 The Ultimen team from "Ultimatum" represents a "reunion" or fusion  of various previous versions of the Justice League. The Ultimen  themselves are based on characters created for  _"SuperFriends" (1973)_ (qv) who were not previously existing comic  book characters. Shifter and Downpour are based on the Wonder Twins,  Long Shadow is based on Apache Chief, Wind Dragon is based on  Samurai, while Juice is based on Black Vulcan. The character of Max  Lord is the same as the comics character introduced in the 1990s  who took over the post