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In the Aliens & Androids Bracket of the Marvel Conference, this matchup gives us two androids, from the same family, and possibly even the same body, or at least built on the same chassis. Two red-faces, too.
How can you pick? I dunno, but you must!
| [fimg=280]http://www.marvel616politics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Hammond1.jpg[/fimg] | | [fimg=310]http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_medium/3/36013/1308679-vision__color_.jpg[/fimg] | | Name: | The Human Torch | Name: | The Vision | | AKA: | Jim Hammond; also The Torch | AKA: | Victor Shade, Jonas; also Manikin, the Ghost of Stone, Alex Lipton | | Creator(s): | Carl (Don’t Call Me "Ambiorix") Burgos | Creator(s): | Roy Thomas, Stan Lee, John Buscema | | Place of Birth: | As an android (despite his moniker), he wasn't born at all, but was built in Brooklyn, NY, like so many good things. | Place of Birth: | Also an android, he was also built in Brooklyn, like so many bad things. | | How He Came to Be: | He was invented by Professor Phineas T. Horton. He wasn't supposed to burst into flame, but he did. The public feared him, but he won their confidence with his derring-do. | How he Came to Be: | He was invented by Ultron to infiltrate the Avengers, but like them, and turned on his maker. | | Base of Operations: | New York, NY, mostly | Base of Operations: | Mobile; formerly Avengers Mansion, New York, NY; Avengers Compound, Los Angeles, CA | | Teams/Affiliations: | NYPD, Invaders, All-Winners Squad, V-Battalion, West Coast Avengers, Heroes for Hire, Legion of the Unliving, Secret Avengers, The Descendants, S.H.I.E.L.D. | Teams/Affiliations: | Avengers A.I.; formerly Avengers, Avengers West Coast, Defenders | | Signature Lines: | "This is why I am the way I am. Let this be a taste of eternity. So you will know hell when you get there." | Signature Lines: | "I AM UNIQUE! I am THE VISION -- ! And thus... I am content!" | | Arch-Enemy: | Adolf Hitler! | Arch-Enemy: | Ultron | | Sidekick(s): | Toro | Sidekick(s): | Ebony White, originally a rather insensitive minstel-type racial caricature, who developed more nuance later. | | Paramour(s): | Jacqueline Falsworth/Spitfire, I think | Paramour | Wanda Maximoff/The Scarlet Witch, Carol Danvers/Warbird, Mantis | | Has Been Played By: | Donald F. Glut | Once Played By: | Paul Bettany | | Could Have Been Played By: | Howie Long | Could Have Been Played By: | Yul Brynner | | Song I Think Of: | "Burn" | Song I Think Of: | "Mr. Roboto" | | Supernatural Powers: | His main dealio is that he can generate, manipulate, and (naturally) resist fire. He can also fly when burning, and go "nova," with a huge release of hot concussive energy. He can manipulate fires in his vicinity that he did not generate, and he can survive long periods without oxygen. | Supernatural Powers: | Vision is a master of disguise, able to generate holographic images to disguise his face, and disguise his voice to sound like somebody in his databanks. He has supersensory powers with both his eyes and ears, making him good for detective work. He absorbs radiant engery and converst that into the big-guy set of supe skils: superhuman strength, durability, stamina, reflexes, and flight. He can adjust his mass to become dense and bulletproof or feathery and weightless. Oh yeah, he shoots energy beams. Back to that density thing... he can (and does!) actually achieve intangibility. Lastly, is he smart? He's got a computer brain, jackass! Late model, too! | | Non-Super Abilities: | His very being is supernatural, but he has the intelligence and hand-to hand fighting skills of an advanced human. | Non-Super Abilities: | He doesn't need any. | | Stuff: | He IS stuff. | Stuff: | Again, he's his own arsenal. But check out that solar jewel. | | Weaknesses: | He's all about the fire. Fight fire and you fight him. Starve him of oxygen, and he survives, but his flame goes out and he's just an android. Similarly, smothering him, covering him in sand, sloshing him with water… all put him at a disadvantage. | Weaknesses: | He stores energy in a solar jewel. If he taps into that too much… kaputski. |
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