As one in every of Avengers'biggest villains, UltronThe design has been revised dozens of occasions. Nevertheless, as he takes on the West Coast Avengers along with his new cyborg cult, the genocidal AI is getting a jaw-dropping new look that followers by no means imagined. However as spectacular as this new look is, it doesn't reply a elementary query: why are they there now two variations of Ultron operating across the Marvel Universe?
Does Ultron have wings now? - How the West Coast Avengers Reinvented the Villain
Ultron turns into an angel by founding his personal faith
On the conclusion of West Coast Avengers #2 - by Gerry Duggan, Danny Kim, Arthur Hesli and Joe Caramagna - Ultron seems, debuting a wild new look. Flanked by his cyborg followers, Ultron now possesses huge metallic wings and a priest's stole, able to unfold what he calls "the Gospel of Ultron." Ben Harvey's gorgeous artwork for West Coast Avengers #3 (above) exhibits off the enduring villain's new design – an enormous change from the look followers noticed within the MCU, the place Ultron was voiced by James Spader.
Nobody is extra shocked by the looks of this new, angelic Ultron than... Ultron. The brand new West Coast Avengers goal to rehabilitate villains, saying this to the general public by recruiting a repentant Ultron to the staff. West Coast Avengers #2 reveals that there at the moment are two variations of the villain - the model that works with the Avengers and this one new winged model who leads a cyborg cult. The unique Ultron has no concept what is occurring to his doppelgänger, responding to the newcomer with, "I don't know this man."
Ultron is now the chief of a robotic resurrection cult
Ultron's unpredictability is what makes him a terrific villain
In West Coast Avengers #1Marvel confirmed a girl affected by most cancers visiting Ultron, solely to be killed by the android. She was then 'reborn' in a brand new cyborg physique, adopted by the revelation that Ultron has dozens – if not lots of – of followers in hibernation, apparently having suffered the identical destiny. Whether or not these individuals had been truly given a second life continues to be up for debate, as are Ultron's motives. Nevertheless, his cult seems to be at the least partially honest, because the robotic has been proven to want "redemption" when nobody else was round to listen to him.
Followers nonetheless don't know why the unique Ultron is on the staff, a lot much less the origin of this second angelic model, however there isn't essentially an enormous thriller to be solved right here. Ultron is consistently updating and redesigning its software program and {hardware}, and there's no motive why a number of copies of the robotic's AI couldn't exist on the similar time. Whereas he could hate humanity and see AI life as the long run, Ultron has at all times been extraordinarily unpredictable, and so neither becoming a member of the Avengers nor beginning his personal resurrection cult are precisely out of character.
As unpredictable as Ultron is, he typically works alone, making it a shock that he would wish to begin a faith. Till lately, Ultron was bonded to his creator and Avengers founder, Hank Pym, and it seems the expertise gave him some degree of appreciation for the android/human fusion, maybe resulting in his experimentation with cyborgs. On the similar time, Ultron's defining attribute is his hatred for all different life varieties, so even when he really needs redemption, ultimately his disdain for humanity will floor - angelic new look or not. Hopefully, the West Coast Avengers are keen to defeat any scheme the android has devised, particularly with their very own Ultron prepared and keen to assist.
West Coast Avengers #2 is now obtainable from Marvel Comics, with #3 on January twenty ninth.