Today Marvel held a “Secret Wars Surprise Chat” where they announced a new Secret Wars tie-in. Various Marvel staff joined Bendis and Bagley to announce their forthcoming series Ultimate End.

Ultimate End will be a five issue series starting in May that will chronicle the final Ultimate Universe story!

Here’s the cover of issue #1!

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And the variant by David Marquez

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When questioned about the appearance of deceased characters appearing on the covers Bendis replied “you’ll have to read to find out.”

Bendis also noted that Ultimate End isn’t your traditional tie in:

“These are not tie-ins in the traditional sense of the word. These are very important pieces of the Marvel Universe. The tie-ins are events unto themselves. This would be its own event if there was no Secret Wars. Everything I’m involved with feels that way. What comes out the other side of the event will be different, and these sets that up.”

They also revealed David Marquez’s cover of Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #12

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May is shaping up to be a busy month for Marvel. Will you be following along as the Marvel Universes as we know them come to an end? Let us know in the comments below.

The Marvel Universes as we know them are coming to an end.

Marvel made the announcement today at the Secret Wars press conference at Midtown Comics in New York City where Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso and Senior Vice President of Publishing Tom Brevoort discussed Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic’s Secret Wars.

In place of the current universes we will have Battleworld which will set up the new Marvel Universe moving forward.

Click here to see an interactive Battleworld map from Secret Wars

Behind? Wondering where to start?

Secret Wars #0 will be available on Free Comic Book day (May 2nd) and will be a great primer for Secret Wars. Want to be a bit more familiar with the events leading up to Secret Wars? Check out Avengers: Time Runs Out Volume 1 [HC]

As for the series itself, it’s going to be HUGE!

All 8 covers for Secret Wars will be done by the legendary Alex Ross! Here are the covers for #1 and #2:

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Watch the entire Secret Wars Live Kickoff:

Marvel promises plenty more announcements in the coming weeks.

What’s your reaction? Excitement? Anger? Could care less? Sound off in the comments below!