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Religion: Catholic (temporary); synthezoid
Name: Vision
Other Names: Victor Shade; Jonas; Ultra-Vision; Manikin; Ghost of Stone; Vision II; Apollyon; Mainframe
Classification:
hero
First Appearance: The Avengers (vol. 1) #57 (Oct. 1968): "Behold... the Vision!"
First Appearance (additional details): (MC-2) A-Next #7 (Apr. 1999): "After the Fall!"
Creators: Roy Thomas, John Buscema, George Klein
Number of appearances: 1,393
Comic book appearances: 1,378
TV, film appearances: 14
Video game, computer game appearances: 1
Teams/Affiliations: Avengers; West Coast Avengers; Young Avengers; Avengers (MC2); Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)
Gender: male
From: "Atheist representation on the Avengers" forum discussion, started 20 June 2001 on the Comic Boards website (http://www.comicboards.com/avengers/view.php?rpl=010620201053; viewed 24 June 2007):
Posted by D-Man on Wednesday, June 20 2001 at 20:10:53 GMT
...Probably the best comic you could find to figure out who believes in a God or a god, or has deep faith in God or a god would be:
Infinity CrusadeThe Goddess uses the heroes' faith and belief in gods and such to recruit heroes.
Here are a list of Avengers who are "believers" so are recruited by the Goddess:
Living Lightning
Black Knight
Hercules
Sersi
Invisible Woman
Spider-Man
Quicksilver
Wonder Man
Captain America
Thor
Crystal
Moondragon
USAgent
Scarlet Witch
Moon KnightThe so-called "non-believers" that the Goddess didn't choose:
Vision
Mr. Fantastic
Thing
She-Hulk
Rage
Hulk
Iron Man
Spider-Woman II
Firestar
Darkhawk
Beast (although Beast claims to believe in a god, but Vision counters with "Obviously because your belief in a supreme being is not as deeply felt nor well known as the others.")
Quasar (which was stated in his own book)
From: "Catholic Clix - Comic info needed!" forum discussion, started 3 May 2003 on the HCRealms website (http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-40338.html; viewed 24 May 2007):
thornnspear
05/03/2003, 21:04Ok, so in recent films it's been apparent that Daredevil and Nightcrawler are Catholic...
So, who else out there could be fielded in a "Catholic" Heroclix team?
Wilz 05/04/2003, 18:46
Hawkeye is Catholic. Remembering his mini-series, when he was pretending to be dead his had a Catholic funeral (if memory serves me right). Kingpin was portrayed as Catholic (link to the whole mafia thing) in early DD. Vision also played with the whole religious-Catholic thing at one point.
[The following are Catholic characters:]
Nightcrawler
Vision
Daredevil
Hawkeye
Huntress
KingpinGreat characters and although the press has been bad lately - Great Religion.
This character is in the following 287 stories which have been indexed by this website:
The 3-Minute Sketchbook #1 (Oct. 2007)
A-Next #7 (Apr. 1999): "After the Fall!"
Alpha Flight (vol. 1) #40 (Nov. 1986): "Love" (only on cover)
The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #282 (Nov. 1986): "The Fury of X-Factor!" (only on cover)
The Avengers
Avengers / Thunderbolts
The Avengers and the Thunderbolts (1998)
The Avengers Annual
Avengers Assemble (vol. 1) #1 (July 2010)
The Avengers Collector's Edition #1 (Sep. 1993): "Vibrant Alchemy!"
Avengers Finale #1 (Jan. 2005)
Avengers Spotlight #23 (Oct. 1989): "Second Debut" (lead character)
The Avengers: Celestial Quest
Avengers: Deathtrap, The Vault (Sep. 1991): "Deathtrap, The Vault"
Avengers: The Initiative #26 (Sep. 2009): "Up Is Down" (mentioned)
Avengers: The Ultron Imperative #1 (Nov. 2001): "The Ultron Imperative"
Captain America
Captain America & the Korvac Saga #1 (Feb. 2011): "Strange Days"
Captain America 70th Anniversary Magazine #20 (Winter 2011): "Cap for President!"
Captain America Annual
Captain America: Reborn
Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (Mar. 2007)
Cloak and Dagger (vol. 2) #9 (Nov. 1986): "The Lady and the Unicorn" (only on cover)
Daredevil
Dark Reign: Young Avengers
Dark X-Men #2 (Feb. 2010): "Journey to the Center of the Goblin: Part Two" (photo/picture/video)
The Defenders
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #1 (Nov. 1988): "Love is the Spell. The Spell is Death!" (cameo)
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine! #11 (Dec. 2001): "Doom Triumphant!"
Giant-Size Avengers
GLA #1 (June 2005): "Great Lakes Avengers Misassembled" (cameo)
Hulk Smash Avengers #2 (July 2012): "The Filth and the Fury"
Invaders Annual #1 (Aug. 1977): "Okay, Axis -- Here We Come!" (cameo)
Iron Man
Iron Man & Captain America Annual 1998 (Dec. 1998): "Life & Liberty"
Marvel Age Annual #1 (Jan. 1985)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #38 (Mid-Dec. 1989): "Stardust Miseries Part 1: Something In the Air"
Marvel Double-Shot
Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #14 (May 1984): "Dangerous Vision" (lead character)
Marvel Feature (vol. 1) #10 (July 1973): "Ant-Man No More"
Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions
Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 2) #6 (July 1991): "Third Time's the Charm!" (cameo)
Marvel Team-Up
Marvel Two-in-One (vol. 1) #39 (May 1978): "The Vision Gambit" (lead character)
Marvel Universe: The End
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (24 Oct. 2006)
The Marvels Project #1 (Oct. 2009) (1-panel cameo)
Maximum Security
Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet #1 (Oct. 2000): "A Very Dangerous Planet" (2-panel cameo)
The Mighty Avengers
Ms. Marvel (vol. 2) #14 (June 2007): "The Deal: Part 2" (cameo)
Mythos: Captain America #1 (Aug. 2008)
The New Avengers
The New Mutants (vol. 1) #45 (Nov. 1986): "We Were Only Foolin'" (only on cover)
The Order
Secret Invasion: Runaways / Young Avengers
Secret Wars II
Siege: Captain America #1 (June 2010): "Bear Any Burden"
Sleepwalker
Super-Villain Team-Up #14 (Oct. 1977): "A World For the Winning!"
Thunderbolts
Ultimate Nightmare #5 (Feb. 2005): "Ultimate Nightmare: Part V"
Ultraforce / Avengers #1 (Fall 1995): "Becoming More Like God"
Ultraforce / Avengers Prelude #1 (July 1995): "The Swords Are Drawn..."
The Vision
The Vision and the Scarlet Witch
X-51 #0 (1999): "A Mere Technicality" (cameo)
X-Factor (vol. 1) #10 (Nov. 1986): "Falling Angel!" (only on cover)
X-Men
X-Treme X-Men #11 (May 2002): "Beachhead!" (cameo)
Young Avengers
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Vision.html
- http://www.comicvine.com/vision/29-1504/
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0104488/
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0036472/
- http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=19409
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/virviz.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/ultum.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/manamanj.htm
- http://www.comics.org/issue/22241/
- http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=19409
- http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/v.htm
- http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/MC2Handbook/vmc2.html
- http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/ultimateuniverse.html
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/yfyz.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/aoaq.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/mahmam.htm