 Reed eventually starts working with his counterpart from the Ultimate Marvel universe who calls himself Maker.The two find themselves disagreeing on their methods, with Reed preferring to find a way to save the world while Maker is more focused on killing their enemy, Reed countering his other self's accusations that he is weak by musing that he simply has things to care for outside of himself.In the final confrontation, Reed and the Maker discover that the source of Doom's power is the Molecule Man, but although the Maker attempts to betray Reed by forcibly devolving him into an ape, Reece reverses the Maker's attack and turns him into pepperoni pizza.