# List of Ultimate Universe characters

This is a list of characters from Marvel Comics that appear in the Ultimate Universe (2023-present). For characters from the Ultimate Marvel imprint (2001-2015) see List of Ultimate Marvel characters

## Maker's Council

* The Maker: Initially the Reed Richards of Earth-1610 and leader of its Fantastic Four, before turning against the superhero community and becoming a villain. After being imprisoned on Earth-616, The Maker manages to escape to another world, using extensive time-travel to prevent the events the would give most superheroes their powers, reshaping Earth-6160 as its Imperator.
* Captain Britain: Henri Duggary, a French nobleman and ruler of the European Coalition who is a member of the Maker's Council. Having taken the mantle of Captain Britain, he also controls Avalon and the East Coast of the former United States.
* Emmanuel Da Costa: A Brazilian oligarch who is the Black King of the Hellfire Club and ruler of the Society of South America.
* Hulk: A member of the Maker's Council. Formely the director of the Castle Gamma project, Bruce Banner is said to have turned towards religion and leads a cult called the "Children of Eternal Light". He rules India, as well the city of K'un-L'un and the other Capital Cities of Heaven, using a group of warriors called Immortal Weapons as his lieutenants. He's shown to have taken the mantle and powers of the Iron Fist.
* Khonshu: A member of the Maker's Council and joint ruler of the Upper and Lower Kingdoms of Egypt alongside Ra. He claims to be a avatar of the actual Egyptian god Khonshu.
* Ra: A member of the Maker's Council and joint ruler of the Upper and Lower Kingdoms of Egypt alongside Khonshu. He claims to be a avatar of the actual Egyptian god Ra.
* Colossus: A member of the Maker's Council and Supreme Leader of the Eurasian Republic. He fashions himself a Tsar as his power bloc attempts to enforce control over its Mutant population.
* Magik: A member of the Maker's Council and Tsarina of Limbo. She aids her brother in ruling the Eurasian Republic as part of the Rasputin family.
* Omega Red: A member of the Maker's Council. He's the leading enforcer of the Rasputins and a key figure in the political hierarchy of the Eurasian Republic.
* Silver Samurai: A member of the Maker's Council. He's a lead enforcer of Emperor Sunfire and Viper, being one of the key figures of the Harada-Yoshida Alliance that rules over Hi No Kuni.
* Shiro Yoshida: A member of the Maker's Council, Emperor of Hi No Kuni and leader of the Harada-Yoshida Alliance, a union of clans who rule the former Japanese territories.
* Viper: A member of the Maker's Council, "Voice of the Rising Sun" and second-in-command to Emperor Sunfire. She oversees the Children of the Atom.
* Nick Fury: Director of H.A.N.D, who works for the Maker's Council during the Maker's absence.

## Ultimate Spider-Man
### Heroes

* Spider-Man: An adult Peter Parker. Married to Mary Jane and having two children, he has a ordinary life until a Origin-Machine is gifted to him by Tony Stark and he finds out about how The Maker tampered with his life. He accepts the catalyst inside the box, and becomes Spider-Man. Writer Jonathan Hickman said that he was inspired by the version of the character seen in the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
* Harry Osborn: Heir to Oscorp after his father's death during a false flag attack conducted by the Maker's Council. He discovers the truth about the Council's involvement in the incident and repurposes Stark technology to become the Green Goblin. He eventually becomes a friend to Peter Parker and an ally against the Kingpin's rule over New York City.

### Villains

* Kingpin: A loyalist of the Maker's Council. Wilson Fisk rules over New York as its appointed Shadow Governor, his title of Kingpin of Manhattan being an open secret in the criminal underworld. The Sinister Six act as his enforcers, each one having control over a specific borough of the city.
* Shocker: A low-life criminal who steals technology from a Stark "Origin-Machine" and uses it to commit robberies, having a few encounters with Spider-Man and Green Goblin.
* Bullseye: A loyalist of the Maker's Council who serves as Wilson Fisk's bodyguard.
* Black Cat: The mantle of Black Cat is used by two people, the first being Walter Hardy, a retired burglar who becomes an associate of Wilson Fisk, controlling the Bronx as one of the Sinister Six. His daughter Felicia later reluctantly takes over in his stead and becomes the second Black Cat.
* Kraven the Hunter: An billionaire oligarch who was excommunicated from Russia during the "Rasputin Purge" and known as the Hunter of Staten Island. Sergei Kravioff operates as one of the Sinister Six. He manages to capture Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, releasing them on the Savage Land in order to hunt them.
* Mysterio: A illusive member of the Sinister Six who controls Brooklyn, whose true identity is unknown even to the Kingpin himself.
* Mister Negative: CEO of the F.E.A.S.T Foundation while running the Demons Gang in secret, Martin Li controls Queens on behalf of the Kingpin, as one of the Sinister Six.
* Mole Man: A member of the Sinister Six who controls the Underground of New York City, using his Moloids as a personal army of sorts while also controlling a surviving sector of the Savage Land on Subterranea.

### Supporting characters

* Mary Jane Watson: Peter Parker's wife and mother to Richard and May. She's a sucessful publicist who later becomes involved with Ben Parker and J. Jonah Jameson's initiative at founding The Paper as a independent news company to counter the Fisk-run Daily Bugle. She eventually learns about Peter's alter ego, supporting him and naming him Spider-Man.
* Gwen Stacy: Harry Osborn's wife. She aids her husband at running Oscorp, supporting his activities as the Green Goblin after both learn the truth about the Stark Tower attack. She eventually invests in The Paper and becomes an acquaintance to the Parkers.
* Ben Parker: The former managing editor of the Daily Bugle who quits alongside J. Jonah Jameson to create The Paper as an independent news outlet and gradually uncovers the conspiracy behind the Stark Tower attack.
* J. Jonah Jameson: A close friend to the Parkers and former editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle who quits alongside Ben Parker to create The Paper as an independent news outlet, joining him in investigating the Stark Tower attack.
* Otto Octavius: A former prodigy and protégé of Norman Osborn who becomes a leading scientist at Oscorp and works for Harry Osborn, performing reverse engineering on Stark technology to create the Green Goblin suit.
* Richard Parker: The son of Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker, who is named after his grandfather. He uses his father's picotech suit to act as Spider-Man when he goes missing.
* May Parker: The daughter of Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker, who is their youngest child. She is the first to find out about her father's alter ego as Spider-Man and soon comes to support him, helping him redesign his suit and keeping his secret for a while before the rest of her family learns about it.
* Robbie Robertson: Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Bugle after J. Jonah Jameson leaves the newspaper. Eventually becomes an informant for Jameson during his efforts to investigate the Stark Tower attack.
* Matthew Murdock: A priest who takes part in memorial events for the victims of the Stark Tower attack.

## Ultimate Black Panther
### Heroes

* Black Panther: The King of Wakanda. T'Challa takes the throne after his father is killed in a terrorist attack ordered by the Upper and Lower Kingdoms, declaring war against Khonshu and Ra's rule over the African continent as he gradually learns about Vibranium and its opposite element's mysterious properties.
* Erik Killmonger: An insurgent who leaves Wakanda in order to fight against the Upper and Lower Kingdoms and their domain over Africa. He eventually becomes a valuable ally to T'Challa against Khonshu and Ra.
* Storm: Also known as the Wind-Rider, Storm operates alongside Killmonger during their insurgency against the Upper and Lower Kingdoms, eventually joining T'Challa.
* Inan: The current Sorcerer Supreme. She is rescued from a H.A.N.D facility by Killmonger and Storm and brought to Wakanda in order to help uncover more about Vibranium's mysterious properties.

### Villains

* Moon Knight: The title of Moon Knight is given to the dual and mutual unity between Khonshu and Ra, as both undertake war efforts in order to annex Wakanda, searching for a mysterious element opposite to Vibranium and attempting to hold the African continent in the Maker's absence.

### Supporting characters

* Okoye: High Mentor of the Dora Milaje and its former General who is T'Challa's wife in an arranged marriage, supporting him during the war efforts against the Upper and Lower Kingdoms.
* Shuri: T'Challa's sister, who is tied to the Dora Milaje and defends a proactive approach against the Upper and Lower Kingdoms.
* Matron Imala: Leader of the Vodu-Khan, a group of female seers and mystics who hold a position of influence in Wakanda. Despite T'Challa's reluctance in trusting her, she advises him during key points of his war efforts.

## Ultimate X-Men
### Heroes

* Hisako Ichiki: A 16-year old student who discovers the ability to form an armor made of psionic energy around herself. After a friend's suicide, she becomes entangled in a mystery relating to the Shadow King and a fringe cult of Mutants called the Children of the Atom.
* Mei Igarashi: A young student who idolizes Storm and later discovers weather-based powers, becoming Hisako's best friend and later forming the Secret Society X-Men alongside her and a few friends. She eventually takes on the codename "Maystorm".
* Nico Minoru: A young Mutant who claims to be from a family of psychics, becoming close to Mei and Hisako and later joining their efforts against the Shadow King and the Children of the Atom.
* Natsu Tsukishima: A young student with a long history with the Children of the Atom. She has similar abilities to Scott Summers and is their equivalent on Earth-6160's X-Men, being able to shoot a optic blast from one eye.
* Mori: A young student and Natsu's best friend, who eventually joins the X-Men in their efforts against the Children of the Atom. She is Earth-6160's equivalent of Molly Hayes.
* Kanon Sainouchi: A senior student and expert fencer who claims to be a descendant of the legendary samurai Sai. She ends up being a key figure in exposing the Children of the Atom and becomes a runaway alongside her brother Tatsuya. She eventually meets Hisako and offers to train her, revealing herself as a Mutant.

### Villains

* Shinobu Kageyama: A young Mutant with strong psychic abilities and supremacist ideologies. He takes a interest in Hisako's powers and stalks her in a attempt to convince her to join him.
* Noriko Ashida: A young delinquent who was raised as one of the Children of the Atom and is Shinobu's best friend. She eventually becomes a rival to Mei.
* The Maester: Leader of the Children of the Atom who is Earth-6160's version of Mister Sinister. He is a secretive and mysterious scientist who performs experiments relating to Mutants and the X-gene itself under Viper's supervision, following her orders on behalf of Emperor Sunfire.

### Supporting Characters.

* Akihiro: A prisoner of the Children of the Atom whose Mutant blood is used by the Maester. His mind appears to be fractured due to the experiments performed on him.
* Yukio: A content creator on the 8-Chome channel who focuses on urban investigation, taking a interest in Hisako and the mysterious cases relating to her former school.

## Ultimates
### Heroes

* Iron Lad: The son of Howard Stark, who operated as Iron Man. After Howard and the Maker were trapped alongside Kang inside The City in Latveria at the end of Ultimate Invasion, Tony took the name "Iron Lad" to honor his father, while not finding himself yet worthy of the Iron Man title. Knowing The City would open again in a year, he starts The Ultimates Network to take back the world from the Maker's Council and end The Maker's regime.
* Captain America: Frozen in the Arctic at the end of WWII, he was retrieved by Doom and Stark before The Maker could find him. Once awaken, he finds that the United States do not exist as a country anymore, as a result of the Maker's schemes. Thus he becomes one of the leading figures of the Ultimates, driven to defeat the Council.
* Doom: The Reed Richards of Earth-6160, who became a prisoner and servant inside The City after The Maker sabotaged the flight that would have led to creation of the Fantastic Four. While lacking his stretching abilities, he is an intellect rival to that of the Maker, and knows all his secrets, being a lead strategist among the Ultimates.
* Thor: An exiled Asgardian God of Thunder who is freed by Stark and Doom and hopes to take back his throne from Loki, after he learns about the conspiracy enabled by the Maker, which managed to kill his father Odin.
* Sif: A warrior goddess of Asgard and Thor's former warden, who joins the Ultimates after learning about Loki's deception that led him to take Asgard's throne.
* Giant-Man: A reluctant hero who joins the Ultimates alongside his wife. While having his genius intellect impaired by Nick Fury under the Maker's orders and hesitant to take on the mantle due to his Earth-616's counterpart and his turbulent history, he is convinced by Captain America and becomes a valuable member of the team.
* Wasp: Hank Pym's wife, who joins the Ultimates alongside him. The loss of the Pym Particles also prevented Janet Van Dyne from becoming the Wasp, which she later learns due to Stark's Origin-Machine. Unlike Pym, she instantly accepts the offer to gain superpowers and adjusts faster to being a superhero.
* America Chavez: A runaway from Earth-6160's erased future who is freed after Captain America, Iron Lad, Giant-Man and Wasp raid the White House. She later finds out about her former past as one of the Guardians of the Galaxy, but decides to stay with the Ultimates for a while.
* She-Hulk: A native of Monster Island called Lejori Zakaria. She acquired her powers during Castle Gamma, the testing of a gamma bomb by Bruce Banner and the North American Union. Lejori was the only one of her people to develop functional super powers and vows to protect them, joining the Ultimates after Stark promises to help her in improving their conditions.
* Human Torch: An android who fought alongside Captain America and the Invaders in WWII, during which he killed Adolf Hitler. He was kept in a Damage Control facility before being rescued by the Ultimates and joining the team after Iron Lad repairs his body.
* Hawkeye: Charlie Ramsey, a Native-American of the Oglala Lakota Nation who found the rejected outfit and equipment that Stark had sent to the original Hawkeye, Clint Barton. Using the technology, Ramsey becomes the new Hawkeye, later joining the Ultimates.

### Villains

* Midas: Owner of the Midas Group and a member of the Hellfire Club. He is shown as a loyalist of the Maker's Council whose function is acting as their man in the White House, using its underground to hold America Chavez captive before being defeated by Captain America and incapacitated in the process.
* Immortal Weapons: The champions of the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven who work for Hulk as his lieutenants. They are deadly Gamma-infused martial arts experts. Their names reference nuclear weapons and Hulk-related terms: Decay's Beautiful Daughter, Fat Cobra, Uranium Brother #235, Prince of Meltdowns, Bride of Nine World-Breakers, and Crane Mother of the Bomb.
* Red Skulls: Secessionist Neo-Nazi militia inspired by Johann Shmidt's ideologies, who appropriated the Punisher's symbol. Implied to be tied to H.A.N.D and used by the Council as controlled opposition. The group is led by the mysterious Grand Skull.
* Grand Skull: The leader of the Red Skulls and the fifth to wear the title after the last four died in unspecified means. His identity is unknown. After a skirmish with the Ultimates, Steve Rogers and Jim Hammond start to suspect he is their former ally, Bucky Barnes.

### Supporting characters

* Guardians of the Galaxy: A group of superheroes from the erased future of the 61th century who barely escaped the Maker's rewriting of reality and entered the new timeline. The group consists of versions of Star-Lord, Captain Marvel, Ultimate Nulifier and Cosmo. America Chavez is revealed as one of their former members. After a brief fight against the Ultimates, they part ways in friendly terms with the team in order to search for other survivors, pledging to help if called.
* Luke Cage: A man who was incarcerated for no clear reasons since his adolescence under the Maker's orders and gained powers due to a Origin-Machine sent by Stark. He readily becomes a covert ally to the Ultimates while not formally joining the team on missions, instead deciding to work inside the North American Union's intricate prison system to create an underground insurgency movement, meeting Danny Rand in the process.

## Ultimate Wolverine
### Protagonists

* Wolverine: A Mutant called Logan who was brainwashed and controlled after being captured near-death by Eurasian forces, being subjected to the Winter Soldier Program and becoming the Rasputins' lead assassin against insurgent groups such as the Opposition. He gradually starts to unravel the truth behind his past.
* The Opposition: A coalition of Mutants and humans who fight against the Rasputins' rule over the Eurasian Republic, consisting of members such as Nightcrawler and Mystique.

### Antagonists

* The Rasputins: The Tsars of Eurasia and Limbo, consisting of Colossus and Magik, while Omega Red serves as the family's leading enforcer. The trio oversees the Eurasian Republic, directly weaponizing their fellow Mutants with their state apparatus, using initiatives such as the Winter Soldier and the Sentinel Program to hunt down dissidents.
* Dr. Alonya Prostvovich: Head of Directorate X, a covert scientific department of the Eurasian Republic that researches and weaponizes Mutants.