Vision

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Contents
[hide] *1 Publication history
 * 2 Fictional character biography
 * 2.1 Timely Vision
 * 2.2 First android Vision/"Victor Shade"
 * 2.3 Second android Vision/"Jonas"
 * 3 Powers and abilities
 * 4 Other versions
 * 4.1 Mainframe
 * 4.2 Earth X
 * 4.3 MC2
 * 4.4 JLA/Avengers
 * 4.5 Ultimate Marvel
 * 4.6 The Last Avengers Story
 * 4.7 Marvel Zombies
 * 4.8 Marvel Mangaverse
 * 4.9 House of M
 * 4.10 X-Men Forever
 * 5 In other media
 * 5.1 Television
 * 5.2 Film
 * 5.3 Video games
 * 5.4 Books
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links
 * }

[edit] Publication history
The first Vision was created by the writer-artist team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in Marvel Mystery Comics #13 (Nov. 1940), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics during the 1930s-1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books.

The second Vision was created by writer Roy Thomas and penciller John Buscema, and first appeared in the superhero-team seriesThe Avengers #57 (Oct. 1968). He became a member of the team, and appeared on a semi-regular basis until #500 (Sept. 2004), when the character was presumably destroyed. The Vision starred with fellow Avenger and wife the Scarlet Witch in the limited series Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1-4 (Nov. 1982 - Feb. 1983), by writer Bill Mantlo and penciller Rick Leonardi. This was followed by a second volume numbered #1-12 (Oct. 1985 - Sept. 1986), written by Steve Englehart and penciled by Richard Howell. A decade later, the Vision appeared in a solo limited series, Vision, #1-4 (Nov. 1994 - Feb. 1995), by writer Bob Harras and penciller Manny Clark. Nearly a decade after that came a second four-issue volume (Oct. 2002 - Jan. 2003), written by Geoff Johnsand penciled by Ivan Reis.

The series Young Avengers, which ran 12 issues from April 2005 to August 2006, introduced a new Vision, who is a combination of the synthezoid Vision's program files and the armor and mental engrams of the hero Iron Lad.

[edit] Timely Vision
Main article: Vision (Timely Comics)During the 1940s, Marvel predecessor Timely Comics published stories featuring an unrelated superhero called the Vision, who was an alien from an alternate dimension.

[edit] First android Vision/"Victor Shade"
Debut of the Silver Age Vision: The Avengers #57 (Oct. 1968). Cover pencils byJohn Buscema.[1] The Vision's colorless form: West Coast Avengers #45 (June 1989). Cover art byJohn Byrne.The robot Ultron is the creator of the Vision, a type of android he calls a "synthezoid", for use against Ultron's own creator, Dr. Henry Pym (Ant-Man/Giant Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket) and Pym's wife, Janet van Dyne (the Wasp) of the superhero team the Avengers. Ultron sends his new servant to lead the Avengers into a trap. The Wasp is the first to encounter the synthezoid, and describes it as a "vision" while trying to escape. Adopting the name, the Vision is convinced by the Avengers to turn againstUltron.[2] After learning how Ultron created him, using the brain patterns of then-deceased Simon Williams (Wonder Man), the Vision becomes a member of the team.[3] The team initially believes the Vision's body was created from that of the android original Human Torch.[4] The Avengers later are told that the time lord Immortus used the power of the Forever Crystal to split the original Human Torch into two entities - one body remained the original Torch while Ultron rebuilt the other as the Vision. This was part of his plan to nurture a relationship for the Scarlet Witch that would prevent her from having any children, as her power level meant that any offspring she might have could threaten the cosmic beings of the Marvel Universe.[5]

Not long after joining the team, the Vision is temporarily controlled by Ultron, and rebuilds Ultron of adamantium, battling the Avengers before regaining control of himself.[6] Shortly after that, the Vision first meets Wanda Maximoff, the mutant Scarlet Witch,[7] with whom he later becomes romantically involved.[8] The two eventually marry and, via the Scarlet Witch's hex powers, they have twin boys named Thomas and William.[9]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">When the Vision attempts to penetrate an energy field erected by the villain Annihilus, he "shuts down",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;">[10] and even after regaining consciousness weeks later,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;">[11] remains paralyzed and assumes a holographic form. He eventually regains control of his body and becomes team leader.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;">[12] Having become unbalanced by these events, he attempts to take control of the world's computers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;">[13] With the aid of the Avengers, the Vision is restored to his normal self, but now closely monitored by a coalition of governments.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1em;">[14]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">In a storyline called "Vision Quest", rogue agents of the United States government, manipulated by the time traveler Immortus, abduct the Vision and dismantle him. The Avengers recover the parts, and Dr. Pym rebuilds the Vision, but with a chalk-white complexion. However, the revived Simon Williams does not allow his brain patterns to be used again to provide a matrix for Vision's emotions, explaining that the original process, done without his consent, had "ripped out his soul". Although Williams' own love for Wanda leads him to feel guilt, he justifies his actions by claiming the Vision was never anything but a copy of him, a claim that a number of other Avengers accept, even though he had on countless occasions prior to this referred to the Vision as "his brother". This, along with damage to the Vision's synthetic skin when he was dismantled, results in the synthezoid's resurrection as a colorless and emotionless artificial human.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;">[15]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">The original Human Torch also returns from his own apparent demise, casting doubt on the Vision's identity. The Vision and the Scarlet Witch's children are then revealed to be fragments of the soul of the demon Mephisto, who had been broken apart by Franklin Richardsshortly before the birth of the twins. The twins are absorbed back into Mephisto, which temporarily drives Wanda insane. Although she recovers, Wanda and the Vision separate, each operating on a different Avengers team.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1em;">[16]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">The Vision gradually regains his emotions, by adopting new brain patterns from deceased scientist Alex Lipton, and gains a new body that resembles his original. In addition, Simon Williams' brain patterns gradually reemerge and meld with Lipton's patterns, restoring the Vision's full capacity for emotion.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1em;">[17]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">Shortly after a reformation of the Avengers, the Vision sustains massive damage in the final battle with the sorceress Morgan Le Fey,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1em;">[18] and although incapacitated for several weeks, is eventually rebuilt and recovers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1em;">[19] While recovering, the Vision gives up his attempt to reconcile with his wife, although he is revealed to retain a fondness for her culture, such as visiting a restaurant that specifically caters to Wanda's childhood community simply because he enjoys the ambience. Remaining a member of the Avengers, he briefly becomes romantically involved with teammates Carol Danvers (a.k.a. Warbird/Ms. Marvel) and Mantis before attempting again to reconcile with the Scarlet Witch. Grief over the loss of the twins, however, drives Wanda insane again, and she attempts to alter reality to recreate them. This causes a series of catastrophic events that includes the Vision crashing an Avengers Quinjet into Avengers Mansion. The Vision advises his teammates that he is no longer in control of his body, and then expels several spheres that form into five Ultrons. The Avengers destroy them, and an enraged She-Hulk tears apart the remains of the Vision, having been driven to a breaking point by the rapid slew of attacks against the Avengers. The Avengers later believed that Ultron may have put a command in the Vision that would have been activated by the Avengers' Code White alert during one of the many periods in which Vision was held prisoner by Ultron, though this was never confirmed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-avengersdisassembled_19-0" style="line-height:1em;">[20] The Vision's operating system and program files are later used in the creation of Iron Lad's armor. InMighty Avengers the original Vision is briefly separated from Iron Lad by the power of the Cosmic Cube.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1em;">[21]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">During the Chaos War storyline, the Vision is one of many deceased heroes restored to life after the events in the death realms.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1em;">[22] Vision joins with the other resurrected Avengers in their fight against Grim Reaper and Nekra.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1em;">[23] During the fight, Vision blows himself up while in battle with Grim Reaper, killing them both.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1em;">[24]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">Following the Fear Itself storyline, Tony Stark is able to rebuild Vision who once again joins the Avengers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1em;">[25] After being informed about what happened after his destruction, the Vision sees She-Hulk, telling her he does not blame her for what happened. He then goes to Utopia to confront Magneto, threatening Magneto to tell him where Wanda is. Magneto uses his powers to subdue the Vision but spares him, saying he believes Wanda still cares for the Vision and that Magneto does not want to hurt her more. Captain America talks to the Vision afterward, telling him he needs to move forward.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1em;">[26] During a subsequent confrontation with the returned Wanda, Vision claims that her use of his body to attack his friends is something that he cannot forgive, although he cries after her departure.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1em;">[27]

[edit] Second android Vision/"Jonas"
The Vision, as he appears as a member of the Young Avengers. Art by Jim Cheung.<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">The second incarnation of the Vision is a fusion of the old Vision's operating systems and the armor of adventurer Iron Lad, a teenage version of Kang the Conqueror who arrives in the present. Through this merger, Iron Lad is able to access plans the Vision had created in the event of the Avengers' defeat. He uses these plans to assemble a new team of "Young Avengers". When Iron Lad is forced to remove his armor to stop Kang the Conqueror from tracking him, the Vision's operating system causes the armor to become a sentient being.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">When Iron Lad leaves the time period, he leaves the armor behind with the Vision's operating system activated. The exact details of the new Vision's personality and mental make-up varies from writer to writer. Some writers like Brian Michael Bendis (during the "Collective" storyline) and Ed Brubaker (during "Captain America Reborn") write him as if he was the original Vision in a new body, while other writers such as Allan Heinberg and Dan Slott write him as an entirely new character.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">The new Vision opts to stay with the Young Avengers and serve as a mentor for them, though it is later revealed that (due to Heinberg's portrayal of him as having Iron Lad's brainwave pattern be the basis for his personality) he is with the group due to his growing feelings of affection towards Cassie Lang, the super-heroine known as Stature (daughter of Scott Lang).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-youngavengers11_27-0" style="line-height:1em;">[28] After the events of the superhero "Civil War" over federal registration, the Vision travels the world posing as different people in order to gain a better understanding of who he is. He then finds Cassie and declares his love, and states he has adopted the name "Jonas".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1em;">[29] During a later battle between the alienSkrulls and the Avengers, the Vision is shot through the head.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height:1em;">[30] He survives and joins with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. alongside the other Young Avengers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height:1em;">[31]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">He joins the new lineup of the Mighty Avengers, along with Stature.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1em;">[32] They opt to keep their dual memberships in the Avengers and the Young Avengers a secret, in order to hunt for the Scarlet Witch (really Loki in disguise), who arranged for the roster to form. They ultimately tell their teammates this when Loki reveals his impersonation of Wanda and confront him. When the group ultimately disbands following the events of the "Siege", both rejoin the Young Avengers full time.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">The 'Jonas' incarnation of the Vision is murdered by Iron Lad in Avengers: Children's Crusade after he prevented Iron Lad from taking the body of Stature into the future to be revived, reasoning that such an action is more in line with Kang's manipulation of time than what Cassie would want. Although his teammates contemplate rebuilding him, they decide against it, both because they lack the 30th-century technology to do so and because, even with their access to his back-ups, the lack of a back-up immediately prior to his death would mean that they would have to tell him about Cassie's death all over again. Kate prefers to believe that he and Cassie are somehow together wherever they are now.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="line-height:1em;">[33]

[edit] Powers and abilities
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">The Vision is described as being "...every inch a human being—except that all of his bodily organs are constructed of synthetic materials."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="line-height:1em;">[34] The Solar Jewel on the Vision's forehead absorbs ambient solar energy to provide the needed power for him to function, and he is also capable of discharging this energy as optic beams; with this, he can fire beams of infrared and microwave radiation. In extreme cases he can discharge this same power through the Solar Jewel itself which amplifies its destructive effects considerably, albeit at the cost of losing most of his resources. The Vision also possesses the ability to manipulate his density, which at its lowest allows flight and a ghostly, phasing intangibility, and at its heaviest provides superhuman strength, immovability, and a diamond-hard near invulnerability. The Vision is capable of reaching a density ten times greater than that of depleted uranium.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34" style="line-height:1em;">[35] On one occasion, the Vision uses this extreme durability to render unconscious the villain Count Nefaria.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="line-height:1em;">[36] The Vision often uses his ability to alter his density against foes, by phasing an intangible hand through them and then partially re-materializing it—a process he describes as "physical disruption." This effect typically causes great pain and results in incapacitation, as is the case when used against the Earth-712 version of the hero Hyperion.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="line-height:1em;">[37] Being an artificial life-form/android of sorts, the Vision possesses multiple superhuman senses—as well as superhuman stamina, reflexes, speed, agility, and strength (even without being at high density). The Vision was trained in unarmed combat by Captain America, and is an expert in the combat use of his superhuman powers. The Vision is an expert on his own construction and repair, and is a highly skilled tactician and strategist. The Vision controls his density by interfacing with an unknown dimension to/from which he can shunt or accrue mass, thus becoming either intangible or extraordinarily massive. The Vision also possesses superhuman analytical capabilities, and has the ability to process information and make calculations with superhuman speed and accuracy.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">The Vision of the Young Avengers is able to use Iron Lad's neuro-kinetic armor to recreate the former Vision's abilities, including strength; density manipulation, and flight. The solar cell on the Vision's forehead can also emit a beam of infrared and microwave radiation. The Vision is also capable of energy and holographic manipulation, shapeshifting, and time travel.

[edit] Mainframe
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">A version of the Vision called "Mainframe" features in the title Guardians of the Galaxy. Mainframe is the chief operating system of an entire planet, and the guardian of the shield of hero Captain America.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="line-height:1em;">[38] He soon joins the Guardians of the Galaxy sub-group, the Galactic Guardians.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" style="line-height:1em;">[39]

[edit] Earth X
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">A version of the modern Vision appeared in Earth X. Vision and the Avengers were fighting the Absorbing Man that absorbed the intelligence of Ultron, giving him enhanced intelligence and better control over his powers. Vision would watch as his teammates and wife the Scarlet Witch would be slaughtered before his eyes. In response, the Vision would download a computer virus into the Absorbing Man. When the Absorbing Man tried to purge the virus by changing shrinking and changing into stone, the Vision smashed him into pieces. In order to prevent the Absorbing Man from being reborn, the Vision had the parts of Creel distributed among various loners and reclusive super-heroes. When Tony Stark created a group of Iron Avengers, robots based on Stark technology and modeled after the deceased Avengers, the Vision was tapped as the groups leader. He would lead the Iron Avengers and defend them from such threats as the parasitic Hydra, Asgardian Frost Giants, and the Skull's invading army.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39" style="line-height:1em;">[40]

[edit] MC2
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">An older version of the modern Vision features in the title Spider-Girl in the MC2 universe. The character is an adviser to the President of the United States and joins the young heroes in A-Next, a future version of the Avengers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40" style="line-height:1em;">[41]

[edit] JLA/Avengers
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">The Vision appears as a member of the Avengers, and it is he who develops the plan to defeat the DC Comics villain Starro, by using the Scarlet Witch's chaos magic to disrupt Starro's calm and controlled mind. Afterward, he joins the team on their quest to gather 12 artifacts of power before the Justice League and save their universe.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" style="line-height:1em;">[42] In Happy Harbour he and Thor are distracted by Red Tornado while Firestorm gets the Bell, Wheel, and Jar of the Demons Three. However, the game ends when The Grandmaster and Krona arrive. Krona turns on the Grandmaster, but the Grandmaster uses the artifacts to merge the universes in an attempt to trap Krona.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42" style="line-height:1em;">[43] In this world, the Vision and Scarlet Witch are still married, and are shown to be friends with fellow cyborg hero Red Tornado, from whom they get the idea of adopting. When Captain America and Superman attack each other, the facade of a merged world breaks, and Vision is the first hero shown in the devastated world, in a snowy Metropolis. He teams up with Aquaman to investigate the situation. After being defeated by a group of villains and rescued by a group of heroes, Vision decides to join the two teams against Krona, even though he sees himself being destroyed and rebuilt, and sees his two sons being taken away from him.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43" style="line-height:1em;">[44] He joins the battle against the villains, but by the end of the battle he is very badly damaged. However, he sees Superman being attacked by Radioactive Man and Solarr- generating kryptonite and red sun radiation respectively due to their contact with Lex Luthor, and uses his last stores of solar energy to give Superman his strength back before he dies. He is presumably brought back to normal when the universes separate once again. Thor says he could be repaired, and his remains are shown being taken away by the Avengers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" style="line-height:1em;">[45]

[edit] Ultimate Marvel
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">The character debuts in the limited series Ultimate Nightmare, published under the Ultimate Marvel imprint. This version appears to be female. Alternate universe teams theUltimates and Ultimate X-Men discover a damaged, sentient robot, who claims that the closest English translation of its name is "Vision". The robot warns of the coming of an invader from space called Gah Lak Tus, Eater of Worlds.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45" style="line-height:1em;">[46] Ultimate Vision is featured in a self-titled limited series, involving a confrontation with the organization led by George Tarleton, A.I.M, along with her reflections of her history with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Dr. Sam Wilson. Later, Hank Pym builds a robot based on Vision called "Vision 2", who along with another called "Ultron", tries unsuccessfully to sell them to Nick Fury as S.H.I.E.L.D. super-soldier replacements. They are later used by Pym to attack the Liberators.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46" style="line-height:1em;">[47] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height:1em;">[48]

[edit] The Last Avengers Story
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">The limited series The Last Avengers Story is set in an alternate future, where the Vision has two sons by the Scarlet Witch, who died in an accidental skirmish between the android and her brother Quicksilver. This version of the Vision joins the surviving Avengers in a battle to the death against villains Kang and Ultron.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48" style="line-height:1em;">[49]

[edit] Marvel Zombies
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">In the limited series Marvel Zombies 3, the Vision has been partially dismantled and is being used as a communication tool by Kingpin. The character is still in love with thezombified Scarlet Witch.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49" style="line-height:1em;">[50]

[edit] Marvel Mangaverse
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">In the Marvel Mangaverse, the Vision is a member of the Avengers roster. His personality and powers are similar to his 616 persona, however, his appearance is drastically different, appearing shorter and more robotic. In the second volume, he, along with fellow Avengers Hawkeye and Captain America, are killed by the Mangaverse version of Doctor Doom.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height:1em;white-space:nowrap;">[volume & issue needed]

[edit] House of M
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">During the House of M storyline, the Vision was a theoretical design for a new model of Sentinel robot from Howard Stark. Rushed into mass production, no-one checks the coding, which includes an override circuit which allowed him to use them as a private army. In the end they were all swiftly destroyed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50" style="line-height:1em;">[51]

[edit] X-Men Forever
<p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">In the X-Men Forever timeline, <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51" style="line-height:1em;">[52] using his Victor Shade alias, was an attendee at the funerals for Wolverine and Beast. When the Avengers believed the X-Men to be involved in the deaths of Beast and Tony Stark, they assaulted the X-Men at the X-Mansion, where Vision was quickly taken out of the fight by Shadowcat's phasing ability. Recovering in time for the X-Mansion to explode, he analyzed the remains, saying nothing could have survived the blast and that radiation levels were increasing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52" style="line-height:1em;">[53]

[edit] Television

 * The first android Vision is one of several Avengers to make cameo appearances in the mid-1990s Fantastic Four television series.
 * The Vision appears in The Avengers: United They Stand voiced by Ron Rubin. Like the comics, he was created by Ultron in his attempt to destroy the Avengers. The Avengers managed to use the defeated Vision in order to store some of Wonder Man's memories after Wonder Man was attacked by Ultron.
 * Vision appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Peter Jessop<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-masseffectvas_53-0" style="line-height:1em;">[54] He makes his first appearance in "Behold... The Vision!" where he is sent out by Ultron to acquire resources to create Ultron a new indestructable body; resources that include adamantium, vibranium and Captain America's shield. He successfully manages to steal adamantium from a Weapon X facility. Then he attacks Avengers Mansion to learn the location of Captain America's shield. After knocking out Wasp, Jane Foster tells Vision that Captain America's shield is in Wakanda. Vision then steals a Quinjet and heads to Wakanda. Vision then fights his way through Wakanda to steal the Vibranium and Captain America's shield. Vision is unable to acquire the Vibranium and Captain America's shield after Black Panther damages him with a sonic cannon disabling his density control and allowing Captain America, Thor and Hawkeye to seriously damage him. He is forced to retreat and return to Ultron (who is displeased with his failure). Ultron is unconcerned since the adamantium will make his new body indestructible. In the episode "Ultron Unlimited", Vision is leading Ultron's synthezoid Avengers and helping them capture the actual Avengers. His artificial intelligence soon begins to grow beyond its programing leading to him questioning his master's views and motives. He rebels against Ultron just before the latter is about to kill Captain America by freeing the rest of the Avengers. Being greatly damaged in the process, he manages to exploit the one weakness in Ultron's new body (disconnecting his head from his body) allowing the Avengers to defeat him. Captain America in return saves him from the fire that consumes Ultron's base. Vision explains to the Avengers that he came to the conclusion Ultron's views on mankind were incorrect. Ultron programmed him to be perfect, but he believes that means he should become more like humans. In the episode "Emperor Stark", the Vision's period of reconstruction comes to an end and he finds that while he was being repaired, the Avengers have taken over the world. It turns out that the Purple Man took control of Iron Man and used his technology to spread his mind control across the planet. After Vision frees Captain America from Purple Man's control, several other Avengers are gradually saved as well. Ultimately, Stark's satellites are destroyed and everyone is freed from Purple Man's control. The Vision joins the Avengers and is present when they face other threats (such as the Kree and Galactus) in subsequent episodes.

[edit] Film

 * The first Vision appears in the direct-to-DVD movie Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow voiced by Shawn MacDonald.
 * In 2009, Marvel announced they had hired writers to create film launches for its lesser-known properties, such as Vision, along with others such as Black Panther, Cable, Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, and Nighthawk.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54" style="line-height:1em;">[55]

[edit] Video games

 * Vision is a playable character in the 1991 arcade game Captain America and the Avengers by Data East.
 * Vision is a helper/assist character in Avengers in Galactic Storm, a fighting game also by Data East.
 * Vision appears as a non-playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced by Roger Rose. He serves mainly as the team's Information Officer.
 * Vision appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.

[edit] Books

 * The Vision is the title of a short story by Jonathan Lethem from his collection Men and Cartoons, in which a character dresses like and claims to be the Vision as a child and then continues to dress like the Vision as an adult.

[edit] References

 * 1) ^ Cover inker Buscema per Grand Comics Database: The Avengers #57, or George Klein per The Official Marvel Index to The Avengers #3 (Oct. 1987)
 * 2) ^ Avengers #57 (Oct. 1968)
 * 3) ^ Avengers #58
 * 4) ^ Hinted at in The Avengers #116 & 118 (Oct. & Dec. 1973)
 * 5) ^ Avengers Forever #8 (July 1999)
 * 6) ^ Avengers #66-68
 * 7) ^ Avengers #76
 * 8) ^ Avengers #108-109
 * 9) ^ Vision and the Scarlet Witch vol. 2, #3 & 12 (Dec. 1985 & Sept. 1986)
 * 10) ^ The Avengers #233 (July 1983)
 * 11) ^ Avengers #238 (Nov. 1983)
 * 12) ^ Avengers #242-243 (April - May 1984)
 * 13) ^ Avengers #251 (Jan. 1985)
 * 14) ^ Avengers #253-254 (March–April 1984)
 * 15) ^ West Coast Avengers #42-44 (March–May 1989)
 * 16) ^ Avengers West Coast #51-52 (Nov.-Dec. 1989)
 * 17) ^ Vision, #1-4 (Nov. 1994 - Feb. 1995)
 * 18) ^ Avengers vol. 3, #4 (May 1998)
 * 19) ^ Avengers vol. 3, #12 (Jan. 1999)
 * 20) ^ The Avengers #500 (Sept. 2004)
 * 21) ^ The Mighty Avengers #33 (Jan. 2010)
 * 22) ^ Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1
 * 23) ^ Chaos War: Dead Avengers #2
 * 24) ^ Chaos War: Dead Avengers #3
 * 25) ^ Avengers Vol. 4 #19 (Jan. 2012)
 * 26) ^ Avengers Vol. 4 #24.1 (May 2012)
 * 27) ^ Avengers vs. X-Men #0 (May 2012)
 * 28) ^ Young Avengers #11 (May 2006)
 * 29) ^ Young Avengers Presents #4 (April 2008)
 * 30) ^ Secret Invasion #3 (Apr. 2008)
 * 31) ^ Secret Invasion #5 (June 2008)
 * 32) ^ Mighty Avengers #21
 * 33) ^ Avengers: Children's Crusade #9
 * 34) ^ The Avengers #57 (Oct. 1968)
 * 35) ^ Avengers #332
 * 36) ^ Avengers #166 (Dec. 1977)
 * 37) ^ Avengers #141 (Nov. 1975)
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