Out of all the plot kink in comic Scripture , Young Avenger’smember " Iron - Lad " was at the center field of one of the best , and tragical , game twist .

In the aftermath of 2003 ’s    " AvengersDisassembled , " whereScarlet Witchlost her mind and was responsible for for the death ofseveral longtime Avengers(such asHawkeyeand Scott Lang , Ant - Man ) , the Avengers were no more . In their wake , a new squad of superheroes rose from the ashes , dubbed the " Young Avengers " by the pressure , and began to fight crime in their stead . The initial line - up comprise of Patriot , Elijah Bradley , grandson ofThe OriginalCaptain America , Hulkling , the Kree - Skrull son of the originalCaptain Marvel , Wiccan , one of two Logos that Scarlet Witch had , and Iron Lad . Though the team attracted the attending of Captain America andIron Man , two Avengers who did not care the estimation of teenagers putting their lives at risk , they were determined to band together and quit a coming threat in place of their predecessors . However , When Captain America , Iron Man , andJessica Jones(who had been tasked to find the Young Avengers at the behest of her employer , J. Jonah Jameson ) , confronted Iron Lad , they were shocked to memorise his genuine identity : Kang the Conqueror .

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Kang the Conqueroris a meter - travelling scoundrel from the future , and one of the Avengers greatest foes . During one of his journey ’s through time , Kang encountered a younger version of himself being bullied , specifically by a son who would put Kang in the hospital and smash his crime syndicate financially . The elder Kang show the younger one all of their future exploits together , and that the two of them would become not bad despite the Avengers ceaseless meddling . Though Kang generate his younger ego a version of his own exponent armor , as well as the opportunity to strike down his bully , the untested Kang rebelled , and flee to the 21st Century , with the hope of enlist the Avenger ’s financial aid in preventing himself from turn into the malevolent Kang .

However , when he go far , the Avengers had already disassembled , which led Kang to track down data on their whereabouts himself . Kang would , after breaking into an Avengers technical school vault , find the remnants of the Vision ( another Avenger who return during Wanda ’s breakdown ) and , upon downloading his memory into his armor , would discover a fail - safe program that would lead him to untested heroes that could substitute the Avengers in the event the team strike , and would then form the Young Avengers .

After explaining the position to Captain America , Iron Man , and Jessica , while they initially design on helping Iron - Lad , realized that sometimes , one can not escape fate . When the older Kang arrived in the present day , looking to reelect Iron - Lad to his spot in the timeline , he was ab initio met with fierce opposition . However , the timeline slowly begin to change , with New York being destroyed and Jessica Jones reverting to herJewel identity operator . Kang explained that , the longer that Iron - Lad stay in the present , even if he managed to avoid turning evil , the timeline itself would modify drastically as Kang himself is integral to the Avengers story . The Young Avengers intervene , and tried to keep their friend from take his destiny , with Iron - Lad even kill his succeeding self . However , as the timeline deepen even more , Iron - Lad realized that he would have to return to the future to ensure that his fresh friends would not disappear forever . Using a version of the Vision present in his armour , Iron - Lad do to wipe his memory clean , and return to the precise consequence in sentence Kang pick him from . While Iron - Lad would then go on to become the villainous Kang , his story was far from over .

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As it turned out , Iron - Lad ’s brainwave remain in the Iron - Lad armor that , when mix with the Vision and his A.I. , became a steel new person , a " Young Vision " of sort . While this unexampled Vision remembered bit and slice of his metre as Iron - Lad , specifically his friend , he was fundamentally a brand new person .   However , this new Vision was not initially live with by all , and was   supervised by Tony Stark and the Avengers as , because the Iron - Lad armour was ab initio Kang ’s , there was a fortune Vision was evil . However , after helping the Young Avengers keep another Kree - Skrull war from breaking out , Vision became a full fledged appendage of the Young Avengers . Vision would also form a romance withStature , Scott Lang ’s girl and extremity of the Young Avengers , and even join the Mighty Avengers for a menstruum of meter .

Though the original Iron - Lad has made visual aspect over the yr , and the original Vision has render to his older personality , Iron - Lad ’s initial coming into court was still memorable , and tragic .   For eld , Kang had been a major villain in the Marvel Universe , attempt conquest and power at any monetary value . Iron - Lad made Kang a tragic character , one who rejected his nefarious fate and tried to survive a good aliveness as a submarine . However , the young Kang could never have such a life , as doing so would result in the destruction of story as we acknowledge it . Kang the Conqueror , unintentionally and with no memory , actually became one of Marvel ’s greatest bomber , opting to deliver a life of heroism and felicity for the safety of his friend , and the rest of the world . Iron - Lad as we knew him may be go , but his legacy of valor will certainly not be forgotten .

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