Ultra-Humanite (Earth-Two)

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Contents 1 History 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Powers 2.2 Abilities 2.3 Strength level 2.4 Weaknesses 3 Paraphernalia 3.1 Equipment 3.2 Transportation 3.3 Weapons 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 See Also 7 Links and References 7.1 Footnotes

History

The Ultra-Humanite, like Alexei Luthor, clashed with the Earth-Two Superman on many occasions in the course of his early criminal career.

Unfortunately, while his mind's energies continued to develop and expand, even developing low level mind energy techniques such as telepathy, his physical brain interface never advanced. Unable to contain the mental energies, his body began slowly burning out. Unable to halt the degradation, the Ultra-Humanite developed a surgical process that allowed him to transfer his original brain into a new body while he sought out a technique to stabilize his ever increasing mind.

It is in the body of actress Dolores Winters that the Ultra-Humanite commits many of his early crimes. The Ultra-Humanite selected Dolores Winters' body as most male police would not suspect a woman, let alone a recognized public figure, to be an active criminal mastermind. The Ultra-Humanite continues to use Winters' body as his base until he is forced to seek out the next victim to house his super-powered brain.

After a period of time, he began to adjust to the idea of having to kill others in order to continue his existence. However, his human body's endurance time became less and less as his mind-energy generation continued to advance, burning out the bodies in ever faster speeds. Tiring of having to change over to new bodies in an almost ever decreasing time, ^[1], the Ultra-Humanite re-develops an albino white gorilla originally from Gorilla City to be able to house his super-brain and abilities reliably and transfers his consciousness into it as his new permanent body.

In this body, the Ultra-humanite is able to use his mind powers to ever increasing effects than any of his previous human hosts in a stable form. He remained in this form until the destruction wrought by the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Many mental powers, though usually low levels such as direct line of sight telepathy

Abilities

Many mental and cognitive abilities

Strength level

Beyond the levels of a normally full grown male gorilla

Weaknesses

Originally his brain and mind overpowered his human bodies tolerances. The genetically changed gorilla body eliminated this condition

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Various

Transportation

Various

Weapons

Various

Notes

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-Two era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
• The Ultra-Humanite is one of the first ever recurring comic book super-villains.

Trivia

• In the Max Fletcher Superman cartoon "the Mad Scientist" the scientist is based on Nicholas Tesla's face and the Ultra-Humanite's original drawn pattern, minus the inability to walk.

See Also

• Discuss Ultra-Humanite (Earth-Two) on the forums
• Appearances of Ultra-Humanite (Earth-Two)
• Character Gallery: Ultra-Humanite (Earth-Two)
• Images featuring Ultra-Humanite (Earth-Two)

Links and References

• Ultra-Humanite entry at The Golden Age Super-Villain Fact File
• Ultra-Humanite at Wikipedia
• Ultra-Humanite at Supermanica
  

Footnotes

1. ↑ as shown in the annual JLA/JSA teamup in Justice League of America #195-197

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