Ultimate Thunderball appears in Ultimate Captain America Annual #1, detailing the involvement of the Black Panther. His real name is Elliot Franklin, and he is described by S.H.I.E.L.D. as a criminal who has somehow been enhanced. Captain America, under orders from Fury sends the Black Panther to stop him as a trial for his inductance into the Ultimates. He is visually still the same, a muscular African American who has a giant five-ton wrecking ball.