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
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