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drsevarius (drsevarius) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-22 14:35:00

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char: satana/sara descarl, char: ultra-humanite/gerard shugel, creator: amanda conner, creator: jimmy palmiotti, creator: justin gray, publisher: dc comics, title: power girl

Power Girl #2

Ultra-Humanite is telling PG his origin. We first see him as a sickly little boy. Then...

We see a giant albino gorilla in a cage.

Later, the Congolese army arrives. The general tells them to kill the rebels.

As Ultra-Humanite kills all the soldiers, Satanna watches in glee.

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besamim
2009-06-22 04:04 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, I liked Ultra-Humanite better as a straightforward Golden-Age evil genius who was the first to be any sort of match for Superman. Not every villain needs a backstory.

And what's up with this Satanna person wearing an angrypunk cutoff t-shirt in a university lab? Is it meant to show that she and U-H have complete disdain for rules and authority? I'd think that point is established with, y'know, their experiments. Geez, while they were at it, why didn't the artists stick a swastika tattoo on her forehead and show her cooking up smack in a spoon over the bunsen burner? Y'know, just in case we drooling moron readers didn't get that she and UH were evil.

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thokstar
2009-06-22 04:32 pm UTC (link)

About the only way this works is if this is a second Ultra-Humanite, distinct from the Golden Age/JSA guy. I can see why one would want to reintroduce a new version of the character, as the old Ultra-Humanite was killed off in the "Stealing Thunder" trade of JSA.

(Yes, time travel [which is already being used in Booster Gold to have an Ultra-Humanite around]+death is cheap presents a lot of ways to bring back him, but I could see why you'd want a second Ultra-Humanite around.)

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	filkertom 2009-06-22 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	I really don't want to have to keep track of Ultra Ultra-Humanites, or Humanite-Prime, or Ben "Ultra-Humanite" Reilly. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xdoop 2009-06-22 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	His name in the comic is Gerard Shugel, so I think it's the same guy. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kali921 2009-06-22 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	Geez, while they were at it, why didn't the artists stick a swastika tattoo on her forehead and show her cooking up smack in a spoon over the bunsen burner? I dunno what kind of Nazi scum you have out there, but out here our Nazi scum all cook speed. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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