Ultimates Epic Collection: Super-Human

S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Nick Fury builds a government-funded super-human team: Iron Man, Thor, Giant-Man, the Wasp and Bruce Banner, who is studying the serum that made Captain America. Steve Rogers is found frozen in ice and wakes up in a century he doesn't understand. The team deals with egos and celebrity, Banner loses control and the Hulk tears up part of Manhattan, and Hank and Janet's marriage falls apart. Meanwhile, Fury learns the Chitauri, shape-shifting aliens, have been infiltrating Earth for decades. The volume ends with the Ultimates facing the invasion and coming out as public heroes.

1. Behind the scenesSamuel L. Jackson's Fury

   Bryan Hitch drew this version of Nick Fury with Samuel L. Jackson's face years before the actor was cast in the role.

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2. ReferenceWhedon cites The Ultimates

   Joss Whedon said The Avengers "goes back to the very first incarnation of The Avengers, it goes to The Ultimates." The idea of heroes assembled by S.H.I.E.L.D. comes from here.

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3. ReferenceInvaders called Chitauri

   The aliens invading Earth in the comic are the Chitauri, the same name as the army Loki brings to New York in the film.

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