book Resources, May 3, 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ultimate X-Men」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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