" Infinity Countdown " is a 2018 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics . The storyline leads into the " Infinity Wars " storyline.
86-777: The story depicts the Ultron / Hank Pym going after the Infinity Gems that were recreated when the Multiverse was restored. Back during the "Time Runs Out" storyline, the Infinity Gems were destroyed during the Incursion that affected the Multiverse . When the Multiverse is restored by Mister Fantastic , it enabled the Infinity Gems to be restored. When the Space Gem was the first to manifest, it
172-741: A dead drop signal left by Wolverine. She found that Wolverine secretly left the Space Infinity Gem in her care. The Guardians of the Galaxy managed to defeat Scar and join the Nova Corps in their fight against the Fraternity of Raptors and the Chitauri on Xituang. Meanwhile, Adam Warlock starts looking for the Soul Gem which brings him to the planet Saiph. Upon arriving, he finds that the planet has been conquered by
258-428: A deathlike coma. The latter ray also allows Ultron to mesmerize and mind-control victims, or implant subliminal 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, superhuman cybernetic analytical capabilities, and
344-533: 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". It is later revealed that the Avengers had trapped an unidentified iteration of Ultron in deep space years earlier, sealing him inside a Vibranium Quinjet . In
430-670: A fusion of Ultron and Galactus. An alternate universe variant of Ultron appears in Heroes Reborn . An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-20051 appears in Marvel Adventures . This version is a "neural network" that commands part of the United States defense forces. A heroic alternate universe variant of Ultron appears in Old Man Logan . This version is the loving husband of Spider-Man's youngest daughter Tonya and
516-404: A humanoid appearance above the waist and the appearance of a complex machine, including tractor beam apparatus for flight, below the waist. A later Ultron model developed hive mind technology, allowing it to animate and control hundreds of other Ultron bodies simultaneously, although only the 'prime' Ultron was composed of adamantium while others were made of steel or secondary adamantium due to
602-491: A new form of vibranium called Nuform, but it is repelled by the combined efforts of Iron Man , Black Panther , and Spider-Man . Ultron escapes from prison and upgrades into the Ultimate Ultron, capturing West Coast Avenger Mockingbird to use her brain patterns to create the new robotic mate Alkhema . Alkhema aids Ultron but both are eventually jettisoned into space through a ruse by Vision. Vision finds Ultron-15 but
688-491: A poison that drove him mad to the point where he shattered Groot and took some of his splinters to grow an army of Flora Colossi. In the present, Gardener and his army of Flora Colossi are attacking Telferina. The Guardians of the Galaxy intercepted the army of Flora Colossi where it was revealed that Groot regenerated from a splinter and couldn't reach his normal size due to Gardener having taken all his splinters. Getting close to Gardener, Groot used his energy to cure Gardener of
774-451: A single inning, on top of his natural ability to invent and fabricate the most sophisticated of mechanical systems ever conceived. 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. This effect gained more prominence with the more excess mass he could assimilate with his power, having once taken
860-541: A slew of transmoded Kree Sentries into a massive body which reflected his physical likeness. Individuals infected with the Ultron Virus can spread it in a similar way to how biological viruses can transfer, through cuts and scratches or direct physical interaction such as barbs or plug-in like apparatuses generated from the transformed physiology. Ultron later found himself physically as well as mentally bonded with his creator and long time adversary, Dr. Henry Pym. As such
946-439: A tactic to shunt its mass into another dimension for the purpose of riding a neutrino to escape burning up in the sun. 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 minded intelligence where they all share each other's experiences. Anything the afflicted sees they all see, through which Ultron Prime
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#17328560507611032-709: A talking Russian dog?" We run with these things and develop them together. It's hard to pin down where exactly they originate. Located within what appears to be a severed head of a Celestial floating along the Rip (the extreme outer edge of all spacetime with no specific physical location), Knowhere acts as a makeshift port of call and observatory of the End of the Universe for intergalactic travelers of all species and from all times. First appearing in Nova (vol. 4) #8 (see Annihilation: Conquest ),
1118-540: A version from an old version of his armor and Ultron-18's head that leads the cult known as the Sons of Yinsen in an attempt to conquest via religion . The character is defeated by Iron Man and Jocasta. Another version (possibly Ultron-13) creates the cyborg Victor Mancha as a sleeper agent against the Avengers. Mancha, however, rebels and joins the Runaways . This version first poses as Doctor Doom before revealing itself, and
1204-521: A warm welcome. 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
1290-567: Is Thanos . After getting some information from the Contemplator 's severed head, Magus found the Soul Gem on the surface of Ego the Living Planet . Before he can make plans to gather the other Infinity Gems and reshape the universe in his image, Magus is supposedly killed by the Ultron/Hank Pym who claimed the Soul Gem. After sending out some aliens that he infected with the Ultron Virus,
1376-410: 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 after Hawkeye shot Alkhema with a vibranium arrow at Alkhema's request. Ultron's head was recovered by Antigone , an artificial girl and one of the synthezoids. Iron Man encounters
1462-530: Is a self-aware and highly intelligent artificial intelligence in a robot body who develops a god complex and a grudge against his creator Hank Pym . His goal to destroy humanity in a shortsighted attempt at creating world peace has brought him into repeated conflict with the Avengers . Stories often end in Ultron's apparent destruction, only for the character to be resurrected in new forms. Ultron's physical body
1548-570: Is defeated in a battle against the Runaways and Excelsior . When Marvel launched a new title The Mighty Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis and Frank Cho , Ultron interfaces with Iron Man's armor , which had been integrated with Tony 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
1634-429: Is defeated when Starfox '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. 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
1720-479: Is discovered to have been "infected" by human emotion and is seriously deteriorating, displaying symptoms that resemble alcoholism . Ultron-16 and Ultron-17 successfully slaughter the population of Slorenia, having perfected a process that allows it to control a vast army of Ultron drones. 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
1806-455: Is happening and asks for his help to stop the Ultron/Hank Pym's plot. However, the Ultron/Hank Pym had already launched rockets filled with the Ultron Virus in order to infect the entire galaxy while saving Earth as his last target. Galactus initially refuses to consume Saiph due to the consequences of destroying it until he agrees with Silver Surfer. This results in Saiph and the rockets transporting
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#17328560507611892-585: Is initially part of a group of heroic sentries created by Hank Pym before turning against them. An alternate timeline variant of Ultron who successfully conquered Earth and Asgard appears in Original Sin . Ultron was featured in some What If comics: In the alternate universe of What If? Astonishing X-Men , the Danger Room got a body of her own and betrayed the X-Men. She eventually married Ultron and
1978-456: Is made of a durable alloy, and he has manifested various superpowers . 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 as Ultron Drones . Ultron is notable for being the first character in Marvel Comics to wield
2064-480: Is notified of anything they all come across effective immediately. An alternate universe variant of Ultron who successfully conquered Earth and killed most of its superheroes appears in Age of Ultron . The Fantastic Four storyline "Death of The Invisible Woman" features an advanced humanoid called Alex Ultron , a member of the futuristic Last Defenders. An alternate universe variant of Ultron who took control of
2150-556: Is responsible for Jocasta 's creation as a robotic bride, before being destroyed shortly afterwards. Ultron-9 and Ultron-10 brainwash heroes into recreating the robot, before turning and being defeated. After being recreated as Ultron-11 by the Beyonder and battling in Battleworld , the Thing brings Ultron's head back to Earth as a souvenir, and is forgotten when there is an attack by
2236-697: Is still in orbit around Battleworld as a reminder of Doom's power. Knowhere appears in Guardians of the Galaxy (2015). Knowhere appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). This version initially serves as the Collector 's headquarters, in which his Tivan Corporation mines cellular material to sell on the black market, before it is later sold to the Guardians of the Galaxy , who convert it into their headquarters. Russ Burlingame considered
2322-554: Is summoned by Collector and Grandmaster who have with them a Reality Gem from another reality. The Phyla-Vell from an alternate reality where she operated as Captain Marvel appeared to retrieve it. Star-Lord gives the Reality Gem to her without a fight since it won't work outside her reality. As the Guardians of the Galaxy escape to Oblitus, they are intercepted by Adam Warlock and Kang
2408-837: The Captain Video comic book. He liked the robot's malicious looking smile, showing this to Buscema. 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). Created by Hank Pym by basing the robot on his own brain patterns, the robot (dubbed "Ultron") gradually developed its own intelligence and rebelled, and almost immediately develops an Oedipus complex , whereby it feels irrational hatred for Pym, and demonstrates an interest in Janet van Dyne . Rebuilding itself, learning how to turn itself on, and upgrading five times, Ultron then hypnotises and brainwashes its "father" into forgetting that
2494-631: The Deathloks and took the name Deathlok Prime appears in Savage Avengers . In the Earth-110 reality, Ultron assisted Doctor Doom , Hulk , Magneto , Namor , and Red Skull in taking over Manhattan . An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-10943 appears in Avengers (vol. 4). In an alternate universe, the Silver Surfer used the remnants of Ultron to resurrect Galactus , creating
2580-591: The Marvel Studios film Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), while Ross Marquand voiced alternate universe versions in the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021) and the film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). The character Ultron initially appeared as an unnamed character in a cameo in The Avengers #54 (July 1968), with a first full appearance in The Avengers #55 (August 1968). Ultron
2666-588: The Sentry to battle Ultron, nearly tearing his head off. Ultron is eventually destroyed by Ares of the New Avengers using a computer virus (created by the Skrull Criti Noll impersonating Pym) 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. However, this was not the end of Ultron, for his disembodied consciousness
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2752-467: The Ultron / Hank Pym and one of his infected victims is Silver Surfer . After the Nova Corps decided to retreat from battle, Nova secretly thanked Robbie upon figuring out that someone could alter the size of the Power Gem. Using this revelation, Star-Lord shrunk it to the size of his hand. However, it was discovered that the Power Gem was an anchor for Xituang as it starts to crumble. The Guardians of
2838-415: The Avengers interrupt their attempts, the body activates, revealing that Ultron's consciousness was contained within and had escaped destruction after Annihilation: Conquest . The new version escapes and Iron Man gravely foresees that it will bring the apocalypse for humanity when he returns. During the " Age of Ultron " storyline, which takes place in an alternate universe, Ultron has returned and conquers
2924-515: The Avengers. What circuitry Ultron has is carefully shielded to protect from damage, although the Scarlet Witch is capable of causing malfunctions via hex power, Johnny Storm using nova burst managed to damage Ultron's internal circuits while its outer armor remained intact, and Wonder Man was once able to destroy an Ultron by throwing it so hard its internal systems were damaged. Ultron's travels through outer space have greatly expanded upon
3010-581: The Conqueror . Gamora attempted to take the Soul Gem from Adam Warlock. When Drax the Destroyer held onto the Soul Gem, he discovered that the Soul World inside is corrupted. Drax knocked out Gamora and made off with Adam Warlock and Kang the Conqueror. As the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy don't want to help Gamora pursue Adam Warlock and Kang the Conqueror, she went off on her own. Doctor Strange tracks down
3096-574: The Conqueror's Rama-Tut counterpart. While doing a ride-sharing scam as he is driving through Greenwich Village , Turk Barrett stumbled upon a bunch of Skrulls attacking some monks that were delivering the Mind Infinity Gem to Doctor Strange at the Sanctum Sanctorum . Upon acquiring the Mind Gem during the fight, Turk Barrett begins to establish a criminal empire so that he can fill the void that
3182-708: The Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as well as the Disney+ animated series' What If...? and the Disney XD Guardians of the Galaxy . When asked about how they came up with the idea, authors Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning said: Honestly, they just came to us. The severed Celestial head was, I think, something that popped out of Andy's mind one day. Similarly, one morning, I said "what about
3268-482: The Galaxy and the Nova Corps use the Power Stone to destroy the Chitauri fleet as they escape from the doomed planet. Meanwhile, Adam Warlock heals Silver Surfer of the Ultron Virus. As the Ultron/Hank Pym is using Saiph as his base of operations and plans to unleash the Ultron Virus on a cosmic scale, Silver Surfer goes to look for Galactus. Even though Galactus is no longer a world-eater, Silver Surfer informs him of what
3354-482: The Hulkbuster Armor's aid. 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. During the " Secret Empire " storyline, Ultron's fused form sets up a base in an unidentified forest. Upon being alerted to the approach of Sam Wilson 's task force by a robot version of Jarvis, Ultron decides to give his "family"
3440-718: The Human Torch himself), however, discover the plan and destroy the androids. In the Mighty Avengers , Ultron is shown to infiltrate Jocasta and the Infinite Avengers Mansion. He names himself Ultron Pym and seeks to kill and replace his father before using his Infinite Mansion to conquer the universe. 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. In The Avengers ,
3526-572: The Infinity Stones are restored and begins a quest to collect them all. 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
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3612-613: 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, Mayor Luke Cage , Nadia van Dyne , Stinger , Valkyrie , and Vision to fight
3698-693: The Mind Gem and finds it in Turk Barrett's possession as Turk managed to evade him. When Black Widow's clone arrives seeking out Doctor Strange where she wants to dispose of the Space Stone, he did not want to take it as he knows what would happen if they are in the same proximity. Using a magic spell, Doctor Strange spoke to the holders of the Infinity Gems and requested a parley to reform the Infinity Watch . He states to Adam Warlock, Black Widow's clone, Captain Marvel, Star-Lord, and Turk Barrett that they need to safeguard them from such calamities even if one of them
3784-633: The Necrosword and used the detached head to create more symbiotes, then long after Knull abandoned it, it would become the location of Knowhere. During the Secret Wars storyline, Knowhere is shown to be the moon that orbits Battleworld . According to God Emperor Doom , this Knowhere is the head of the Celestial who came to collect Battleworld but was slain in battle by the God Emperor himself and its head
3870-632: 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 the Super-Adaptoid began the Annihilation: Conquest with invasions that started with the Kree space. Later by taking control of Adam Warlock 's body, Ultron hopes to achieve "true techno-organic perfection" but is eventually forced to abandon Adam's body by
3956-621: The Reality Gem in an adjacent unidentified reality. It was discovered that the Time Gem restored the planet Sakaar. While Amadeus Cho 's Hulk form was fighting the Warlord, the Time Gem was unearthed by Super-Skrull who planned to use it to restore the Skrull Empire to its former glory. At some point in the past, Loki, who wanted to know about the Soul Gem's location, visited Gardener . When Gardener didn't know where it was, Loki infected him with
4042-631: The Soul World, where he is greeted by the fragment of Gamora's soul who revealed that he was going to be trapped there forever. Ultron has also completely controlled the planet Saiph with Ultron hybrids and had captured the Silver 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. 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
4128-483: The Technarchy Warlock and is later destroyed in combat by Wraith and Quasar . In the limited series Avengers/ Invaders , it is revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. Life Model Decoys have been partly replaced with versions of Ultron. When the original Human 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
4214-524: The Time Infinity Gem. After a battle with Super-Skrull, Doctor Strange claims the Time Gem. A sequel series titled Infinity Wars was released in 2018. Ultron Ultron ( / ˈ ʌ l t r ɒ n / ) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema , the character first appeared as an unnamed character in The Avengers #54 (July 1968), with his first full appearance in The Avengers #55 (August 1968). He
4300-537: The Ultron Intelligence. Making anything or anyone infected with his virus act according to his whims against their own free will. 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. Ones powerful enough to commandeer whole planetary and even universal expanses in
4386-429: The Ultron Virus being destroyed. The Ultron/Hank Pym got wounded in the escape and Adam Warlock claims the Soul Gem. Due to Galactus' hunger returning, Silver Surfer had to take him to an uninhabited planet to satisfy it. After the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Nova Corps regroup on Knowhere , Drax the Destroyer makes off with the Power Stone while Nova plans to rescue his brother from the Fraternity of Raptors. Star-Lord
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#17328560507614472-399: The Ultron/Hank Pym learned that the ones that were sent after Wolverine were killed by him. Unbeknownst to the Ultron/Hank Pym, a soul fragment of Hank Pym entered the Soul Stone's Soul World where he encountered an elderly version of Gamora. Hank Pym's soul was told by the soul fragment of an elderly Gamora that he was going to be trapped here forever. As for Wolverine following his victory, he
4558-436: The Ultronbuster armor and Wonder Man from Vision. 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
4644-416: The Universe via the deceased Celestial's "Continuum Cortex", located within the brain-stem, from where sensors can also detect subtle disruptions in space-time occurring outside The Rip in the greater Universe. Facilitated by Cosmo and Richard Rider , Knowhere comes to be used as the base of operations for the new Guardians of the Galaxy . The origins of Knowhere as well as who could conceivably decapitate
4730-592: 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. Most Ultron units are powered by a small internal nuclear 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
4816-515: The alien Dire Wraiths . Ultron-12 enters an alliance with the Grim Reaper and his allies ( Nekra , the Erik Josten Goliath, Man-Ape , and Black Talon ) in a bid to destroy Wonder-Man. Although the villains are defeated by the West Coast Avengers , Ultron-12 begins to form a relationship with his "father" Hank Pym. 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
4902-450: The alloy adamantium to upgrade his body for an almost indestructible state and takes the name Ultimate Ultron . Its plans to destroy humanity are again thwarted by the Avengers. Ultron-7 is later created by Maximus with the body of the android Omega , attacking the wedding of Inhuman Crystal and Avenger Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver , and battling the Avengers, Inhumans and Fantastic Four before being destroyed again. Ultron-8
4988-637: 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. 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 where he contacted Black Ant into freeing him using Time Master's aging ray on his Vibranium casket. He slowly rose to power by 2549 where he became All-Father Ultron. To combat him, 2549's Ant-Man went back in time to enlist
5074-476: The fictional metal alloy adamantium and for his (in-story) creation of the Vision . Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books , Ultron has since featured in Marvel products across different media, such as animated television series and video games. Tom Kane and Jim Meskimen are among the actors that have portrayed the character via voice acting. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), James Spader portrayed Ultron in his first live-action appearance in
5160-439: 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. Besides being able to grow to incredible heights in seconds, Ultron can shrink down to sub-quantum scale to shift between dimensions via accessing the Microverse or the Quantum Realm. Ultron once used such
5246-436: The future to fight Ultron, Wolverine and Susan Storm go back in time to kill his creator before Ultron's creation in the first place. This results in a world where Stark controls an army of robotic drones and Morgan le Fay has conquered half of the world. 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
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#17328560507615332-405: The godlike alien and how it appeared at the end of the Universe were uncertain for a time. Abnett and Lanning have said that the origin is "A mystery that will have to wait for now, but it's a biggie!" Eventually, an answer was given: the Symbiote God Knull , while recounting his origins to Eddie Brock , revealed that he was the one who originally beheaded the Celestial with the use of All-Black
5418-437: The lack of resources to give all the Ultrons adamantium bodies. 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
5504-439: The mad machine's intellectual and mechanical capacity in new and intriguing ways. Having made contact with the parasitic biotechnical Phalanx species, Ultron has made his own derivative of the techno-organic virus called the Ultron Virus 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
5590-666: 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 in Sub-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. The visual appearance and powers of the character have varied, but common powers include superhuman 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
5676-463: The only reason the team failed as a family was because of Pym's attack on Wasp. Outraged, Ultron nearly attacks the other heroes but Scott 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 with Hydra alone as it appears to be the best chance for world peace. During " Infinity Countdown ", Ultron discovers that
5762-504: The past versions of Hank Pym, Scott Lang, and Eric O'Grady for help and brought them to 2549. Upon Scott Lang having brought Time Master's aging ray with him, Zayn used it on All-Father Ultron to take away the aging feature. Afterwards, Ultron vanished. 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
5848-446: The planet. Knowhere Knowhere (pronounced "no where") is a fictional location appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and in related media. It is depicted as the enormous severed head of an ancient celestial being and serves as an interdimensional crossroads and scientific observatory. Knowhere appears in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor: The Dark World (2013), Guardians of
5934-405: The poison. After being healed, Gardener's first action was to restore Groot to his original height as well as allowing him to speak in full sentences in the third person. A building-sized Flora Colossus named Scar was, however, still on a rampage. Meanwhile, Warbringer led the Chitauri fleet to the planet Xitaung in order to claim the Power Stone. In Madripoor , the Black Widow clone had traced
6020-417: 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 control Lodestone 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
6106-531: The present, the Quinjet crash lands on Titan , freeing Ultron. By hijacking the ISAAC computer, he transforms Titan into Planet Ultron, and launches a plan to infect the entire universe with a nanite 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
6192-698: The robot had ever existed. Ultron creates the synthezoid Vision as a weapon to destroy the Avengers . Later, Ultron-5, the Living Automaton leads the Masters of Evil (consisting of Black Knight , Klaw , Melter , Radioactive Man , and Whirlwind ) against the Avengers, having hypnotized Edwin Jarvis into working for him as the Crimson Cowl . While planning to blackmail New York, they were betrayed by Black Knight. Now referring to himself as Ultron-6 , he uses
6278-524: The spaceship, Pym introduces himself as well as his "friend" Ultron to the crew. He later returns to Earth, where the Wasp and Captain America discover that Ultron has taken complete control and is using Pym's face to fool his maker's old friends. After Ultron incapacitates Deadpool , Cable , and the Human Torch , the Wasp initiates the Icarus Protocol and Iron Man is called in to help stop Ultron with
6364-478: The station is administered by its chief of security, Cosmo , a telepathic and telekinetic Soviet space dog originally lost in Earth orbit in the 1960s. Knowhere maintains minor facilities for close observation of the end of the Universe, a main hall, a marketplace and other amenities including the bar, Starlin's. Cosmo assigns special "passport" bracelets allowing instantaneous transportation to and from anywhere in
6450-612: The stepfather of Ashley . An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-982 named Ultron Extreme appears in Avengers Next . An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Battleworld appears in Secret Wars . An alternate universe variant of Ultron known as Ultron-59 appears in The Last Avengers Story . An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-1610 appears in Ultimate Marvel . This version
6536-472: 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. Later, also in Avengers , a cabal of super-intelligent supervillains discover a Galadorian Spaceknight 's inert body and attempt to reactivate its power source, hoping to exploit it. Although
6622-536: The two conquered the universe together. Ultron appears in Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow , voiced by Tom Kane . This version originated as a peacekeeping unit designed by Tony Stark which killed most of the Avengers and conquered Earth over the course of several decades until he's defeated by the Avengers' children and the Hulk. Ultron appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). This version
6708-506: 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. The combined efforts of Stark Unlimited enable them to create an atomic separator that separates Stark from
6794-529: 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 the Superior Spider-Man yet manages to destroy the Ultron Sentinels present. It is later revealed that Ultron is actually in the future and has been using Vision as a conduit to punish humanity. While one strike team travels into
6880-440: Was approached by Loki, who warns him of an upcoming war where many villains will be coming after him and those who have the Infinity Gems. As he now has the knowledge of the calamity that would come if the Infinity Gems were gathered in the same location again, Kang the Conqueror abducts Adam Warlock and convinces him to help secure the Soul Gem in exchange for the Time Gem. Adam is then sent back in time to receive counsel from Kang
6966-537: Was created by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner using a decrypted code derived from the Mind 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, and as a result, Ultron instead became obsessed with bringing about the extinction of all life on Earth after concluding that humans are slowly killing
7052-435: Was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema . Thomas, who has acknowledged he finds naming characters difficult, said he liked the -tron suffix and went from there. The use of the suffix and the prior appearance of a group of robots named Ultroids led him to the name Ultron. 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
7138-484: Was glad it could help save him. 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. After its defeat, Ultron-13 attempts to obtain
7224-461: Was left when Kingpin left the criminal business. After briefly confronting Turk, Daredevil finds that he somehow can see again when in his presence. Turk uses the Mind Gem to get the judges to change their verdict on some criminals while gaining their loyalty and money. Daredevil caught wind of Turk Barrett's goals and warned him about playing in the criminal big leagues. While on a mission in outer space, Doctor Strange discovers that Super-Skrull has
7310-542: Was targeted by the Frost Giant Snarr on Loki 's behalf. He was killed by a somehow-revived Wolverine who claimed the Space Gem. The Mind Gem was later found by Turk Barrett who used it for his own personal gain. A giant-sized version of the Power Gem appeared on the desert planet Xitaung. After its discovery, the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Nova Corps work together to guard it. Captain Marvel later found
7396-487: 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 of Phalanx 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
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