Forgotten Captain America Easter Egg Could Be The Key To Vision's Return

A forgotten Easter egg from Captain America: The First Avenger could be the key to Vision’s return in Marvel’s WandaVision. The Star-Spangled Avenger’s MCU debut featured a blink-and-you-missed-it cameo from the original Human Torch, a character whose history in the comics goes all the way back to 1939. The Torch had a deep connection to the Vision in the pages of The Avengers – and this could carry over to the MCU’s Vision (Paul Bettany).

The Vision met his end in Avengers: Infinity War at the hand of Thanos (Josh Brolin). Earth’s Mightiest Heroes tried desperately to protect Vision from Thanos and the Black Order at the battle of Wakanda, but it was to no avail. Once Thanos had the Time Stone, he was able to kill Vision and take the Mind Stone. Since Vision was killed before the snap, he was one character who wasn’t brought back to life by Smart Hulk’s snap in Avengers: Endgame. Regardless, Vision’s time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t over just yet. Somehow, he’ll be making a return in Marvel’s second Disney+ series, WandaVision. The upcoming series, which will parody various popular sitcoms from different eras, will bring Wanda and Vision together in a suburban setting.

It’s possible that Vision’s mysterious resurrection will have something to do with his comic book origin story from the 1970s. After seeking out the truth about his origins from the Mad Thinker, Vision learned that he was created from two separate sources: the brain patterns of Wonder Man and the body of the original Human Torch. The first character to use the Human Torch name wasn’t Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four, but Jim Hammond, an android superhero and longtime ally of Captain America. It was revealed after Hammond’s mind was wiped, his body was transformed into the Vision, complete with a new set of abilities. What this means is that the original Human Torch and the Vision were the same person. This was a neat twist, but it was retconned in the 1990s so that the two characters could coexist.

Captain America the original human torch on display

Could Vision’s original backstory be incorporated into the MCU? Jim Hammond exists in the MCU, but so far he’s only been utilized as an Easter egg at the Stark Expo in Captain America: The First Avenger. It could be that Marvel can finally do something with this character in WandaVision. If the Human Torch is indeed a functioning (or at least partially functioning) android in the MCU, his body would certainly have its uses, either to SWORD, Scarlet Witch, or someone else entirely.

The body of Jim Hammond wasn’t used to create Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but it could be how Vision will be reborn in WandaVision. If it’s possible for Vision’s mind to be restored, they’d still need an android body to upload his consciousness into. That could be where Jim Hammond comes in. After recovering his body, Marvel can adopt his 1970s origin story and revive Vision in a new body. It could then be upgraded to look and function like Vision’s, just like what they did to the Human Torch in the original comic.

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