Age of Ultron 2013

Ultron has already won. The world lies in ruins and most heroes are dead or hiding when the survivors discover the killer A.I. is puppeteering events from the future, not the present. A desperate raid on Nick Fury’s hidden bunker leads to one impossible choice: change time.

Wolverine and the Invisible Woman travel to the past to stop Ultron at the source—Hank Pym—which creates a far worse timeline. Realizing the cost, they try again, convincing Pym to secretly build a failsafe into Ultron instead of erasing him. When that key is triggered, Ultron is undone—but the repeated time breaks fracture reality, tearing open the multiverse and unleashing lasting consequences across Marvel’s line.

Essentials

• 10-issue event written by Brian Michael Bendis.

• Primary art: Bryan Hitch (early issues), then Carlos Pacheco and Brandon Peterson (later issues).

• Aftermath threads: launches Avengers A.I., sets up multiversal cracks (e.g., cross-universe incursions and arrivals).