Ultra the Multi-Alien

Space pilot Ace Arn was accidentally struck by four alien ray-guns simultaneously, transforming him into a bizarre hybrid: each quadrant of his body belonging to a different alien species, granting him a unique combination of extraterrestrial powers and making him DC's most literally alien hero.

Few characters carry a name quite as gloriously audacious as Ultra the Multi-Alien, a wild piece of DC imagination who made their catalog debut in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #24 in 1987. Emerging in the Copper Age, this is the kind of delightfully offbeat figure who embodies DC's long tradition of cosmic strangeness, turning up across a 33-year span in company as distinguished as Superman, Green Lantern, and the Martian Manhunter J'Onn J'Onzz. With appearances in Animal Man and Superman/Batman, Ultra clearly occupies that wonderfully weird corner of the DC universe where the cosmic and the quirky collide. A rare find with only a handful of catalogued appearances, Ultra is exactly the sort of deep-cut discovery that reminds you why DC's universe rewards curious collectors who dare to look beyond the familiar.