Ultimate X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 4

Ultimate X-Men Omnibus

by Jeph Loeb, Nick Spencer, Kaare Andrews (Cover Art)

The blockbuster final chapter of the first era of ULTIMATE X-MEN!

The world was on the brink of destruction. Countless heroes died. The X-Men are gone. The true history of the X-Gene has been revealed, and now mutants have been branded as terrorists and are being hunted as criminals. But there is hope — in the form of an unlikely group of young heroes gathered together to save tomorrow. Who, or what, is Ultimate X? And in a world where fear and hatred run rampant, how will the X-Men return? Get ready for the war for mutant liberation, with Kitty Pryde as the figurehead for her people, on a collision course with… Jean Grey! Will the planet be torn apart when the mutant nations of Utopia and Tian clash? Or will that fate come at the hands of the world-eating Galactus?! A cataclysm is coming — for the X-Men and the entire Ultimate Universe!

COLLECTING: Ultimate Comics X (2010) #1-5; Ultimate Comics X-Men (2011) #1-33, #18. 1; Ultimate Comics Wolverine (2013) #1-4; Cataclysm: Ultimate X-Men (2013) #1-3; Cataclysm: The Ultimates’ Last Stand (2013) #4-5; material from Ultimate Fallout (2011) #2-6

Written by Jeph Loeb, Nick Spencer, Brian Wood, Nathan Edmondson, Cullen Bunn, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Brian Michael Bendis & More

Penciled by Arthur Adams, Paco Medina, Carlo Barberi, Reilly Brown, Filipe Andrade, Mahmud Asrar, Álvaro Martínez Bueno, David Messina, John Sterling Lucas, Mark Bagley & More

Genres: Comics

1136 pages, Hardcover

Published August 4, 2026

About the author

Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an Emmy and WGA nominated American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic book writer. Loeb was a Co-Executive Producer on the NBC hit show Heroes, and formerly a producer/writer on the TV series Smallville and Lost.

A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner (see below), Loeb's comic book career includes work on many major characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Daredevil, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, much of which he has produced in collaboration with artist Tim Sale, who provides the comic art seen on Heroes.

Reviews

[Jacob · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will be the first to admit the Ultimate X-Men series as a whole is a flawed retelling of X-Men stories, but I think it ended on a strong note. This is the first time the story really does go into a completely new area unburdened by the 616 canon it's trying to somewhat retell, and unfortunately I guess I do have to thank Ultimatum for that. Seeing Kitty Pryde shine is definitely the best part of this arc but I enjoyed the creation of a mutant society as well. The Mothervine stuff was weird and it wasn't incorporated perfectly but it has a great moment towards the later end of this run. The only part that stinks is a lot of the plotlines that Nick Spencer started weren't finished in the Brian Wood section, but luckily they both can stand on their own as enjoyable arcs in the story. Only thing I didn't enjoy is how Johnny Storm is written out pretty quickly, I thought he added some really interesting nuance to the human vs mutant debate and I think he would've been a great character to bounce things off of later on in the story. Plus him and Bobby are great, and I loved the echoes of Ultimate Spider-Man being very prevalent in the early stories. The Ultimate Universe (1610 one) is flawed but I have enjoyed most of what I've read from this era, that being Ultimates Omni, all of USM, and the Hickman collection. Next up is Ultimate Fantastic Four which i am prepared to like significantly less then all the other omnis in this universe I've read, especially because they don't even play that much into why Reed becomes the Maker.