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3. Mary Sunshine, You Are Ultra-Ultra!

(Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1)

A solid thumbs-up to anyone who can tell me what that header references.

But this is the big serious important issue. And it’s also my favorite one of the entire series of one-shots. This is Ultra Comics, the paper and ink superhero of Earth 33. Our world. Yes, he is a living being of thought, who is encased in a comic book, and relies on accessing the brains and imaginations of the readers for his power. But it’s also a haunted comic book. A cursed comic book.

Not kidding, this issue will mess you up in ways you would never expect. It is a beautiful comic book, and a hideously evil one, as well. It’s the fourth wall-breaking skill Morrison showed in Animal Man, but elevated to an art form. A beautiful, sexy art form of creepiness and villainy. Every time I read it, it leaves me haunted and chilled. I really don’t want to say more about it because it will ruin the experience.

I’m just saying that you need to read it. Or actually no, wait, don’t. Don’t read it! If you read it, they will get you too! Don’t let them in, don’t let…