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As reported in November 2005's issue of Wizard Magazine, they shed some light on Ultimate Vision, talking a bit about how the short stories came to be, as well as revealing that Michael Turner will be doing the covers for the back story.
While the Ultimate Universe gears up for possible extinction in the near future, Mark Millar eyes a Vision of the past. This November, the Ultimates 2 scribe re-teams with Wolverine collaborator John Romita JR. to herald the origin story of Ultimate Vision, the doomsaying andriod first introduced in the pages of Ultimate Nightmare to warn the heroes of the impending arrival of Gah Lak Tus. Functioning as a prelude to Warren Ellis' epic trilogy of Ultimate mini-series --the third arc, Ultimate Extinction, kicks of in December (Authors Note: The mini series has now been moved to begin in January 2006)-- Ultimate Vision will be told as a series of three eight-page back-up stories running in November's Ultimate Spider-Man #86, Ultimate X-Men #65 and Ultimate Fantastic Four # 25, which will not be reprinted in a subsequent trade paperback.
The kicker? Each issue will be printed flipbook-style, with a second cover drawn by superstar artist Michael Turner.
"Warren had introduced this amazing Ultimate version of Vision, and we knew we had something way more interesting than we had room for," said Ultimate Editor John Barber. "When we mentioned the idea to Mark, he pushed it even further, showing exactly what the character was doing with Gah Lak Tus. We also wanted to give a little something extra to the readers of the monthly books, without doing a big crossover that forces you to buy bunch of books you don't ordinarily wouldn't. This story fits the bill. It adds dimension to the Ultimate Galactus Trilogy without cluttering things up!"
While the Ultimate Universe gears up for possible extinction in the near future, Mark Millar eyes a Vision of the past. This November, the Ultimates 2 scribe re-teams with Wolverine collaborator John Romita JR. to herald the origin story of Ultimate Vision, the doomsaying andriod first introduced in the pages of Ultimate Nightmare to warn the heroes of the impending arrival of Gah Lak Tus. Functioning as a prelude to Warren Ellis' epic trilogy of Ultimate mini-series --the third arc, Ultimate Extinction, kicks of in December (Authors Note: The mini series has now been moved to begin in January 2006)-- Ultimate Vision will be told as a series of three eight-page back-up stories running in November's Ultimate Spider-Man #86, Ultimate X-Men #65 and Ultimate Fantastic Four # 25, which will not be reprinted in a subsequent trade paperback.
The kicker? Each issue will be printed flipbook-style, with a second cover drawn by superstar artist Michael Turner.
"Warren had introduced this amazing Ultimate version of Vision, and we knew we had something way more interesting than we had room for," said Ultimate Editor John Barber. "When we mentioned the idea to Mark, he pushed it even further, showing exactly what the character was doing with Gah Lak Tus. We also wanted to give a little something extra to the readers of the monthly books, without doing a big crossover that forces you to buy bunch of books you don't ordinarily wouldn't. This story fits the bill. It adds dimension to the Ultimate Galactus Trilogy without cluttering things up!"