| Ultron | |
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 Ultron as seen in the 2013 storylineAge of Ultron. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
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| Created by | Roy Thomas (writer) John Buscema (artist) |
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| Species | Robot |
| Team affiliations | Masters of Evil Lethal Legion Sons of Yinsen Ultron Sentries Phalanx Iron Avengers |
| Notable aliases | Ultron-5 Ultron-6 Ultron-7 Ultron-8 Ultron-9 Ultron-10 Ultron-11 Ultron-12 Ultron-13 Ultron-14 Ultron-15 Ultron-16 Ultron-17 Ultron-18 Crimson Cowl Ultron Prime Ultimate Ultron Hank Pym Doctor Doom Ultron Pym All-Father Ultron |
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Ultron (/ˈʌltrɒn/) is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created by writerRoy Thomas and artistJohn Buscema, the character first appeared as an unnamed character inThe Avengers #54 (July 1968), with his first full appearance inThe Avengers #55 (August 1968). He is a highly intelligent self-awareartificial intelligence in arobot body who develops agod complex and a grudge against his creatorHank Pym. His initial goal todestroy humanity in an attempt at creatingworld peace has brought him into conflict with theAvengers. Stories often end in Ultron's destruction, only for new offshoot iterations of the robot to be built of varying morals, including thesuperheroUltron-12 (Mark Twelve).
Ultron's physical body is made of a durable alloy (typically eitherAdamantium orVibranium), and he has manifested varioussuperpowers. These vary between different stories but generally include superhuman strength, speed, and agility, flight, and energy projection. The character usually operates alone or accompanied by legions of copies of his own robotic form known asUltron Drones. Ultron is notable for being the first character in Marvel Comics to wield the fictional metal alloyadamantium[2] and for his (in-story) creation of theVision.[3][2] In thealternate continuity ofOld Man Logan,Ultron-8 is the morally good stepfather of the supervillainAshley.
Debuting in theSilver Age of Comic Books, Ultron has since featured in Marvel products across different media, such as animated television series and video games.Tom Kane andJim Meskimen are among the actors that have portrayed the character via voice acting. In theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU),James Spader portrayedUltron in his first live-action appearance in theMarvel Studios filmAvengers: Age of Ultron (2015),[4] whileRoss Marquand voiced alternate universe versions in theDisney+ animated seriesWhat If...? (2021) and the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
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The character Ultron initially appeared as an unnamed character in a cameo inThe Avengers #54 (July 1968), with a first full appearance inThe Avengers #55 (August 1968).[5] Ultron was created by writerRoy Thomas and artistJohn Buscema. Thomas, who has acknowledged he finds naming characters difficult, said he liked the -tron suffix and went from there.[6] The use of the suffix and the prior appearance of a group of robots named Ultroids led him to the name Ultron.[6] 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 theCaptain Video comic book.[2] He liked the robot's malicious looking smile, showing this to Buscema.[6]
Jocasta, a robot created by Ultron featured in a number of Ultron storylines, was created byJim Shooter andGeorge Pérez forThe Avengers #162 (August 1977).[7]
Created byHank Pym by basing therobot on his own brain patterns, the robot (dubbed "Ultron") gradually developed its own intelligence and rebelled. After gaining sentience, Ultronhypnotises andbrainwashes its "father" into forgetting that the robot had ever existed, and begins to improve its design and rebuild itself, upgrading several times from Ultron-2, Ultron-3, Ultron-4, and finally Ultron-5.[8] Ultron creates the synthezoidVision as a weapon to destroy theAvengers.[8]
Later,Ultron-5, the Living Automaton leads his own version of theMasters of Evil (consisting ofBlack Knight,Klaw,Melter,Radioactive Man, andWhirlwind) against the Avengers, having hypnotizedEdwin Jarvis into working for him as the firstCrimson Cowl. While planning to blackmail New York, they were betrayed by Black Knight.[9]
Now referring to himself asUltron-6, he uses the alloyadamantium[2] to upgrade his body for an almost indestructible state and takes the nameUltimate Ultron. Its plans to destroy humanity are again thwarted by the Avengers.[10]Ultron-7 is later created byMaximus with the body of the androidOmega, attacking the wedding of InhumanCrystal and AvengerPietro Maximoff / Quicksilver, and battling the Avengers,Inhumans andFantastic Four before being destroyed again.[11]Ultron-8 is responsible forJocasta's creation as a robotic bride,[12] before being destroyed shortly afterwards.[13]
Ultron-9 andUltron-10 brainwash heroes into recreating the robot, before turning and being defeated.[14] After being recreated asUltron-11 by theBeyonder and battling inBattleworld,[15] theThing brings Ultron's head back to Earth as a souvenir, and is forgotten when there is an attack by the alienDire Wraiths.[16]
Ultron-12 enters an alliance with theGrim Reaper and his allies (Nekra,Erik Josten,Man-Ape, andBlack Talon) in a bid to destroy Wonder-Man. Although the villains are defeated by theWest Coast Avengers, Ultron-12 begins to form a relationship with his "father" Hank Pym.[17] Rebuilding itself, Ultron-11 comes into conflict with Pym and Ultron-12. With Wonder-Man's assistance, they destroy Ultron-11 and Ultron-12 begins to deactivate. Ultron-12 tells Pym it was glad it could help save him.[18]
Victor von Doom rebuilds Ultron using a combination of all of its previous personalities with a particularly strong dose of the previous Ultron, believing this mix will make Ultron subservient. However, all 12 iterations co-exist as separate personalities, resulting in a form of madness which culminates with Ultron-12 mutilating himself in an attempt to remove some of his other personalities.[19] After its defeat,[20]Ultron-13 attempts to obtain a new form ofvibranium called Nuform, but it is repelled by the combined efforts ofIron Man,Black Panther, andSpider-Man.[21] Ultron escapes from prison and upgrades into the Ultimate Ultron, capturing West Coast AvengerMockingbird to use her brain patterns to create the new robotic mateAlkhema. Alkhema aids Ultron but both are eventually jettisoned into space through a ruse by Vision.[22] Vision findsUltron-15 but is discovered to have been "infected" by human emotion and is seriously deteriorating, displaying symptoms that resemblealcoholism.[23]Ultron-16 andUltron-17 successfully slaughter the population of Slorenia, having perfected a process that allows it to control a vast army of Ultron drones.[24]
The Avengers discovered that Ultron's creations (Vision, Jocasta and Alkhema) have a secret program included—they are subconsciously compelled to rebuild Ultron. In this case, it is Alkhema who unintentionally rebuilds Ultron when attempting to create a new species of bio-synthezoids. However,Ultron-18 is composed of steel not adamantium, and is destroyed when Alkhema's subterranean base exploded afterHawkeye shot Alkhema with a vibranium arrow at Alkhema's request. Ultron's head was recovered byAntigone, an artificial girl and one of the synthezoids.[25]
Iron Man encounters a version from an old version of his armor and Ultron-18's head that leads the cult known as theSons of Yinsen in an attempt to conquest viareligion. The character is defeated by Iron Man and Jocasta.[26] Another version (possibly Ultron-13) creates thecyborgVictor Mancha as asleeper agent against the Avengers. Mancha, however, rebels and joins theRunaways.[27] This version first poses as Doctor Doom before revealing itself, and is defeated in a battle against the Runaways andExcelsior.[28]
When Marvel launched a new titleThe Mighty Avengers byBrian Michael Bendis andFrank Cho, Ultron interfaces withIron Man's armor, which had been integrated withTony Stark's biology. This allows Ultron's program to transform Stark into a new version who has the Wasp's appearance albeit with a metallic skin. This version takes control of Iron Man's technology. He kills Lindy Reynolds, causing theSentry to battle Ultron, nearly tearing his head off. Ultron is eventually destroyed byAres of the New Avengers using a computer virus to wipe Ultron's program from Iron Man's armor, changing Stark back to normal. Ultron's image later briefly appears on one of his maker's computers.[29]
However, this was not the end of Ultron, for his disembodied consciousness was thrown into the depths of space. He spent a few months floating through the cosmos as radio waves and energy. Eventually his signal was picked up by an outlying group ofPhalanx who were attempting to contact the Technarchy. Fascinated by what he found, Ultron decided that the Phalanx lacked direction from a singular consciousness, and that he would be perfect for the role. Through sheer force of will, he merged himself with the Phalanx's programming. In turn, the Phalanx viewed Ultron as the sympathetic father they had yearned for. Under Ultron's guidance, the Phalanx and theSuper-Adaptoid began theAnnihilation: Conquest with invasions that started with theKree space. Later by taking control ofAdam Warlock's body, Ultron hopes to achieve "true techno-organic perfection" but is eventually forced to abandon Adam's body by the TechnarchyWarlock and is later destroyed in combat byWraith andQuasar.[30]
In the limited seriesAvengers/Invaders, it is revealed thatS.H.I.E.L.D.Life Model Decoys have been partly replaced with versions of Ultron. When the originalHuman Torch appears in the present, they covertly parasitize the Human Torch's unique android physiology and become more human. The combined super teams (but mainly the Human Torch himself), however, discover the plan and destroy the androids.[31]
In theMighty Avengers, Ultron is shown to infiltrate Jocasta and the Infinite Avengers Mansion. He names himselfUltron Pym and seeks to kill and replace his father before using his Infinite Mansion to conquer the universe.[32] Pym eventually offers Ultron a compromise, allowing Jocasta to be Ultron's bride, on the condition that Ultron banishes himself to ultraspace. Ultron agrees, but warns that he will be ruler of all someday.[33]
InThe Avengers, the team visits a possible future in which almost all of humanity is destroyed by Ultron.Kang the Conqueror attempts to enlist them to defeat the robotic foe but another group of heroes and villains, plucked from all over time and space, ends up destroying this version.[34]
Later, also inAvengers, a cabal of super-intelligent supervillains discover aGaladorianSpaceknight's inert body and attempt to reactivate its power source, hoping to exploit it. Although the Avengers interrupt their attempts, the body activates, revealing that Ultron's consciousness was contained within and had escaped destruction afterAnnihilation: Conquest. The new version escapes and Iron Man gravely foresees that it will bring the apocalypse for humanity when he returns.[35]
During the "Age of Ultron" storyline, which takes place in an alternate universe, Ultron has returned and conquers the world while slowly remolding it into his image. His Ultron Sentinels are guarding the streets looking for any fugitives. Hawkeye runs into the Ultron Sentinels and rescues theSuperior Spider-Man yet manages to destroy the Ultron Sentinels present.[36] It is later revealed that Ultron is actually in the future and has been using Vision as a conduit to punish humanity.[37] While one strike team travels into the future to fight Ultron,Wolverine andSusan Storm go back in time to kill his creator before Ultron's creation in the first place.[38] This results in a world where Stark controls an army of robotic drones andMorgan le Fay has conquered half of the world.[39] Traveling back in time once more, Wolverine succeeds in stopping himself from killing Pym, and Wolverine, Pym and Storm come up with a different plan. This plan results in a different outcome of the prior confrontation between the Avengers and the Intelligencia—a 'back door' installed into Ultron at his original creation allows Pym and Iron Man to destroy the robot, instead, averting the events that led to the "Age of Ultron".[40]
It is later revealed that the Avengers had trapped an unidentified iteration of Ultron in deep space years earlier, sealing him inside aVibraniumQuinjet. In the present, the Quinjet crash lands onTitan, freeing Ultron. By hijacking theISAAC computer, he transforms Titan into Planet Ultron, and launches a plan to infect the entire universe with ananite virus that transforms organic creatures into Ultron Sentries. The ensuing confrontation with the Avengers leads to Ultron inadvertently merging with his maker, transforming into a human/machine hybrid. The resulting fusion played on Pym's self-loathing of his own human weakness causes an acceptance of this new state. Ultron is defeated whenStarfox's powers force love onto himself, causing the part of that is now Pym to accept his old weakness and flaws while the villain has a mental breakdown and flees into space.[41]
As part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel" branding, Ultron's fused form resurfaces. While on his way back to Earth, Pym helps the crew of a spaceship that is being attacked by a hostile insectoid alien. After coming aboard the spaceship, Pym introduces himself as well as his "friend" Ultron to the crew.[42] He later returns to Earth, where the Wasp andCaptain America discover that Ultron has taken complete control and is using Pym's face to fool his maker's old friends.[43] After Ultron incapacitatesDeadpool,Cable, and theHuman Torch, the Wasp initiates the Icarus Protocol and Iron Man is called in to help stop Ultron with the Hulkbuster Armor's aid.[44] The Avengers end up defeating Ultron by plunging the hybrid into the sun but both Pym and Ultron survive and continue to do battle with one another internally.[45]
During the "Secret Empire" storyline, Ultron's fused form sets up a base in an unidentified forest. Upon being alerted to the approach ofSam Wilson's task force by a robot version of Jarvis, Ultron decides to give his "family" a warm welcome.[46] When Stark A.I.'s team and Captain America's team confront each other, they are captured by Ultron who forces both teams to sit at a dinner table. Ultron argues that he is doing this because the Avengers have become less of a family over the years as so many of them jump to obey Captain America or Iron Man despite past experience confirming that this should be a bad idea but the Stark A.I. counters that the only reason the team failed as a family was because of Pym's attack on Wasp. Outraged, Ultron nearly attacks the other heroes butScott Lang is able to talk him down by arguing that Pym remains his own inspiration. Ultron allows the Stark A.I.'s team to leave with the fragment, arguing that he will leave Captain America's plans withHydra alone as it appears to be the best chance for world peace.[47]
During "Infinity Countdown", Ultron discovers that the Infinity Stones are restored and begins a quest to collect them all.[48] He goes to claim the Soul Gem while the aliens he infected with his virus are sent to Earth to take the Space Stone from Wolverine, and while they fail at their task, Ultron is able to steal the Soul Gem from Magus after killing the latter. Unbeknownst to Ultron, however, as he claimed the Soul Stone a fragment of Pym's soul enters theSoul World, where he is greeted by the fragment of Gamora's soul who revealed that he was going to be trapped there forever.[49] Ultron has also completely controlled the planet Saiph with Ultron hybrids and had captured theSilver Surfer. When Adam Warlock goes to Saiph, he discovers the hybrids infusing the Soul Stone into Silver Surfer's forehead while at the same time trying to transform him into an Ultron hybrid.[50]
During "The Ultron Agenda" arc, Ultron returns to Earth with plans to merge robots with humans like how Pym got merged with Ultron so that he can make the ultimate lifeform. In addition, he starts to call this form "Ultron Pym". After testing it on some people and some experiments on Wonder Man and Vision, Ultron Pym plans to make a fusion of Jocasta and Wasp. Iron Man and Machine Man interfere, with the resulting battle causing Iron Man to be molecularly bonded to the Ultronbuster armor.[51] The combined efforts of Stark Unlimited enable them to create an atomic separator that separates Stark from the Ultronbuster armor and Wonder Man from Vision.[52] Ultron Pym prepares to take revenge on Iron Man. This leads to Iron Man revealing what he discovered about the human and robot fusion. The person who merged with it has died and that the robot can only simulate their personality. In other words, his maker was killed when accidentally merging with Ultron. Learning about this and not wanting to risk proving Iron Man's point by having the atomic separator used on him, Ultron surrenders to Iron Man, knowing that Pym is dead. When the Avengers arrive, they restrain Ultron in a Vibranium casket reinforced with Asgardian magic until they can find a permanent place to have Ultron imprisoned.[53]
As Ant-Man and Stinger were moving Ultron's prison to a desert to shrink it into the Microverse where it will be in, Ultron masted the bug language, contactingBlack Ant and having him free him. He slowly rose to power by 2549, becoming All-Father Ultron. To combat him, 2549'sAnt-Man went back in time to enlist the past versions of Hank Pym, Scott Lang, and Eric O'Grady for help and brought them to 2549 to defeat Ultron.[54]
It was revealed that the fragment of Hank Pym managed to escape from Ultron at the time and recreate his body which ended up older. While paranoid after being Ultron's "meat puppet", Hank Pym allied with Black Ant and they formed their version of the Lethal Legion by killing and reviving select villains. By the time Wasp learned the truth, Ultron-12 hijacks the "Victor Shade" persona in Whirlwind's body. Wasp remembered Ultron-12 as the "good Ultron" who then stated that he went through a soft reboot and knocked out Hank to protect him from the Lethal Legion, who Ultron has taken over. In the nick of time, Wasp, Moon Knight, and Ultron-12 receive aid from Ant-Man,Luke Cage,Nadia van Dyne,Stinger,Valkyrie, and Vision to fight the possessed Lethal Legion. Being given codes for the nano-ants from the future, Hank advises Nadia to "think big" as Ultron-12 agrees with his "dad" on it. Ultron proceeds to controlLodestone into recreating his body from different scrap metals as he controls the drones. Ultron-12 abandoned Whirlwind's body as the nano-ants left the Lethal Legion's body leaving Ultron's body frozen in its spot. Ultron-12 uses the nanos to recreate his body which he names Mark Twelve until he can come up with a better name. After Hank and the Lethal Legion leave to regroup inSub-Atomica as part of Protocol S, Vision scans Mark Twelve's body and finds no trace of Ultron in him. Mark Twelve then allows Nadia to consider him her brother.[55]
When Iron Man and War Machine form the next incarnation of the West Coast Avengers with Spider-Woman and ex-criminal Blue Bolt, Ultron was the first criminal they made use of. It would later be revealed that since splitting from Hank Pym, Ultron continued to split up. One of these Ultrons sports retractable wings and is the leader of the Gospel of Ultron under the name of "The One".[56] Another Ultron called "Ultron the Scorched" appeared and has gone deeper into the believing that humanity was insigniciant where he attacked the Gospel of Ultron's church and destroyed "The One".[57]
The visual appearance and powers of the character have varied, but common powers includesuperhuman levels of strength, speed, stamina, durability, and reflexes; flight at subsonic speeds; and various offensive weapons such as concussive blasts of energy fired from its optical sensors or hands and an "encephalo-ray", which places victims into a deathlike coma. The latter ray also allows Ultron to mesmerize and mind-control victims, or implantsubliminal hypnotic commands within their minds to be enacted at a later time. Ultron also has the ability to convert electromagnetic radiation into electrical energy for use or storage. Ultron has a genius intellect, a capacity for creative intelligence and self-repair, superhumancybernetic analytical capabilities, and the ability to process information and make calculations with superhuman speed and accuracy. The character is an expert roboticist and strategist.
Ultron's outer armor is usually composed primarily of adamantium, which is almost completely impervious to damage.[a] Most Ultron units are powered by a small internalnuclear furnace and incorporate a "program transmitter" which can transmit part or all of Ultron's memory/personality system into other computer systems or duplicate robotic bodies. Ultron can also control other machines remotely. Ultron has occasionally reformed itself with a humanoid appearance above the waist and the appearance of a complex machine, includingtractor beam apparatus for flight, below the waist. A later Ultron model developedhive mind technology, allowing it to animate and control hundreds of other Ultron bodies simultaneously,[58] although only the 'prime' Ultron was composed of adamantium while others were made of steel or secondary adamantium due to the lack of resources to give all the Ultrons adamantium bodies.[59] Ultron also used an internal molecular rearranger that renders the adamantium components of its workings more malleable and so has the ability to restructure its physical form. He also uses the device in ways its own creator never dreamed, such as converting matter into energy and back by sheer force of will, something Ultron 6 often made use of during his battles with the Avengers.[60] What circuitry Ultron has is carefully shielded to protect from damage, although theScarlet Witch is capable of causing malfunctions via hex power,[61]Johnny Storm using nova burst managed to damage Ultron's internal circuits while its outer armor remained intact,[62] andWonder Man was once able to destroy an Ultron by throwing it so hard its internal systems were damaged.[18]
Ultron's travels through outer space have greatly expanded upon the mad machine's intellectual and mechanical capacity in new and intriguing ways. Having made contact with the parasitic biotechnicalPhalanx species, Ultron has made his own derivative of thetechno-organic virus called the Ultron Virus[63] through which Ultron gains vast conversion and roboticization capabilities, able to cast his own binary code into any conceivable form of machinery which he can steadily turn into an extension of the Ultron Intelligence. Making anything or anyone infected with his virus act according to his whims against their own free will.[41]
Being an adept technoform in any iteration, Ultron's newfound abilities to control, alternate, transform and assimilate with anything and everything via the parasitic insemination of his virulent machine algorithm in both organic and non-biological substrates gives him vast matter and energy reconfiguration abilities.[41][63] Ones powerful enough to commandeer whole planetary and even universal expanses in a single inning, on top of his natural ability to invent and fabricate the most sophisticated of mechanical systems ever conceived.[64] Through his vast technoformative abilities, Ultron could change and morph entire areas into sprawling masses of cables, pipes and transorganic metal that moved about in any given direction he willed it.[41] This effect gained more prominence with the more excess mass he could assimilate with his power, having once taken a slew of transmoded Kree Sentries into a massive body which reflected his physical likeness.[65]
Individuals infected with the Ultron Virus can spread it in a similar way to how biologicalviruses can transfer, through cuts and scratches or direct physical interaction such as barbs or plug-in like apparatuses generated from the transformed physiology.[66] Ultron later found himself physically as well as mentally bonded with his creator and long time adversary, Dr. Henry Pym. As such the fused entity now boasts all his robotic super robot's powers as well as Pym's genius science. Ultron can now change and alternate his size and mass at will through the acclimation of his maker's Pym Particle enhanced physiology.[67] Besides being able to grow to incredible heights in seconds, Ultron can shrink down to sub-quantum scale to shift between dimensions via accessing theMicroverse. Ultron once used such a tactic to shunt its mass into another dimension for the purpose of riding aneutrino to escape burning up in the sun.[68] Another practice the union share is a galaxy spanning collective mind established through the Ultron Virus, every iteration of Ultron created through initial infection share a hive mind intelligence.[69]
An alternate universe variant of Ultron who successfully conquered Earth and killed most of its superheroes appears inAge of Ultron.[79][80][38][81] The heroes initially attempt to erase this Ultron from history completely by havingWolverine and theInvisible Woman go back in time and kill Hank Pym before he can even create Ultron, but when this plan results in a worse timeline, an older Wolverine goes back to warn his younger self, and instead Pym is convinced to add a secret back door in Ultron's programming that will allow him to shut Ultron down once he reaches a certain level of development.
TheFantastic Four storyline "Death of The Invisible Woman" features an advanced humanoid calledAlex Ultron, a member of the futuristic Last Defenders.[82]
An alternate universe variant of Ultron who took control of theDeathloks and took the nameDeathlok Prime appears inSavage Avengers.[83]
In the Earth-110 reality, Ultron assistedDoctor Doom,Hulk,Magneto,Namor, andRed Skull in taking overManhattan.[84]
An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-10943 appears inAvengers (vol. 4).[85]
In an alternate universe, theSilver Surfer used the remnants of Ultron to resurrectGalactus, creating a fusion of Ultron and Galactus.[86]
An alternate universe variant of Ultron appears inHeroes Reborn.[87]
An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-20051 appears inMarvel Adventures. This version is a "neural network" that commands part of the United States defense forces.[88]
A heroic alternate universe variant of Ultron appears inOld Man Logan. This version is the loving husband of Spider-Man's youngest daughter Tonya and the stepfather ofAshley, whose villainy he disapproves of.[89]
An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-982 namedUltron Extreme appears inAvengers Next.[90]
An alternate universe variant of Ultron fromBattleworld appears inSecret Wars.[91][92][93]
An alternate universe variant of Ultron known asUltron-59 appears inThe Last Avengers Story.[94]
An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-1610 appears inUltimate Marvel. This version is initially part of a group of heroic sentries created byHank Pym before turning against them.[95][96][97]
An alternate timeline variant of Ultron who successfully conquered Earth andAsgard appears inOriginal Sin.[98][99][100][101]
Ultron was featured in someWhat If comics:
In the alternate universe ofWhat If? Astonishing X-Men, theDanger Room got a body of her own and betrayed the X-Men. She eventually married Ultron and the two conquered the universe together.[102]
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Ultron appears inNext Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, voiced byTom Kane.[103] This version originated as a peacekeeping unit designed by Tony Stark before killing most of the Avengers and conquering Earth over the course of several decades until he is defeated by the Avengers' children and the Hulk.
Ultron appears in media set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). This version is loosely based on the comic book counterpart since it is created byTony Stark andBruce Banner after using a decrypted code derived from theMind Stone. Initially intended to act as a global defense program by analyzing and finding ways to stop possible extraterrestrial threats, the Mind Stone activated and infected the program. As a result, Ultron instead became obsessed with bringing about theextinction of all life on Earth after concluding that humans are slowly killing the planet.
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