Ultraforce


The Ultraforce is a fictional superhero group that appears in comic books published by Malibu, and later Marvel, as well as an animated series produced by DIC. Their purpose was to protect the public and keep other Ultras from getting out of line. The membership consisted of various "ultras" in Malibu's Ultraverse, including the super-strong Prime;Hardcase, one of the first public Ultras and the most celebrated;Prototype, Ultra-Tech's armored spokesperson; Topaz, warrior queen of Gwendor; the undead Ghoul, the last surviving member of the Exiles; and the mysterious Contrary, who organized the team and provided their technology.

Pre-Black September

The only survivor of the Exiles, Ghoul, raised himself from his tomb and was harassed by the press and the public. The Ultra Hardcase rescued him and suggested to the press that only the Ultras could regulate other Ultras, not the government. Prime saw the interview in TV and decided to search members to a new team to be called "Ultraforce". He convinced Prototype of the necessity of the team, but begin to fight him for the "leadership". The fight between the two young ultras alerted Contrary, who brought Hardcase and Ghoul to his airship, and show them the impact that the fight was having in the general public. When Prime and Prototype were fighting in the land, The villain Atalon, king of the fire people, brought them underground. Hardcase went to rescue them. Meanwhile, one of the three queens of Gwendor, Topaz, arrived to Earth from the Godwheel. Contrary promised her to return to her people. Prime and Prototype tried to fight Atalon but were defeated by him. Hardcase arrive just in time save them. After this, the team was formed and backed by the US. government and president Bill Clinton. The members tried to recruit aid from the Freex, The Strangers, the Nigthman and Mantra, but were rejected. After manipulations of Contrary, Prime left the team temporarly. Attalon raised a new island and fought Ultraforce in the surface. In the fight, Prime returned and Atalon detonated a nuclear missil in the isle.
In the battle with Attalon, the young ultra Pixx sacrificed herself to disable the nuclear arsenal of the villain, and was killed by the increasing radiation. In the end, Attalon was defeated and after a negotiation with Contrary, he left the surface world to its own devices. In the next months, the Ultra Ghoul investigated the strange death of the singer Mosh. The Marvel's superhero Black Knight arrived to the Ultraverse and meet with Prototype and Prime. He participated in the battle against some 'angels' created by Metabio Corporation and that were freed accidently by the ultra Siren, who joined the team too. The 'angels' did not have an effect in Ghoul, because he had a decaying body, so he could defeat them. Topaz fought the sorceress Mantra for the possession of the sword of Fangs that used to belong to Topaz's people, but were interrumpted by the villain Hybrid who sent Ultraforce in a quest in Egypt. Hybrid was killed and Topaz and Mantra make peace Later, when Black Knight was searching for clues about Loki's presence in New York, he found his lover Sersi, but she was possessed by the Ego Infinity gem and attacked him and Topaz.
After this, the Ultraforce battled the Asgardian God Loki that was searching for the Infinity gems in the Ultraverse. Loki send the heroes in different directions with illusions. They found the infinity gems and with the help of Sersi, returned to Earth. Finally, the Ultraverse heroes was convinced to fight the Avengers in a competition between Loki and the Grandmaster.Loki won the competition and received all the gems, but he soon lost the gems to the entity Nemesis when the seven gems reunited. Both teams fought Nemesis in an altered reality that combined both universes. The slaying of Nemesis by the Black Knight caused a reality-changed event that transformed the Ultraverse, erasing Hardcase and Contrary from existence and from the memories of their former teammates, and replacing Prototype with his predecessor in the Prototype armor, Bob Campbell

Post-Black September

After the event known as "Black September", the Ultraforce was re-created into a new team. Marvel's Black Knight became the leader of the new group, that consisted in him, Prototype, Prime, Topaz and Ghoul. The new team fought the fanatics of the Fold that worshiped a man called 'Pascal' and were murdering ultras. However they found that Pascal was dead and that the Fold was using him to enforcing their beliefs. The team was given a new base by the U.S. government in Headless Cross, Arkansas. A mysterious man called Cromwell was introduced like a government liaison, and the wife of Bob Campbell, Felicia Campbell, supported the team as a medic. In the next months, new members arrived to the team included the mysterious Lament and the vigilante Wreckage, who apparently had committed various murders and was investigated by Ultraforce. However they discovered that the murder were committed by the ultra Bonnehammer, who was employed by a criminal organization, the Commission. With the help of Wreckage, the Ultraforce defeated Bonehammer.
The team team with the X-Men when the Phoenix Force arrived to the Ultraverse, and possessed Prime. Both teams dive the Phoenix away, but it found a new host, Amber Hunt. They also team up with Spider-Man against the extra terrestrials The Shifters who attempted to provoke a war between the Ultraverse and Earth 616. After, this, Amber Hunt and Ghoul investigated the exiles' graves and found the Progeny, an alien menace from the future. In an investigation about the ultra Foxfire, Ultraforce meet Timothy Halloran, the Mastodon, who was committing murders in the sewers of New York. Mastodon was taken to medical care. Foxfire was an unknown carrier of the Progeny virus.
The Ultraforce investigated the murder of senator Robert Shrine, whixh involved ultras who were killed too. In the quest, they fought the Rawborgs and Dog. After the murderous attack of some of his teammates against Dog, the Black Knight expulsed Topaz, Ghoul,Lament and Wreckage from the team. Topaz didn't wanted to leave and confronted the Knight. She, Lament and Prime were acting very aggressively and attacked the Knight and Cromwell. It resulted that Prime, Lament and Topaz were infected by the Progeny virus and fought his counterparts from 50 years in the future that came to cure them. The Progeny virus would have infected all the Ultras in Earth. After they cured the virus, and took Foxfire with them, the Ultraforce from the future erased the memory from his counterparts of the past. Searching in the base about what happened, the Black Knight and Topaz released Specimen 13, one of various beings kept in the secret basement that was Cromwell's brother. The specimen overpower the heroes but was convinced by his brother to return to his chamber.
After this, the Ultraforce joined the New Exiles, who were fighting an alien robot called Maxis. The Ultraforce collapsed a building upon Maxis stopping him temporarly. Immediately after, an alien armada of the Tulkan arrived to the scene.They said than were tracking a monster called Demonseed who was causing various damage to their world. The tulkan had tracked the monster to Earth aand wanted revenge. The Ultraforce and the New Exiles fought the elite of the armada, defeating them after a brutal battle. With problems in their ships, the Tulkan leader accepted defeat and fled. In the aftermath of the invasion, and with help of Maxis, the Black Knight returned to his home dimension with the exiles Siena Blaze and Reaper via an interdimensional portal.
Prototype become the new leader and accepted new members from the Exiles: Hellblade, Ripfire, Amber Hunt, Ironclad, and the robot Maxis. When Ghoul arrived to the scene, he was accepted again.Back at their base, the Ultraforce meet Hardcase and don't recognize him. Hardcase explained them he was not erased by the Black September, but was shutted into a limbo, where he created Demonseed as a companion. Demonseed rebelled against his creator and escaped to the past, destroying innumerable alien civilizations. Demonseed finally fought the Ultraforce and overpower them, Ripfire was killed in the last attacks of the creature, but Hardcase sacrificed himself to send Demoseed back to the limbo where he fought it for all eternity. Despite the grave loses, the Ultraforce looked into the future to continue his mission.
50 years into the future, Prime, Ironclad and others were having a happy time after various battles.

Roster

The names listed are those used while the character was associated with Ultraforce. "First appearance" is the place where the character first appeared as a member of the team. It is not necessarily the first appearance of the character in print, nor the story depicting how the character joined the team. All information is listed in publication order first, then alphabetical.

Pre-Black September

Post-Black September

Enemies

There was a short-lived Ultraforce animated television series that ran for 13 episodes. It was based on the first version of the Ultraforce comic book, and was produced by DIC Productions, L.P. and Bohbot Entertainment. There was also an Ultraforce action figure line produced by Galoob.

Episode list

EpisodeTitleScriptOriginal airdateProduction number

Voice cast

Reception

The TV show had a poor reception from critics.