Hank Pym

Quite a big deal was made of the fact that it was Tony Stark and not Hank Pym who created Ultron in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – as it was famously Pym who did so in the comic books.

However, could Pym still have a part to play in Ultron’s existence? In fact, could he already have done so?

The synopsis for Avengers: Age of Ultron stated that Tony Stark was attempting to restart a dormant peacekeeping project – meaning that someone had attempted to start it in the past – and, although it wasn’t really referenced in the movie, it could actually have been Hank Pym who had started it previously.

Pym has confirmed dealings with Stark’s father Howard, so there’s every chance that Howard could have had the Ultron blueprints in his possession and passed them on to Tony.

If that’s the case and Pym did come up with the idea for Ultron, he may well have been disappointed with what Stark did with the idea and end up trying to correct it, only to find that it’s too difficult a task and that Ultron will always be hostile – resulting in the robotic villain rampaging again.