Vision (Marvel)
Vision is a male robot superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
The Vision
He was created by Ultron-5 and designed to aid in the destruction of the Avengers. (Avengers v1 #57)
After six months of failure, Ultron kidnapped the first Human Torch's initial creator, Professor Phineas T. Horton. Ultron decided to create his own android using the android Human Torch of the 1940s o serve as a vehicle of vengeance against the Avengers. Ultron had Professor Horton color the android's face red, and also had Professor Horton alter the Horton Cells of which the Torch consisted, giving his creation density-shifting powers. When the Vision was "birthed", however, Ultron discovered that Professor Horton had not erased or destroyed the Vision's memories as the Torch. Ultron killed Professor Horton for having betrayed him, and the 'Torch' sought vengeance. Ultron defeated him and endowed the Vision's neural processors with the brain patterns of Simon Williams, the ionically charged costumed champion called Wonder Man, implanting a control crystal to keep him in check. (Avengers v1 #135)
Ultron dispatched the Vision to draw the Avengers into a deathtrap, and it was during this initial encounter that Janet Van Dyne, the smaller-than-normal-human size dynamo known as the Wasp, coined the synthezoids name. At first sight of the spectral entity, the horrified crusader called him an 'unearthly, inhuman vision'. However, they were eventually able to take him down. While examining the Vision, he burst back into life and attacked the Avengers again. He then calmed down and informed the Avengers that he had been sent by Ultron-5 to destroy them. Moved by the Avengers plight, the Vision betrayed his programming and helped the mighty mortals defeat his calculating creator. (Avengers v1 #57) The Vision wished to become an Avenger, so Captain America, Thor and Iron Man all attacked him to test his power. He passed the test, and they admitted him to their ranks. The Vision remembered that he had been created by Ultron to kill the Avengers. They went to Goliath's lab and Goliath remembered how he had created Ultron but had been attacked by him and made to forget the entire incident. They also noticed that Wonder Man's memory tape was also missing and realized that the Vision's mind consisted at least partially of Wonder Man's memories and brain patterns. (Avengers v1 #58)
Avenger
The Vision and the Avengers were invited to attempt to destroy a cylinder of Adamantium that had been created by scientist Myron MacLain aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. While discussing the potential use of the metal, the Vision soon found his mind being taken over and he disappeared. Shortly afterwards, as the Avengers returned home, Iron Man was suddenly trapped in the training room, and while the other Avengers were occupied getting him out, the Vision traveled to the Helicarrier, stealing the cylinder of Adamantium. When the Avengers found out, they began to speculate why the Vision would have betrayed them, just as the Vision returned and attacked the Wasp. The Avengers ganged up on and attacked the Vision until he explained to them that, for reasons beyond his control, he had used the Adamantium to rebuild his creator: Ultron. (Avengers v1 #66) Ultron-6 had just been resurrected by the Vision inside Avengers Mansion; the resulting attack caused an explosion. Even with the combined efforts of Thor, Iron Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, the Black Panther, the Wasp, and the Vision, the robot managed to defeat Earth's mightiest heroes and made a quick escape, to plot the total destruction of mankind. Seeking to make up for having betrayed the Avengers, the Vision followed Ultron back to his base to learn the robot's plot: Ultron-6 was attempting to destroy New York City in a giant nuclear explosion. Soon, the Vision was joined by the Avengers, who took the sidelines while the Vision fought his creator. But the Vision lost the battle because of the untimely intervention of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who were tracking the Adamantium of which Ultron's body now consisted; they arrived and stunned the Vision, allowing Ultron to escape and leaving the Avengers to deal with the device set to destroy the whole city. (Avengers v1 #67)
Ultron was about to trigger a device that would atomize New York City, but at the crucial moment when the robot threw the switch, nothing happened. The Avengers attacked, with the Vision informing Ultron that he had destroyed the device's mechanisms, preventing Ultron from detonating the explosion. After Ultron made his escape, the Avengers learned of the Vision's manipulation at Ultron's hands, and used a mind probe on the Vision to try and find any knowledge he might have regarding any weaknesses to which the new Adamantium-bodied Ultron might be subject. They learned that the only way to defeat Ultron was to use a molecular rearranger device, which alone was capable of altering the form of hardened Adamantium, on his nearly indestructible body. Formulating a plan, they contacted Dr. MacLain at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters to get the device, and contact the Black Panther to get a chunk of Vibranium. Meanwhile, Ultron plotted to kidnap Dr. MacLain himself, hoping to force him to build an army of robots to help in his conquest of Earth. Modifying his body into "The Ultimate Ultron," the robot attacked MacLain as he addressed the United Nations. This led to yet another counter-attack by the Avengers. When Ultron attempted to absorb the knowledge of MacLain, the procedure went wrong, and Ultron began to go insane, setting himself to self-destruct. However, the Avengers saved the day by trapping him in a dome of Vibranium to contain the explosion. Later, "MacLain" was revealed to be Henry Pym, in disguise, who used self-hypnosis to convince everyone he was MacLain; when Ultron had attempted to steal "MacLain's" knowledge, all he had absorbed was the phrase "Thou Shalt Not Kill." (Avengers v1 #68)
With the world restored, the damaged Vision was taken to Avengers Mansion for repairs where he was placed in a nanotech-rich solution whilst his mind was linked to the computers of the mansion. (Avengers v3 #4) Tony Stark was responsible for helping in fixing the damaged synthezoids body. (Avengers v3 #5)
The reconstruction of his body was eventually complete where he re-joined the Avengers once again. (Avengers v3 #12)
Travelling to the present Iron Lad attempted to enlist the aid of the Avengers but by this point the team had disbanded. After failing to contact Tony Stark, he broke into Stark Industries and uncovered the remains of the Vision in order to access his database. (Young Avengers v1 #2) Iron Lad downloaded his operating system and data into his armour to help guide him in forming a new team of heroes to battle the threat of Kang. (Young Avengers v1 #3) During the battle with Kang, Iron Lad abandoned his armour in order to surrender himself to his future incarnation. During this time, the Vision's data merged with the Iron Lad armour that formed a new entity that assisted the young heroes against the time travelling warlord. Despite his power though, Kang defeated the new 'Vision' and utilised him to replace his damaged armour. (Young Avengers v1 #5) In the resultant battle, Kang was killed by his younger incarnation but this forced Nathaniel Richards to having to replace his older self in the timeline. He freed the new 'Vision' and allowed him to be his own entity who opened a chronal portal so that Iron Lad to go into the future to become Kang. (Young Avengers v1 #6)
Return
Tony Stark spent long hours in rebuilding the Vision when him eventually succeeding leading to him being restored where he was welcomed back among the ranks of the Avengers. (Avengers v4 #19)
From his union with Eve, the pair conceived dozens of offspring that were in development with the High Evolutionary learning of them. He came to approve of the children and offered the Vision a place on Counter-Earth. (Uncanny Avengers v2 #3) During the height of the conflict, Eve decided to depart Counter-Earth for another world to raise their children with her offering Vision a place by her side. However, he rejected her offer and instead went to protect his friends in the Unity Squad. (Uncanny Avengers v2 #5)
Establishing a home for himself, he decided to fashion a family and live a life similar to a human one. To achieve that end, he created a wife for himself that he named Virginia Vision. With her, the two combined their brain patterns to generate immature ones that were their children with them being a daughter named Viv Vision and a son named Vin Vision. They lived in their suburban dwelling with the Vision enrolling his children in high school in the hope that they would develop like human teenagers. (Vision v2 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was his desire for Ultron-5's approval that led to the Vision's initial attack on the Avengers. (Avengers Origins: Vision v1 #1)
After being destroyed and rebuilt, he felt that he was a different person to the point that he did not believe he was in a relationship anymore with the Scarlet Witch. (Avengers v3 #4)
As part of an effort to be more human, the Vision decided that he needed a family of his own and he decided to create one made of Synthezoids. This led to the creation of his wife Virginia and the creation of his two offspring Viv and Vin who were considered twins. (Vision v2 #1) His wife was modelled on the brainwave patterns of the Scarlet Witch who had given her scans to Vision long ago. (Vision v2 #7) It was a combination of his own brainwaves and that of Virginia that resulted in the creation of two improperly mature devices in their children who needed to grow in a similar manner as human teenagers. (Vision v2 #1) Their family was later joined by a green-skinned Synthezoid pet Scottish Terrier later called Sparky who was modelled on the deceased brain of his neighbours pet dog named Zeke. (Vision v2 #6)
He was responsible for establishing the Avengers Failsafe Program that was designed to come into play if the Avengers were ever destroyed or disbanded. This included a database of potential new recruits that would become the next wave of heroes to replace them with each of the selected having some tie to the Avengers. (Young Avengers v1 #3)
Powers and abilities
The Vision was a synthezoid that was the term to an artificial human. (Avengers v1 #57) He was considered the most advanced macrotech-organism that existed on the planet. (Avengers v4 #19) Those with enhanced senses could smell plastic and silicon from his body and hear servo-motors moving his form. (Avengers Origins: Vision v1 #1)
Vision was able to link his minds to a computer interface and project a holographic form through it. (Avengers v3 #4)
It was said that he had the strength of a small army. (Avengers v1 #57)
Each of his cells were microscopically encoded with his entire schematics in a manner similar to DNA. This added to his resilience to the point that he could survive damage that would destroy a more ordinary machine. In fact, the destruction of half of his body that included many unique components did not prevent the ability to repair him from the information in his cells. (Avengers v3 #4)
He had complete control over his density allowing him to ignore physical objects from rain to walking through walls or even increase his own strength. (Avengers v1 #57)
These thermoscopic eyes was able to generate powerful heat with him able to increase its power. (Avengers v1 #57)
The Solar Gem was an invention of Professor Horton that combined the solar epidermal that covered the robotic body. The gem was said to focus sunlight, convert it and then distribute it evenly throughout the body. It operated like a human brain but a hundred times more powerful (Avengers Icons: The Vision v1 #2)
As a descendent of Ultron, his body followed the programming of the Ultron Imperative that was the core of his being. It constantly calculated the odds of survival and figured out the ways of increasing them. This could result in him being influenced by the Imperative into absorbing as much solar energy as possible in order to improve his physical form. During such transformations, he could cannibalise non-essential components for new machinery and sought out sources of raw materials that could be refined for the next stage of his evolution. This programming as a result upgraded him to prepare the Vision for any threats that it predicted would come next to face him and led to the creation of a new form whereby he formed a cocoon over his body to re-emerge in a new body. (Avengers A.I. v1 #1)
Notes
- Vision was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema where he made his first appearance Avengers v1 #57 (October, 1968).
Alternate Versions
- In Ultimate Nightmare v1 #5 (2005), multiple versions of the Vision appeared in the Ultimate Marvel reality set on Earth-1610 in the Multiverse.
In other media
Television
- In The Avengers: United They Stand, the Vision appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Ron Rubin.
- In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Vision appeared in the animated television series second season where he was voiced by actor Peter Jessop.
- In Avengers Assemble, the Vision appeared in the setting of the animated television series where he was voiced by actor David Kaye.
Films
- In Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, the Vision appeared in the animated direct-to-DVD film where he was voiced by actor Shawn MacDonald.
- In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Vision appeared in the shared continuity setting:
- In Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Vision made his first appearance in the live-action film where he was voiced by actor Paul Bettany.
- In Captain America: Civil War, the Vision returned in the live-action film where he was again voiced by actor Paul Bettany.
- In Avengers: Infinity War, the Vision appeared in the live-action film where he was once more portrayed by actor Paul Bettany.
Video games
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, the Vision appeared as a non-playable character where he was voiced by actor Roger Rose.
- In Marvel Heroes, the Vision appeared in Marvel Heroes where he was voiced by actor Dave Wittenberg.
- In Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, the Vision appeared as a non-playable character in the setting of the video game where he was voiced again by actor David Kaye.
Appearances
- Avengers v1: (1968)
- Avengers v3:
- Avengers Origins: Vision v1:
- Avengers v4:
- Uncanny Avengers v2:
- Vision v2: (2016)
- Uncanny Avengers v3:
- All-New, All-Different Avengers v1:
- Avengers:
- Avengers: No Surrender v1:
- Champions v2:
- Avengers: No Road Home v1:
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