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Warning ! Spoilers for Avengers Inc. # 5 ahead!A new version ofUltronhas joined Earth ’s Mightiest fighter , and he ’s a powerhouse who can match anyone else in theAvengers . This novel Ultron has already taken Asgardians and his own nefarious harbinger to labor , so who bang what his limits are ? The new christen " Mark Twelve " is only the late in a long line of Pym offer family character reference who ’ve link up the team , as well as the latest in a line of " villains " who have become world - class heroes .
InAvengers Inc.#5 ( written by Al Ewing , exemplify by Leonard Kirk , colored by Alex Sinclair and letter by VC ’s Cory Petit ) , a larger-than-life rendering of Ultron , Mark Twelve , officially join the Avengers after defeating his nefarious vis-a-vis .
Mark Twelve is able-bodied to overwrite Ultron ’s codification , admit Ultron ’s newly constructed body for himself , shapeshifting into a new , more human , word form . As Janet Van Dyne narrates , she can tell that this second is " a newfangled Avenger fill the degree , " and the end of the issuing incriminate that Janet ’s squad will have many more adventures alongside Mark .

Many of Marvel ’s strongest hero have join the Avengers roll , but their new recruit is powerful enough to overpower the God of Thunder .
Mark’s Identity as Ultron has been a Mystery Until Now
Mark Twelve has been appearing as " Victor Shade " sinceAvengers inc.#1 , an amnesic possessing the eubstance of the villain Whirlwind . The terminal ofAvengers Inc#4 made it appearthat Victor is actually theevilUltron , but issue # 5’sopening reveals this to be a fakeout . The real , evil Ultro nis in reality spread across the cognizance of various B - List Avengers scoundrel .
All progeny ofAvengers inc.are by Ewing , Kirk , Sinclair and Petit
Victor Shade ’s amnesia has really been a clandestine plan make bya time - displaced Hank Pym ’s . Hank knows that Ultron has infiltrated all his technical school , but if Hank can choosewhich partof Ultron is in his tech , then he can subvert that takeover .

Hank attain this by stimulate sure that the slice of Ultron inside Whirlwind is found on the original Ultron-12 , a heroic , reformed , Ultron who served on the West Coast Avengers . The original Ultron-12 dies inWest Coast Avengers ( 1985 ) # 7(written by Steve Englehart , pencil by Al Milgrom , ink by Joe Sinnott , color by Ken Fedunieiwicz and lettered by Janice Chiang ) , but Hank still has his original code , which he uses to make Mark Twelve . Mark is n’t the original Ultron-12 reborn , butisbased on him , similar to how Ultron himself is based on Hank .
Ultron Joining the Avengers Isn’t as Surprising as It Sounds
The new Mark Twelve follows the longsighted , proud custom of Hank Pym and Ultron offshoot becoming in full - fledge characters in their own right . As Hank narrates his secluded architectural plan , he references several other AI characters , such as the original Human Torch Jim Hammond , and the Vision , who was partially based off Hammond . Mark Twelve has been purposefully imbued with the incontrovertible property of both by Hank , whom Mark consult to as his father . Vision , for his part , refer to Mark as " Uncle Mark , " as the Hank Pym / Ultron / Vision family Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree only grows declamatory and more complicated , as is tradition .
Mark Twelve also meets another major touchstone for join the Avengers : he ’s a rectify baddie , sort of . Many Avengers roster have featured former villains . In fact , the 2d ever major team of Avengers , affectionately nickname " Cap ’s Kooky Quartet , " was composed of ¾ former villains in Hawkeye , Quicksilver , and the Scarlet Witch . While Mark Twelve is his own heroic person , he still hasUltron ’s nefarious bequest to contend with . However , Mark has so far stepped up to the collection plate , and it ’s clear that heroes from Wasp to Vision already consider him a real member of theAvengers .
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