Ultraman

Ultraman is an evil doppelgänger of Superman from an alternate universe. He is the de facto leader of the Crime Syndicate, a team of supervillains paralleling the Justice League.

#### **Origin**

Ultraman's origin is fundamentally similar to Superman's in that he is from Krypton unlike his Pre-Flashpoint self. However, on this Krypton the civilians are selfish, willing to kill each other to allow their babies to escape the soon to be destroyed planet. While in the Prime Universe, Kal-el's parent's looked at him with love, Kal-il's parents looked at him with contempt and disappointment due to how weak he looked despite him only being a baby. While in his escape pod, Kal listened to voice recordings of his father hammering a mantra of how he should lead his life into him.

Kal-iI's pod was found by the Kent's just like with Kal-El, however, while his Kent's were kind farmers, the Martha Kent of the Earth-3 universe was addicted to drugs while Jonathan was a domestic abuser. The Kent's found Kal eating a chunk of Kryptonite who then used his heat-vision to completely burn off Jonathan's hand and commanded them to raise him. However, when he was 7, they tried to escape the farm and he killed them and buried them in the cornfield. He went on to kill President Lee Oswald and with the aid of the Crime Syndicate ruled over their world until an still unknown threat came and devastated the planet. This eventually led to them coming to the Prime Earth.

## Powers & Abilities

Though his powers differ depending on the version, he is for the most part on par with Superman and has the same basic abilities. Some versions of Ultraman have infinite strength, but have weaker durability, and speed compared to there good counterpart. He is, however, both emotionally and intellectually inferior to Superman, which would normally be his undoing. Pre-Crisis Ultraman was shown to be physically stronger than his rival (in fact, stronger than both Supermen from Earth-One and Earth-Two combined), primarily because being exposed to kryptonite would grant him an additional power. He would usually be defeated with wits by Superman, who would eventually take advantage of his temper and mental instability. Not to mention Pre-Crisis Ultraman is very powerful physically. His strength is so great he can tear a comic book panel. Antimatter Ultraman isn't that powerful compared to his Pre-Crisis version. Antimatter Ultraman was shown to have the same powers as Superman but only if he had anti-kryptonite on his person, and would lose his abilities and become a normal human again if deprived of it. It was implied that Superman is actually more skilled a fighter than antimatter Ultraman, because Superman fights his foes again and again, forcing him to become better, while Ultraman simply kills them. Antimatter Ultraman is still a physical powerhouse. He is able to lift a Book of Infinite pages during Final Crisis, and cable of physically dominating Superman. Too bad Antimatter Ultraman is a glass cannon. His other powers aren't that good.

The powers that Ultraman demonstrated are:

* **Super-Strength**: Rivaling or Surpassing The Man Of Steel.
* **Invulnerability:** Not the level of Superman, but can take on The Void Hound.
* **Super-Speed:** Not as fast as The Man Of Steel.
* **Ultravision:** Allowing him to drain and blast his foes.
* **Super-Stamina**
* **X-Ray Vision**
* **Super-Hearing**
* **Microscopic Vision**
* **Telescopic Vision**
* **Energy Absorption**
* **(Depending on the version) Solar Radiation or Anti-Kryptonite radiation absorption.**

**Weaknesses/vulnerabilities:**

Depending on the version of Ultraman. The weaknesses/vulnerabilities include:

* Anti-Kryptonite Depletion
* Solar Radiation Depletion
* White Star Radiation
* Magic
* Kryptonite

## Character Profile

* **Height:** 6'0"
* **Weight:** 235 lbs
* **Eye Color:** Blue
* **Hair Color:** Black
* **Race:** Kryptonian
* **Place of Birth:** Krypton
* **Marital Status:** Single
* **Occupation:** World conqueror
* **Known Relatives:** Jor-Il (father, deceased), Lara (mother, deceased), Martha Kent (adoptive mother, deceased), Johnny Kent (adoptive father, deceased)
* **Base of Operations:** Ultrapolis