Ultimate Extinction #2

Issue two of six in Warren Ellis's Ultimate Extinction brings together a striking assembly of the Ultimate Universe's heaviest hitters. Brandon Peterson's cover (inked by Peterson, colored by Justin Ponsor) crowds the frame with the Thing's massive rocky fists front and center, flanked by Mr. Fantastic, a figure in blue armor, Captain America wielding his shield, and a battered, wide-eyed man who looks like he's already been through the worst of it. With planetary-scale threat hanging over the title itself, this mid-series chapter promises the kind of gathering-of-forces tension that makes ensemble superhero stories so compelling.