Marvel Comics has announced fans of the Ultimate Universe can read the March on Ultimatum Saga #1 for “free” on the Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited site.

MARCH ON ULTIMATUM SAGA
Written by STUART VANDAL
Cover by DAVID FINCH

I find it interesting that in order to read this “free” book, you have to sign up for an account, which requires you to pay for a monthly or yearly fee.  Your best bet is to head to your LCS and see if the owner has any free copies left over from last week.

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With the rumors about a reboot or cancellation of some or all of Marvel’s Ultimate titles, you can bet there were lots of people attending the Marvel Ultimate Panel at San Diego Comic Con.  Take the jump for the highlights.

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Marvel has announced the Astonishing X-Men #25, Ultimates 3 #4, and Ultimate Origins #2 have all sold out at the distributor level, prompting the company to go back to print with variant covers for each.

“It’s unbelievably wild that we’ve sold out of all four issues AND multiple printings of these stories,” said Loeb of Ultimates 3 #4.  “We’re having a blast with the Ultimate U’s mightiest heroes and this issue really sets up our last issue #5 of the “Who Killed The Scarlet Witch?” arc.  The ending will surprise you — and even better, it is the direct lead in Ultimatum #1 with killer artwork by David Finch and Danny Miki!  Hop on now before the Ultimate Universe is never the same again!”

Ultimate Origins #2 was just released last week, and with the intriguing “we are all connected” storyline, it’s no wonder it sold out so fast.

Take the jump for a look at the variant covers and release date information.

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Just to show you how popular the first issue of this series was, Marvel let Major Spoilers know that even with the “massive” overprint, the issue sold out at the distributor level. While we wait and see if Marvel will go back to print (my bet is they will), the company has sent us a sneak peek of issue #2.

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