The Ultimates #2 (Raw VF/NM) - Marvel Comics (Cover A Dike Ruan - Captain America & Iron Lad)

Add a major modern Marvel key issue to your catalog with The Ultimates #2 (Vol. 4), published by Marvel Comics in July 2024! Written by Deniz Camp with interior artwork by Juan Frigeri, colors by Federico Blee, and cover art by Dike Ruan.

The top-left trade dress features the iconic red-and-white MARVEL logo box above the vertical blue-and-white THE ULTIMATES title banner. Issue designation 2 sits prominently in the upper right corner. The bottom left margin displays creative team credits (CAMP | FRIGERI | BLEE), release date JULY 2024, $4.99 US cover price, RATED T+ age rating, and the Direct Sales barcode.

The dynamic cover illustration—crafted by artist Dike Ruan (signed PTC / Ruan in the lower right corner)—depicts a tense battle moment as Iron Lad (Tony Stark) restrains a distraught, newly revived Captain America (Steve Rogers), who is struggling fiercely as his vibranium shield flies off in mid-air above them.

In this landmark issue set within Jonathan Hickman's new Ultimate Universe (Earth-6160), Iron Lad and his underground resistance team revive Steve Rogers from deep freeze, confronting him with a world fundamentally altered by The Maker.

This unslabbed raw comic issue is in top-tier collectible condition (estimated VF/NM 9.0 or better), featuring clean edges, sharp corners, a flat spine, crisp white borders, and vibrant color saturation—making it an essential pickup for Ultimate Universe collectors, Captain America fans, Deniz Camp readers, and modern key issue investors.