Vision (Timely Comics)

The Vision
The Golden Age Vision debuts in Marvel Mystery Comics #13 (Nov. 1940). Art by Jack Kirby.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Marvel Mystery Comics #13 (November 1940)
Created by	Joe Simon (writer) Jack Kirby (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Aarkus
Team affiliations	Battle-Axis Invaders
Abilities	Flight Cold and ice generation Teleportation via smoke Ability to generate illusory images of himself

The Vision (Aarkus) is an American fictional comic book superhero who appeared in comic books published by Marvel Comics during the Golden Age of comic books. Created by the writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Marvel Mystery Comics #13 (Nov. 1940), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics.

The Vision debuted in a four-page feature in Marvel Mystery Comics #13 (Nov. 1940), and continued as a regular feature in that superhero anthology through issue #48 (Oct. 1943). He also starred in an eight-page story in Kid Comics #3 (no month given; previous issue dated Summer 1943).

In modern-day continuity, a simulacrum of the Vision was temporarily created from the mind of Rick Jones, along with those of the Angel, the Blazing Skull, the Fin, and the Patriot to aid the superhero team the Avengers during the Kree-Skrull War, in The Avengers #97 (March 1972). Two decades later, he appeared in a flashback story in the superhero-team series The Invaders vol. 2, #3 (July 1993), set during World War II. He returns with the other Invaders in the miniseries Invaders Now!, beginning with issue #1 (Nov. 2010). He appeared in several issues of the Marvel NOW! relaunch of X-Men: Legacy, before appearing in the All-New Invaders series in 2014.