For a long time I was getting the books out quite regularly, but then when I was in an accident and with an injury to my wrist, it kept me away from putting out new material for close to a year and a half. Now that I'm healed and the book is back to monthly again (fingers crossed), I thought it would be a good time to recap everything that has happened so far. For newer readers, this (every long) recap will bring you up to speed on all of the past issues. For those that were reading along before my (unplanned) absence it can be a refresher without having to reread all of the books again! Onward and upward from here!
Our story begins eight months ago when...
The team makes their debut to the public with the founding members of Titan, Magno, Crossbow, Cat, Master Mind and Phantom. They reveal themselves when they travel to New York City to defeat the forces of G’Ion Deatheon, made up of Savage, Chains, Twister and Twirl. During their first outing they meet Linda, who will become Echo, and Moonlight, who becomes a sort of honorary member. When Cat is abducted, Moonlight arrives to offer his help in finding Cat.
Moonlight brings them to Cat’s home world and Linda takes the name Echo along the way. They also meet the Interplanetary Protectorate Guild (IPG). Echo decides to stay with them, but Spider-Star and X-Ray Boy join the team and they all return to Earth, but Spider-Star and X-Ray Boy fly off to explore their new home immediately on arrival at the Ultra-Elite Team’s nearly completed Headquarters. The team encounters the Cronus Shard waiting for them at their headquarters; when touched the shard sends them hurtling through time and space. While in Africa, the Water Bearer meets with a mysterious talking lion.
Crossbow finds herself in Ancient Greece in 49 B.C. where she meets Diodarius and the takes her to the Nexus Between Worlds where she is given a magical golden arrow. When the meeting is done, Diodarius sends her on her way home, but she arrives at team headquarters about ten years after she left. While there she meets future members of the team, Orb, Hummingbird and Semeulke. She hides the golden arrow in the future and also learns that she and Titan are dating at that time.
Magno finds himself in 1425 A.D. in Mexico where he meets a helps a young woman who travels with him back to his correct time. Meanwhile, Master Mind is sent to 1968 A.D. where she meets and learns the origin of the time-traveling hero named Freedom. Phantom is sent more than a decade into the future where he meets the Ultra-Elite Team 2.
Titan doesn’t travel through time, but instead he learns that there are Alternate Earths, which he begins to number as he encounters them. On Alternate Earth 1 he meets the slightly younger heroes that make up the Ultimate Team. On Alternate Earth 2 he meets the Terminators of Evil, villains who started out as heroes, but turned evil when they attempted to remake the world in their own image. On Alternate Earth 3 he finds himself in a world without color, just black, white and shades of gray where he meets Commander Foofoo as he is swept up into a global conflict on that world.
Cat is sent over seven billion years into the future when the Earth is about to die; there he meets Vapor for the first time and she helps him get back to his correct time. Unknown to all, Vapor was working with Brian King to manipulate Cat to deal with something called “the Beast”, but it turns out that Cat wasn’t needed.
The heroes finally return to their correct time, but Phantom is puzzled that he alone returned outside of the headquarters while the rest of the team appeared again in the meeting room from which they left. They talk about their adventures and the woman that Mango brought back joins the team as Serpent. Phantom also uses his powers to magically enhance Crossbow’s jacket. While the team is talking they learn that the forces of the G’Ion have kidnapped some of their family members.
Electrode and Vapor were sent by their father to assist them and they join the team. Titan reveals that Shadowwalker resides in his belt and it then helps them get into the G’Ion’s realm, where they rescue their family members, Spark, Magno 2, Phantom Queen, Power Supreme, Janice Sutton and David Sutton. They also learn that others are being held captive there and they rescue Beam and Mythos. The younger heroes from a subdivision of the team called the U-Teens. Back in Cat’s galaxy, Ebon Wolf quits the IPG.
After going over how they were abducted, Beam and Mythos join the team and the U-Teens head out on their own. While they battle Whiz Kid, they also encounter I5 and the Galaxy Squirrels before Whiz Kid is mysteriously abducted by Major Hole.
The team is alerted to a hero in New York City calling himself Italus who is looking for the team. After meeting with him, Phantom, Phantom Queen and Serpent to go Italy with him where they fight Zesto and Koldun’ya and learn about King Italus and Flavius Romulus Augustus. After the fighting is done, Italus agrees to be a reserve member for the team. The Water Bearer is called into a meeting in Zerzura, Africa, with the talking lion. Power Boi is attacked by Shock Troopers. Back in Cat’s galaxy, Prime Leader and Moonlight meet over Ebon Wolf going rogue. In Diodarius’ realm, Axioppea comes to visit him.
Saxx and Cord make their presence known when they fight Zesto and Whiz Kid at a concert in Connecticut and they join the team at this time. We also learn that the G’Ion has new recruits in Zero Stratus, Hacker and Coil and is in league with the Dark Horde. This is right around the time that the Ultra-Elite Team’s headquarters if finished and they fully move in.
Diodarius’ realm comes under attack by the Preventers and their cryptid companions. Hyria, Yonatavia, Ultio, T’Okios, Zopalla and Tonzalia are Diodarius’ children there when the battle begins. Back on Earth, X-Ray Boy and Spider-Star return to the team in time for Titan reveal he has a secret entrance into Diodarius’ realm. Once the Ultra-Elite Team gets there, the battle rages on and they are joined by more of Diodarius’ children, such as Strong Boy, Anaxibia, Cleotherea, Loravai and Cronus. As the heroes push their back into the G’Ion’s realm, Savage runs Crossbow through with his sword, killing her.
Titan has Phantom free his spirit from his body and he goes into the afterlife to get Crossbow back, taking on the angel of death in the process; while Phantom and Phantom Queen work to repair Crossbow’s body. As the battle rages on, Rimrock enters the fight as one of the Preventers, but the heroes are joined by Diodarius’ other son, Getoneas as well as Axioppea, the mother of Electrode and Vapor. Titan is able to bring Crossbow back to life, Getoneas is able to push the two realms apart and it is revealed that Tiger has been working for Titan while posing undercover as a Shock Trooper. When the battle is done, the team returns to headquarters as Titan and Crossbow grow closer.
After this the team takes some down time for a cookout and even Diodarius joins them. He tells them the origins of himself and the G’Ion and of an epic battle thousands of years ago between the Gods of the Earth and the G’Ion. This leads to the tale of how Titan and Magno got their powers and how Crossbow and Master Mind were invited to the join the team before learning how Cat came to the earth and ending with the origin of Phantom and Phantom Queen. At the end of the day, Phantom and Diodarius work to separate Cat from Rick King, the boy he merged with to survive on Earth.
In Austria, Professor Faraway’s school is attacked by the Dark Horde, so he gives The Book That Cannot Be Named to a student and sends her on her way to find Titan, she goes with a fairy and a handful of forest gnomes on a boat that can sail on land or water as the professor and his cat, Hanu, stay behind to face the horde. At Tech Point One, Crossbow’s family business, Beam and Power Supreme were there to visit when Lizard Lady leads a battalion of Shock Troopers to attack. The heroes fight back, assisted by Crossbow’s family and several students there. Meanwhile, Crossbow heads out to find the boy that would become the hero known as Orb. In England, King Italus brings young Augustus to stay with a friend of his on a mysterious vanishing island. Italus also entrusts his friend with the Initio Imperium Mortis Disk.
The heroes at Tech Point One decide to explore and find a young boy being held there for his own protection. They help him get out and create the identity of Dire Wolf. Along the way they meet up with Power Boi. In New Jersey, Crossbow lures Orb out into the open when she allows herself to be mugged, unaware that one of the muggers will go on to become the villain known as Raw. On Alternate Earth 1, Ice Mistress finds a rip in space/time continuum and decides to explore it.
Rick King decides to use his newfound powers to become a hero and goes by the name Element King. He is then visited by Electrode and Vapor who question him about his cousin, Brian King, who they reveal is actually a time-traveler.
Crossbow brings Orb back to headquarters and learns that Titan and Phantom have gone off to explore alternate Earths. Dire Wolf and Power Boi also join the team. A four year-old Semeulke is tested by his grandfather while on a far away world the Golden Guardian encounters the Worioggs while Italus in Italy starts to look into reports of bizarre monsters. Serpent and Mythos are in Mexico when they counter a trio out gunning for Serpent. Professor Faraway’s student makes her way to Florida, where she is attacked by the Dark Horde. Ice Mistress arrives on our Earth as her teammates discover she is missing back on Alternate Earth 1. On Alternate Earth 2, Mindbender arranged a meeting with GeoMancer in an abandoned New York City. Back at headquarters, Heam and Mr. Roboto work on the portals that Phantom installed. In Hawaii, Water Bearer decides to become the hero Water Wonder. In the G’Ion’s realm, they create the villain known as Dark Bow; while in Malta, a young girl finds a mysterious blue light at the bottom of a cavern.
Titan and Phantom arrive on Alternate Earth 4, a world with mega fauna, but no humans. In China a phoenix awakes. In Mexico, Serpent and Mythos fight Serpent Fire and he companions. Electrode and Vapor arrive at the Pinnacle Forest. The hero who will become known as Cormorant gets his powers. While in jail, Raw is visited by Major Hole about joining the Preventers.
Electrode and Vapor meet Pussywyck in the Pinnacle Forest and learn that the Preventers have been taking creatures from there for their own purposes. Titan and Phantom arrive on Alternate Earth 5 where they learn that on that world Homo sapiens evolved in the Americas and discovered Africa later. They learn this from the African Freedom Union that operates there.
On Alternate Earth 2, Mindbender and GeoMancer meet and recount how the Ultraline Team became the Terminators of Evil before leaving their world behind in search of Titan. Phantom and Titan arrive on Alternate Earth 6 where the Ultra-Elite Team there is based in Australia.
Titan and Phantom then arrive on Alternate Earth 7, which is shaped like a donut, and there they meet the Light Brigade, but the gravity on this world is overwhelming. Next is Alternate Earth 8 where they meet a fledging team of heroes just starting out. Then on to Alternate Earth 9, which is a mirrored world, one half is protected by the Ultra-Masc Team and the other is protected by the Ultra-Fem Team. When they arrive on Alternate Earth 10, the find another world with mega fauna, but this one also has humans living side-by-side with them. Alternate Earth 11 is revealing as they learn that the concept of clothes, shame or modesty do not exist on this world, making it very uncomfortable for the heroes to fit in, but they do. On Alternate Earth 12 they learn that dinosaurs still live and have evolved into a modern race and society, with a hero team called the D’Squared Squad that has arisen. Alternate Earth 13 brings them to Europe where they meet the Universal Squad.
Back on our Earth the Ultra-Elite Team battles the forces of the Preventers when the latter unleashes the Monstersaurus and they also bring their new members Ox and Dark Bow to the fight. The heroes also encounter the odd Rainbow Lad and the First T, a team who claims to fans of Titan from an Alternate Earth before they leave, but Power Boi is suspicious.
Titan and Phantom arrive on Alternate Earth 14 where the Roman Empire never fell and the omnipotent Godboy lives. After visiting this earth, the heroes decide that they’ve explored enough for now and they head home, only for Phantom to discover that he is pregnant. Phantom hides this from everyone and uses his powers to deliver a son, but this is no ordinary child as he contains DNA from Alternate Earths. The child ages rapidly and calls himself The All. He then heals Phantom and heads out to explore the Alternate Earths.
The team is out testing the spaceship that Moonlight gave them when they come across a large beanstalk-like vegetation growing in the ocean. While investigating, they encounter Water Wonder, who joins the team, and a killer whale wearing a harness, but it swims off before they could learn more. Back at headquarters, Phantom is depressed about his son leaving and decides to get some answers.
Magno, feeling resentment towards Titan and their deteriorating friendship, decides to create a new costume. While Cat is out on a walk, he is attacked by Ebon Wolf, who has made his to Earth seeking vengeance on Cat. The battle is interrupted by the arrival of Cormorant.
On the eight month anniversary of the team’s public debut, the Preventers launch a new attack on New York City, but this time the military has been called in as well, under the supervision of General Gold. Meanwhile, Phantom arrives in the future at the Ultra-Elite Team 2’s time, but he learns that this is an alternate version from the team he previously met, and he does not know how that could be.
After talking with his future self, Phantom learns that the future is not set yet and could be changed. Back in the present time, Titan convinces General Gold to let the team help and he also promises to come to the United Nations and explain everything. The team fights and defeats the Preventers and along the way Cormorant comes along with Cat and joins the team. The Preventers also expanded their racks with Raw, Hacker and Tunderball.
Not long after this Titan and Phantom go to visit the United Nations and the reveal the Ultra-Elite Team’s flag there. They also provide some information on their team and the Preventers team as well. Mythos gifts Crossbow a magical flying horse and in Africa the second Lion of Manding gains his powers.
Mindbender and GeoMancer make their way to our Earth, seeking asylum from Alternate Earth 2, with the Terminators of Evil in pursuit. The G’Ion sends his forces to assist the Terminators and a large battle follows. At the end of the day, the heroes prevail and Titan invites the refuges to join the team. They also learn that the G’Ion has invented a device that if worn can allow people from an alternate Earth to stay on our Earth, but once removed they teleport back to their own Earth. Tiger also reveals that he is actually genie, posing as a human.
Ice Mistress arrives in Maine on our Earth and this draws the attention of the Ultra-Elite Team, but they are also joined by the Ultimate Team that followed her from Alternate Earth 1 and she explains to both teams how she got there. While they are talking they are attacked by the Preventers, but the battle is short-lived and Ice Mistress declares that she is going to stay on our Earth for the time being. Meanwhile, in Africa, the Lion of Manding heads out and finds his first recruit, the water-based Mujaji. Phantom and Water Wonder reveal that they are dating while Brian King visits his cousin, Element King, and invites him on a trip through time. In Italy, Italus and his siblings, now called Primo and Ultimo encounter a creature from myth roaming the countryside. At a concert back in the United States, Kodi Johnston’s performance comes under attack by a real dinosaur!
As the audience flees, Kodi changes into the hero Swol and is shocked to learn that the dinosaur can talk and is being assisted by new Preventer member, Dinosass. When Titan arrives to help, he is surprised to see the D’Squared Squad there from Alternate Earth 12. Learning that the G’Ion was behind the creature attack, the Squad heads back to their own Earth with the Dinosaur in tow while Titan invites Swol to join the team. Traveling through time, Brian King reveals to his cousin that he got married in the 1880’s and now has a son, Jensen. Unknown to Power Boi, his cousins – Warmth, Ugnis and Apoy Boy, come seeking him out and surprise him one night in his apartment. Back at headquarters, Saxx invites Phantom to spend some time with her.
Italus and his siblings are dealing with dragons when they get an unsuspecting assist from a hero called Kicker. In Africa the Lion of Manding finds his next recruit in Zulu. Power Boi is happy to see his cousins, but reveals to them that he can’t go back with them; hinting at a trauma he is recovering him. Later when Ice Mistress and Swol are given a tour of headquarters, Swol and Power Boi meet for the first time and Phantom comes up with a plan to get over his infatuation of Titan. The girl with the Book That Cannot Be Named is once again attacked by the Dark Horde, but this time she is aided by Hanu, and is equally surprised when it is revealed that Hanu is really Hanuman, the Hindu monkey God. They escape from the horde and flee. In Australia, Baiame appears to a young man and warns him of impending danger.
The Pinnacle Forest comes under attack by the Preventers and in an epic battle the forest realm is destroyed, which sends mythological creatures crashing through Earth’s atmosphere. In the battle, Pussywyck was able to save the Long-Lawn Tree and the Blood Heart Stone and escape. The battle was not a victory for the Preventers, as they did not get the stone they were after and Savage was turned into a stone statue by a gorgon and Coil’s body was destroyed.
Power Boi and Swol begin dating and soon learn that Major Hole is also affiliated with a second villainous team, the Defamatory League of Homosexual Stereotypes. When the heroes go to confront them, the battle becomes even more complicated by the arrival of the Arson Parson and Vitikus. The DLHS does not care for the new arrivals and this soon turns into a three-way battle. The arrival of Phantom and Water Wonder helps turn the tides when they bring Stiff Bow, Extendor and Gay Titan from Alternate Earth 15 with them. When all is done the DLHS escape, the other villains are captured and the visitors for Earth 15 decide to stay for a while.
During a battle, Crossbow and Titan find themselves trapped by Zero Stratus who claims to be a child of Diodarius as well. He says that Electrode and Vapor were not the first born twins but that they were actually triplets, but he was stolen from them at birth. Given the fact that he is able to keep Shadowwalker at bay and block Titan from accessing the Titan matrix, there is a good chance that Zero Stratus’ claims are valid. Luckily, Phantom devises a plan and with help from Anaxibia, another daughter of Diodarius, he is able to defeat Zero Stratus and free Titan and Crossbow.
Realizing that the G’Ion could once again invade Diodarius’ realm, the Ultra-Elite Team decides to launch a surprise attack on the G’Ion’s realm to seal off their access to Diodarius’ realm, but they are surprised upon their arrival and the Preventers were waiting for them. A battle rages across the realm, and ultimately the team is successful in their mission. What most of the team didn’t know is that Titan had a secret plan for X-Ray Boy and Spider-Star to sneak off during the battle to remain behind and map the realm. When the heroes get back to headquarters they are surprised to find the woman with the Book That Cannot Be Named waiting for them. The Preventers were joined by new members, Windsheer and Ice Sliver as well as the gruesome Scorpion Men; and the rebuilt Coil. Unknown to all, later at night Beam returns to the G’Ion’s realm along and we learn that she is really a member of the Preventers posing as a hero to bring the Ultra-Elite team down.
The woman with the book takes the name Yaghan and reveals to the team her origins, the book’s origin and that they came to be there seeking asylum and protection for the book, which contains many facts and secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands. The team accepts and Titan hides the book somewhere on the headquarters base, but only he alone knows where it is. Yaghan and Power Sprite join the team while Hanuman, old friends with Electrode and Vapor, heads off to find Professor Faraway. The Gons, clinically-depressed forest gnomes that were traveling with Yaghan, take up residence in the forest on the northern-most part of the base’s property. In Africa, the Lion of Manding finds his last two recruits, the magical Kibuka and the ferocious Were-Something. Later, Titan goes to visit FBI agent Rivera, whom he saved when he first got his powers, to ask her to do some research on Professor Faraway for him.
