10 Insane Times Supervillains Developed New Powers
4. Ultron - Literally All The Time
Marvel Comics
Ultron is another of those Marvel villains who just keeps adapting. They're one of the Avengers' most iconic antagonists and has shown up to screw with the fabric of reality more times than Kang the Conquerer.
Created by Hank Pym during his not so heroic years, Ultron boasts an adamantium shell that is near indestructible. They're super-strong, capable of flight, has lasers for eyes, and can even put their enemies in a coma if they so choose.
Point being, the basic Ultron is already a massive challenge. The major dilemma for the Avengers is that, every time Ultron 'dies', he always tends to come back stronger. He even survived as radiowaves in space - so impervious is he to perma-death - and managed to conquer the world completely during the events of Age of Ultron.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
