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			'''Vision''' is the name of three fictional characters from ]. The original character originated in Marvel's predecessor ] and is depicted as an extra-dimensional ]; the latter two are humanoid androids. The original first appeared in '']'' #13 in 1940.
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			==Vision (Aarkus)==
	'''The Vision''' is the name of three ] ] characters that appear in the ]. The original is a ] who first appears in the ] period referred to as the ]. The second is an ] associated with the team the ], while the third is a futuristic successor version that appears with the team ].
			{{Main\|Vision (Timely Comics)}}
			The original Vision first appeared in '']'' #13 by ] by ] and ].<ref name=gcdmm> at the Grand Comics Database</ref>

			==Vision (Victor Shade)==
	== Publication history ==
			{{Main\|Vision (Marvel Comics)}}
	In 1940, the Vision debuted in a four-page feature in ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #13 (November 1940), and proved popular enough keep appearing until #48 (October 1943).
			A character loosely based on the original, the Vision was created in 1968 by ], ] and ]. He's the best-known version, having made ] in the ] movies and TV shows beginning in the 2010s.

			==Vision (Jonas)==
	In 1943, the Vision also features in an eight-page story in ''Kid Comics'' #3 (no month given - previous issue dated Summer 1943).
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			* Superhuman agility, intelligence, strength and speed
			* Flight
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			* Mass manipulation
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			* Solar energy projection
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			'''The Vision''' ('''Jonas''') is a fictional ] appearing in ]s published by ]. The character first appears in '']'' #5, and is the third character and second android character published by Marvel with the superhero name Vision. He is a combination of the ] program files and the armor and brain patterns of ].
	In 1993, the character reappeared in a retroactive story in ''The Invaders'', vol. 2, #3 (July 1993).
	==Fictional character biography==
	===Golden Age Vision (Timely Comics)===
	].]]
	The Golden Age Vision, also known as Aarkus, is an alien policeman from a dimension called Smokeworld. While Aarkus is looking for a suitable place to exile a prisoner, he accidentally contacted by an Earth scientist called Markham Erickson. Leaving the prisoner on the planet Jupiter, Aarkus accepts Erickson's invitation to fight crime on Earth. <ref>''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #13 (November 1940)</ref> Aarkus does so for several years, although during World War II is briefly manipulated by the ] powers into fighting the ]. The superhero team the ], however, manage to help Aarkus realize his mistake. <ref>The Invaders vol. 2, #3</ref> After the end of World War II, Aarkus is not "seen" again until ], empowered by the Kree entity the ], summons versions of ] heroes to help end the ]. <ref>''Avengers'' vol. 1, #97</ref>

	===~~Modern~~ ~~Vision~~===		===Publication history===
			Vision first appeared in ''Young Avengers'' #5 (August 2005) and was created by ] and ].
	The modern Vision is an ], and is created by the robot ]. Using the brain patterns of the then-deceased ], Ultron programs the artificial lifeform to attack Ultron's creator, ] and his wife, the ]. The Wasp is the first to encounter the synthezoid, and describes it as a "vision" while trying to escape. The Vision is convinced by the superhero team the ] to turn against Ultron and becomes a member of the team. The Vision becomes a core member of the team for many years, and eventually forms a relationship with the ], <ref>''Avengers'' vol. 1, #108</ref> who he later marries. <ref>''Giant-Size Avengers'' #4 (1975)</ref> The pair have twin sons, <ref>''Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' #12 (1985)</ref> but suffer a personal setback when it is revealed that their children are in fact two missing shards of the soul of the demonic entity ]. This drives the Scarlet Witch insane, and while eventually recovering she and the Vision separate. <ref>''West Coast Avengers'' #51 - 52</ref>

			The exact details of the character's personality and mental make-up vary from writer to writer. While some writers, such as Heinberg and ], write him as an entirely new character,{{Citation needed\|date=November 2016}} other writers like ] (during the "Collective" storyline) and ] (in '']'') write him as if he is the original Vision in a new body (or at least has access to the original Vision's memories).

			===Fictional character biography===
	Aside from the Vision's partnership with the Scarlet Witch, he has been involved in four significant events that have impacted on the Avengers. The first was the belief that the Vision's body has been created from that of the ], <ref>Hinted at ''Avengers'' vol. 1, 116 + 118</ref> but this is later proved to be false when the Human Torch returns. <ref>''Avengers West Coast'' #50</ref> On one occasion, however, the time lord ] uses the power of the Forever Crystal to split the original Human Torch into two separate entities:one remains the original Torch while the other is rebuilt as the Vision by Ultron. <ref>''Avengers Forever'' #1 - 12 (1998 - 2000)</ref>
			The Vision is a fusion of the old Vision's operating systems and the armor of adventurer Iron Lad, a teenage version of ] 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 "]". 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.{{Citation needed\|date=November 2016}} When Iron Lad leaves the time period, he leaves the armor behind with the Vision's operating system activated.

			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 having Iron Lad's brainwave patterns as the basis for his personality) he is with the group due to his growing feelings of affection towards ], the superhero known as Stature.<ref name="youngavengers11">''Young Avengers'' #11 (May 2006), Marvel Comics.</ref> After the events of the "]" storyline, 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".<ref>''Young Avengers Presents'' #4 (April 2008), Marvel Comics.</ref> During a later battle between the alien ] and the Avengers, the Vision is shot through the head.<ref>''Secret Invasion'' #3 (Apr. 2008), Marvel Comics.</ref> He survives and joins with ] and ] alongside the other Young Avengers.<ref>''Secret Invasion'' #5 (June 2008), Marvel Comics.</ref>
	The second event begins when the Vision attempts to penetrate a null-field erected by the villain ], and simply "shuts down". Some weeks later, the Vision regains consciousness but is still paralysed. Assuming a holographic form and able to take control of computer technology to assist the Avengers, the Vision eventually regains control of his body, but has been "unbalanced" by the incident and attempts to take control of the world's computers. With the aid of the Avengers, the Vision is restored to his normal self, but is now being closely monitored by the governments of the world. <ref>''Avengers'' vol. 1, #233 + 238 + 242 - 243 + 251 + 253 - 254</ref>

			He joins the new lineup of the ], along with Stature.<ref>''Mighty Avengers'' #21, Marvel Comics.</ref> They opt to keep their dual memberships in the Avengers and the Young Avengers a secret, in order to hunt for the ] (really ] 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 ] was sent travelling back and forth across his timeline, he is able to pass on a message to the Avengers in the present by briefly isolating himself with the Vision during the ] and asking him to pass on a time-delayed message, which Jonas was able to access and share with the other Avengers. When the Mighty Avengers ultimately disbands following the events of the "Siege", Jonas and Cassie rejoin the Young Avengers full-time.
	The third event occurs some months later when the Vision is abducted by a coalition of the world governments and dismantled to ensure that he is no longer a threat. Although rebuilt, a now conscious Wonder Man refuses to have his brain patterns used again as on the first instance it was done without his consent. Due to the this and extensive damage to the Vision's synthetic skin, he is recreated as a colourless, emotionless synthezoid. <ref>''West Coast Avengers'' #42 - 45</ref> The Vision eventually regains his emotions by adopting the brain patterns of the deceased scientist Alex Lipton, and gains a new body that resembles his original. Simon Williams's brain patterns also gradually reemerge and meld with Lipton's patterns, fully restoring the Vision. <ref>''Vision'' #1 - 3(1994)</ref>

			In ''Avengers: Children's Crusade'', Cassie is killed by ], and Iron Lad decides to take her body into the future to be revived. Jonas protests, reasoning that such an action is more in line with Kang's manipulation of time than what Cassie would want, and Iron Lad murders him in a fit of jealous anger. 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. ], Cassie's best friend, prefers to believe that he and Cassie are somehow together wherever they are now.<ref>''Avengers: Children's Crusade'' #9, Marvel Comics.</ref>
	Shortly after a reformation of the Avengers, the Vision sustains massive damage in the final battle with the sorceress ], <ref>''Avengers'' vol. 3, #4</ref> but is eventually rebuilt and recovers. <ref>''Avengers'' vol. 3, #12</ref>

			===Powers and abilities===
	The fourth and final event is orchestrated by the Scarlet Witch. Driven insane once more over the thought of her lost children, she uses her magic to rewrite reality, causing the Vision to crash an Avengers quinjet into their mansion. The Vision then emerges from the rubble and regurgitates five spheres - an act that shuts him down - that become versions of Ultron and attack the Avengers. Although the Avengers defeat the robots, She-Hulk becomes enraged and shreds the Vision's corpse. <ref>''Avengers'' vol.1, #500</ref>
			Vision is able to use Iron Lad's neuro-kinetic armor to recreate the former Vision's abilities, including superhuman strength, density manipulation, and flight. The yellow solar cell on his forehead can also emit a beam of infrared and microwave radiation. He is also capable of energy and holographic manipulation, ] and time travel.

	====Powers and abilities====
	The modern Vision is powered by solar energy absorbed via a gem on his forehead. In addition to his ability to discharge this energy via high-intensity solar-powered optic blasts, the Vision possesses the ability to manipulate his mass and density, which at its lowest allows flight and intangibility and at its highest provides superhuman strength and diamond-hard durability. On one occasion the Vision uses this extreme durability to render unconscious the villain ]. <ref>''Avengers'' vol. 1, #166</ref> The Vision often uses his ability to alter his density against foes, by phasing an intangible hand through them and then partially rematerializing 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 ] version of ]. <ref>''Avengers'' vol. 1, #141</ref> The Vision is also capable of self-repair and interfacing with other technology.

	===Young Avengers Vision===
	].]]
	The newest incarnation of the Vision is in fact a fusion of the old Vision's operating systems and armour of teen adventurer ]. On arriving in the present, Iron Lad finds the Vision's mangled remains and downloads the operating system into his armour. With this information, Iron Lad is able to access plans the Vision had created in case the Avengers were ever rendered inactive and uses these plans to assemble a new team of ]. When Iron Lad is forced to remove his armour to stop master villain ] from tracking him, the Vision's operating system causes the armour to become a sentient being. <ref>''Young Avengers'' #1 - 5</ref>

	Examination by the hero ] reveals that although the future Vision has all of the physical and emotional potential of the original, he lacks the first Vision's experience, and brain patterns based on Iron Lad as opposed to Wonder Man. While more advanced than the original, the Vision is unable to join the reformed Avengers due to their concern that he is still being controlled by Kang. The Vision then acts as a mentor to the Young Avengers. <ref>''Young Avengers'' #11</ref> During the events of ], the Vision opposes the new Superhuman Registration Act and sides with ] by joining the ].<ref>''Civil War'' #2 - 3</ref>

	====Powers and abilities====
	The futuristic Vision is able to use Iron Lad's neuro-kinetic armour to recreate the former Vision's abilities and is also capable of energy and holographic manipulation; shapeshifting and time-travel.

	==Alternate versions==

	===Mainframe===
	Mainframe is an alternate universe (]) version of Vision from the ] who acts alongside the ]. In this future, Mainframe is the chief operating system of an entire planet and controls everything from climate to planetary stability, and when first encountered, the guardian of the shield of Captain America. <ref>
	''Guardians of the Galaxy'' #5 (1990)</ref>

	===Ultimate Visions===
	]
	In the ], members of the ] and the ] discover a damaged, sentient robot, who states that the closest English translation to its name is "Vision". The robot warns of the coming of an invader from space - ], Eater of Worlds. After being repaired, the apparently feminine Vision assists the heroes by presenting a plan to repel Gak Lak Tus. After successfully repelling the invader, the Vision leaves Earth but en route is tricked and disabled by ] and has yet to reappear. <ref>''Ultimate Nightmare'' (2004); ''Ultimate Secret'' (2005) & ''Ultimate Extinction'' (2006) </ref>

	===MC2===
	An older version of the modern Vision appears in the ] universe. Stepping out of earlier retirement, Vision chose to rejoin the young heroes in ]. <ref>''Spider-Girl'' #94 (2006)</ref>

	==Appearances in other media==
	===Television===
	* The first android Vision is one of several Avengers to make cameo appearances in the mid-90s ] ] ].

	* The first android Vision appears in ]' short-lived ''Avengers'' animated series (thirteen episodes in 1999 - 2000). The Vision was voiced by ].

	===Video games===

	* The first android Vision appears as a playable character in the 1991 ], '']'', developed by ].

	* The first android Vision is a NPC in the videogame '']''.

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==
	*Greg Theakston at Grand Comics Database:
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Vision is the name of three fictional characters from Marvel Comics. The original character originated in Marvel's predecessor Timely Comics and is depicted as an extra-dimensional law enforcement officer; the latter two are humanoid androids. The original first appeared in Marvel Mystery Comics #13 in 1940.

Vision (Aarkus)

Main article: Vision (Timely Comics)

The original Vision first appeared in Marvel Mystery Comics #13 by Timely Comics by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.

Vision (Victor Shade)

Main article: Vision (Marvel Comics)

A character loosely based on the original, the Vision was created in 1968 by Roy Thomas, Stan Lee and John Buscema. He's the best-known version, having made several appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and TV shows beginning in the 2010s.

Vision (Jonas)

Comics character

Vision
The Vision, as he appears as a member of the Young Avengers. Art by Jim Cheung.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Young Avengers #5 (August 2005)
Created by	Allan Heinberg Jim Cheung
In-story information
Species	Android
Team affiliations	Young Avengers Mighty Avengers
Notable aliases	Jonas
Abilities	Superhuman agility, intelligence, strength and speed Flight Density control Intangibility Shapeshifting Time travel Mass manipulation Regeneration Solar energy projection Technopathy

The Vision (Jonas) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Young Avengers #5, and is the third character and second android character published by Marvel with the superhero name Vision. He is a combination of the original android Vision's program files and the armor and brain patterns of Iron Lad.

Publication history

Vision first appeared in Young Avengers #5 (August 2005) and was created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung.

The exact details of the character's personality and mental make-up vary from writer to writer. While some writers, such as Heinberg and Dan Slott, write him as an entirely new character, other writers like Brian Michael Bendis (during the "Collective" storyline) and Ed Brubaker (in Captain America: Reborn) write him as if he is the original Vision in a new body (or at least has access to the original Vision's memories).

Fictional character biography

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. When Iron Lad leaves the time period, he leaves the armor behind with the Vision's operating system activated.

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 having Iron Lad's brainwave patterns as the basis for his personality) he is with the group due to his growing feelings of affection towards Cassie Lang, the superhero known as Stature. After the events of the "Civil War" storyline, 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". During a later battle between the alien Skrulls and the Avengers, the Vision is shot through the head. He survives and joins with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. alongside the other Young Avengers.

He joins the new lineup of the Mighty Avengers, along with Stature. 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 Steve Rogers was sent travelling back and forth across his timeline, he is able to pass on a message to the Avengers in the present by briefly isolating himself with the Vision during the Kree-Skrull War and asking him to pass on a time-delayed message, which Jonas was able to access and share with the other Avengers. When the Mighty Avengers ultimately disbands following the events of the "Siege", Jonas and Cassie rejoin the Young Avengers full-time.

In Avengers: Children's Crusade, Cassie is killed by Doctor Doom, and Iron Lad decides to take her body into the future to be revived. Jonas protests, reasoning that such an action is more in line with Kang's manipulation of time than what Cassie would want, and Iron Lad murders him in a fit of jealous anger. 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, Cassie's best friend, prefers to believe that he and Cassie are somehow together wherever they are now.

Powers and abilities

Vision is able to use Iron Lad's neuro-kinetic armor to recreate the former Vision's abilities, including superhuman strength, density manipulation, and flight. The yellow solar cell on his forehead can also emit a beam of infrared and microwave radiation. He is also capable of energy and holographic manipulation, shapeshifting and time travel.

References

Marvel Mystery Comics at the Grand Comics Database
Young Avengers #11 (May 2006), Marvel Comics.
Young Avengers Presents #4 (April 2008), Marvel Comics.
Secret Invasion #3 (Apr. 2008), Marvel Comics.
Secret Invasion #5 (June 2008), Marvel Comics.
Mighty Avengers #21, Marvel Comics.
Avengers: Children's Crusade #9, Marvel Comics.

Champions

Creators

1975 team	Tony Isabella Don Heck
2016 team	Mark Waid Humberto Ramos Jim Zub Steven Cummings

Founders

1975 team	Angel Black Widow Ghost Rider Hercules Iceman
2016 team	Ms. Marvel Spider-Man Nova Hulk Cyclops Viv Vision

Later members

1975 team	Darkstar
2016 team	Gwenpool Ironheart Unstoppable Wasp Falcon Patriot Power Man Bombshell Dust

Supporting characters

Avengers
Beast
Hulk
X-Men
Young Avengers
- A-Bomb
- Teen Abomination
- Iron Lad
- Patriot
- Wiccan
- Hulkling
- Hawkeye
- Stature
- Speed
- Vision
- Kid Loki
- America Chavez
- Marvel Boy
- Prodigy

Enemies

v t e Young Avengers
Allan Heinberg Jim Cheung Kieron Gillen Jamie McKelvie
Initial members	Iron Lad Patriot Wiccan Hulkling Hawkeye Stature Speed Vision Patriot
Vol 2. members	Kid Loki America Chavez Marvel Boy Prodigy
Enemies	Kang the Conqueror The Kree The Skrull Young Masters Doctor Doom Mister Hyde Wrecking Crew A.I.M. Sons of the Serpent Mother
Allies	Avengers Jessica Jones New Avengers Kl'rt the Super-Skrull Captain Marvel Scarlet Witch Hawkeye The Runaways X-Men Iron Man Champions Ms. Marvel Spider-Man Nova Hulk Cyclops Viv Vision Gwenpool Ironheart Unstoppable Wasp Falcon Power Man Bombshell Dust A-Bomb Teen Abomination
Storylines	Volume 1 Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways Young Avengers Presents Siege: Young Avengers Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers Dark Reign Avengers: The Children's Crusade Volume 2 Paradox Lost

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