‘VisionQuest’ Just Officially Fixed a Huge Problem With MCU Canon
In the second episode of *VisionQuest*, assassin Paladin uses adamantium bullets to damage White Vision, marking the metal’s first practical use in the MCU’s main timeline. The moment connects Vision to adamantium’s original association with Ultron and brings the long-established Marvel material into a new part of the story.
Adamantium is best known as the metal coating Wolverine’s skeleton, but it first appeared in a 1969 *Avengers* comic as the material of Ultron’s outer shell. In the MCU, it was previously identified in *Captain America: Brave New World* as a metal found in the body of the Celestial Tiamut, which became an island in the Indian Ocean; the film described it as more indestructible than vibranium. Its use in *VisionQuest* follows years after Disney acquired Fox in 2019, allowing Marvel Studios to use the material in its stories.
- Paladin uses adamantium bullets against White Vision.
- It is the metal’s first practical use in the MCU’s main timeline.
- The material was found in the Celestial Tiamut in *Brave New World*.
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Adamantium is a fictional metal from Marvel’s comics, best known as the material bonded to Wolverine’s skeleton. It first appeared in an Avengers story in 1969 as part of the armour of Ultron, a machine created by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner in the Marvel films.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, adamantium was linked to the remains of the Celestial being Tiamut, which became an island in the Indian Ocean. It is described as more indestructible than vibranium, the metal associated with Black Panther’s homeland of Wakanda.
The metal’s arrival in the films followed Disney’s 2019 acquisition of 21st Century Fox, which brought characters such as Wolverine into Marvel’s wider portfolio. Its connection to both Ultron and Wolverine gives it a place across different corners of Marvel’s stories.