Marvel kills off a major Avenger yet again before his MCU show premieres. The Marvel characters who are known for their deaths aren’t always the ones who have died the most. For instance, Jean Grey has only truly died three times. Meanwhile, a famous Avenger has died at least four times.

The X-Virus has unleashed chaos across the Marvel Universe. Whoever it doesn’t kill, it turns into a mutate with undesirable body alterations. And even if they survive, their transformations can be unstable. For instance, Scott Lang becomes the hulking Variable Man, but his bulging muscles aren’t strong enough to withstand a new variation of the Technarch virus.

After Variable Man’s death, it seems like Dani Moonstar’s Avengers are fated to die one by one.

Vision Dies Again In Marvel Comics

X-Vengers #2; Written by Jason Loo; Art by Sergio Dávila, Aure Jiménez, and Rain Beredo

Revelation stands over Vision's dead Technarch body in X-Vengers #2 — Revelation stands over Vision’s dead Technarch body in X-Vengers #2

The X-Vengers’ encounter with Revelation is interrupted by another sprout of Technarch virus, which chases them down and claims various bystanders’ lives. Vision, empowered by the non-corrupted technovirus, realizes that his new powers are capable of negating the effects of the infestation. However, the effort severely weakens him.

Sadly, Revelation sees an opportunity to clean up the city in Vision’s new abilities, and he overrides the syntezoid’s systems to achieve it, leaving Vision a cluster of broken metal. Vision’s death in X-Vengers #2 is probably the most painful so far. Being disassembled in Vision Quest, self-detonating in Chaos War, and even getting ripped in half by She-Hulk in Avengers Disassembled seem like more forgiving experiences.

Vision’s Story Is Difficult To End Without A Death Dilemma

Vision Can Never Be Truly Dead

Paul Bettany's dead Vision lies dead and colorless in Wakanda during Avengers Infinity War — Paul Bettany’s dead Vision lies dead and colorless in Wakanda during Avengers Infinity War

Vision has repeatedly returned in new forms throughout the years. He was rebuilt as the emotionless White Vision during Vision Quest, rebooted with entirely new programming to mentor the Young Avengers, and briefly resurrected before dying again in Chaos War. Like Ultron, Vision is artificial intelligence, meaning his essence can be recompiled, restored, or reimagined far more easily than any organic hero.

Because Vision’s consciousness is infinitely recoverable, his death is harder to depict as definitive. Even in a universe where resurrection is common, Vision’s returns feel uniquely inevitable. His tragedy is undercut whenever he simply reboots or transfers his consciousness. Any attempt to kill Vision risks feeling temporary.

Marvel addressed this dilemma in 2025 with Steve Orlando’s The Vision and the Scarlet Witch, which offers the perfect ending for both heroes without the “permanent” part. Within a single issue, Vision and Wanda Maximoff live out an entire peaceful lifetime together in a separate reality. They grow old, retire from heroism, and die of old age together. Even though they eventually return to the main universe, this alternate-life experience serves as a hypothetically definitive conclusion without killing them off tragically.