Ultron
| Ultron | |
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.png) Timeless: Villains Variants cover of Avengers #66 (March 2023). Art by Alex Ross. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
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| Created by | Roy Thomas (writer) John Buscema (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Robot artificial intelligence |
| Team affiliations | Masters of Evil Lethal Legion Sons of Yinsen Phalanx |
| Notable aliases | Crimson Cowl Ultron-5 (and hundreds of other sequential numerical designations) |
| Abilities | See list
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Ultron is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema, the character first made a cameo appearance in The Avengers #54 (1968) as the Crimson Cowl, before being fully introduced in The Avengers #55 (1968) as Ultron-5, the Living Automaton. An artificial intelligence created by founding Avenger Hank Pym, Ultron later developed a god complex, becoming one of the greatest enemies of the Avengers.
Regarded as one of the most powerful and dangerous villains in the Marvel Universe, he has come into repeated conflict with the Avengers and is one of their primary recurring antagonists. Although stories often end with Ultron's apparent destruction, the character's self-adaptive artificial consciousness returns in upgraded forms marked by sequential numerical designations. Ultron's primary robotic body is usually made of the unbreakable metal adamantium and possesses superpowers such as superhuman strength, flight, energy projection, and control over technology, including legions of his Ultron Drones.
Some offshoot iterations of Ultron have deviated from the original's hatred of humanity and demonstrated varying morals. His first creation, the Vision, joined the Avengers, Ultron-12 (Mark Twelve) became a superhero, and Ultron-8 served as the stepfather of the supervillain Ashley in the alternate continuity of Old Man Logan.
The character has been listed among the greatest and most notable villains in Marvel Comics, and has been adapted in various media incarnations. Ultron made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Avengers: Age of Ultron, portrayed by James Spader, who will reprise the role in the Disney+ series VisionQuest. Tom Kane, Jim Meskimen, Ross Marquand, and others have provided the character's voice in animation and video games.
Publication history
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Ultron was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema. The character first made an unnamed cameo appearance in The Avengers #54 (July 1968), before being fully introduced in The Avengers #55 (August 1968).[2] Thomas acknowledged that he found naming characters difficult, and said he liked the -tron suffix and went from there.[3] The use of the suffix and the prior appearance of a group of robots named Ultroids led him to the name Ultron.[3] Thomas said the idea of the character and his appearance were heavily based on Makino, an obscure robotic villain who appeared in an issue of the Captain Video comic book.[4] He liked the robot's malicious-looking smile, showing this to Buscema.[3]
Jocasta, a robot created by Ultron featured in a number of Ultron storylines, was created by Jim Shooter and George Pérez for The Avengers #162 (August 1977).[5]
Fictional character biography
[edit]Creation and early appearances
[edit]Created by Hank Pym by basing the