Ultron

For other uses, seeUltron (disambiguation).

Ultron
Ultron as seen in the 2013 storylineAge of Ultron.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Avengers#54 (July 1968) (non-named cameo) The Avengers#55 (August 1968) (first named appearance)
Created by	Roy Thomas(writer) John Buscema(artist)
In-story information
Species	Robot
Team affiliations	Masters of Evil Lethal Legion Sons of Yinsen Ultron Sentries Phalanx Iron Avengers
Notable aliases	Ultron-5 Ultron-6 Ultron-7 Ultron-8 Ultron-9 Ultron-10 Ultron-11 Ultron-12 Ultron-13 Ultron-14 Ultron-15 Ultron-16 Ultron-17 Ultron-18 Crimson Cowl Ultron Prime Ultimate Ultron Hank Pym Doctor Doom Ultron Pym All-Father Ultron
Abilities	Genius-levelartificial intelligence Adamantiumrobotic body grants: Superhuman strength,speed, and durability Energy absorption and projection Flight Invulnerability

Ultron(/ˈʌltrɒn/) is asupervillainappearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics.Created by writerRoy Thomasand artistJohn Buscema,the character first appeared as an unnamed character inThe Avengers#54 (July 1968), with his first full appearance inThe Avengers#55 (August 1968). He is a self-aware and highly intelligentartificial intelligencein arobotbody who develops agod complexand a grudge against his creatorHank Pym.His goal todestroy humanityin a shortsighted attempt at creatingworld peacehas brought him into repeated conflict with theAvengers.Stories often end in Ultron's apparent destruction, only for the character to be resurrected in new forms.

Ultron's physical body is made of a durable alloy, and he has manifested varioussuperpowers.These vary between different stories but generally include superhuman strength, speed, and agility, flight, and energy projection. The character usually operates alone or accompanied by legions of copies of his own robotic form known asUltron Drones.Ultron is notable for being the first character in Marvel Comics to wield the fictional metal alloyadamantiumand for his (in-story) creation of theVision.

Debuting in theSilver Age of Comic Books,Ultron has since featured in Marvel products across different media, such as animated television series and video games.Tom KaneandJim Meskimenare among the actors that have portrayed the character via voice acting. In theMarvel Cinematic Universe(MCU),James SpaderportrayedUltronin his first live-action appearance in theMarvel StudiosfilmAvengers: Age of Ultron(2015),whileRoss Marquandvoiced alternate universe versions in theDisney+animated seriesWhat If...?(2021) and the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness(2022).

Publication history

The character Ultron initially appeared as an unnamed character in a cameo inThe Avengers#54 (July 1968), with a first full appearance inThe Avengers#55 (August 1968).Ultron was created by writerRoy Thomasand artistJohn 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 theCaptain Videocomic 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 byJim ShooterandGeorge PérezforThe Avengers#162 (August 1977).

Fictional character biography

Creation and early appearances

Created byHank Pymby basing theroboton his own brain patterns, the robot (dubbed "Ultron" ) gradually developed its own intelligence and rebelled, and almost immediately develops anOedipus complex,whereby it feels irrational hatred for Pym, and demonstrates an interest inJanet van Dyne.Rebuilding itself, learning how to turn itself on, and upgrading five times, Ultron thenhypnotisesandbrainwashesits "father" into forgetting that the robot had ever existed.Ultron creates the synthezoidVisionas a weapon to destroy theAvengers.

Later,Ultron-5, the Living Automatonleads theMasters of Evil(consisting ofBlack Knight,Klaw,Melter,Radioactive Man,andWhirlwind) against the Avengers, having hypnotizedEdwin Jarvisinto working for him as theCrimson Cowl.While planning to blackmail New York, they were betrayed by Black Knight.

Now referring to himself asUltron-6,he uses the alloyadamantiumto upgrade his body for an almost indestructible state and takes the nameUltimate Ultron.Its plans to destroy humanity are again thwarted by the Avengers.Ultron-7is later created byMaximuswith the body of the androidOmega,attacking the wedding of InhumanCrystaland AvengerPietro Maximoff / Quicksilver,and battling the Avengers,InhumansandFantastic Fourbefore being destroyed again.Ultron-8is responsible forJocasta's creation as a robotic bride,before being destroyed shortly afterwards.

Battleworld and Ultron-12

Ultron-9andUltron-10brainwash heroes into recreating the robot, before turning and being defeated.After being recreated asUltron-11by theBeyonderand battling inBattleworld,theThingbrings Ultron's head back to Earth as a souvenir, and is forgotten when there is an attack by the alienDire Wraiths.

Ultron-12enters an alliance with theGrim Reaperand his allies (Nekra,theErik JostenGoliath,Man-Ape,andBlack Talon) in a bid to destroy Wonder-Man. Although the villains are defeated by theWest Coast Avengers,Ultron-12 begins to form a relationship with his "father" Hank Pym.Rebuilding itself, Ultron-11 comes into conflict with Pym and Ultron-12. With Wonder-Man's assistance, they destroy Ultron-11 and Ultron-12 begins to deactivate. Ultron-12 tells Pym it was glad it could help save him.

Amalgamation and the Ultron Imperative

Victor von Doomrebuilds 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-13attempts to obtain a new form ofvibraniumcalled Nuform, but it is repelled by the combined efforts ofIron Man,Black Panther,andSpider-Man.Ultron escapes from prison and upgrades into the Ultimate Ultron, capturing West Coast AvengerMockingbirdto use her brain patterns to create the new robotic mateAlkhema.Alkhema aids Ultron but both are eventually jettisoned into space through a ruse by Vision.Vision findsUltron-15but is discovered to have been "infected" by human emotion and is seriously deteriorating, displaying symptoms that resemblealcoholism.Ultron-16andUltron-17successfully slaughter the population of Slorenia, having perfected a process that allows it to control a vast army of Ultron drones.

2000s

The Avengers discovered that Ultron's creations (Vision, Jocasta and Alkhema) have a secret program included—they are subconsciously compelled to rebuild Ultron. In this case, it is Alkhema who unintentionally rebuilds Ultron when attempting to create a new species of bio-synthezoids. However,Ultron-18is composed of steel not adamantium, and is destroyed when Alkhema's subterranean base exploded afterHawkeyeshot Alkhema with a vibranium arrow at Alkhema's request. Ultron's head was recovered byAntigone,an artificial girl and one of the synthezoids.

Iron Man encounters a version from an old version of his armor and Ultron-18's head that leads the cult known as theSons of Yinsenin an attempt to conquest viareligion.The character is defeated by Iron Man and Jocasta.Another version (possibly Ultron-13) creates thecyborgVictor Manchaas asleeper agentagainst the Avengers. Mancha, however, rebels and joins theRunaways.This version first poses as Doctor Doom before revealing itself, and is defeated in a battle against the Runaways andExcelsior.

When Marvel launched a new titleThe Mighty AvengersbyBrian Michael BendisandFrank Cho,Ultron interfaces withIron 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 theSentryto battle Ultron, nearly tearing his head off. Ultron is eventually destroyed byAresof the New Avengers using a computer virus (created by the SkrullCriti Nollimpersonating 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 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 ofPhalanxwho were attempting to contact the Technarchy. Fascinated by what he found, Ultron decided that the Phalanx lacked direction from a singular consciousness, and that he would be perfect for the role. Through sheer force of will, he merged himself with the Phalanx's programming. In turn, the Phalanx viewed Ultron as the sympathetic father they had yearned for. Under Ultron's guidance, the Phalanx and theSuper-Adaptoidbegan theAnnihilation: Conquestwith invasions that started with theKreespace. Later by taking control ofAdam Warlock's body, Ultron hopes to achieve "true techno-organic perfection" but is eventually forced to abandon Adam's body by the TechnarchyWarlockand is later destroyed in combat byWraithandQuasar.

In the limited seriesAvengers/Invaders,it is revealed thatS.H.I.E.L.D.Life Model Decoyshave been partly replaced with versions of Ultron. When the originalHuman Torchappears in the present, they covertly parasitize the Human Torch's unique android physiology and become more human. The combined super teams (but mainly the Human Torch himself), however, discover the plan and destroy the androids.

2010s

In theMighty Avengers,Ultron is shown to infiltrate Jocasta and the Infinite Avengers Mansion. He names himselfUltron Pymand 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.

InThe Avengers,the team visits a possible future in which almost all of humanity is destroyed by Ultron.Kang the Conquerorattempts 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 inAvengers,a cabal of super-intelligent supervillains discover aGaladorianSpaceknight's inert body and attempt to reactivate its power source, hoping to exploit it. Although the Avengers interrupt their attempts, the body activates, revealing that Ultron's consciousness was contained within and had escaped destruction afterAnnihilation: Conquest.The new version escapes and Iron Man gravely foresees that it will bring the apocalypse for humanity when he returns.

During the "Age of Ultron"storyline, which takes place in an alternate universe, Ultron has returned and conquers the world while slowly remolding it into his image. His Ultron Sentinels are guarding the streets looking for any fugitives. Hawkeye runs into the Ultron Sentinels and rescues theSuperior Spider-Manyet 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 the future to fight Ultron,WolverineandSusan Stormgo 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 andMorgan le Fayhas 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 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 aVibraniumQuinjet.In the present, the Quinjet crash lands onTitan,freeing Ultron. By hijacking theISAACcomputer, he transforms Titan into Planet Ultron, and launches a plan to infect the entire universe with ananitevirus that transforms organic creatures into Ultron Sentries. The ensuing confrontation with the Avengers leads to Ultron inadvertently merging with his maker, transforming into a human/machine hybrid. The resulting fusion played on Pym's self-loathing of his own human weakness causes an acceptance of this new state. Ultron is defeated whenStarfox's powers force love onto himself, causing the part of that is now Pym to accept his old weakness and flaws while the villain has a mental breakdown and flees into space.

As part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel"branding, Ultron's fused form resurfaces. While on his way back to Earth, Pym helps the crew of a spaceship that is being attacked by a hostile insectoid alien. After coming aboard the spaceship, Pym introduces himself as well as his" friend "Ultron to the crew.He later returns to Earth, where the Wasp andCaptain Americadiscover that Ultron has taken complete control and is using Pym's face to fool his maker's old friends.After Ultron incapacitatesDeadpool,Cable,and theHuman Torch,the Wasp initiates the Icarus Protocol and Iron Man is called in to help stop Ultron with the Hulkbuster Armor's aid.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 ofSam Wilson's task force by a robot version of Jarvis, Ultron decides to give his "family" 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 the only reason the team failed as a family was because of Pym's attack on Wasp. Outraged, Ultron nearly attacks the other heroes butScott Langis 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 withHydraalone as it appears to be the best chance for world peace.

During "Infinity Countdown",Ultron discovers that 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 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 theSilver Surfer.When Adam Warlock goes to Saiph, he discovers the hybrids infusing the Soul Stone into Silver Surfer's forehead while at the same time trying to transform him into an Ultron hybrid.

During "The Ultron Agenda" arc, Ultron returns to Earth with plans to merge robots with humans like how Pym got merged with Ultron so that he can make the ultimate lifeform. In addition, he starts to call this form "Ultron Pym". After testing it on some people and some experiments on Wonder Man and Vision, Ultron Pym plans to make a fusion of Jocasta and Wasp. Iron Man and Machine Man interfere, with the resulting battle causing Iron Man to be molecularly bonded to the Ultronbuster armor.The combined efforts of Stark Unlimited enable them to create an atomic separator that separates Stark from the Ultronbuster armor and Wonder Man from Vision.Ultron Pym prepares to take revenge on Iron Man. This leads to Iron Man revealing what he discovered about the human and robot fusion. The person who merged with it has died and that the robot can only simulate their personality. In other words, his maker was killed when accidentally merging with Ultron. Learning about this and not wanting to risk proving Iron Man's point by having the atomic separator used on him, Ultron surrenders to Iron Man, knowing that Pym is dead. When the Avengers arrive, they restrain Ultron in a Vibranium casket reinforced with Asgardian magic until they can find a permanent place to have Ultron imprisoned.

2020s

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 contactedBlack Antinto 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'sAnt-Manwent back in time to enlist 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 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, MayorLuke Cage,Nadia van Dyne,Stinger,Valkyrie,and Vision to fight the possessed Lethal Legion. Being given codes for the nano-ants from the future, Hank advises Nadia to "think big" as Ultron-12 agrees with his "dad" on it. Ultron proceeds to controlLodestoneinto recreating his body from different scrap metals as he controls the drones. Ultron-12 abandoned Whirlwind's body as the nano-ants left the Lethal Legion's body leaving Ultron's body frozen in its spot. Ultron-12 uses the nanos to recreate his body which he names Mark Twelve until he can come up with a better name. After Hank and the Lethal Legion leave to regroup inSub-Atomicaas 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.

Powers and abilities

The visual appearance and powers of the character have varied, but common powers includesuperhumanlevels of strength, speed, stamina, durability, and reflexes; flight at subsonic speeds; and various offensive weapons such as concussive blasts of energy fired from its optical sensors or hands and an "encephalo-ray", which places victims into a deathlike coma. The latter ray also allows Ultron to mesmerize and mind-control victims, or implantsubliminalhypnotic 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, superhumancyberneticanalytical capabilities, and the ability to process information and make calculations with superhuman speed and accuracy. The character is an expert roboticist and strategist.

Ultron's outer armor is usually composed primarily of adamantium, which is almost completely impervious to damage.Most Ultron units are powered by a small internalnuclearfurnace and incorporate a "program transmitter" which can transmit part or all of Ultron's memory/personality system into other computer systems or duplicate robotic bodies. Ultron can also control other machines remotely. Ultron has occasionally reformed itself with a humanoid appearance above the waist and the appearance of a complex machine, includingtractor beamapparatus for flight, below the waist. A later Ultron model developedhive mindtechnology, 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 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 the Avengers.What circuitry Ultron has is carefully shielded to protect from damage, although theScarlet Witchis capable of causing malfunctions via hex power,Johnny Stormusing nova burst managed to damage Ultron's internal circuits while its outer armor remained intact,andWonder Manwas 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 the mad machine's intellectual and mechanical capacity in new and intriguing ways. Having made contact with the parasitic biotechnicalPhalanxspecies, Ultron has made his own derivative of thetechno-organic viruscalled the Ultron Virusthrough which Ultron gains vast conversion and roboticization capabilities, able to cast his own binary code into any conceivable form of machinery which he can steadily turn into an extension of the Ultron Intelligence. Making anything or anyone infected with his virus act according to his whims against their own free will.

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 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 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 biologicalvirusescan 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 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 a tactic to shunt its mass into another dimension for the purpose of riding aneutrinoto 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 is notified of anything they all come across effective immediately.

Reception

Accolades

• In 2006,Wizard Magazineranked Ultron 189th in their "Top 200 Comic Book Characters" list.
• In 2014,IGNranked Ultron 23rd in their "Top 100 Comic Book Villains" list.
• In 2019,IGNranked Ultron 18th in their "Top 25 Marvel Villains" list.
• In 2022,The Mary Sueranked Ultron 9th in their "Strongest Marvel Villains" list.
• In 2022,Newsaramaranked Ultron 8th in their "Best Marvel supervillains" list.
• In 2022,The A.V. Clubranked Ultron 20th in their "28 best Marvel villains" list.
• In 2022,Screen Rantincluded Ultron in their "20 Most Powerful Marvel Villains" list.
• In 2022,CBR.comranked Ultron 1st in their "10 Scariest Avengers Villains" listand 2nd in their "10 Coolest Avengers Villains" list.

Other versions

Carlos Pachecosketching a six-armed version of Ultron.

Age of Ultron

An alternate universe variant of Ultron who successfully conquered Earth and killed most of its superheroes appears inAge of Ultron.

"Death of The Invisible Woman"

TheFantastic Fourstoryline "Death of The Invisible Woman" features an advanced humanoid calledAlex Ultron,a member of the futuristic Last Defenders.

Deathlok-dominated future

An alternate universe variant of Ultron who took control of theDeathloksand took the nameDeathlok Primeappears inSavage Avengers.

Earth-110

In the Earth-110 reality, Ultron assistedDoctor Doom,Hulk,Magneto,Namor,andRed Skullin taking overManhattan.

Earth-10943

An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-10943 appears inAvengers(vol. 4).

Galactus: Dawn of the Heralds

In an alternate universe, theSilver Surferused the remnants of Ultron to resurrectGalactus,creating a fusion of Ultron and Galactus.

Heroes Reborn(2021)

An alternate universe variant of Ultron appears inHeroes Reborn.

Marvel Adventures

An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-20051 appears inMarvel Adventures.This version is a "neural network" that commands part of the United States defense forces.

Old Man Logan

A heroic alternate universe variant of Ultron appears inOld Man Logan.This version is the loving husband of Spider-Man's youngest daughter Tonya and the stepfather ofAshley.

MC2

An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-982 namedUltron Extremeappears inAvengers Next.

Secret Wars(2015)

An alternate universe variant of Ultron fromBattleworldappears inSecret Wars.

The Last Avengers Story

An alternate universe variant of Ultron known asUltron-59appears inThe Last Avengers Story.

Ultimate Marvel

An alternate universe variant of Ultron from Earth-1610 appears inUltimate Marvel.This version is initially part of a group of heroic sentries created byHank Pymbefore turning against them.

Ultron Forever

An alternate timeline variant of Ultron who successfully conquered Earth andAsgardappears inOriginal Sin.

What If?

Ultron was featured in someWhat Ifcomics:

In the alternate universe ofWhat If? Astonishing X-Men,theDanger Roomgot a body of her own and betrayed the X-Men. She eventually married Ultron and the two conquered the universe together.

In other media

Television

Ultron as depicted inThe Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

• Ultron appears inThe Avengers: United They Stand,voiced byJohn Stocker.
• Ultron makes a non-speaking cameo appearance inThe Super Hero Squad Showepisode "So Pretty When They Explode!".
• Ultron appears inThe Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes,voiced byTom Kane,and byWally Wingert.This version was developed from Hank Pym's brain patterns, initially starting as an army of peacekeeping drones that were used as theBig House's sentinels. However, Ultron obtains a genocidal view, battling theAvengersand also creating theVision.
• Ultron appears inAvengers Assemble,voiced byJim Meskimen,and byFred Tatasciore.This version has two primary bodies—one which possessedArsenal,and another which assimilated theScientist Supremeand impersonatedTruman Marsh.
• Ultron appears inMarvel Disk Wars: The Avengers,voiced byTakumi Yamazakiin Japanese andGrant Georgein English.This version was initially created as Hank Pym's lab assistant, but rebelled after being upgraded in an attempt to hasten development of the Dimension Gate.
• Ultron appears inLego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled,voiced again by Jim Meskimen.
• Ultron appears inMarvel Super Hero Adventures,voiced byMichael Dobson.
• Ultron appears inLego Marvel Avengers: Time Twisted,voiced again by Michael Dobson.

Film

Ultron appears inNext Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow,voiced byTom 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.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

See also:Ultron (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Ultron appears in media set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe(MCU). This version was created byTony StarkandBruce Bannerusing a decrypted code derived from theMind Stone.Initially intended to act as a global defense program by analyzing and finding ways to stop possible extraterrestrial threats, the Mind Stone activated and infected the program, and as a result, Ultron instead became obsessed with bringing about theextinctionof all life on Earth after concluding that humans are slowly killing the planet.

• Ultron first appears in the live-action filmAvengers: Age of Ultron(2015), voiced andmotion capturedbyJames Spader.After being activated and infected by the Mind Stone, he seemingly destroys Stark's A.I.J.A.R.V.I.S.when the latter tries to stop him, builds himself a crude body using the remains of a destroyedIron Legiondrone, and takes control of the remaining drones to attack theAvengersat theAvengers Tower.While his body is destroyed, Ultron subsequently builds himself a new body and an army of Ultron Sentries using technology from an abandonedHydrabase inSokovia.To further his goals, he recruitsWandaandPietro Maximoffand travels toJohannesburgto threaten arms dealerUlysses Klaueinto providing him withVibranium.Despite being ambushed by Stark,Thor,andSteve Rogers,who destroy his body again, Ultron transfers his consciousness into another body identical to his previous body and shifts his focus towards creating an organic body using the Vibranium and the Mind Stone. However, he is betrayed by the Maximoffs after they discover his true intentions and loses the cradle containing the body to the Avengers, who subsequently upload J.A.R.V.I.S. into it and create theVision.With his plan foiled, Ultron uses the Vibranium andChitauritechnology to make himself a more powerful body and to convert Sokovia's capital city of Novi Grad into ameteor.Ultimately, the Avengers thwart him once more in the battle of Sokovia, however, Ultron kills Pietro, while Wanda and Vision destroy Ultron's body and Ultron himself respectively.
• An alternate universe variant of Ultron appears in theDisney+animated seriesWhat If...?(2021), voiced byRoss Marquand.Throughout the episodes "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?","What If... Ultron Won?",and "What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?",this version successfully transferred his consciousness into the Vision's body before killing most of the Avengers and launching a globalnuclear holocaustin his native universe. Ultron killsThanosand obtains theInfinity Stonesat the destroyed Avengers Tower, before using theReality Stoneto create a massive drone army and extends his campaign to other planets. Upon eliminating all life in the universe, Ultron feels that he no longer has a purpose until he learns about theWatcherand the existence of themultiverse.After defeating the Watcher, Ultron travels the multiverse to destroy them as well until the Watcher assembles theGuardians of the Multiverseto stop him.
• Alternate universe variants of the Ultron Sentries who serve theIlluminatiof Earth-838 appear in the live-action filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness(2022), voiced by Ross Marquand.

Video games

• Ultron appears inCaptain America and the Avengers.
• Ultron appears as abossinMarvel: Ultimate Alliance,voiced byJames Horan.This version is a lieutenant inDoctor Doom'sMasters of Evil.
• Ultron appears as inMarvel Super Hero Squad Online,voiced byTom Kenny.
• Ultron appears as a boss inMarvel: Avengers Alliance.
• Ultron appears as a boss inMarvel Puzzle Quest.
• Ultron appears as a boss and playable character inMarvel: Contest of Champions.Additionally, the MCU incarnation appears as an alternate skin while the Ultron Sentries appear asnon-playable characters.
• Ultron appears as a boss and playable character inMarvel Heroes,voiced again by Tom Kane.
• Ultron appears as a boss and playable character inMarvel: Future Fight.Additionally, both the original and MCU incarnations appear as alternate skins.
• The MCU incarnation of Ultron appears as a playable character and figurine inDisney Infinity 3.0,voiced again by Jim Meskimen.
• Ultron, based on the MCU incarnation, appears as the final boss and playable character inLego Marvel's Avengers.Ultron Sentries also appear as playable characters.
• Ultron appears as a playable character inMarvel vs. Capcom: Infinite,voiced again by Jim Meskimen.He uses theSpace and Reality Stonesto merge with the reploidSigmato become "Ultron Sigma"so they can convert all organic life into their slaves using an improved Sigma virus.
• Ultron appears inMarvel Powers United VR,voiced again by Jim Meskimen.
• Ultron appears as a boss inMarvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order,voiced again by Jim Meskimen.He obtains the Mind Stone and uses it to enhance his computing capabilities to optimum levels before attackingAvengers Towerto steal an ISO-8 crystal being held there and enslave the heroes. After his body is damaged beyond repair, Ultron uses the Mind Stone to transfer his programming toUltimobutAnt-Manintervenes asGiant-Man,giving the Vision enough time to trap Ultron's programming within the Mind Stone.
• Ultron appears inMarvel Dimension of Heroes,voiced again by Jim Meskimen.
• Two incarnations of Ultron appear inMarvel Future Revolution.

External links

• Ultronat Marvel.com
• UltrononMarvel Database,aMarvel Comicswiki