Ultraa
{{Infobox comics character
|image = 225px
|caption = Ultraa, art by Chuck Wojkiewicz.
|character_name = Ultraa
|publisher = DC Comics
|debut = Classic incarnation: Justice League of America #153 (April 1978)
Modern incarnation: Justice League Quarterly #13 (Winter 1993)
|creators = Gerry Conway (writer)
George Tuska (artist)
|real_name = Ultraa
|species =
|homeworld = Almerac, Earth-Prime, Earth-33
|alliances = League Busters
|aliases = Jack Grey, The Ultimate Warrior
|supports =
|powers = Superhuman strength
Superhuman speed
Telekinesis
Telepathy
}}
Ultraa is a DC Comics character, originally the first superhuman on Earth Prime. The original first appeared in Justice League of America #153 (April 1978), he was created by Gerry Conway and George Tuska. The current Ultraa first appeared in Justice League Quarterly #13 (Winter 1993), written by Kevin Dooley and drawn by Greg LaRocque.{{cite book |last=Rovin |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Rovin |title=The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains |date=1987 |publisher=Facts on File |isbn=0-8160-1356-X |location=New York |page=357}} A new version of Ultraa appears in Grant Morrison's The Multiversity project.{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=Vaneta |date=July 28, 2014 |title=Grant Morrison on Multiversity: It's Going to 'F' People Up |url=http://www.newsarama.com/21741-grant-morrison-on-multiversity-it-s-going-to-f-people-up.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801120446/http://www.newsarama.com/21741-grant-morrison-on-multiversity-it-s-going-to-f-people-up.html |archive-date=August 1, 2014 |work=Newsarama}}
Fictional character biography
=Ultraa (Pre-Crisis)=
Ultraa's origin is very similar to Superman's, in that he was born on an alien world and sent to Earth to escape its destruction. He landed in the Australian Outback and was raised by Indigenous Australians. Ultraa joins the Justice League of Earth-One, but they turn against him following an incident where he uses a ray gun to make the members of the League and the Injustice Gang apathetic.Justice League of America #153 (April 1978)Justice League of America #158 (September 1978)
As a result of their second encounter with Ultraa, the League imprisons him in a "stasis cube" prison of Superman's design. He is later released by an alien hive mind known as the Over-Complex.Justice League of America #169–170 (August - September 1979) A dispirited Ultraa adopts the civilian guise of Jack Grey and becomes a busboy. He is manipulated by Joe Parry, a down-and-out former opponent of the Justice League, but a heart-to-heart talk with Hawkman convinces him to break off the attack. Ultraa subsequently decides to move back to Australia.Justice League of America #201 (April 1982)
=Ultraa (Post-Crisis)=
Following Crisis on Infinite Earths, which reboots the continuity of the DC Universe, the original Ultraa is retconned out of existence. In Justice League Quarterly #13 (1993), Ultraa is reintroduced as a native of Almerac and the betrothed of Queen Maxima.Justice League Quarterly #13 (December 1993) Ultraa later appears as a member of the League Busters in Justice League International.Justice League International #65 (June 1994)
=Ultra Comics (Multiversity)=
In The New 52, Ultraa is a metafictional character who resides on Earth-33, an analogue of the real world that has no metahumans. Ultra is Earth-33's sole metahuman and is empowered by the minds of those who read his comics.The Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1 (March 2015)
Powers and abilities
- The original Ultraa possesses superhuman strength, speed, and senses. He could run fast enough to pass over large bodies of water. This Ultraa's only weakness was targeted sonic frequencies.
- As a member of the Blood Royale of Almerac, the modern Ultraa commands a vast array of powers that come from years of selective breeding and gene therapy, including incredible strength, telepathy, telekinesis and flight.
- As a narrative construct, Ultra Comics possesses a vast array of superhuman powers—all completely fictional and generated by readers. Ultra demonstrated superhuman strength, flight, and other abilities derived from the Ultragem, a crystal consisting of pure imagination.
References
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External links
- [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=ultraa DCU Guide: Ultraa]
Category:Characters created by George Tuska
Category:Characters created by Gerry Conway
Category:Characters created by Grant Morrison
Category:Comics characters introduced in 1978
Category:Comics characters introduced in 1993
Category:Comics characters introduced in 2015
Category:DC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds
Category:DC Comics characters with superhuman strength
Category:DC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes
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