Villains hatch plots to take down the Avengers all the time. Mysterious figures are a dime a dozen. And the plot, involving brainwashing, isn't all that memorable. Where Thomas's plot breaks free from the norm of the time — and sets Ultron on the path to becoming one of the most sinister villains the Avengers have ever seen — is in the villain's plan. Ultron wants to capture the Avengers, stick them into a hydrogen bomb, and blow it up over Manhattan:.
This kind of diabolical master plan represented a type of evil that was rarely seen in comics of the time — largely thanks to a mandate called the Comics Code , which began in the '50s. The Comics Code seal of approval. Comics have always reflected reality — even if only subconsciously. In the years following WWII, there was a rise of superheroes who got their powers from nuclear explosions, as well as a rise in comic books about war, crime, and horror. With the rising popularity of the latter, adults began tying juvenile delinquency to comic books.
The US Senate cobbled together a subcommittee in April of to address the growing "problem" of comic books and their "effect" on juvenile delinquency. This hearing soured the American public's view of comic books as art. Sean Howe, author of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story , points out that 15 publishers went out of business that summer. With a public relations nightmare looming, surviving comics publishers banded together in September to form what's known as the Comics Magazine Association of America.
It created one of the most damaging documents the industry has ever seen: the Comics Code. The Comics Code aimed to change public perception of comic books by removing the industry's gory bits. What it did was defang and neuter comic books and bind the industry's artistic creativity.
According to the new Comics Code, covers could not even include the words horror and terror; under no circumstances were zombies, vampires, ghouls, or werewolves permitted to appear anywhere in the comics.
Furthermore — and this is where the rules tipped into the Orwellian — there could be no sympathy created for criminals, nor disrespect of the sanctity of marriage. Though there was no penalty for violating the Code, distributors only wanted to sell comics bearing its seal. One thing the Code allowed for, however, was superheroes, who began filling comics pages again. And along with those heroes were over-the-top supervillains who'd never be mistaken for werewolves, vampires, or zombies.
This is why the villains in Avengers no. But with Ultron, Thomas didn't just set the form of one of the greatest Avengers villains in history. He also changed the characterization of evil, and helped usher in a different, darker way to tell stories that would come to full fruition in the '80s.
Thomas, who taught high school English in Missouri and was an avid fan of comic books before joining Marvel, carefully positioned Ultron as leader, demoting the "Masters of Evil," by making them his puppets:. The Masters of Evil's dreams of taking down the Avengers, robbing banks, and conquering the world paled in comparison to Ultron, who wanted everything to burn. Thomas's work on Ultron reflects the fears of the Cold War era. In , China tested its first hydrogen bomb, and France followed the year after.
And there are times when Ultron feels like a tale of a doomsday device gone sentient — if humans won't destroy the world, Ultron's arc reveals, a machine will. Though we're introduced to Ultron in the "Masters of Evil" arc, we don't find out his origin until four issues later in Avengers no. Hank Pym, a. Ultron sneered and described him as naive. After Vision wittily answered that he was "born yesterday", an angered Ultron lunged at him, only to be destroyed with a energy blast from the Mind Stone.
Ultron's programming was created with emotional responses based on Tony Stark and he possesses a god-complex. He was maniacal and employs the use of dark humor as well as figure of speech. He resents the Avengers and believes them to be foolish for desiring to protect the world but not wanting to change it.
Ultron used the Internet to learn about his creators and so gained access to knowledge of the countless atrocities committed by humanity. He equates peace to humanity's non-existence.
Ultron hates being compared to Tony Stark even going into a mindless rage when compared to him by Klaue. The irony to all this is that Ultron shares many of the traits from his creator Tony including the wit, ego, sarcasm and the ability to make light of a situation even going as far at one point to directly quoting him without even realizing it.
Ultron's dedication to constant evolution results in Ultron re-designing himself several times over the course of his short "lifetime", including an attempt to give himself a Vibranium synthetic body. It was revealed at the end that Ultron ultimately fears death, and due to believing that humanity will inevitably doom itself, he sought to surpass this by turning himself into an indestructible god-like being that would recreate the Earth.
His desire to surpass his own limits and wanting to create a perfect humanoid body is reflected in his fascination over the titular character of "Pinocchio". Though Ultron was borderline psychopathic in his behavior and mannerisms, he is shown as having a sympathetic and lonely side as he was able to relate to the Maximoff twins' hardships as well as finding comfort in being able to simply talk to Natasha Romanoff, sparing her and keeping her captive instead of outright killing her.
Marvel Movies Explore. Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Hawkeye Hawkeye Kate Bishop. Doctor Strange Wong Scarlet Witch. Thor Odinson Valkyrie Lady Thor. What If? Explore Wikis Community Central. Cutting him off, Thor then attempted to keep the peace, telling him that they all wanted the same thing and could work together to achieve it; however, Ultron ignored these comments by arguing that the Avengers mistook peace for quiet.
When Iron Man attempted to learn what Ultron was planning on using the stolen vibranium for, Ultron retaliated, mockingly claiming that he would now tell them all his entire evil plan while preparing to attack them all. Ultron attacked Iron Man and the pair fought around and outside of Klaue's freighter, while the rest of the Avengers fought against the Maximoff twins and the Ultron Sentries while Klaue's men also joined the battle.
Under Ultron's orders, Wanda Maximoff defeated most of the Avengers by manipulating their minds and giving them all horrific visions, before Hawkeye eventually incapacitated her while Captain America and Thor teamed up to wipe out the Ultron Sentries. Ultron attempts to destroy Iron Man. Ultron continued focusing his own efforts on battling Iron Man, flying all across the Salvage Yard and allowing him to take shots which damaged his armor, all while another one of his bodies escaped with the vibranium.
Pietro Maximoff took his sister outside to safety, and when she recovered, she decided to follow through with Ultron's plan and manipulated Bruce Banner 's mind; resulting in Hulk now going on a furious rampage in the center of Johannesburg. Ultron's body is destroyed by Iron Man. Iron Man eventually defeated Ultron and caused his body to crash land, at which point the latter revealed that he was merely diverting his attention from the Churchill where he had already stolen all the vibranium.
Ultron then informed Stark of Hulk's new destructive rampage before his body was destroyed with a missile. Ultron's remaining bodies then regrouped and escaped with the Maximoffs while the Avengers lay defeated from the battle. Ultron threatening Helen Cho and her staff. Ultron then informed Cho that he intended to use the vibranium to create the perfect, synthetic, humanoid body for Ultron, made from the vibranium. When Cho resisted Ultron used the Scepter to take over control of her mind and force her to do his bidding.
Ultron and Helen Cho build his new body. As the synthetic body was built inside the Cradle, and was given a vibranium composition on Ultron's request, thus making it more durable, Ultron revealed to the Maximoff twins the power contained inside the Scepter: an Infinity Stone , with which Ultron would then integrate with his new synthetic body and adopt god-like powers.
Cho then plugged Ultron into the machine to upload his own base consciousness into the being ready to be unleashed. When Wanda Maximoff attempted to read Ultron's mind through the synthetic body, the being allowed her to discover that Ultron's actual plan was to cause a global catastrophe that would usher in a new age of Earth's evolution.
Ultron attempted to defend his actions, noting that there was no room for the weak in the world, however, doubting Ultron's cause, Wanda removed Ultron's mind-control over Cho in secret to allow her to sabotage the upload. Ultron shoots and almost killing Helen Cho. Ultron sensed that the Avengers had arrived in Seoul to stop his plans and ordered his Ultron Sentries to evacuate now while they still had the chance.
However Cho, now free of Ultron's mind control, used the opportunity to stop the upload, in response Ultron fired a blast of energy towards her which nearly killed her, in the chaos the Maximoffs escaped and Ultron was left with no choice but to move the Cradle onto a truck and escape with his Sentries.
Ultron's location is found by the Avengers. Having deduced that Ultron planned to create a more powerful body with Helen Cho 's assistance, the Avengers located him as he tried to get away using a cargo truck with the Regeneration Cradle inside as it continued to slowly build his new and improved body. Though Ultron nearly completed in uploading himself into his new body, he was interrupted by Captain America and furiously attempted to shoot him away with his energy blasts, yelling at the Captain to leave him alone.
Ultron furiously battles Captain America. As Rogers refused to give in and remained on the truck's roof, Ultron stepped out and then told Rogers that the being inside the Regeneration Cradle was a way to change the world, accusing the Avengers of being terrified of that concept.
The two then engaged in close combat on top of the truck during which time Rogers was able to use his shield , which was also made of vibranium , to damage Ultron's own armored body, causing Ultron to knock it away into the road. Ultron attempts to kill Black Widow. Ultron was able to throw the shield off the truck and soon overpowered Rogers, strangling him. However, Black Widow soon caught up with them on her motorcycle and threw the shield back to Captain America who used it to knock Ultron back.
Not wishing to allow Widow to assist in the battle, Ultron was able to use his magnetic abilities to rip a whole section of the road out under Widow, keeping her away from the battle for the time being.
Ultron is fired upon by Hawkeye 's Quinjet. With Captain America still being bested by Ultron throughout their battle, Hawkeye then assisted in the fight by firing down multiple gunshots upon Ultron from the Quinjet , all of which bounced off his armor and caused nothing but an annoyance for the robot.
In response to the attack, the Ultron Sentries who were guarding the Regeneration Cradle flew up to attack Hawkeye's Quinjet, causing him to fly across the city in an attempt to lose them while Ultron still fought Rogers. The battle against Captain America spilled onto a nearby train, in which Ultron was able to outmatch Rogers and then beat him into submission while the terrified passengers watched in horror. Soon Ultron began choking the Captain but before Ultron could finish off Rogers, Pietro Maximoff tackled him out of the way and Wanda Maximoff blocked his path.
Despite Ultron's genuine plea for her to stop, Wanda proclaimed that she had no other choice. Ultron successfully kidnaps Black Widow. Ultron then blasted through the train; destroying the train's control panel and killing the train conductor inside. Ultron then left the train, forcing Rogers and the Maximoffs to focus their efforts on stopping it from killing civilians.
As Black Widow attempted to secure the Cradle, Ultron's Sentries flew up into the air while carrying it and Romanoff inside. Barton and Romanoff secured the Cradle, only for Ultron to arrive and abduct Romanoff, upon which he fled the scene. Ultron speaking with Natasha Romanoff. Ultron decided to spare her, as he desired a companion that he could speak to after losing the allegiance of Pietro and Wanda Maximoff.
Ultron elaborated on his fascination with meteors and revealed that he planned to replicate its effects using a device located under the center of Novi Grad , noting he enjoyed how a meteor was so simple in its destruction. With all his plans of creating a perfect form being thwarted, Ultron decided on a compromise in which he used parts of the remaining vibranium to create a more durable robotic body while using the rest of the vibranium to strengthen the core structure of the Doomsday Trigger , all while continuing to build on his army of Ultron Sentries ready to do battle.
To terrify Romanoff, Ultron ripped apart his current body and showed her his newly completed upgraded form. Ultron reveals his vibranium covered body. Still furious at having his plans ruined and determined to gain revenge against his creators, Ultron told Romanoff that he would make the world look up in horror upon him before leaving her locked in a cage to die in the ensuing battle.
While he continued with his plans, Ultron's location was discovered by the Avengers when Romanoff telegraphed her location to her fellow comrades using old school methods which Ultron was unable to track.
Ultron being confronted by Iron Man. Having arrived at the Novi Grad Church to prepare to complete his plan, Ultron was confronted by Iron Man , with Ultron in his newly completed vibranium form; in which the latter asked the former if he had come to confess all his sins.
As Stark mocked his creation's latest design, Ultron deduced that Stark was stalling to protect the people of Sokovia , to which Stark reminded Ultron as being his mission when he was designed by Bruce Banner and himself. Ultron countered by saying that he has moved beyond his mission and that he was free. Suddenly, a drill emerged from the center of the church, revealing Ultron's Doomsday Trigger with an underlying mechanism located underground.
Ultron then revealed to Stark that he too had been stalling. Ultron Sentries emerged from the ground and began to terrorize the citizens of Sokovia, prompting Iron Man and the Avengers to charge forward and defend them. Ultron finds himself confronted by Vision. As the Battle of Sokovia began, Ultron was then confronted by his own creation given life, Vision , whom Ultron then recognized as the synthetic body he had planned to use as his initial final form; upon seeing the being alive and working for his greatest enemies, Ultron noted that the Avengers truly now had taken everything from him.
Although Vision tried to reason with Ultron, the pleas were ignored, and Ultron grabbed and choked his creation in the air. Vision disconnects Ultron from the Internet. Vision, however, used the opportunity of the close quarters battle to access Ultron's mind and effectively cut off his connection to the Internet. Feeling the intense feeling and loud ringing throughout his own head, Ultron quickly realized that he was now unable to escape through the internet and he was trapped in the bodies remaining in the city.
In a desperate attempt to stop this, Ultron slammed Vision against the walls but was still unable to free himself. Ultron raises all of Novi Grad up into the sky. Exhausted from the skirmish despite being successful in his plan, Vision was violently incapacitated by Ultron who slammed him onto the ground in a fit of rage, claiming that he did not even care that Vision had shut him out due to his utter belief that he could not be stopped from finally completing his plans for destroying the world.
Ultron then promised that because the Avengers had taken away his world, he would now take away their world from them. Ultron then activated the Doomsday Trigger inside the church thus enacting the first stage of his master plan for world destruction. Dust erupted from the outskirts of Sokovia and the entire city then began to slowly rise up into the air; revealing that Ultron's machine underneath the city's landmass allowed it to forcibly lift all of Novi Grad into the sky with the Chitauri 's anti-gravitational technology found at HYDRA Research Base due to his own research.
Ultron watches the Avengers fight his army. Ultron told the Avengers that they would be incapable of stopping his scheme and would soon all die together as the city was turned into a meteor and would destroy the Earth. When Sokovia further rose into the sky, nearly approaching the Earth's atmosphere, Ultron continued a speech as his Ultron Sentries began to terrorize the Avengers and the citizens. Scouting the battlefield, Ultron attacked Thor in the air, having recognized him as a noteworthy obstacle for him.
Ultron threw Thor down into the Novi Grad Church and beat him into submission, claiming that there was no way he could be stopped, as he could still activate the key and massacre billions.
An Ultron Sentry is destroyed by Nick Fury. Though it seemed as if there were no way of evacuating the citizens, the Helicarrier arrived piloted by Nick Fury and Maria Hill who sent in Lifeboats to evacuate the people. But, how does Ultron or his consciousness end up in Loki's Sceptre at the first place? Has the existence of Ultron residing inside the Sceptre ever been touched upon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Update: Based on the first answer here I would like to further clarify the scope of this question.
Is Ultron a godlike being as portrayed in the Comics residing within the Sceptre? If yes, how did he end up there? Or is it a tech created by Tony Stark and powered by the Mind Stone? They don't really spend a lot of time explaining this in the movie, you have to piece it together from various bits of dialog during that scene and others later on. But, Ultron isn't "in" the scepter, rather, the scepter contains the last piece of technology Stark and Banner needed to finish building the Ultron project.
Given that Banner was already familiar with Ultron at the very beginning, we can assume that it was the name of a project that Stark and Banner had been working on. Presumably, some form of AI that would be self-aware enough to defend Earth against previously unknown threats particularly alien ones. Much of the work in building that was apparently in place. When JARVIS examined the scepter, it saw that there was something inside, that it interpreted as "code" to some new, advanced operating system.
However, while JARVIS's OS is clearly artificial and digital, the "code" inside the scepter looked much more organic and fluid, like you might imagine a "biologically-based" computer might look. Tony believed that he could adapt the code from within the scepter and somehow modify it to interface with the existing Ultron project. As it turns out, the "thing" inside the scepter was actually the Mind Stone, which is an object far more advanced and powerful than any Earth-based technology.
So, when Tony attempted to harness that power and, essentially, plug it in to his existing technology, it rapidly took over. The combination of all those things -- the Mind Stone's power, the Stark hardware, and the existing "save the world" protocols that Tony had already built into the Ultron project, all combined to make the entity known as Ultron. Exactly why there is computer code inside an millions-of-years-old magical artifact from the beginning of creation isn't really explained, much less how JARVIS and Tony recognize it as an operating system.
If I had to speculate, I'd suspect that it was merely the way the Mind Stone chose to expose itself to Tony, in a form that it knew he would recognize. We know the Mind Stone is immensely powerful, particularly with mental abilities -- it made Strucker smarter just being around it -- so probing Tony's brain to figure out some form that would allow him to understand and use it's power would be trivial for it. I believe that the AI OR consciousness of what would become Ultron was placed within the scepter by one of the Black Order, or by Thanos, to perform his bidding which was to rid himself of the threat known as Earth and it's Avengers.
Well here is my take on it. The mind stone has an extremely strong and undirected "power of mind".
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