Seeing that his infinite powers were unable to stop the wave, Ultraman decided to attack the wave head on after stating to the helpless Power Ring that he will do "what I have done all my life.I fight to the very end!' Unable to stop the antimatter wave that was destroying Earth-Three, Ultraman and the other members of the Crime Syndicate teamed up with Luthor, Sr. This basic stalemate of almost endless escape and imprisonment would continue until the antimatter wave attack of the Anti-Monitor came to Earth-Three during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. and other heroes on many occasions who would routinely defeat Ultraman and the other members of the Crime Syndicate. Ultraman and the others would battle against Luthor, Sr. But Ultraman and the Crime Syndicate were able to routinely escape as shown when the Ultra-Humanite and his new time-traveling band of the Secret Society of Super-Villains. Īfter being defeated by Luthor, Ultraman was once again imprisoned.
Tricking Ultraman into thinking himself unable to directly fight the infinitely powered Ultraman, Luthor was able to get close enough to Ultraman to dephase Ultraman into an intangible state and allow the Supermen of Earth-One and Earth-Two to recover from Ultraman's Kryptonite powered attack. directly entered the fight after donning superpowered armor. Seeing that the Supermen could not directly take on Ultraman and defeat him, Alexander Luthor, Sr. as his body was directly powered by the very source that depowered both Supermen. Ultraman directly fought and defeated both Superman of Earth-Two and the Superman of Earth-One who were brought to Earth-Three by Alexander Luthor, Sr. It would be on one of these periods between ruling and imprisonment that Ultraman was recruited by the extra-dimensional Alexei Luthor of Earth-Two and Lex Luthor of Earth-One who sought to destroy their native Earths and rule Earth-Three as their new base of operations in their attempt to completely defeat their respective Supermen. Over a period of time, the Crime Syndicate members escaped. Not able to withstand the combined mights of two Earths greatest superbeings, the Crime Syndicate was defeated and imprisoned in an extradimensional bubble created by the Earth-One Green Lantern. Seeking an open battle to test their powers after defeating the military forces of their native Earth-Three, the Crime Syndicate challenged the combined forces of the Earth-One Justice League of America and Earth-Two Justice Society of America. It would be after largely conquering most of their world that Ultraman developed a new type of supervision that allowed him to see into Earth-One dimension.
It would be during his conquering that he encountered four other superpowered beings who would all loosely gather together in various schemes to dominate their world and become the Crime Syndicate of America. Upon reaching adulthood, he renamed himself Ultraman and began a life of conquest and destruction.
) Upon his arrival on Earth-Three, the boy grew up developing new powers every time he encountered Kryptonite. (Diferently of other universes, this Krypton didn't explode, thus the motive to Ultraman have been rocketed is unknown. Similar to the story of Superman, was sent from the planet Krypton to the planet Earth on Earth-Three where he first encountered Kryptonite in outer space which began to change him into a superpower house of vast powers and abilities.