User blog:LoveWaffle/First details about the MCU's Ultron emerge!

Entertainment Weekly unveiled the cover for their big Comic-Con issue today, and what else could that cover story be if not the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron. Front and center in that story is the big bad himself, Ultron. Robert Downey Jr. and Joss Whedon shared the character's retooled origin.

Remember how Iron Man 3 made a point about Tony not having to physically be in his Iron Man armors in order to use them? Age of Ultron expands upon this idea to give us our main villain. According to Joss Whedon, Ultron is an AI designed to direct the Iron Legion (which I suppose Stark's rebuilt since his showdown with AIM) towards recognized threats. So...J.A.R.V.I.S. 2.0? This also allows the Avengers, who Stark now bankrolls and headquarters in Stark Tower, to not have to be active 24/7 as Ultron can take care of things.

As one would expect, Ultron eventually comes to the conclusion that the best way to save humanity is to kill us all. Furthermore, Whedon puts a modern spin on Ultron, saying that what makes him so difficult for the Avengers to fight is that, as an AI and not just a robot, he can simply upload himself to the Cloud if his current body is destroyed and easily upload himself into a new one.

When the issue is published next week, the cover story will also cover information about Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and the Vision.

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