Vision (Timely)
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Vision is a male extraterrestrial comic superhero who features in Timely Comics.
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Biography
Aarkus
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
The amount of smoke he needs to travel to a location it's directly proportional to its distance, meaning that to reach a far away planet like Hala he needs large quantities of smoke. (All-New Invaders v1 #3)
Aarkus once showed the ability to take the shape of a dog. (All-New Invaders v1 #3)
Notes
- The original Vision was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in Marvel Mystery Comics v1 #13 (November, 1940).
- In Back Issue v1 #45 (2010), it was said that in the late 1960s, Avengers writer Roy Thomas wanted to have Aarkus join the Avengers. Thomas' editor Stan Lee insisted that the team's new member should be an android instead, for which Thomas created the Vision, who shared his name with Aarkus and sported a similar appearance and mysterious nature to his desired choice.
Alternate Versions
- In Universe X: 4 v1 #1 (2000), an alternate version of Aarkus appeared in the Earth-X reality that was designated as Earth-9997 in the Multiverse. Since his death he has remained in the Realm of the Dead, fighting pointless battles against the resident super-beings that have also died.
- In Free Comic Book Day 2024: Ultimate Universe/Spider-Man v1 #1 (2024), an alternate version of Aarkus appeared in the new Ultimate Marvel reality that was designated as Earth-6160 in the Multiverse.
In other media
Video games
- In Marvel Contest of Champions, the original Vision appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game. The Vision, whose true name was Aarkus, was an alien law enforcement officer from a dimension known as Smokeworld. After being accidentally contacted by a scientist from Earth, Aarkus came to our dimension to fight crime. He has the ability to control gasses, smoke and cold, even teleporting to the far side of the world using little more than a smouldering cigar.
Appearances
- Marvel Mystery Comics v1: (1940)
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