(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Bryan Hitch. cover by bryan hitch mark millar (w)/bryan hitch (p)/andrew currie (i) * THE SCOOP: The dream team of Mark Millar (ULTIMATE X-MEN) and Bryan Hitch (The Authority) unleash the fourth title in the red-hot Ultimate line! * THE STORY: A mutant madman attacked the President of the United States on the White House lawn. A gaudily-costumed teen climbs walls in New York City. The strange beings who've appeared overnight are here to stay. The old order has fallen and people are scared. Nick Fury* head of the elite espionage agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D.* has a unique solution: put some of these bizarre characters on his payroll! His grand idea: a small but lethal army known as The Ultimates* created to protect us all from the newly rising threats to mankind! Among those considered for membership: Iron Man* a jet-flying* limousine-riding* publicity-seeking capitalist with both a self-made confidence and a personal assault suit; Giant-Man* a Prozac-popping scientist with an inferiority complex as large as his stature; The Wasp* a petite powerhouse with a sordid secret; The Hulk* a brilliant* gentle man who's addicted to letting his inhibitions go and tearing everything - and everyone - he loves apart; Captain America* a soldier with John Glenn's buzz-cut cool* John McCain's style of politics* and Mike Tyson's right cross; and Thor* a New Age guru who may either be the living son of a Norse god... or a lunatic with a big hammer. * THE WRITER SPEAKS: "In a broad sense* this book is about the greatest heroes of our time getting together to defend the world*" explained Millar. "However* that's also the high-concept for the JLA and pretty much every super-team book on the stands. What we have to do here is re-think everything we've ever taken for granted about super hero comics and throw away all of the clich s and formulas. This series (as well as the Ultimate line in general) has to feel as different from traditional comic books as Stan Lee's vision was to Golden Age DC." * THE FORMAT: This debut issue is 32 pages* with ads. Each issue of this ongoing monthly series will be printed on glossy paper* with a cardstock cover.