Friday, October 27, 2023

Ultra the Multi-Alien and The Silver Surfer

 

Ultra The Multi-Alien is definitely a Silver Age C-lister, but as a kid, I thought he was pretty cool.  Maybe it's because he looks like something that a kid might have come up with.  We used to play a game where we would fold paper in three and pass it around with each of us kids drawing a head, torso, or legs on it.  Then you would unfold the paper and see what kind of crazy character was created.  Ultra reminds me of one of those.

22 comments:

BigMike20X6 said...

With his equally garish color scheme, I can't help but imagine Marvel's Captain Ultra facing the Multi-Alien...

Anonymous said...

@Big Mike: I'd rather see Capt. Ultra take on the Ultra-Humanite.

@Ross: all I can remember about Ultra the Multi-Alien is that he was supposed to be an accidental fusion of four extra-terrestrial villains dominated by the mind of an altruistic Earthling. I can't recall the exact super-powers that gave him, as a result. But, I doubt they made him any kind of match for the Silver Surfer.

Carycomic said...

@Anon623: Ultra had super-strength through his right upper-torso. Bio-magnetism (similar to Cosmic Boy) through his left upper torso. Bio-electricity (similar to Lightning Lad) from his left leg. And autonomous flight from his right leg. Although, I don't think he could fly unaided through the vacuum of space like Dawnstar.

Carycomic said...

P.S. @ Ross: will the winner be taking on Thanos from yesterday's "issue"?

Roxanna said...

@Big Mike; that would be just the thing to leave a colorist crying in his beer.

@Ross; yet another great crossover/ take my money moment.

Bob Greenwade said...

I'd like to second Big Mike's idea. I could get behind Sabine Wren and the Sixth Doctor being on the cover with them while we're at it.

Dark Avenger said...

@Anonymus, Ultra was an Earthman who was hit simultaneously by four scientists who each had and fired a ray gun capable of turning an alien into one of them.

Anonymous said...

UTRA the Muti-Alien was one of my faves as a kid. So was METAMORPHO, ECLIPSO, DOOM PATROL. all of those comic heroes were changed by accidents or strange circumstances. which left them looking bizarre but with new with fantastic abilities.

Detective Tobor said...

Ultra reminded me of an alien Metamorpho with the 4different parts. Since Mixy has had bets with Bat-mite, seeing him branch out with betting is a "natural".

Jay Johnson said...

Ultra, with his white trunks, was one of my first awakenings to how silly some of the Comics Code Authority (and the mindset behind them) taboos were.

Anonymous said...

@Bob Greenwade: I got the perfect name for such a super-group.

"THE UNFASHIONABLES!"

Anonymous said...

@Dark Avenger: with an origin like that, he should eventually team-up with the android Capt. Marvel! After all; one superhero whose powers derive from a physical merger while another can beat a whole group of super-villains by basically splitting himself up? Sounds like a natural to me. :-)

Carycomic said...

@Tobor: I'll bet the winner has to go and steal the Infinity Horn from Vanth Dreadstar. Why? To keep Thanos from having a multiversally destructive jam session with it!

Carycomic said...

@Anon1212: that sounds like it would be a more fitting name for trench coat wearers like Inspector Gadget, Agent Tom of T.H,U.M.B., and Inch High the Private Eye.

Anonymous said...

Here in Australia, I'm still waiting for a return of Ultraa (the first superhero on Earth Prime), either on this blog or in an actual comic.

Detective Tobor said...

@ Carycomic:just remember, there is a time limit on the mission...Otherwise...
The Horn blows at Midnight!!

Carycomic said...

Ross forbid! I still remember the travesty of Mal Duncan being demoted from Guardian to Hornblower. :-(

Carycomic said...

Talk about qualifying for membership in The Unfashionables!

Anonymous said...

I remember a toy that had head torso and legs on interchangeable plastic plates that a kid could make dozens of different characters with. You would etch them onto paper with a pencil and then color them if you wanted. It was similar to the girls toy "fashion plates"

Alec Semicognito said...

Ultra should team up with Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man against Metamorpho.

Anonymous said...

@Alec: not enough counter-balancing characters from other comic publishers.

Mr.Zone1 said...

Ultra looks like he could be friends with the Super Skrull.
I could see the Impossible Man watching this too.

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