The special edition is the original MVC3. It's not Ultimate. It comes with a comic book, steel case, and the DLC characters Shuma and Jill.
A looks at all the alternate costumes. http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2011/nov/13/high-resolution-umvc3-dlc-alternate-costume-images/
It's the same one. His glasses get damaged or break the more he gets hit in the game. What all the costumes are: Akuma: Cyber Akuma from Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Amaterasu: Jon Talban from Darkstalkers. Arthur: Cursed Samurai Armor/Zombie Chris: Resident Evil 1 appearance Chun-Li: Street Fighter Alpha appearance Crimson Viper: Original design Dante: His father Sparda Felicia: Yellow Iris from Battle Circuit Firebrand: King Armor Frank West: Megaman suit Haggar: Final Fight 3 appearance Hsien Ko: Mei Ling from Darkstalkers. Jill: Resident Evil 3 appearance Morrigan: Darkstalkers win pose Nemesis: Battle Damage Phoenix Wright: College attire Ryu: First appearance Spencer: Re-Armed appearance Strider: Arcade appearance Trish: Gloria disguise from Devil May Cry 4. Tron: Boss Tron from Megaman Legends Virgil: Corrupt Virgil from Devil May Cry 3 Viewtiful Joe: Regular Joe Wesker: Resident Evil 1 appearance Zero: Megaman X Captain America: Captain Rogers from Secret Avengers Deadpool: Cable disguise Dormmamu: First appearance Dr. Doom: Doom War Armor Dr. Strange: Blue Mask Ghost Rider: Ghost Rider 2099 Hawkeye: Ronin costume Hulk: World War Hulk armor Iron Fist: Ultimate comics costume Iron Man: Iron Patriot/Norman Osborne Magneto: House of M military dress uniform MODOK: Elvis Nova: First appearance Phoenix: 1990's X-Men uniform Rocket Raccoon: First appearance Sentinel: First appearance She Hulk: Lawyer attire Shuma Gorath: Quoagoth Spider-Man: Scarlet Spider Storm: 1980's appearance Super Skrull: Annihilation appearance Taskmaster: Udon comics costume Thor: First appearance Wolverine: Weapon X winter training X-23: X-Men Evolution cartoon appearance