From Wiki (art by the late, great George Perez)- The Ultra-Humanite is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared as a recurring adversary of Superman, and was the first supervillain faced by him. Though his name is a near-synonym for Superman, he was designed to be the polar opposite of Superman; while Superman is a hero with superhuman strength, the Ultra-Humanite is a criminal mastermind who has a crippled body but a highly advanced intellect.[1] The Ultra-Humanite served as Superman's nemesis until the introduction of Superman's archnemesis, the mad scientist Lex Luthor.[2] The origins of the Ultra-Humanite are shrouded in mystery. Even he claims not to remember his true name or appearance and attributes his vast intellect and mental prowess to scientific experiments of an unknown nature.
The Ultra-Humanite was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.[3] He first appeared in Action Comics #13 (June 1939), which was written by Siegel and drawn by Paul Cassidy (serving as a ghost artist for Shuster).[4] Back to me:
Boy I wish I remembered how to change the font here permanently. Be that as it may, I never knew this villain until the 80s, when Perez was drawing the JLA book. This was pre-Crisis (well, the infinite one, anyway) and it was easy to keep them separate. At least for me. He's a good foe, and has shown up in many stories since the 80s.
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