Who Is Vision? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Vision is a Marvel comic book character, with over 3,775 comic issue appearances. Vision is an artificial intelligence, a "synthezoid" created by the villain Ultron and an Avenger who possesses the power to alter his density at will. Having gained a modicum of humanity, Vision is always afraid he may one day lose touch with it.

Who is Vision?

For the Golden Age Vision see Aarkus . For the Gather team member see Anti-Vision . Origin Ultron explaining the Vision's powers The robot villain Ultron created the Vision - a type of android he dubs a synthezoid - to use against Ultron's own creator, Dr. Hank Pym . He was named for being the "Vision of Perfection". The Avengers believe that the Vision's body was created from that of the original Human Torch, the android Jim Hammond , while the patterns of his synthetic brain were based on those of the then-deceased Wonder Man . The Avengers would later learn that the time lord Immortus harnessed the power of the Forever Crystal to split the original Human Torch into two separate entities; one body remained the original Torch, while Ultron used the other to create the Vision. Character Creation The Vision made his first appearance in Avengers volume 1 #57, in 1968. He was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema . Major Story Arcs Joining the Avengers Almost immediately, the Vision rebelled against his creator and joined the Avengers.

Key facts

Vision is of robot origin and first appeared in "Behold...The Vision". The character is published by Marvel. With 3,775 recorded issue appearances, Vision ranks among the most featured characters in comics.