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==Development== === Concept and creation === [[Roy Thomas]] asserted, "Captain Ultra was a [[parody]] character that [[George Pérez|George Perez]] and I made up for FF #177, in our own spoof of [[DC Comics|DC]]'s auditions for the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]] (it had that quasi-legion of rejected heroes, remember?). We deliberately gave him what I've always called a "[[Church window|church-window]]" costume... one that has a zillion design pieces, and nearly as many colors, with nothing to really focus the eye. But of course, since he was a virtual [[Superman]], we had to give him a "[[Kryptonite]]," so we made it fire, as a sort of homage to the [[Martian Manhunter]]. The joke was that the [[Frightful Four]], if they had let him join, would have been going up against the [[Fantastic Four]]--with its Human Torch--aided by a man who passed out in the presence of any kind of flame."<ref>{{cite web |date=January 2020 |title="Hero Envy" the Blog Adventures: THE ROY THOMAS MARVEL COMICS CHARACTERS, CONCEPTS AND CREATIONS PART 1 |url=http://hero-envy.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-roy-thomas-marvel-comics-characters_1.html}}</ref> === Publication history === {{expand section|date=March 2016}} Captain Ultra debuted in ''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'' #177 (December 1976), and was created by [[Roy Thomas]], [[George Pérez]], and [[Joe Sinnott]].<ref name=regrettable>{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Jon |title=The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half Baked Heroes from Comic Book History |date=2015 |publisher=Quirk Books |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |isbn=978-1-59474-763-2 |pages=198–199}}</ref>
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