Vector (comics)
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Vector is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe whose first appearance was in Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #254. He is the leader of the villainous group, the U-Foes
. He alongside the other members of the U-Foes appear primarily as enemies of the Hulk
and Spider-Man
.
) was on hand at the base, and believing the ship to be having problems, guided it back to Earth. The now-changed humans became professional criminals and called themselves the U-Foes
(possible in connection with Utrecht's last name) and blamed Banner for cutting short their radiation exposure. They battled the Hulk, and Vector lost control of his powers and deflected himself into space.
Vector was eventually rescued and returned to Earth by his teammate X-Ray
, and Vector was reunited with the U-Foes. They again battled the Hulk and this time defeated him. In triumph, they exhibited the captive Bruce Banner on national television. However, Banner was freed by Rick Jones
, Betty Ross
, and the alien Bereet
, and Banner transformed into the Hulk and defeated the U-Foes. During the battle, Vector's hands were crushed by the Hulk.
With the U-Foes, he later escaped a special government prison, but accidentally "deflected" himself and his teammates into a crossroads dimension. With the U-Foes, Vector battled the Hulk in the "crossroads" dimension, and defeated the Hulk with the help of the alien "Puffball Collective
." Vector became trapped in a dimension where he must constantly repel projectiles hurled by high winds to survive. Vector eventually escaped back to the "Crossroads" dimension, and learned to use his psychokinetic powers for flight. With the U-Foes, he escaped back to Earth through a dimensional warp unintentionally opened by mutant Charles Little Sky
; they then battled the Avengers
and Puma
, and Vector was defeated by Thor
. The other U-Foes were later freed from the Vault
and attacked the Avengers West Coast
, mistakenly believing they had killed Vector; Vector reappeared and led his teammates in a strategic retreat.
and given the choice of working for the government or facing jail time with no trial.
Simon was identified as one of the 142 registered superheroes who appear on the cover of the comic book Avengers: The Initiative
#1.
's criminal organization who plan to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.
. When a Skrull booby trap goes off, he tries to escape but is stopped by Darkhawk
. He is hit at point blank range by an energy blast from Darkhawk when he tries to take the latter's amulet. The blast knocked Vector out and caused him to fall from the sky.
attract, block, and, most prominently, repel matter and energy, directing it away from himself. He can use this power in a variety of ways: repelling inanimate objects to send them flying through the air as deadly missiles; releasing a concentrated blast of energy to strike his foes; and even using the power of psychokinesis on the ground to propel his body upwards and allow him to fly.
Enormously powerful, as, by focusing his power into blasts, he was even capable of flaying most of the Hulk's
skin and muscle tissue from his body when the latter resisted, and repelled the structure of reality itself within the 'Crossroads' nexus, with force he claimed was sufficient to hurl entire worlds, but his power can be overcome by sufficiently powerful foes, such as the Hulk, who twice managed to, through extreme effort, bull through Vector's repulsion to physically attack him.
Vector was once shown to be able to block and repel the attempts of various superheroes and friends of the Hulk to locate Gamma Base, including the magic of Doctor Strange
and the tracking technology of Iron Man
and Reed Richards
.
An influx of cosmic radiation can cause a temporary loss of control of his powers, as in deflecting the air around him, deflecting his own body from the Earth, being deflected into other dimensions.
U-Foes
U-Foes are a fictional comic book supervillain team appearing in various series published by Marvel Comics. The group first appeared in Incredible Hulk #254...
. He alongside the other members of the U-Foes appear primarily as enemies of the Hulk
Hulk (comics)
The Hulk is a fictional character, a superhero in the . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 ....
and Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
.
Fictional character biography
Simon Utrecht was a millionaire, public official, and industrialist before gaining his powers. He organized a team to duplicate the original rocket flight that led to the powers of the Fantastic Four, by piloting a ship through a cosmic ray belt. He promised each member of the team super powers due to exposure (although intentional, not accidental) to cosmic radiation. During this launch, Dr. Bruce Banner (known as the HulkHulk (comics)
The Hulk is a fictional character, a superhero in the . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 ....
) was on hand at the base, and believing the ship to be having problems, guided it back to Earth. The now-changed humans became professional criminals and called themselves the U-Foes
U-Foes
U-Foes are a fictional comic book supervillain team appearing in various series published by Marvel Comics. The group first appeared in Incredible Hulk #254...
(possible in connection with Utrecht's last name) and blamed Banner for cutting short their radiation exposure. They battled the Hulk, and Vector lost control of his powers and deflected himself into space.
Vector was eventually rescued and returned to Earth by his teammate X-Ray
X-Ray (comics)
X-Ray is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe whose first appearance was in Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #254, and who was created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema. X-Ray is a member of the villainous group, the U-Foes...
, and Vector was reunited with the U-Foes. They again battled the Hulk and this time defeated him. In triumph, they exhibited the captive Bruce Banner on national television. However, Banner was freed by Rick Jones
Rick Jones (comics)
Richard Milhouse "Rick" Jones is a fictional comic book character in the .-Publication history:Rick Jones first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1, as a sidekick to the Incredible Hulk...
, Betty Ross
Betty Ross Banner
Betty Ross is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, and love interest of Bruce Banner...
, and the alien Bereet
Bereet
Bereet is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Bereet first appeared in Rampaging Hulk #1-2 , and was created by Doug Moench and Walt Simonson. She also appeared in Rampaging Hulk #9 ....
, and Banner transformed into the Hulk and defeated the U-Foes. During the battle, Vector's hands were crushed by the Hulk.
With the U-Foes, he later escaped a special government prison, but accidentally "deflected" himself and his teammates into a crossroads dimension. With the U-Foes, Vector battled the Hulk in the "crossroads" dimension, and defeated the Hulk with the help of the alien "Puffball Collective
Puffball Collective
Puffball CollectiveFirst Appearance: Incredible Hulk #301Last Appearance: Incredible Hulk # 308Origin: Shortly after the Incredible Hulk was banished to the Crossroads by Doctor Strange...
." Vector became trapped in a dimension where he must constantly repel projectiles hurled by high winds to survive. Vector eventually escaped back to the "Crossroads" dimension, and learned to use his psychokinetic powers for flight. With the U-Foes, he escaped back to Earth through a dimensional warp unintentionally opened by mutant Charles Little Sky
Portal (comics)
Portal is a fictional character, a mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. He first appeared as Charles Little Sky in Avengers #304 and as Portal in Darkhawk #5 ....
; they then battled the Avengers
Avengers (comics)
The Avengers is a fictional team of superheroes, appearing in magazines published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in The Avengers #1 The Avengers is a fictional team of superheroes, appearing in magazines published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in The Avengers #1 The Avengers...
and Puma
Puma (comics)
Puma is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe most closely associated with Spider-Man. While originally a villain, he gained a great respect for Spider-Man and became his occasional ally.-Publication history:...
, and Vector was defeated by Thor
Thor (Marvel Comics)
Thor is a fictional superhero who appears in publications published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby....
. The other U-Foes were later freed from the Vault
Vault (comics)
The Vault is the widely used nickname of a fictional defunct prison facility for technological-based superhuman criminals in Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe. The prison's full official name is the United States Maximum Security Installation for the Incarceration of Superhuman Criminals.It first...
and attacked the Avengers West Coast
West Coast Avengers
The West Coast Avengers is a fictional group of superheroes that appear in publications published by Marvel Comics. The team first appear in The West Coast Avengers #1 and was created by Roger Stern and Bob Hall.- Publication history :...
, mistakenly believing they had killed Vector; Vector reappeared and led his teammates in a strategic retreat.
Breakout
He plays a big part with the U-Foes in the New Avengers tie-in Spider-Man: Breakout.Civil War/Initiative
Along with his team, he is arrested by the ThunderboltsThunderbolts (comics)
The Thunderbolts are a Marvel Comics superhero team, which consists mostly of former supervillains. The group first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #449 , and was created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley.-Publication history:...
and given the choice of working for the government or facing jail time with no trial.
Simon was identified as one of the 142 registered superheroes who appear on the cover of the comic book Avengers: The Initiative
Avengers: The Initiative
Avengers: The Initiative was a comic book series from Marvel Comics. Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage with artwork initially by Stefano Caselli, Steve Uy and Harvey Tolibao, the series dealt with the aftermath of Marvel's Civil War crossover Avengers: The Initiative was a comic book series...
#1.
Hood
Vector is later seen as part of the HoodHood (comics)
The Hood is a fictional character, a supervillain, and a crime boss in the . Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artists Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell, the character first appeared in The Hood #1 .-Publication history:...
's criminal organization who plan to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.
War of Kings: Darkhawk
Vector seems to have been captured sometime after the Skrull invasion and incarcerated at Project PegasusProject Pegasus
Project Pegasus is a fictional scientific base in the Marvel Comics universe which has been the location of a variety of stories for superheroes and supervillains, most notably in the title Marvel Two-in-One...
. When a Skrull booby trap goes off, he tries to escape but is stopped by Darkhawk
Darkhawk
Darkhawk is a fictional comic book superhero who first appeared in his own self-titled series, Darkhawk #1...
. He is hit at point blank range by an energy blast from Darkhawk when he tries to take the latter's amulet. The blast knocked Vector out and caused him to fall from the sky.
Dark Reign
Vector and the U-Foes are revealed as members of the Initiative's North Carolina team. They trick Volstagg into destroying a stadium. This event brings about the siege of Asgard, which the U-Foes participate in. Vector is shown being arrested by the Avengers at the end of the siege.Powers and abilities
Thanks to exposure to cosmic radiation, Vector has the power to telekineticallyPsychokinesis
The term psychokinesis , also referred to as telekinesis with respect to strictly describing movement of matter, sometimes abbreviated PK and TK respectively, is a term...
attract, block, and, most prominently, repel matter and energy, directing it away from himself. He can use this power in a variety of ways: repelling inanimate objects to send them flying through the air as deadly missiles; releasing a concentrated blast of energy to strike his foes; and even using the power of psychokinesis on the ground to propel his body upwards and allow him to fly.
Enormously powerful, as, by focusing his power into blasts, he was even capable of flaying most of the Hulk's
Hulk (comics)
The Hulk is a fictional character, a superhero in the . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 ....
skin and muscle tissue from his body when the latter resisted, and repelled the structure of reality itself within the 'Crossroads' nexus, with force he claimed was sufficient to hurl entire worlds, but his power can be overcome by sufficiently powerful foes, such as the Hulk, who twice managed to, through extreme effort, bull through Vector's repulsion to physically attack him.
Vector was once shown to be able to block and repel the attempts of various superheroes and friends of the Hulk to locate Gamma Base, including the magic of Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange
Doctor Stephen Strange is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, and first appeared in Strange Tales #110 ....
and the tracking technology of Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...
and Reed Richards
Mister Fantastic
Mr. Fantastic is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero and a member of the Fantastic Four. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, he first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 ....
.
An influx of cosmic radiation can cause a temporary loss of control of his powers, as in deflecting the air around him, deflecting his own body from the Earth, being deflected into other dimensions.
Television
- Vector (alongside the other U-Foes members) appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest HeroesThe Avengers: Earth's Mightiest HeroesThe Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an American animated television series by Marvel Animation in cooperation with Film Roman based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. The show debuted on Disney XD in Fall 2010 starting with a 20 part micro-series. A second season has been...
voiced by Cam ClarkeCam ClarkeCameron Arthur "Cam" Clarke is a prolific American voice actor and singer, well known for his work in animation and video games. Clarke is well known for providing the voices of Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shotaro Kaneda in the 1989 original English-dub of Akira. He often voices...
. In the episode "Hulk vs. The World," he is shown as an inmate of the CubeCube (comics)-History:The Cube was built as a prison for irradiated supervillains. The location the Cube is unknown as only high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents know of its existence. Its "villain rehabilitation program" brainwashes the inmates to serve S.H.I.E.L.D...
. The U-Foes fight against the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. in the episode "Gamma World" Pt. 1.
Video games
- Vector (alongside the other U-Foes members) appears in The Incredible HulkThe Incredible Hulk (2008 video game)The Incredible Hulk is a video game based on the Marvel superhero Hulk and the 2008 film. The console versions were released on June 5, 2008 and the PC version was released on June 10, 2008...
video game voiced by S. Scott BullockS. Scott BullockStuart Scott Bullock , best known as S. Scott Bullock, is an American actor Bullock is best known for his role as Eddy "Edgar" the Jersey Cow in Barnyard: The Original Party Animals and Back at the Barnyard, Mr...
. The Utrecht of the video game differs from his depiction in the comics on two accounts, one being that he seeks to duplicate the experiment of the Hulk, rather than the Fantastic Four, and two being that instead of using atomic radiation (or cosmic rays), the U-Foes harness mesospehericMesosphereThe mesosphere is the layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere. In the mesosphere temperature decreases with increasing height. The upper boundary of the mesosphere is the mesopause, which can be the coldest naturally occurring...
radiation for their experiments. It is also implied Simon Utrecht is interested in Ann Darnell, and that the feelings are mutual when he impresses her with his experiment. Utrecht also impressed Rick Jones with his industrialism, but Bruce Banner cautions Jones to stay away, as Simon Utrecht is a ruthless businessman. Banner says he had considered approaching Utrecht about a cure for his Hulk mutations, but wisely did not do so as he determined after study that Utrecht would use Banner to try to become a Hulk-like creature himself; a speculation that was proven correct when Simon Utrecht created the U-Foes.
External links
- Vector at Marvel.com