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John Byrne
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11" x 17" commission of Ultra, the Multi-Alien; no backgrounds. Reference for the character in case you need it:Mile High Comics - MYSTERY IN SPACE (1951) #104 - Full Size Image Please draw him in a flying pose facing the viewer similar to the Mystery in Space # 104 cover image 
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Marc Cheek
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This is a character commission that I wouldn't have expected! I'm not familiar with him at all beyond knowing he existed though...
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Darren Taylor
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Fabulous! Great characterisation and love the variation in the textures and the name zapping!
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Gundars Berzins
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I know nothing of this character but the work looks great.
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It's fun to see your take on such an oddball DC character, JB! COOL!! -- But blasting your signature? Not cool, Ultra! ;-)
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Ultra cool !
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John Byrne
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But blasting your signature? Not cool, Ultra!•• 
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Jason Schulman
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Ultra is one of those characters that could exist only at DC, much like Rex the Wonder Dog or Detective Chimp or Matter-Eater Lad.
Has Ultra been New 52-ized yet? I shudder to think what the result would be.
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John Byrne
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Ultra is one of those characters that could exist only at DC, much like Rex the Wonder Dog or Detective Chimp or Matter-Eater Lad.•• Not so sure of that! Doing the Mimic piece earlier this week, I had a brief thought about Ultra (knowing this one was on the List). Characters, as I define them, created by writers!!
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...Yeah I guess that's true. I can't remember if the Mimic appeared before or after the Super-Adaptoid, who -- of course -- was the Marvel version of Amazo.
Mimic is one of those many Marvel characters who should've remained dead.
But even Mimic -- though he looks goofy -- isn't as...how to say this...as innately goofy or silly as the DC characters I mentioned, right down to their names.
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John Byrne
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But even Mimic -- though he looks goofy -- isn't as...how to say this...as innately goofy or silly as the DC characters I mentioned, right down to their names. •• Back in the day, Mark Gruenwald started a game of coming up with names for various Marvel characters if they had been members of the Legion of Superheroes. Polaris would have been Make-Things-Stick-Together Lass, for instance. (Of course, it was Mark who came up with the twin Legionnaires who were able to switch gender at will, Lad Lass and Lass Lad.)
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---(Of course, it was Mark who came up with the twin Legionnaires who were able to switch gender at will, Lad Lass and Lass Lad.)---JB
I just fell of my chair! Funny! We used to enjoy playing that exact game.
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