color 32 pages written by GARL CARLSON & JEFF PEDIGO art by GREG KIRKPATRICK & MIKE KIRSTEN cover by JEFF WEIGEL CONCEPT The radioactive meteor that collided with a Gemini space capsule in 1964 killed one of the astronauts but transformed the other into the Ultimate Human Being! For forty years* Chris Kelly has fought evil and injustice as Ultiman* inspiring other heroes of the Big Bang universe. THIS ISSUE Ultiman's girl Friday* Lori Lake* must work overtime when a chimpanzee in the space program develops super powers and makes a monkey out of Ultiman in "The Ultimate Ape!" Also in this issue: When Ultragirl travels to the future to honor a fallen comrade* she and the Pantheon of Heroes face their deadliest foe ever in "Legion of the Dead!" Plus* Thunder Girl models new costumes designed by readers!