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131-486: Ultron's physical body 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

262-573: A Burger King unless you repeat it several times. That would tend to make you feel very superior to everyone and very impatient with everyone. Quicksilver also starred in Quicksilver , a regular ongoing eponymous series that began in November 1997 and ran for 13 issues. The character also played a pivotal role in the House of M and Avengers: The Children's Crusade . Quicksilver appeared as

393-567: A character's motivations, dreams, and memories. They're the perfect insight into why a character becomes a hero (or a villain). As readers, we need origin stories to understand the heroes we love. For a long time, Scarlet Witch and her brother Quicksilver had a half-formulated backstory. At first, they were just members of Magneto's brotherhood. But, eventually, they realized that they were also Magneto's children. The older comics don't give us an up-close look at Wanda's childhood, so in 2011 writer Sean McKeever tackled retelling Wanda and Pietro's story in

524-428: 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

655-537: 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

786-1109: A double life. Winx Club and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe feature characters who adventure in fantastical worlds which put their inherent superpowers to the test. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Road Rovers and Street Sharks , the characters' superpowers are the result of being transformed into anthropomorphic animals (either from animals or humans), combined with combat training. Other examples include: Biker Mice from Mars , Toxic Crusaders , Samurai Pizza Cats , Loonatics Unleashed , Darkwing Duck , Gargoyles , Drak Pack , Ghostforce , El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera , The Mighty B! , Three Delivery , Teamo Supremo , Mummies Alive , Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! , The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest , Totally Spies! , Code Lyoko , Storm Hawks , Zevo-3 , Chop Socky Chooks , Butt Ugly Martians , and Kung Fu Dino Posse . Superpowers feature in subgenres of tokusatsu ,

917-569: A fast metabolism and can heal more rapidly than the average human. His speed allows him to perform such feats as creating cyclone -strength winds and running up walls or across bodies of water. Pietro's mind can perceive information with a photographic memory short term, becoming faster than the speed of thought , because he can shift his thoughts at a speed faster than normal thought. Also, he can cause vibrations in his body to transfer to solid material and has superior agility and reflexes compared to other mutants. It has been revealed that one of

1048-583: A form of television characterised by heavy use of special effects. This is embodied by the franchise Super Sentai , known for Power Rangers , and its counterpart Kamen Rider . In Western television, superpowers are often depicted in adaptations of comic books. However, drama series such as Heroes and Misfits are original to television. They use superpowers to heighten the conflicts of otherwise ordinary characters, without strong ties to other superheroic tropes such as codenames or costumes. Quicksilver (comics) Quicksilver ( Pietro Maximoff )

1179-696: 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

1310-403: 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

1441-714: A mob after she accidentally causes a house to burst into flame. Quicksilver stays with her to protect her. After several confrontations with the X-Men, they depart when Magneto and his lackey the Toad are abducted by the cosmic entity the Stranger . They then travel back to Europe. Pietro and his sister reform and are recruited by Iron Man to the superhero team the Avengers , after they discover they are advertising for new members and want to get support for themselves. Together with

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1572-477: A modern climate. The result was Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver , which finally gave readers the origin story they wanted. If you want to read about Scarlet Witch, but have no idea where to start, this is the issue for you." George Marston of Newsarama ranked Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver 6th in their "The best Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch stories of all time" list, asserting, "In comic books, Wanda and Pietro's time as villains

1703-496: 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

1834-571: A range of movie, television, and video game adaptations. Two separate live-action versions of Quicksilver have been adapted by two different film studios: Aaron Taylor-Johnson portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise, appearing in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) as a cameo and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) while Evan Peters portrayed him in

1965-424: A reformed Avengers. With half-sister Polaris , Quicksilver spies on their father Magneto, who is now the ruler of Genosha. Quicksilver is banished when he rallies the Avengers against Magneto. Quicksilver plays a pivotal role in the limited series House of M , convincing his now mentally unstable sister Wanda to use her abilities to warp reality and create a world where mutants are in a majority and humans are

2096-449: 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

2227-545: 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

2358-406: A solid beginning for the series." Joshua Davison of Bleeding Cool called Quicksilver: No Surrender #1 a "brilliant character-focused comic," saying, " Quicksilver: No Surrender #1 starts off on the right foot with a ponderous and self-reflective issue for Pietro Maximoff. Ahmed, Nguyen, and Renzi provide a compelling conflict for our hero with brilliant artwork and stunning color. This one gets

2489-416: A strong recommendation. Give it a read." Aaron Berkowitz of ComicsVerse gave Quicksilver: No Surrender #1 a score of 90%, writing, "has amazing characterization. Ahmed writes Pietro near-flawlessly. The plot is also incredibly intriguing. I want to know how Pietro gets out of this mess. However, I wasn't a big fan of the art. Flip through the issue at your local comic shop and decide for yourself. For me,

2620-621: A superhero himself. He is the twin brother of the Scarlet Witch and, in most depictions, the son of Magneto and a Sinti woman Magda, and the older half-brother of Polaris . Debuting in the Silver Age of comic books , Quicksilver has featured in several decades of Marvel continuity, starring in the self-titled series Quicksilver and as a regular team member in superhero title the Avengers . The character has also appeared in

2751-487: A supporting character in Avengers Academy from issue #1 (August 2010) through its final issue #39 (January 2013). He appears as one of the members of All-New X-Factor , which was launched in 2014 as part of the second Marvel NOW! wave. Writer Peter David 's handling of the character in that book earned the character a 2014 @ssie award from Ain't It Cool News . AICN's Matt Adler commented that David writes

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2882-438: 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

3013-547: 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

3144-529: 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

3275-562: A while by physically imbedding the crystals into his flesh. It was later revealed that Quicksilver actually was a normal child that was put through several experiments by the High Evolutionary which granted his powers in the first place. According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver #1 was the 148th best selling comic book in November 2011. Peyton Hinckle of ComicsVerse said, "Origin stories make superheroes. They tell us about

3406-560: Is Petros , Enrique 's assistant in the Spanish Catholic Church. Ultimate Marvel features Quicksilver as Pietro Lensherr as the son of Magneto and a woman named Isabelle. As a teenager, he was capable of reaching speeds of Mach 10 and spent most of his life in the Savage Land . After he and his sister Wanda/Scarlet Witch , defected from their abusive father's Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy , they joined

3537-569: Is "downloaded" into the body of Vision , before being restored to his own body. Quicksilver joins the team after learning that it is Wanda ( Asgardian god Loki in disguise) who brought the team together. After the events of the Secret Invasion storyline the character is publicly exonerated of former crimes, with an unknown Skrull being blamed (although Hank Pym, Maximoff's daughter Luna, and Avengers butler Edwin Jarvis are aware of

3668-409: 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

3799-465: Is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appeared in the comic book The Uncanny X-Men #4 (March 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . The character has since starred in two self-titled limited series and has historically been depicted as a regular team member in the superhero title The Avengers . Quicksilver has

3930-452: Is actually Loki in disguise. Enraged, he and the rest of the team travel to the Isle of Silence to set a trap for the god of mischief. After imprisoning Loki in a device designed by Hank Pym, he begins torturing the god for information about Wanda's whereabouts. Loki offers no information about her and manages to contact Thor to beg for his help. Thor arrives and attacks Quicksilver for the way he

4061-578: 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

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4192-428: 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

4323-477: 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

4454-500: Is found that the Scarlet Witch there is actually a Doombot in disguise. The journey takes Quicksilver and his comrades all the way to Latveria so they rescue the Scarlet Witch. After the Scarlet Witch turns herself into the X-Men and the Avengers a fight breaks out between the two groups. After being knocked out along with all the other Avengers and X-Men by his sister, he is finally reunited with his sister. Quicksilver joins

4585-542: 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

4716-512: Is not their biological father. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch later take a trip to Counter-Earth . After being tracked down and defeated by Luminous (a female who was created by the genetic material of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver), Pietro and Wanda were brought to the High Evolutionary himself. He revealed to them that they are actually the long thought deceased children of Django and Marya Maximoff, Anna and Mateo. He also told them

4847-477: 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

4978-478: Is one of the most unlikely backbones of the Marvel Universe, with their simple origins growing from a throughline between the X-Men and Avengers to the saga of a family tree that has branches throughout Marvel Comics, and Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver presents a concise and engaging take on their earliest days." According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Quicksilver: No Surrender #1

5109-567: 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

5240-667: Is searching for his sister in Wundagore when Magneto and the Young Avengers go to find the Scarlet Witch. After trying to abduct his nephew Wiccan so he can assist him in finding his sister, he is stopped by his father and his other nephew, Speed. After Wiccan suggests that maybe Magneto actually did want to make up for his past, he became angry and said, "Nephew the last time I allowed myself to believe that..... My father tried to kill me". Quicksilver prepares to fight his father but when debris from his rampage strikes his sister it

5371-444: Is seeking answers about their true biological mother, Natalya Maximoff (who gave the twins to her relatives Marya and Django to spare them from a difficult life) and asks him to join her. He refuses and the two fight, although Wanda bests Quicksilver and tells him she never wants to see him again. Natalya's spirit later summons Pietro during their final battle against a physical manifestation of Chaos. The twins reconcile after destroying

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5502-444: Is soon revealed that the mutated versions of Blob, Mastermind, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Toad are clones created by Joseph. Quicksilver has joined the privately owned superhero team X-Factor. When confronted during a press conference by Fatale over his actions meant to repower mutants and his lying about a Skrull having been responsible, Pietro finally admitted in public that he had been responsible and had tried to avoid facing

5633-468: Is treating Loki. He is able to outrun the thunder god's lightning but is eventually overpowered. He is one of the Avengers who joins Hercules , Amadeus Cho and their allies in an assault on Olympus Group Headquarters. He battles Amazon warrior women alongside Zeus and helps a wounded Wolverine defeat the Huntsman , stabbing him through the chest with his own weapon. Quicksilver is later summoned by

5764-845: 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

5895-564: The New Men created by the High Evolutionary , that they are the children of Maximoff, and not Robert Frank. Quicksilver then returns to Attilan (city of the Inhumans) and is revealed to have had a daughter ( Luna ) with Crystal. During the limited series Vision and the Scarlet Witch , Magneto forces Bova to reveal the truth about his missing children, who are revealed to be Pietro and Wanda. After their mother Magda dies in childbirth,

6026-629: The 20th Century Fox films X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019), as well as a cameo in Deadpool 2 (2018). Peters later appeared as an imposter Pietro in the MCU television series WandaVision (2021), as a nod to his past role. Quicksilver first appears in X-Men #4 (March 1964) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby . The character initially appears as an antagonist to

6157-652: 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

6288-648: The Ghost using Amadeus Cho's technology, to defend Asgard against the Thunderbolts. He single-handedly defeats Mister X who is in possession of the Spear of Odin . Mr. X is not able to react quickly enough despite his abilities and Quicksilver viciously beats him down with a piece of debris. He is seen alongside the other Avengers against the Void-possessed Sentry in the events of Siege. Quicksilver

6419-665: 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

6550-605: 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

6681-683: The Ultimates for amnesty. During the Ultimate X-Men 's Magnetic North story arc, he watched over his father while he was imprisoned in the Triskelion, and threatened to kill him. In The Ultimates 3 , he and his sister are apparently killed by Ultron ; however, Quicksilver later resurfaced at the end of the Absolute Power story arc, and killed Moira MacTaggert . In Ultimatum #5, Quicksilver assassinated Cyclops as he

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6812-548: The Whizzer —who was present at Mount Wundagore (the birthplace of the siblings) with his wife at the time of their birth. Frank briefly joins the Avengers, believing Pietro and Wanda to be his children. The Scarlet Witch also becomes romantically involved with her Avengers teammate, the Android Vision . Although Pietro initially disapproves, he eventually gives his blessing to their marriage. Quicksilver features with

6943-422: The entire world was like that... except for you. ... to Quicksilver, as he said in an issue of Amazing Spider-Man many, many moons ago, the rest of the world is moving in slow motion. That must really, really get on your nerves. Quicksilver lives in a world filled with people who don't know how to use cash machines , and want to know all the ways to send packages to Africa, and can never get your order right in

7074-734: The island nation of Genosha . After dealing with the threat, Quicksilver learns of Crystal's relationship with Avenger the Black Knight and leaves, also resigning from X-Factor. Quicksilver takes his daughter Luna and travels to Mt. Wundergore, aiding the High Evolutionary and his Knights of Wundagore against Exodus and the Man Beast . Quicksilver uses the experimental Isotope E to augment his powers, allowing him to move at greater supersonic speeds. A future version of Pietro called "Nestor" appears and reveals that his powers are not speed but rather temporal based. Quicksilver also rejoins

7205-486: The shonen genre. They are often featured in popular manga, comics and anime such as Dragon Ball Z , Saint Seiya , YuYu Hakusho , One Piece , Black Clover , Naruto , Fullmetal Alchemist , Bleach , Code Geass , Fairy Tail , Hunter × Hunter , Attack on Titan , and My Hero Academia . The types of powers featured vary from series to series. Some, such as Dragon Ball and Fullmetal Alchemist , feature many different characters who have

7336-833: The 1930s and 1940s, and has gradually worked its way into other genres and media. There is no rigid definition of a "superpower." In popular culture, it is often associated with unusual abilities such as flight , superhuman strength and speed , invulnerability or psionics . However, it can also describe natural abilities that reach the peak of human potential, such as advanced intelligence or weapon proficiency. Generally speaking, superheroes like Batman and Iron Man may be classified as superheroes even though they have no actual superhuman abilities beyond their exceptional talent and advanced technology. Similarly, characters with superhuman abilities derived from artificial, external sources, like Green Lantern 's power ring and Tony Stark's Iron Man armor may be described as superpowers, but

7467-489: The Avengers in battling the vampires' invasion of Earth. Quicksilver was presented as a mutant capable of moving and thinking at superhuman speeds. At times Quicksilver has even been capable of running past the speed of light , exposure to the High Evolutionary 's Isotope E made it possible for the character to run at supersonic speeds of up to Mach 10 and resist the effects of friction , reduced oxygen , and kinetic impact while moving at super-speeds. Also, he has

7598-414: 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

7729-502: The Avengers with his wounded sister. The pair accompany Magneto back to his mid- Atlantic base, where he captures the X-Men and Pietro skirmishes with the X-Man Cyclops . The twins finally realize that Magneto is the true villain. Pietro and Wanda reappear in the title X-Men and are then kidnapped along with several other mutants by the robot Sentinels , and are subsequently freed by the X-Men. The character reappears in

7860-456: 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

7991-534: The Dead , Quicksilver has a series of hallucinations and inexplicably regains his super speed. Escaping jail, Quicksilver rescues an innocent and rediscovers his desire to be a hero. Quicksilver appears in the title The Mighty Avengers and is used as a pawn by Elder God Chthon, with the character's spirit trapped in the arcane tome called the Darkhold . The Avengers defeat Chthon, and Quicksilver's consciousness

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8122-507: The High Evolutionary is defeated and he escapes into a portal with Luminous, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch return to Earth with the Avengers Unity Division. When the second superhero Civil War began, Pietro came to ask Wanda for help, but Wanda refused, because she and Pietro disagreed on which side was right - Pietro not liking the idea of profiling people based on what they might do and Wanda feeling that thinking about

8253-488: 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"

8384-739: 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 ,

8515-646: 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

8646-612: The Inhumans and Fantastic Four against the villain Sphinx , and the siblings' origin is explored in the title Avengers when a Romani man by the name Django Maximoff, (who is soon revealed to be their biological father), kidnaps Pietro and Wanda and returns to Mount Wundagore in the country of Transia , where they were born. After a battle with the Avengers against the Elder God Chthon, the siblings learn from Bova , one of

8777-469: The Inhumans' mutations and abilities) and inserts Terrigen crystals into his body—all without permission from Black Bolt. Courtesy of the Terrigen crystals, Quicksilver gains new "time jumping" powers and kidnaps his daughter Luna. Quicksilver discovers the crystals can restore mutant abilities but have an extreme effect on non-Inhuman physiology, causing several deaths. Quicksilver and Crystal meet again in

8908-731: The Kree and the Skrull's fight with the Cotati near Navojoa . When Quicksilver is hit by special spheres fired by the Cotati magicians, Mockingbird and Wonder Man come to his aid and help the Kree and the Skrull turn the tide against the Cotati. Quicksilver recovers his stamina and uses his super-speed to break up the fight and dispose of the Kree and Skrull weapons in the Gulf of California . In Blood Hunt , Quicksilver assists Captain America's branch of

9039-505: 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

9170-417: 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

9301-576: 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

9432-617: The Taskmaster, who might be her biological father. After arriving at what they thought was an abandoned training camp, they found it still in use and quickly captured the criminals they found there. Quicksilver returned to the mansion and encountered Tigra, who was upset because some of the students assaulted the Hood on her behalf. During a heated exchange Quicksilver managed to convince her that kicking them out of Avengers Academy for trying to help would only turn them against becoming heroes. At

9563-490: 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

9694-605: 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

9825-496: 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

9956-463: The United States. Quicksilver and Hercules lead a strike force to find the Cosmic Cube fragments and restore Captain America and the country to normal. During the "Avengers: No Surrender" storyline, Quicksilver is one of the heroes remaining in the cosmic game between Grandmaster and Challenger. He is frozen because of Scarlet Witch ’s attempt at reviving the frozen Vision, but the process

10087-498: The X-Men, although before long he becomes a member of the Avengers and appears as a regular character in that title beginning with The Avengers #16 in May 1965. He has made numerous other appearances in that title, and other related titles, sometimes as a member of the team, sometimes as an ally, and sometimes as an antagonist. From 1991 to 1993 Quicksilver was a regular character in the first volume of X-Factor . The series emphasized

10218-591: 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

10349-712: 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

10480-447: 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

10611-748: 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

10742-638: The camp with his sister. The traumatic separation from their family erased almost all of Wanda and Pietro's childhood memories, with only vague recollections resurfacing in adulthood. Over the next few years, Wanda and Pietro wandered Central Europe, living off the land. The character first appears with Wanda, now called the Scarlet Witch, as a part of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants . The siblings were presented as mutants , with Pietro possessing superhuman speed and Wanda able to control probability . The pair are recruited by Magneto after he saves Wanda from

10873-498: The character best and that the "arrogant, impatient speedster" made the title worth following. Pietro and his twin sister, Wanda , were raised by Django and Marya Maximoff, a Romani couple. As adolescents, Pietro Django Maximoff and his sister Wanda discovered that they had peculiar talents. When Django began to steal food to feed his starving family, enraged villagers attacked the Roma camp. Using his phenomenal speed, Pietro fled from

11004-490: The character's irritability and arrogance, which writer Peter David felt were a natural consequence of his powers, explaining: Have you ever stood in the post office behind a woman with 20 packages who wants to know every single way she can send them to Africa? It drives you nuts! You think to yourself, "Why do I have to put up with this? These people are so slow, they're costing me time, and it's so damned irritating. I wish I didn't have to put up with this." Now—imagine that

11135-473: The children are given by the High Evolutionary to Django Maximoff to raise as his own. Pietro and Wanda reject Magneto when told. His marriage to Crystal is also strained when she has an affair . Maximus the Mad uses technology to cause Quicksilver to become psychotic . This drove him to frame the Avengers for treason as his perceptions are twisted to perceive them as having 'betrayed' him, forcing them to escape

11266-479: The consequences; by doing this, he earned his daughter's love and respect back, and the two reconciled. Wanda and other heroes and villains experienced a moral inversion during a clash with the Red Onslaught . Quicksilver and Magneto try to talk the inverted Wanda down, but when Wanda attacks them with a curse designed to punish her blood relatives that only affects Quicksilver, Wanda realizes that Magneto

11397-407: The direct sequel, limited series Silent War when Black Bolt demands the return of the crystals. When Crystal sees how he has mutated, she declares their marriage annulled according to Inhuman law. In the title X-Factor , the crystals are removed from Quicksilver's body by Rictor, leaving him powerless once again. Destitute and jailed for vagrancy in the one-shot X-Factor: The Quick and

11528-436: The effect was usually fatal. The crystals were subsequently forced from his body by the mutant Rictor , leaving him without these abilities. After having a series of hallucinations, Quicksilver saw a woman in mortal danger and felt a desire to be a hero which made him regain his original powers in order to save the woman's life. Later on, Quicksilver regained these enhanced powers of time "jumping" and temporal duplication for

11659-578: 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

11790-501: 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

11921-434: 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

12052-434: The future would have prevented many of their more dangerous mistakes in the past - past precedent made Wanda feel that introducing her powers to a conflict of this nature could be more dangerous than the existing situation, and she resented Pietro still trying to tell her what to do as though she was a child, bluntly informing him that his refusal to learn from his mistakes marked him as a sociopath. Wanda reveals to him that she

12183-672: The government-sponsored Freedom Force , and then deal with Quicksilver's new 'team' of LMD-based duplicates of the Zodiac , until the Vision convinces Pietro to stand down by showing him images of his newborn nephews. Quicksilver battles the West Coast Avengers and is captured by the Inhumans and cured of his condition. In an effort to repent for his actions, Pietro aids the Avengers West Coast against Magneto and

12314-559: The inhumans' Terrigen Mist . The mist gives Quicksilver the ability to displace himself out of mainstream time and space and "jump" into the future. He can summon several time-displaced duplicates of himself and appear to teleport by "jumping" into the future and then returning to the present at a new location. By voluntarily embedding fragments of the Terrigen Crystals into his own body, he could empower former mutants with extreme versions of their superhuman abilities. However,

12445-491: 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

12576-494: The leader Captain America and former villain Hawkeye , the four become the second generation of Avengers, and are later dubbed "Cap's Kooky Quartet". Quicksilver first thinks he should be the leader and would sometimes quarrel with the other members. The Scarlet Witch becomes close friends with Hawkeye and both become loyal members of the team until Wanda is accidentally shot on a mission against Magneto. Quicksilver then flees from

12707-412: The lie). Quicksilver also resumes wearing his original green costume. Quicksilver loses the respect of his daughter Luna when he lies to the Inhumans and claims that many of his past actions were actually perpetrated by a Skrull impostor, although Pym tolerates the lie as he feels that Quicksilver deserves a chance to redeem himself. Quicksilver finally learns that the person he thought was his sister

12838-438: 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

12969-404: The minority. Thanks to Wolverine retaining his memories, along with the mysterious Layla Miller , many of Earth's heroes regain their memories and battle Magneto, who also remembers and realizes that Pietro is to blame for this mistake. Magneto kills Quicksilver (crushing his body with a robot Sentinel ) in a rage at this perceived 'abuse' of his dream, although the character is resurrected and

13100-576: The monster and Pietro is briefly able to meet his mother before she sacrifices herself to save witchcraft. He has also been revealed to have fallen under the telepathic control of the Red Skull , acting as a 'sleeper agent' in the Avengers as part of the Skull's current campaign. In Secret Empire , Quicksilver joins the Underground, a resistance movement against Hydra, following their takeover of

13231-787: 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

13362-557: The new campus for the Avengers Academy (where the Faculty are offering to train other superpowered youths), Quicksilver is revealed to be mentoring Lightspeed as a teacher's assistant. In the miniseries "Magneto: Not a Hero", Joseph is resurrected under unknown circumstances and forms a new Brotherhood of Mutants with Astra and mutated deformed versions of Blob , Mastermind , Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch , and Toad . It

13493-479: The normal reality restored when the Scarlet Witch witnesses this, telling Magneto he cares more for mutants than his own children. In retaliation the Scarlet Witch has also depowered 98% of the mutant population, which by accident includes Quicksilver. The story continues in the limited series Son of M , with Quicksilver, desperate to regain his powers, exposing himself to the Terrigen Mist (the source of

13624-462: 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

13755-503: 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

13886-402: The planet. Superpower (ability) A superpower is a special or extraordinary superhuman powers far greater than what is considered normal. Superpowers are typically displayed in science fiction and fantasy comic books , television programs , video games , and films as the key attribute of a superhero . The concept originated in American comic books and pulp magazines of

14017-417: 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

14148-637: 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

14279-567: The reasons for his abrasive and impatient personality is that it seems to him that the rest of the world is moving in slow motion and that he is constantly waiting for it to catch up. As he once explained, "Have you ever stood in line at a banking machine behind a person who didn't know how to use it?... Now, imagine, Doctor, that everyone you work with, everywhere you go, your entire world is filled with people who can't work cash machines". Quicksilver lost his powers of speed when his sister removed most of his powers, but he gains new powers courtesy of

14410-665: 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

14541-417: The same types of powers. Others, like One Piece and Bleach , feature characters with a wide range of different powers, with many powers being unique to only one or a few characters. Superpowers are commonly used in animated television . In shows such as Ben 10 , American Dragon: Jake Long and Danny Phantom , young protagonists are bestowed with transformative powers which lead them to live

14672-535: 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

14803-688: 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

14934-461: The superhuman ability to move at great speeds. In most depictions, he is a mutant , a human born with innate superhuman powers. In comic book stories beginning in 2015, he is the product of genetic experimentation by the High Evolutionary . Quicksilver most commonly appears in fiction associated with the X-Men , having been introduced as an adversary for the superhero team. In later stories, he became

15065-515: The teaching staff of Avengers Academy to teach young students how to become heroes. He does so in order to distance himself from the legacy of his father Magneto. One of the new students, Finesse, figures out that his story about being abducted by Skrulls is a lie. She blackmails him into giving her "private lessons" on everything he learned during his time with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Finesse convinces Quicksilver to help her search for

15196-528: 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

15327-509: The title The Avengers , and advises the team that Wanda has been kidnapped and taken to another dimension by the warlord Arkon . After Wanda is rescued, Pietro and his sister rejoin the team. During one mission Quicksilver is wounded by a Sentinel and is found by Crystal , a member of the Inhumans . Crystal nurses Pietro back to health, and the pair are eventually married. Pietro and Wanda also meet Robert Frank—formerly World War II hero,

15458-467: The truth where they were not mutants at all, but they had been experimented on by the High Evolutionary. After escaping from the High Evolutionary's experimentations, Pietro and Wanda located the Avengers Unity Division (who had traveled to the Counter-Earth looking for the twins) and helped the inhabitants of Lowtown (a refuge for the High Evolutionary's rejects) from their creator's assault. After

15589-547: 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

15720-450: 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

15851-455: The villain Immortus , who has captured Wanda. Although successful, Pietro refuses to return to Crystal and joins the U.S. government-sponsored superhero team X-Factor. The character and Crystal are reunited during the storyline " Bloodties " when the Avengers, X-Factor and X-Men team to stop a group of mutant terrorists who kidnap their daughter Luna, and are responsible for a civil war on

15982-476: The wearer is not necessarily superhuman. In fiction and fantasy, superpowers are often given scientific, technological, pseudoscientific, or supernatural explanations. They come from sources such as magic, technology, or the character's own physiological nature (being an alien, a supernatural being, or a mutant). Superpowers and ESPers are a commonly used concept in Comics , manga and anime , particularly in

16113-544: 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

16244-835: The writing was well worth the read, and may be well worth your $ 3.99." Quicksilver appears in JLA/Avengers . When he and the other Avengers go to the DC Universe , he becomes fascinated with the Speed Force and becomes a rival of the Flash , seeking to steal his powers. A zombified alternate universe variant of Quicksilver from Earth-2149 appears in Marvel Zombies . An alternate universe variant of Quicksilver from Earth-311 appears in Marvel 1602 . This version

16375-549: 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

16506-433: 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

16637-481: 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

16768-473: Was later reversed. He later uses his extreme agility and Scarlet Witch 's powers to catch the beacon trapping his fellow Avengers, but in doing so he had pushed himself to the limit and apparently died. But in the following mini-storyline of Quicksilver: No Surrender , it is revealed that he became stuck in an alternate dimension, ultimately getting himself free and returning to the Avengers. In Empyre , Quicksilver, Mockingbird , and Wonder Man deal with

16899-411: Was short-lived, and their prior history wasn't largely explored until years later, through glimpses and scattered stories. But 2011's Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver takes a deeper dive into the histories of the titular heroes, showing their past and the lead-up to their time with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in a way that wasn't previously told on the page. Wanda and Pietro's history

17030-401: Was the 119th best selling comic book in May 2018. Joe Grunenwald of ComicsBeat asserted, " Quicksilver: No Surrender #1 is an entertaining first issue about a complicated protagonist. This series spins out of the events of Avengers: No Surrender , but is still perfectly accessible for new readers (like me), and only briefly mentions previous events before getting into its own story. It's

17161-548: 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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