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• Ultraman Illum | The Illuminating Ultraman by Iguanzilla

  Fandoms: Original Work, ウルトラマン | Ultraman (TV 1966), ウルトラマンT | Ultraman Taro, ウルトラマンレオ | Ultraman Leo, ウルトラマンA | Ultraman Ace, 帰ってきたウルトラマン | Return of Ultraman (TV), Ultraseven - Fandom, ウルトラシリーズ | Ultra Series, ウルトラセブン | Ultra Seven  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Other, Gen
  • Work in Progress

  08 May 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • There probably won't be a single relationship in this series
  • Sorry
  • Original Characters
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Original Non-Human Character(s)
  • Original Alien Character(s)
  • Ultraman Illum (OC)
  • Alex Lewis (OC)
  • Great Beasts (OC)
  • Original Character(s)
  • Original Character-centric
  • Major Original Character(s)
  • My First Fanwork
  • Ultraman References
  • POV Original Character
  • Original Mythology
  • Kaiju
  • Kicking Kaiju Ass
  • Alternate Universe
  • Monster of the Week
  • My First AO3 Post
  • Fan Characters
  • Chicago (City)
  • Earth
  • Paris (City)
  • Panama
  • Cities
  • Alien Character(s)
  • Battle
  • Epic Battles
  • Team Dynamics
  • Team
  • Black Character(s)
  • Original Universe
  • Attack Team
  • henshin
  • Ultraman - Freeform
  • Oritraman
  • Original Ultraman
  • Ultraman OC - Freeform
  • Battle Scenes
  • I think you should leave with Tim Robinson - Freeform
  • You guys should watch that
  • good show
  • really funny
  • Go follow me on Twitter and YouTube and Tumblr and stuff
  • Also enjoy the story
  • please
  • please comment
  • Please let me know people read this
  • Each new episode comes out every other month
  • Next chapter May 10th! Hopefully...

  Summary

  After a terrifying gargantuan monster erupts out of Lake Michigan and attacks the surrounding Beach side, Alex Lewis, an African-American college student in Chicago, and Ultraman Illum, a silver and red giant alien fighter from another universe, find themselves fused to one another, and locked within a desperate battle to save the Earth! Can Alex juggle being Ultraman and a college student, can Illum prove his worth as an Ultraman and save the Earth? Or will they just fail like a duo pack of losers?! Find out—Right now by reading!!

  New chapter coming this April!

  Series

  • Part 1 of Ultraman Illum

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  52,981

  Chapters:

  8/?

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

  11

  Bookmarks:

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