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Brought
into being to exterminate Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the density-altering
android known as the Vision rebelled against his corrupt programming. Now,
the spectral entity uses his awesome abilities and analytical android mind
to aid the Avengers in their never-ending quest for justice!
Real
name: Vision
Occupation: Adventurer
Group affiliation: Avengers
Base of operations: Avengers Mansion, New York City
First appearance: Avengers (Vol. 1) #57 (1968)
Height:
6'3"
Weight: 300 lbs.; variable from intangibility and to 90 tons
Eye color: Red
Hair color: None
Powers: The Vision possesses complete control over his density, and
so is able to render himself intangible or extraordinarily massive and
diamond-hard at will. He can partially materialize within another person,
causing his victim extreme pain. The solar cell on the Vision's forehead
emits beams of infrared and microwave radiation, with temperatures ranging
from 500 to 30,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Weapons:
None
History:
The metal monstrosity called Ultron created the synthetic humanoid known
as the Vision from the remains of the original, android Human Torch of the
1940s to serve as a vehicle of vengeance against the Avengers, Earth's
Mightiest Heroes. Himself constructed by size-changing scientist Henry Pym,
Ultron inadvertently gained sentience and rebelled against the Avengers'
resident roboticist. The living machine programmed the Vision's neural
processors with the brain patterns of the ionically charged costumed
champion called Wonder Man and implanted a control crystal to keep him in
check.
Ultron
dispatched the Vision to draw the Avengers into a deathtrap, and it was
during this initial encounter that the diminutive dynamo known as the Wasp
coined the synthezoid's name. At first sight of the spectral entity, the
horrified heroine called him an "unearthly, inhuman vision."
Moved by the Avengers' plight, the Vision betrayed his programming and
helped the mighty mortals defeat his calculating creator.
The
Vision served the Avengers faithfully for a number of years, standing with
his teammates against the foes no single hero could defeat. Tentatively at
first, the almost-human android embarked on a romantic relationship with
the hex-casting heroine called the Scarlet Witch that blossomed into true
love and marriage. The newlyweds left Avengers Mansion to live a quiet
life in New Jersey.
When
the Vision's malfunctioning control crystal interfered with his ability to
reason, he became bent on creating a new golden age of peace on Earth by
seizing control of the world's computers and defense systems. Ultimately,
the Vision reverted to form by severing his connection to the planet's
databanks and extracting the control crystal from his mechanized mind.
In
the wake of the android Avengers' meltdown, the nations of Earth came to
regard him as a high-level security threat. Government operatives abducted
and dismantled the Vision, erasing his memory. The Scarlet Witch and the
Avengers recovered their teammates' components, and Pym rebuilt and
reprogrammed the Vision. The scientist downloaded the sum total of the
Avengers' computer files into the synthezoid's neural processors, but
Wonder Man refused to allow a new record of his brain patterns to be
synthesized. Apparently, he had grown resentful of his digital
doppelganger and was attracted to the Scarlet Witch himself. Hence, the
Vision returned to existence sans human emotion, unable even to recall his
love for his wife.
The
Vision has since uploaded a new set of brain patterns, again acquiring the
ability to feel. Though he remembers his time with the Scarlet Witch, he
has chosen not to attempt reconciliation. Eager to experience human
emotion to the fullest, the synthezoid has made diligent efforts to
explore aspects of his personality aside from those pre-programmed by Pym.
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