As the world comes back from the brink of destruction, those left behind struggle to find some semblance of hope. One young woman in particular tried to build her life back together, but she seems to be hiding something...or rather running away from it.

With the world recovering from disaster, a select and special few try to figure out their place in it. What connects a mysterious winged guardian in Chicago with a hardworking cop? What is the true nature of this shadowy figure? What is Ultimate X?

The final chapter of Ultimate X is here! Discover who—or what—Ultimate X really is!

Who-or what-is Ultimate X? The answers and even more secrets arrive in the all new Ultimate Comics X series from the superstar dream team of Jeph Loeb and Art Adams. Wolverine is dead. Captain America is a fugitive. The Fantastic Four disbanded. Lives have been destroyed and nothing can ever be the same-is there any hope left? It all begins with a search for a brand new character whose identity will leave jaws on the floor and change the Ultimate Universe forever. Collecting: Ultimate Comics X 1-5