Cover: Alessandro Cappuccio

Ultimate Wolverine #3

May 2025 · Marvel · 4.99 USD

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Ultimate Wolverine #3 marks the first appearance of the Earth-6160 versions of Gambit (Remy LeBeau), Kitty Pryde (going by 'Sprite'), and Black Widow (Natalia Romanova / Chyornaya Vdova) in the relaunched Ultimate Universe — three major X-Men and Avengers characters simultaneously introduced into a shared alternate continuity for the first time. The issue deepens the moral architecture of Marvel's second Ultimate Universe by framing these beloved characters as battle-hardened rebels fighting autocratic oppression, deliberately inverting the familiar dynamics readers expect (Kitty as hardened guerrilla, Black Widow as defector from the Eurasian Republic rather than a Soviet-turned-SHIELD agent). It also expands the Opposition — this universe's analogue to the X-Men — from a rumored underground network into an active cast of characters with full agency, cementing the series' thematic premise that mutant liberation in Earth-6160 is an ongoing revolution rather than a school-based ideal.

writer Chris Condon · artist, inker Alessandro Cappuccio · colorist Bryan Valenza · letterer VC's Cory Petit · cover Alessandro Cappuccio

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History

The series was announced at New York Comic Con in October 2024 and was the first new ongoing added to the second wave of Marvel's relaunched Ultimate Universe line, which had launched in early 2024 with Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Black Panther, Ultimate X-Men, and The Ultimates. Editor Wil Moss approached writer Chris Condon — best known for the crime series That Texas Blood — to craft the book, and Condon has described immediately knowing what he wanted to do with the character. Artist Alessandro Cappuccio, who had built his Marvel reputation on the critically praised Moon Knight run with Jed Mackay, was paired with Condon from the outset; both contributed a prelude story in the one-shot Ultimate Universe: One Year In (December 2024) before the ongoing debuted in January 2025. The costume design for this version of Wolverine became a minor point of public dispute in early 2025 when Rob Liefeld claimed credit for it, but Condon publicly stated the design was wholly original work by Cappuccio.

Trivia · 8 facts

First appearance of the Earth-6160 (new Ultimate Universe) version of Kitty Pryde, operating under the codename 'Sprite', as a leader of the Opposition resistance group.
First appearance of the Earth-6160 version of Gambit (Remy LeBeau) — established in-story as the mutant responsible for the 'Mikhail Massacre,' in which Colossus and Magik's brother was killed.
First appearance of the Earth-6160 version of Black Widow, called 'Chyornaya Vdova' (Natalia Romanova), portrayed as a former Eurasian Republic asset who has defected to the mutant Opposition.
Written by Chris Condon with art, inks, and cover by Alessandro Cappuccio; colored by Bryan Valenza; lettered by VC's Cory Petit; edited by Wilson Moss.
Released March 26, 2025 (cover-dated May 2025); 32 pages, rated T+; published by Marvel Comics as part of the Ultimate Universe imprint set on Earth-6160.
The issue is structured around the Winter Soldier (Logan) leading a Eurasian Republic strike team against Kitty Pryde and Gambit — soldiers are armed with Adamantium bullets as a fail-safe against their own asset — before Kitty's phasing power triggers fragmented memories in Logan.
The issue includes two in-universe 'data pages' (an online news article and a poster) used as world-building documents, a recurring storytelling device in the series.
Key Collector Comics catalogues this issue specifically as the 'Introduction of Gambit and Kitty Pryde' in the new Ultimate Universe, corroborated by the Marvel Database which also lists Natalia Romanova (Earth-6160) as making her first appearance here.