Ultimate Impact: Reborn #5 (Marvel Comics)

Hello there! Padawan J here, the resident Star Wars expert from the ODPH! This week I'm going to be reviewing the 5th issue of Ultimate Impact: Reborn from Marvel Comics!

Miles Morales had a brush with the Ultimate Universe on Earth 6160 and has returned, but not emptied handed. So what happens when the Origin Boxes are brought into the 616 universe? Let’s jump into it!

Credit: Marvel Comics

Ultimate Impact: Reborn #5 by Chris Condon (Writer), Stefano Caselli (Artist), David Curiel (Color Artist), VC’s Joe Sabino (Letterer), Leinil Francis Yu & Dean White (Cover)

*** POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING ***

The Story

Following the events of Ultimate Incursion which concluded in October 2025, in which we saw Miles Morales travel to the new Ultimate universe, we saw Miles return with the Origin Boxes. They were original created by The Maker to help his designs for that universe, but they were eventually taken an repurposed by Iron Lad & Doom and gave powers back to the heroes of that universe.

Overall this issue was a decent issue that continued to build on the prior issues and told a solid story that built to a satisfying conclusion that sets up for a very interesting future. The set up for these new characters is fine, but I can’t get excited for it until I see how it plays out.

For a final issue, it’s a good one but it doesn’t leave me with the same sense of excitement I’ve had with other issues recently. That’s not to say it’s a bad issue, but rather it’s hard to get excited for what’s coming with certain aspects of the story with them being up in the air.

The Artwork

Stefano Casselli & David Curiel are in charge of the art for the issue and they do a really fantastic job with the art in the issue. There’s a lot going on in the issue and every panel feels very crisp and fresh. You can tell they put a lot of time and effort into each panel and it really comes across the pages.

Overall Grade: 7/10

A good finale for the series but it leaves things in a kind of limbo that is unclear with where things are going next.