Secret Wars (2015 comic book)

"Secret Wars" is a 2015 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. It is not to be confused with the similarly-named 1984-1985 miniseries. Beginning in May 2015, the storyline will include a core Secret Wars mini-series, written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Esad Ribić, that will pick up from where the "Time Runs Out" storyline running inAvengers and New Avengers ends.The storyline involves the Marvel Universe combining with other alternate universes (including the Ultimate Universe and the 2099 Universe, with the merging resulting in Battleworld, a world which exhibits aspects of the various universes. This results in a new, single universe that will become the status quo for Marvel Comics going forth becoming the first Marvel story to do so, similar to how DC Comicsreformed the universe in storylines such as the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline. The core limited series will be eight issues long, and will likely run for five months. One of the core miniseries is Ultimate End which will end the Ultimate Marvel imprint after 15 years.Ultimate End is written by Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley, the team that began the Ultimate Marvel universe with Ultimate Spider-Man