For those of you who were excited that this blog was about the super cool Japanese superhero, Ultraman, I’m sorry. Not this day. This is the fourth update in my ongoing “Who’s that Superman?” thing… So, for those who don’t know who that guy is at the top of the article, that’s Ultraman, the Superman from… Well, that’s a good question. Generally, there is only one Ultraman at a time, but the universe that he hails from is always changing. To make things simple, whatever universe he hails from, he’s the top bad guy. And all of his buddies are villainous versions of other heroes. That’s pretty cool, right? So what are his powers, what makes him different from the normal Superman? Well… He’s pretty much the same, to be truthful. The biggest differences between the two are the costume and the attitude. Ultraman is a jerk. Also, he is weak to a different colored kryptonite than Superman… sometimes… Now that I think about it, Ultraman is easily the hardest Superman to write about.

My favorite thing about Ultraman generally comes down to his disposition. It feels like he’s always pissed about something. And come on, what’s cooler than a pissed off Superman? The leader of the Crime Syndicate (Evil Justice League) was recently turned into a vampire though. I don’t know how I feel about that. I mean, it wasn’t like he was a standard vampire or anything… More like a Space-Time Vampire. Then he died shortly after. At least, I think that’s what happened. I need to read Final Crisis again, but when I read that vampire business, I just had to take a step back. What the hell, Grant Morrison? But it’s cool though. Ultimately, I enjoyed Final Crisis, mostly because Batman was “killed” and there were a ton of Superman variants flying around in the story. But once Final Crisis happened, I began to worry, was that really the end of Ultraman? No. It wasn’t. You see, Grant Morrison is writing a new series that’s called, “Multiversity”. Multiversity is supposed to feature at least one version of the Crime Syndicate, and it could possibly feature most, if not all versions of Ultraman, so that’s something for us to look forward to. So that’s it for today, and here’s the your hint for the next Superman.

“Who says my cousin is the only one can cut loose? Plus, when I died, it really meant something… Not like those other Supermen who die every other week!”

-Fleet

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