REUNION WITH THE OPPOSITION? Guest artist Alex Lins (NAMOR) takes Wolverine on a psychedelic journey through his mind as familiar and unfamiliar faces of the Opposition try to untangle Logan's Winter Soldier programming!
Visionary creator PEACH MOMOKO (DEMON DAYS, STAR WARS) creates a new generation of X-Men for an all-new universe! Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life - go to school, hang out with her friends, ignore the political strife broiling over after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION - but life has other plans for her. In Japan, urban legends have sprung to life and brought some unusual new powers with them…Meet Armor, Maystorm and a group of new Ultimate X-Men the likes of which you've never seen before!
ENTER…VIPER! Viper enters the stage after a mass raid on the cult known as the Children of the Atom! What has the Maker's Council been doing with the cult's mutants? And what of the mysterious figure they have been keeping prisoner? Hisako and her friends face a new world order as the raid leaves mutants unleashed!
WHO ARE THE X-MEN? RISE OF THE MASKED MUTANTS! Maystorm takes the reins! No more hiding their powers - even if it means hiding their faces! Disenfranchised and despairing after the raid on the Children of the Atom, the man-made mutants seek out leadership - and Maystorm is ready to rise to the occasion!
SHOWDOWN WITH THE SHADOW KING! Maystorm leads her team of masked mutants in a climactic battle against Shadow King! But the confrontation leads to a huge rift between best friends Maystorm and Armor…
THE DAWN OF A NEW MUTANT CULT? It's springtime in Hi No Kuni, the period for renewal and new beginnings. But what's new is not always what's better, as Hisako's dark era spreads…
OPERATION: RESCUE ARMOR! Hisako has been missing, but Nico's undercover sleuthing finally tracks her down! But the Church of the Children of the Atom aren't going to give up Armor without a fight... What dangers await our X-Men in the Astral Plane?
THE MYSTERIOUS MAYSTORM, REVEALED! Maystorm's origin! Mei Igarashi was a regular girl until she discovered her unusual abilities and her hair changed from brown to white… And how she came to idolize a mysterious freedom fighter in Africa who also harnesses the power of the storm!
NEW MUTANTS! • Hisako and Mei’s classmate, Nico Minoru, has figured out that these two girls possess unusual abilities… • But they’re not the only ones! • Hisako’s world gets a whole lot bigger in ULTIMATE X-MEN #4!
THE NEW MUTANTS FACE THEIR FIRST ENEMY! Maystorm isn't the only mutant with electric powers - and Noriko Ashida is here to make sure she knows it! A fun summer festival turns haunted and dangerous as spirits and surges collide! PLUS: The shadow who has been haunting Armor finally reveals his true face!
