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Daredevil: Yellow was in 2001 and Superman/Batman was in 2003. Both of which were years before his son died. But Sam was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2002 and that's probably the reason for the "decline".

As to the original question, haven't read anything on Ultimates after Vol. 3. In fact, that's pretty much when I stopped buying/reading comics in general. I still read synopses and try to keep track of major stories/events but that's about it.

One of the many things I gave up when I became a father, and I don't regret it in the slightest.