The Ultimates was mined in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, not to mention
Logan being inspired by his
Old Man Logan miniseries.
With Marvel now corporately bonded to Disney+, and DC similarly linked to HBO Max, Netflix has been going after independent comics (
The UmbrellaAcademy, The Old Guard, Warrior Nun), and they have now done a deal with Millar to adapt his comics to the screen. This partnership kicks off with
Jupiter’s Legacy, and it is very much
not an auspicious start.
Jupiter’s Legacy herein!
Based on a series that Millar and Frank Quitely started in 2014,
Jupiter’s Legacy is a generational story about superheroes in a team called the Union, who debuted shortly after the stock market crash of 1929, and their various offspring in modern times. There was also a spinoff,