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The Vision is a Fictional Superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby during the 1930-'40s Golden Age Of Comic Books . He First Appeared in '' Marvel Mystery Comics '' #13 (Nov. 1940), published by Timely Comics a predecessor of Marvel Comics ). .]] The original Vision was an entity named Aarkus who either lived in or was native to another dimension. On his planet, known simply as Smoke-World, the Vision was a "Keeper of Law". He was asked by an Earth scientist to come to Earth to act as a super-powered guardian over humanity. The Vision possessed vaguely defined powers, including flight, and matter transmutation, and the ability to travel through dimensions via smoke. One of Timely's successful second-tier characters, the Vision starred in a generally seven-page feature in ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #13-48 (Nov. 1940 - Oct. 1943), and in an eight-page story in ''Kid Comics'' #3 (1943, no month given; previous issue dated Summer 1943). He also starred in a text story, "The Vision Speaks", by Stan Lee , in ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #23 (Sept. 1941), in which the ruler of Smoke-World was revealed to the known as The Law-Giver. His only major appearance in modern comics is in '' The Invaders '', Vol. 2, #3 (July 1993), in which he was summoned to Earth and manipulated by Nazi Germany into attacking the Allies . He realized his mistake, and soon returned home. Marvel writer-editor Roy Thomas , a fan of the Golden Age character, used the Vision as a visual template for the Modern-day Vision , but the characters are otherwise unrelated A Simulacrum of the Vision was temporaily created from the mind of Rick Jones , along with those of the Blazing Skull , the Fin , the Patriot , and the Golden Age Angel , to aid the superhero team the Avengers during the Kree-Skrull War , in ''The Avengers'' Vol. 1, #97 (Mach 1972). REPRINTS
::Untitled origin story: ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #13 (Nov. 1940)
::Untitled story beginning "From the frozen wastes"; villain Khor, the Black Sorcerer: ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #22 (Aug. 1941)
::Untitled story (a.k.a. "The Book of Sorcery"): ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #25 (Nov. 1941) FOOTNOTES
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