Ultimate X-Men truce with Nick Fury and The Ultimates, who have been both their best benefactors ("New Mutants" arc) and worst enemies ("Ultimate War") in the past. The Ultimate Fantastic Four have met the X-Men in "Ultimate X4" and the teams are generally on positive terms. "Ultimate X-Men" has been collected in the following trade paperbacks: "Ultimate X-Men" also has been collected in the following hardcovers: Ultimate X-Men 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
Fantastic Four (comic book) but Peter Parker has purchased the Baxter Building to keep it "safe" until the team is ready to come back together. Writer Dan Slott and artist Sara Pichelli launched a new "Fantastic Four" series in August 2018. The first issue of "The Fantastic Four" proved a success, igniting a new direction for superhero comics and soon influencing many other superhero comics. Readers grew fond of Ben's grumpiness, Johnny's tendency to annoy others and Reed and Sue's spats. Stan Lee was surprised at the reaction to the first issue, leading him to stay in the comics field despite previous plans to