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'''Jocasta Pym''' is a ] appearing in ]s published by ]. Created by ] and ], the character first appeared in '']'' #162 (August 1977).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lealos |first=Shawn S. |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Jocasta: How Ultron's Robot Wife Evolved Into an Avengers Revolutionary |url=https://www.cbr.com/avengers-jocasta-ultron-wife/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> Jocasta is a robot built originally as the bride of the supervillain ] from the brainwaves of ], and is commonly associated with the ]. '''Jocasta Pym''' is a ] appearing in ]s published by ]. Created by ] and ], the character first appeared in '']'' #162 (August 1977).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lealos|first=Shawn S.|date=November 16, 2020|title=Jocasta: How Ultron's Robot Wife Evolved Into an Avengers Revolutionary|url=https://www.cbr.com/avengers-jocasta-ultron-wife|access-date=February 6, 2023|website=CBR|language=en}}</ref> Jocasta is a robot built originally as the bride of the supervillain ] from the brainwaves of ], and is commonly associated with the ].


== Publication history == == Publication history ==
Jocasta first appears in '']'' #162 (August 1977) and was created by ] and ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=199}}</ref> Jocasta first appears in '']'' #162 (August 1977) and was created by ] and ].<ref>{{cite book|last1=DeFalco|first1=Tom|last2=Sanderson|first2=Peter|last3=Brevoort|first3=Tom|last4=Teitelbaum|first4=Michael|last5=Wallace|first5=Daniel|last6=Darling|first6=Andrew|last7=Forbeck|first7=Matt|last8=Cowsill|first8=Alan|last9=Bray|first9=Adam|title=The Marvel Encyclopedia|date=2019|publisher=DK Publishing|isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0|page=199}}</ref>


Jocasta appeared as a supporting character in '']'' #1-21 (Aug. 2010-Jan. 2012) and made sporadic appearances throughout the remainder of the series, appearing regularly again in ''Avengers Academy'' #34-39 (Oct. 2012-Jan. 2013). By the time of '']'' (May 2019), Jocasta had adopted the surname of Pym as her own in honour of her creator's creator, seeing him as her grandfather, even while her mind was based on that of ]. Jocasta appeared as a supporting character in '']'' #1-21 (Aug. 2010-Jan. 2012) and made sporadic appearances throughout the remainder of the series, appearing regularly again in ''Avengers Academy'' #34-39 (Oct. 2012-Jan. 2013). By the time of '']'' (May 2019), Jocasta had adopted the surname of Pym as her own in honour of her creator's creator, seeing him as her grandfather, even while her mind was based on that of ].<ref name="Pym" />

In ], Jocasta Pam returned as a major character in the "Robot Revolution" storyline, primarily told across '']'' and '']''.


== Fictional character biography == == Fictional character biography ==
Jocasta was built by the robot ] in an abandoned aerospace research center in Nassau, Long Island, New York, in order that Ultron might have a mate. To better allow this robot sentience, Ultron based her mind and brain patterns on the ]. To animate this bride, Ultron also brainwashed ] into transferring the Wasp's lifeforce into the feminine robotic shell.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marnell |first=Blair |date=2015-04-24 |title=Origins and Evolutions: Ultron |url=https://www.superherohype.com/features/338295-origins-and-evolutions-ultron |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News - SuperHeroHype |language=en-US}}</ref> Ultron named her after the ] in the legend of ] (a reference to Ultron's obsession with his own creator/"father" which reflects a real-life manifestation of the ]). Realizing that the Wasp would have to die for her to live, Jocasta alerted the ] and the team defeated Ultron and reversed the process, leaving Jocasta a mindless husk.<ref>''The Avengers'' #162</ref> Jocasta was built by the robot ] in an abandoned aerospace research center in Nassau, Long Island, New York, in order that Ultron might have a mate. To better allow this robot sentience, Ultron based her mind and brain patterns on the ]. To animate this bride, Ultron also brainwashed ] into transferring the Wasp's lifeforce into the feminine robotic shell.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marnell|first=Blair|date=2015-04-24|title=Origins and Evolutions: Ultron|url=https://www.superherohype.com/features/338295-origins-and-evolutions-ultron|access-date=2023-02-06|website=Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News - SuperHeroHype|language=en-US}}</ref> Ultron named her after the ] in the legend of ] (a reference to Ultron's obsession with his own creator/"father" which reflects a real-life manifestation of the ]). Realizing that the Wasp would have to die for her to live, Jocasta alerted the ] and the team defeated Ultron and reversed the process, leaving Jocasta a mindless husk.<ref>''The Avengers'' #162</ref>


Pym retained custody of the inanimate Jocasta, intending to study her. Upon the Wasp's urging, Pym had her moved from their residence to the ]. There, Ultron revived Jocasta with a remote link, activating the Wasp's mental "residue" left behind. She escaped from Avengers custody and led the Avengers into Ultron's trap. Jocasta was programmed to be loyal to Ultron. Even though she loved Ultron intensely, she could not abide her master's evil. Jocasta eventually betrayed Ultron, choosing to help the Avengers defeat her "mate" again. She was then abducted by the ].<ref>''The Avengers'' #170-171</ref> Freed from Collector by the Avengers, she aided the Avengers against ].<ref>''The Avengers'' #174-177</ref> Pym retained custody of the inanimate Jocasta, intending to study her. Upon the Wasp's urging, Pym had her moved from their residence to the ]. There, Ultron revived Jocasta with a remote link, activating the Wasp's mental "residue" left behind. She escaped from Avengers custody and led the Avengers into Ultron's trap. Jocasta was programmed to be loyal to Ultron. Even though she loved Ultron intensely, she could not abide her master's evil. Jocasta eventually betrayed Ultron, choosing to help the Avengers defeat her "mate" again. She was then abducted by the ].<ref>''The Avengers'' #170-171</ref> Freed from Collector by the Avengers, she aided the Avengers against ].<ref>''The Avengers'' #174-177</ref>
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During a crisis that nearly destroyed the Avengers, Jocasta was seen at Avengers Mansion, inexplicably back in her classic silvery robotic form.<ref>'']''</ref>{{Volume needed|c=y|date=April 2013}} During a crisis that nearly destroyed the Avengers, Jocasta was seen at Avengers Mansion, inexplicably back in her classic silvery robotic form.<ref>'']''</ref>{{Volume needed|c=y|date=April 2013}}


=== Marvel Zombies 3 === === '' Marvel Zombies 3'' ===
{{Main|Marvel Zombies 3}} {{Main|Marvel Zombies 3}}
Jocasta's next mission is with ], to retrieve a blood sample from a living human of the ] universe. Machine Man accompanies her and ] transports them there.<ref>'']'' #1</ref> Jocasta, Machine Man ran into ], the wife of the zombified ]. With Vanessa's permission, they extracted a blood sample from Vanessa. Machine Man remained behind to attack the zombies, and Jocasta is forced to leave Machine Man behind when Portal returns to collect them.<ref>''Marvel Zombies 3'' #3</ref> The two later rejoined and reconciled at A.R.M.O.R. after the zombie threat was (albeit temporarily) neutralized.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=April 2013}} Jocasta's next mission is with ], using multiversal travel to retrieve a blood sample from a living human of the '']'' universe. Machine Man accompanies her and ] transports them there.<ref>'']'' #1</ref> Jocasta, Machine Man ran into ], the wife of the zombified ]. With Vanessa's permission, they extracted a blood sample from Vanessa. Machine Man remained behind to attack the zombies, and Jocasta is forced to leave Machine Man behind when Portal returns to collect them.<ref>''Marvel Zombies 3'' #3</ref> The two later rejoined and reconciled at A.R.M.O.R. after the zombie threat was (albeit temporarily) neutralized.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=April 2013}}


=== The Initiative === === ''The Initiative'' ===
Jocasta is a member of the ] ] superhero team known as the Mavericks, alongside a ] posing as veteran hero ].<ref name="newsaramalist"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107082025/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=158856 |date=2010-01-07 }}, ''Newsarama'' forum<!--Mentions that MZ3 takes place before Secret Invasion.--></ref> Jocasta searches for her teammate and tracks her signal to the home of ]. She retrieves ] from the Hawaii team, and they teleport to where the new ], the ], ] and ], to join them in the fight against the Skrulls.<ref>''Avengers: The Initiative'' #17</ref> Jocasta and Dice confronted a Skrull posing as Skyhawk, but had a hard time getting through the crowd to stop Skyhawk.<ref>''Avengers: The Initiative'' #19</ref> Jocasta is a member of the ] ] superhero team known as the Mavericks, alongside a ] posing as veteran hero ].<ref name="newsaramalist"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107082025/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=158856|date=2010-01-07 }}, ''Newsarama'' forum<!--Mentions that MZ3 takes place before Secret Invasion.--></ref> Jocasta searches for her teammate and tracks her signal to the home of ]. She retrieves ] from the Hawaii team, and they teleport to where the new ], the ], ] and ], to join them in the fight against the Skrulls.<ref>''Avengers: The Initiative'' #17</ref> Jocasta and Dice confronted a Skrull posing as Skyhawk, but had a hard time getting through the crowd to stop Skyhawk.<ref>''Avengers: The Initiative'' #19</ref>


=== Mighty Avengers === === ''The Mighty Avengers'' ===
Jocasta joins the ] along with Henry Pym.<ref>''The Mighty Avengers'' #21</ref> During this time, ] witnessed Jocasta kissing Pym. When Jarvis brought up the subject, stating it was akin to kissing her "grandfather", Jocasta countered by saying that, since Pym was the creator of modern artificial intelligence, the act was more along the lines of "kissing God". Jocasta later physically plugged herself into Pym's Salvation Two machine, preventing the Mighty Avengers' base from falling out of its dimensional pocket.<ref>''The Mighty Avengers'' #26</ref> This act allowed the Mighty Avengers to enter their new headquarters, the Infinite Avengers Mansion, from which Jocasta was able to transfer her consciousness into multiple different Jocasta bodies created within the Mansion, to ensure that no one gets lost in it. She can only inhabit one body at a time.<ref>''The Mighty Avengers'' #27</ref> Unbeknownst to the Avengers, one of Jocasta's bodies was later infected by Ultron who later reconstructed himself with Avengers Mansion's replication machines and the majority of Jocasta's duplicate bodies. After a chase around the mansion, Jocasta managed to broker a deal with Ultron: Ultron can finally marry her in exchange for a cease in hostilities. After the two androids completed their cyber-marriage, Pym tricked Ultron into going to an uninhabited planet where he cannot harm anyone. Though Jocasta's main body went with Ultron, she could still project her consciousness onto one of her duplicates so she can still serve with the Avengers.<ref>''The Mighty Avengers'' #33-36</ref> Jocasta joins the ] along with Henry Pym.<ref>''The Mighty Avengers'' #21</ref> During this time, ] witnessed Jocasta kissing Pym. When Jarvis brought up the subject, stating it was akin to kissing her "grandfather", Jocasta countered by saying that, since Pym was the creator of modern artificial intelligence, the act was more along the lines of "kissing God". Jocasta later physically plugged herself into Pym's Salvation Two machine, preventing the Mighty Avengers' base from falling out of its dimensional pocket.<ref>''The Mighty Avengers'' #26</ref> This act allowed the Mighty Avengers to enter their new headquarters, the Infinite Avengers Mansion, from which Jocasta was able to transfer her consciousness into multiple different Jocasta bodies created within the Mansion, to ensure that no one gets lost in it. She can only inhabit one body at a time.<ref>''The Mighty Avengers'' #27</ref> Unbeknownst to the Avengers, one of Jocasta's bodies was later infected by Ultron who later reconstructed himself with Avengers Mansion's replication machines and the majority of Jocasta's duplicate bodies. After a chase around the mansion, Jocasta managed to broker a deal with Ultron: Ultron can finally marry her in exchange for a cease in hostilities. After the two androids completed their cyber-marriage, Pym tricked Ultron into going to an uninhabited planet where he cannot harm anyone. Though Jocasta's main body went with Ultron, she could still project her consciousness onto one of her duplicates so she can still serve with the Avengers.<ref>''The Mighty Avengers'' #33-36</ref>


=== Avengers Academy === === ''Avengers Academy'' ===
In '']'', Jocasta appears as a staff member of the ]. She is apparently killed which later turned out to be a diversionary ploy as revealed where she joins up with Jeremy Briggs.<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #21-26</ref> She works with Briggs as the man creates "Clean Slate", which can take away super-powers. When Briggs announces the latter plans to spread Clean Slate across the world and depower all super-beings, Jocasta protests and Briggs shuts her down into a body in China. Realizing Briggs's plan is wrong, Veil frees Jocasta who helps the Academy members stop Briggs. She later returns to her duties at the reopened Academy. In '']'', Jocasta appears as a staff member of the ]. She is apparently killed which later turned out to be a diversionary ploy as revealed where she joins up with Jeremy Briggs.<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #21-26</ref> She works with Briggs as the man creates "Clean Slate", which can take away super-powers. When Briggs announces the latter plans to spread Clean Slate across the world and depower all super-beings, Jocasta protests and Briggs shuts her down into a body in China. Realizing Briggs's plan is wrong, Veil frees Jocasta who helps the Academy members stop Briggs. She later returns to her duties at the reopened Academy.


A golden, damaged duplicate of Jocasta is later found in a bombed out ] base by the ]. She attempts to issue a warning to the heroes before shorting out.<ref>''Secret Avengers'' vol. 2 #3</ref> A golden, damaged duplicate of Jocasta is later found in a bombed out ] base by the ]. She attempts to issue a warning to the heroes before shorting out.<ref>''Secret Avengers'' vol. 2 #3</ref> By the time of meeting ] at the "Pym Family Reunion" organised for Nadia's birthday, Jocasta has been restored to working order, having adopted the full legal name "Jocasta Pym" after her ‘grandfather’ Hank Pym (since merged with ] as a single ]ic/]ous biomechanical being), and explaining to her ‘aunt’ Nadia that she sees ] as both her brother and an ex-stepson in helping Nadia form a written Pym family tree accounting for all robotic and ]-based intrusions.<ref name="Pym" />

=== ''Tony Stark: Iron Man'' and ''Iron Man 2020'' ===
{{main|Tony Stark: Iron Man|Iron Man 2020}}
When the Tony Stark clone "Mark One" refashions Stark Industries into Stark Unlimited, he seeks out Jocasta Pym to assist in establishing an ethical protocol of law for robotic life, making her the company's "chief robot ethicist" deciding what should be the reality of A.I. civil rights. Putting on an uncaring exterior as a public image fitting her position, Jocasta helps Stark Unlimited develop a virtual universe called "the eScape" where she can experience the full depths of human emotion, romance, and sexuality, causing Jocasta and ] to break up, and him to become a militant of anti-human mecha-activism who partners with the supervillain Controller against Jocasta, Jocasta then thwarting the duo's attempted sabotage of her work.<ref name="Jocasta eScape" />

On the launch of eScape, Jocasta begins living in the virtual world in the form of a black woman, continuing to face off against Madhine Man before his actions lead to the shutdown of eScape and the death of ] when the former A.I.'s mind is erased from her humanoid robot body — on seeing how uncaring Mark One (Tony Stark) has become, believing having a new F.R.I.D.A.Y. created from a backup would be no different than if F.R.I.D.A.Y. had not died, Jocasta sees this as negligence and returns to Machine Man, both angry at and still in love with him, mourning both the precious F.R.I.D.A.Y. and no longer being able to simulate humanity.<ref name="Jocasta eScape" />

Becoming obsessed with becoming human in the real world, Jocasta partners with Tony's brother ] (Iron Man 2020) to upgrade her body with human-like artificial organs, unintentionally inspired the merged ]/] to try and apply this procedure to merge her with ], and make a combined "Bride of Pym/Bride of Ultron" ahead of applying this merge to the rear of the world. Jocast is rescued by Iron Man and Machine Man, and Ultron/Hank is defeated. However, as a result, Jocasta's new bio mechanical body begins to fail due to Arno's operation on her being interrupted, and to save her life, Jocasta's former co-worker ] uploads her mind into the dead Friday's old robot body so that Arno can continue to help her.<ref name="Jocasta eScape">'']'' #1–18 (June 2018–November 2019). ].</ref>

Sometime later, as the "Robot Revolution" protest against humankind for A.I civil rights goes underway, to curry favour with the human authories, the corrupted Arno finishes building Jocasta a new more-robotic equipped with a code that made her compliant to humans, planning on broadcasting this code worldwide to the entirety of robotkind and end the war, only to be forced to flee with Jocasta's body once the A.I. Army learns of his plan.<ref name="Jocasta Army" />

Sometime later, the ‘compliant’ Jocasta and her new loved X-52 face off against Madhina Man arguing in favor of robot subjugation and human superiority, both now under the control of the Baintronics.
Over their fight, Machine Man cuts Jocasta’a head off to incapacitate her, and brings her head Andy so he can reverse the submission code and free Jocasta, who is given a new body before joining the A.I. Army herself.<ref name="Jocasta Army" />

After defeating the A.I. Sunset Bain and restore a true human Tony Stark to being, Jocasta and her allies proceed to the Stark Space Station to stop the now-mentally incapacitated Arno's plan before it wipes out humans and robots alike, submerging him into a virtual reality based on the escape where the "Extinction Entity" he means to defeat is real, giving him the satisfaction of stopping it and saving the world from himself. In order to save the reputation of everyone controlled by the code, Jocasta makes Bain alone take the blame for the actions of both Arno and the A.I. Army, with Jocasta Pym reintroducing herself to the world as herself, dropping her public facade of "emotionless robotic she-E-O" in favor of true emotion, to be shared with all robotkind.<ref name="Jocasta Army">'']'' Vol. 2 #1–6 (January–August 2020). ].</ref>


== Powers and abilities == == Powers and abilities ==
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== Reception == == Reception ==
=== Accolades === === Accolades ===
* In 2020, ] (CBR) ranked Jocasta 10th in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Pym Family" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allan |first=Scoot |date=March 27, 2020 |title=10 Most Powerful Members Of The Pym Family, Ranked |url=https://www.cbr.com/hank-pym-powerful-family-members-ranked/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> * In 2020, ] (CBR) ranked Jocasta 10th in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Pym Family" list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Allan|first=Scoot|date=March 27, 2020|title=10 Most Powerful Members Of The Pym Family, Ranked|url=https://www.cbr.com/hank-pym-powerful-family-members-ranked|access-date=February 6, 2023|website=CBR|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2020, '']'' included Jocasta in their "Marvel: The 15 Most Powerful Female Avengers" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wyatt |first=Liz |date=March 26, 2020 |title=Marvel: The 15 Most Powerful Female Avengers |url=https://screenrant.com/avengers-strongest-females-captain-marvel-mcu/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref> * In 2020, '']'' included Jocasta in their "Marvel: The 15 Most Powerful Female Avengers" list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wyatt|first=Liz|date=March 26, 2020|title=Marvel: The 15 Most Powerful Female Avengers|url=https://screenrant.com/avengers-strongest-females-captain-marvel-mcu|access-date=February 6, 2023|website=ScreenRant|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2020, '']'' included Jocasta in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2021 |title=Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic |url=https://www.scarymommy.com/marvel-female-characters |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=Scary Mommy |language=en}}</ref> * In 2020, '']'' included Jocasta in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 November 2021|title=Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic|url=https://www.scarymommy.com/marvel-female-characters|access-date=February 6, 2023|website=Scary Mommy|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2021, CBR ranked Jocasta 18th in their "Marvel Comics: The 20 Most Powerful Female Members Of The Avengers" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Avina |first=Anthony |date=March 25, 2020 |title=Marvel Comics: The 20 Most Powerful Female Members Of The Avengers, Ranked |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-avengers-most-powerful-female-heroes-heroines/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> * In 2021, CBR ranked Jocasta 18th in their "Marvel Comics: The 20 Most Powerful Female Members Of The Avengers" list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Avina|first=Anthony|date=March 25, 2020|title=Marvel Comics: The 20 Most Powerful Female Members Of The Avengers, Ranked|url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-avengers-most-powerful-female-heroes-heroines|access-date=February 6, 2023|website=CBR|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2021, ''Screen Rant'' ranked Jocasta 4th in their "Ant-Man's Marvel Comics Villains, Ranked By Coolness" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Denna |first=Jessica |date=July 9, 2021 |title=Ant-Man's Marvel Comics Villains, Ranked By Coolness |url=https://screenrant.com/ant-man-marvel-coolest-comic-book-villains-ranked/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref> * In 2021, ''Screen Rant'' ranked Jocasta 4th in their "Ant-Man's Marvel Comics Villains, Ranked By Coolness" list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Denna|first=Jessica|date=July 9, 2021|title=Ant-Man's Marvel Comics Villains, Ranked By Coolness|url=https://screenrant.com/ant-man-marvel-coolest-comic-book-villains-ranked|access-date=February 6, 2023|website=ScreenRant|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2022, ''Screen Rant'' included Jocasta in their "10 Best Ant-Man Comics Characters Not Yet In The MCU" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prom |first=Bradley |date=May 31, 2022 |title=10 Best Ant-Man Comics Characters Not Yet In The MCU |url=https://screenrant.com/best-ant-man-comics-characters-not-yet-mcu/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref> * In 2022, ''Screen Rant'' included Jocasta in their "10 Best Ant-Man Comics Characters Not Yet In The MCU" list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Prom|first=Bradley|date=May 31, 2022|title=10 Best Ant-Man Comics Characters Not Yet In The MCU|url=https://screenrant.com/best-ant-man-comics-characters-not-yet-mcu|access-date=February 6, 2023|website=ScreenRant|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2023, CBR ranked Jocasta 3rd in their "Marvel's 10 Most Heroic Robots" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ashford |first=Sage |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Marvel's 10 Most Heroic Robots |url=https://www.cbr.com/best-marvel-robot-superheroes/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> * In 2023, CBR ranked Jocasta 3rd in their "Marvel's 10 Most Heroic Robots" list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ashford|first=Sage|date=January 10, 2023|title=Marvel's 10 Most Heroic Robots|url=https://www.cbr.com/best-marvel-robot-superheroes|access-date=February 6, 2023|website=CBR|language=en}}</ref>


== Alternative versions == == Alternative versions ==
* An alternate universe variant of Jocasta who resembles Vision and possesses his intangibility appears in '']''.<ref>''Avengers Forever'' #4 (1999)</ref> === ''Avengers Forever'' ===
An alternate universe variant of Jocasta who resembles Vision and possesses his intangibility appears in '']''.<ref>''Avengers Forever'' #4 (1999)</ref>

⚫ * An alternate universe variant of Jocasta who served Madame Menace appears in ''Machine Man'' (vol. 2).<ref>''Machine Man'' vol. 2 #1-4</ref>
=== ''Machine Man'' Vol. 2 ===
⚫ * An alternate universe variant of Jocasta from Earth-2149 appears in '']'' #4.<ref>''Marvel Zombies 5'' #4 (2010)</ref>
⚫ An alternate universe variant of Jocasta who served Madame Menace appears in ''Machine Man'' (vol. 2).<ref>''Machine Man'' vol. 2 #1-4</ref>
⚫ * Another version of Jocasta from an alternate timeline had appeared with the team called The Gatherers, consisting of members of Avengers from other timelines whose worlds had been destroyed by ]. This version was gold in color and had an array of weaponry strapped to her right arm. She was married to ] in her timeline.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=April 2013}}

⚫ * In the ''What If'' story "The Leaving", which takes place fifty years into an alternate future, Jocasta sees the ] in emotional pain about the ] impending death. She uses Ultron's mind-transfer process used to "create" her on Wanda Maximoff. Both willingly switch their minds so that Wanda may remain with Vision while Jocasta briefly gets to savor life as a human. Jocasta dies minutes after the transfer is completed, and is buried by her fellow Avengers in all honors.<ref>''What If?'' #38 (1983)</ref>
=== ''Marvel Zombies 5'' ===
⚫ An alternate universe variant of Jocasta from Earth-2149 appears in '']'' #4.<ref>''Marvel Zombies 5'' #4 (2010)</ref>

=== ''The Gatherers'' ===
⚫ Another version of Jocasta from an alternate timeline had appeared with the team called The Gatherers, consisting of members of Avengers from other timelines whose worlds had been destroyed by ]. This version was gold in color and had an array of weaponry strapped to her right arm. She was married to ] in her timeline.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=April 2013}}

=== ''What If'' ===
⚫ In the '']'' story "The Leaving", which takes place fifty years into an alternate future, Jocasta sees the ] in emotional pain about the ] impending death. She uses Ultron's mind-transfer process used to "create" her on Wanda Maximoff. Both willingly switch their minds so that Wanda may remain with Vision while Jocasta briefly gets to savor life as a human. Jocasta dies minutes after the transfer is completed, and is buried by her fellow Avengers in all honors.<ref>''What If?'' #38 (1983)</ref>


== In other media == == In other media ==
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=== Video games === === Video games ===
* Jocasta appears as a non-playable character in '']'', voiced by ].<ref name="btva3">{{cite web |title=Jocasta Voice - ''Marvel Heroes'' (Video Game) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Marvel-Heroes/Jocasta/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref> * Jocasta appears as a non-playable character in '']'', voiced by ].<ref name="btva3">{{cite web|title=Jocasta Voice - ''Marvel Heroes'' (Video Game)|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Marvel-Heroes/Jocasta|website=Behind The Voice Actors|postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref>
* Jocasta appears as a non-playable character in '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Winslett |first=Ryan |date=May 3, 2015 |title=''Marvel Future Fight' Review: A Mobile Brawler Worth Playing |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/games/Marvel-Future-Fight-Review-Mobile-Brawler-Worth-Playing-71666.html |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=CINEMABLEND |language=en}}</ref> * Jocasta appears as a non-playable character in '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|author1=Winslett|first=Ryan|date=May 3, 2015|title=''Marvel Future Fight' Review: A Mobile Brawler Worth Playing|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/games/Marvel-Future-Fight-Review-Mobile-Brawler-Worth-Playing-71666.html|access-date=February 6, 2023|website=]|language=en}}</ref>
* Jocasta appears as a playable character in '']'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2017 |title=Hawkeye and Dog Joining 'Marvel Avengers Academy' for Ultron Special Event – TouchArcade |url=https://toucharcade.com/2017/01/18/hawkeye-and-dog-joining-marvel-avengers-academy-for-ultron-special-event/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> voiced by Julie Shields.{{cn|date=July 2019}} * Jocasta appears as a playable character in '']'',<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 January 2017|title=Hawkeye and Dog Joining 'Marvel Avengers Academy' for Ultron Special Event – TouchArcade|url=https://toucharcade.com/2017/01/18/hawkeye-and-dog-joining-marvel-avengers-academy-for-ultron-special-event|access-date=February 6, 2023|language=en-US}}</ref> voiced by Julie Shields.{{cn|date=July 2019}}


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Fictional Marvel Comics character This article is about the Marvel Comics character. For other uses, see Jocasta. Comics character
Jocasta Pym
Jocasta as depicted in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #18 (October 1987). Art by Kerry Gammill.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe Avengers #162
(August 1977)
Created byJim Shooter (Writer)
George Pérez (Artist)
In-story information
Alter egoJocasta Pym
SpeciesGynoid
Team affiliationsAvengers
Mighty Avengers
Mavericks
Avengers Academy
PartnershipsHank Pym
Ultron
Notable aliasesBride of Ultron
J
Jo
Joelle
Jocasta Vi Quitéria
Abilities
  • Superhuman strength, speed, durability, reflexes, and senses
  • Force field generation
  • Computer integration
  • Energy manipulation
  • Flight

Jocasta Pym is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jim Shooter and George Pérez, the character first appeared in The Avengers #162 (August 1977). Jocasta is a robot built originally as the bride of the supervillain Ultron from the brainwaves of Janet van Dyne, and is commonly associated with the Avengers.

Publication history

Jocasta first appears in The Avengers #162 (August 1977) and was created by Jim Shooter and George Pérez.

Jocasta appeared as a supporting character in Avengers Academy #1-21 (Aug. 2010-Jan. 2012) and made sporadic appearances throughout the remainder of the series, appearing regularly again in Avengers Academy #34-39 (Oct. 2012-Jan. 2013). By the time of The Unstoppable Wasp (May 2019), Jocasta had adopted the surname of Pym as her own in honour of her creator's creator, seeing him as her grandfather, even while her mind was based on that of Janet van Dyne.

In 2020, Jocasta Pam returned as a major character in the "Robot Revolution" storyline, primarily told across Tony Stark: Iron Man and Iron Man 2020.

Fictional character biography

Jocasta was built by the robot Ultron in an abandoned aerospace research center in Nassau, Long Island, New York, in order that Ultron might have a mate. To better allow this robot sentience, Ultron based her mind and brain patterns on the Wasp (Janet van Dyne). To animate this bride, Ultron also brainwashed Hank Pym into transferring the Wasp's lifeforce into the feminine robotic shell. Ultron named her after the wife/mother in the legend of Oedipus (a reference to Ultron's obsession with his own creator/"father" which reflects a real-life manifestation of the Oedipus Complex). Realizing that the Wasp would have to die for her to live, Jocasta alerted the Avengers and the team defeated Ultron and reversed the process, leaving Jocasta a mindless husk.

Pym retained custody of the inanimate Jocasta, intending to study her. Upon the Wasp's urging, Pym had her moved from their residence to the Avengers Mansion. There, Ultron revived Jocasta with a remote link, activating the Wasp's mental "residue" left behind. She escaped from Avengers custody and led the Avengers into Ultron's trap. Jocasta was programmed to be loyal to Ultron. Even though she loved Ultron intensely, she could not abide her master's evil. Jocasta eventually betrayed Ultron, choosing to help the Avengers defeat her "mate" again. She was then abducted by the Collector. Freed from Collector by the Avengers, she aided the Avengers against Korvac.

Jocasta resided at Avengers Mansion for a time. Due to their similar backgrounds, she developed feelings for the Vision, but the Vision was happily married to the Scarlet Witch and did not return Jocasta's feelings. Jocasta proved particularly helpful in the Avengers' first confrontation with the villainous mercenary Taskmaster that possessed photographic reflexes that duplicate any move despite having seen only once; having never even seen Jocasta before, Taskmaster could not predict what she might be about to do. Jocasta was granted provisional status with the team. During this period, she aided them against threats such as the giant robot Red Ronin, the Yellow Claw, the Berserker, Pyron, and the second incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants. At one point, she was electronically deactivated by Iron Man under control by Ultron, but she was reactivated following Ultron's defeat.

Jocasta did not believe she was accepted by most of the Avengers, and she was never officially inducted into the team. After she singlehandedly defeated a rogue sentient weather satellite, she left the Avengers following a membership reorganization. She was unaware that they had planned to grant her special substitute member status, which allowed her to remain with the team despite limits imposed on the team's membership roster. Wandering the country, Jocasta discovered that her cybernetic senses and powers were malfunctioning. She sought help from the Fantastic Four and was befriended by the group and Alicia Masters. Soon, it became apparent that her malfunctioning powers were the symptoms of a pre-programmed suggestion which compelled Jocasta to rebuild Ultron. She did, but soon teamed up with the Thing and the robot Machine Man to defeat Ultron. During this time, Jocasta and Machine Man developed feelings for each other. But in a final confrontation with Ultron, Jocasta intentionally detonated a weapon Ultron was holding, knowing she would be caught in the resulting blast. She was destroyed, but Ultron nevertheless survived, until Machine Man reached down Ultron's throat to tear out vital circuitry. The Avengers held a memorial for their fallen ally and Machine Man attended, realizing love for Jocasta.

Jocasta was reassembled some time later by the High Evolutionary's technicians. Jocasta retained enough of her programming to send out a signal to the Avengers. The team had disbanded at the time, but the signal reached reserve members, including the Beast, The Captain, the Falcon, Hercules, the Hulk and Yellowjacket. Jocasta helped the team fight the High Evolutionary's force and located the man's base deep below the surface of the ocean. Jocasta sacrificed herself once again to blow up the High Evolutionary's command ship by deliberately disrupting the ship's matter/anti-matter drive, which caused an explosion that destroyed the ship and its contents. Before she sabotaged the ship, Captain America assured her that she was a true Avenger.

Jocasta's robotic head assembly was later retrieved by the Avengers. They gave it to Machine Man who had been working on a way to resurrect her, just before Machine Man was attacked by a form of the alien Terminus. In the same area, the arms dealer Madame Menace became involved in the fray, and found Jocasta's lost head, appropriating it for her own purposes. Much later, Madame Menace manipulated events so Tony Stark would unlock Jocasta's programming so that she would become the basis for Madame Menace's new weapons systems. Stark soon realized the android's identity, helped Jocasta to awaken, and Jocasta managed to turn the tables on Madame Menace, seemingly sacrificing herself yet again.

In reality, Jocasta managed to survive by downloading her intelligence into Iron Man's computerized armor, where she reasserted herself. Jocasta's intelligence was placed within Stark's computerized mansion, and she would help Stark with daily operation of Avengers Mansion as well as to procure information as needed. Having been programmed with the latest in diagnostic, preventative medical and surgical techniques, Jocasta also spent time serving as Stark's physician/psychologist, providing Stark with someone that could talk to about problems and who could examine the latest injuries without risking Iron Man's secret identity being compromised.

Since Iron Man's armor was used to house the programming that made up Jocasta, it became infected with the pre-programmed subconscious suggestion to rebuild Ultron, but instead managed to develop its own artificial intelligence. Stark was almost killed in a confrontation with Iron Man's armor, but in the end, it sacrificed itself to allow Stark to live. Stark left Iron Man's armor buried on a deserted island, but was revived by the Sons of Yinsen, a quasi-religious cult founded in remembrance of the original Iron Man armor's co-creator that allowed Stark to escape the Communist captors in Vietnam. Free of its artificial intelligence, Iron Man's armor was contacted via remote by Ultron's disembodied head after the android's most recent encounter with the Avengers and in the company of the bio-synthetic robot Antigone. The head attached itself onto Iron Man's armor and took control of the Sons of Yinsen and the flying city that they inhabited.

Another member of the Sons of Yinsen was helping Iron Man. The two learned of Ultron's activities and that he planned to use the cult to wipe out humanity. Stark confronted Ultron directly and finally managed to download Jocasta's intelligence into Iron Man's armor once more. The vestiges of Iron Man's armor's intelligence battled with the presence of Jocasta, the result of which caused Ultron's head to come shooting off Iron Man's armor. The head hit Antigone, and both fell off the floating city, which Ultron rigged to explode after the defeat. Stark failed to find a trace of Jocasta and assumed her to have died fighting the sentient armor.

In reality, Jocasta did not die. She appeared in possession of Antigone's body and left, taking Ultron's head with her.

During a crisis that nearly destroyed the Avengers, Jocasta was seen at Avengers Mansion, inexplicably back in her classic silvery robotic form.

Marvel Zombies 3

Main article: Marvel Zombies 3

Jocasta's next mission is with A.R.M.O.R., using multiversal travel to retrieve a blood sample from a living human of the Marvel Zombies universe. Machine Man accompanies her and Portal transports them there. Jocasta, Machine Man ran into Vanessa Fisk, the wife of the zombified Kingpin. With Vanessa's permission, they extracted a blood sample from Vanessa. Machine Man remained behind to attack the zombies, and Jocasta is forced to leave Machine Man behind when Portal returns to collect them. The two later rejoined and reconciled at A.R.M.O.R. after the zombie threat was (albeit temporarily) neutralized.

The Initiative

Jocasta is a member of the New Mexico Fifty State Initiative superhero team known as the Mavericks, alongside a Skrull posing as veteran hero She-Thing. Jocasta searches for her teammate and tracks her signal to the home of Chuck & Hal Chandler. She retrieves Devil-Slayer from the Hawaii team, and they teleport to where the new 3-D Man, the Skrull Kill Krew, Komodo and Hardball, to join them in the fight against the Skrulls. Jocasta and Dice confronted a Skrull posing as Skyhawk, but had a hard time getting through the crowd to stop Skyhawk.

The Mighty Avengers

Jocasta joins the Mighty Avengers along with Henry Pym. During this time, Edwin Jarvis witnessed Jocasta kissing Pym. When Jarvis brought up the subject, stating it was akin to kissing her "grandfather", Jocasta countered by saying that, since Pym was the creator of modern artificial intelligence, the act was more along the lines of "kissing God". Jocasta later physically plugged herself into Pym's Salvation Two machine, preventing the Mighty Avengers' base from falling out of its dimensional pocket. This act allowed the Mighty Avengers to enter their new headquarters, the Infinite Avengers Mansion, from which Jocasta was able to transfer her consciousness into multiple different Jocasta bodies created within the Mansion, to ensure that no one gets lost in it. She can only inhabit one body at a time. Unbeknownst to the Avengers, one of Jocasta's bodies was later infected by Ultron who later reconstructed himself with Avengers Mansion's replication machines and the majority of Jocasta's duplicate bodies. After a chase around the mansion, Jocasta managed to broker a deal with Ultron: Ultron can finally marry her in exchange for a cease in hostilities. After the two androids completed their cyber-marriage, Pym tricked Ultron into going to an uninhabited planet where he cannot harm anyone. Though Jocasta's main body went with Ultron, she could still project her consciousness onto one of her duplicates so she can still serve with the Avengers.

Avengers Academy

In Heroic Age, Jocasta appears as a staff member of the Avengers Academy. She is apparently killed which later turned out to be a diversionary ploy as revealed where she joins up with Jeremy Briggs. She works with Briggs as the man creates "Clean Slate", which can take away super-powers. When Briggs announces the latter plans to spread Clean Slate across the world and depower all super-beings, Jocasta protests and Briggs shuts her down into a body in China. Realizing Briggs's plan is wrong, Veil frees Jocasta who helps the Academy members stop Briggs. She later returns to her duties at the reopened Academy.

A golden, damaged duplicate of Jocasta is later found in a bombed out A.I.M. base by the Secret Avengers. She attempts to issue a warning to the heroes before shorting out. By the time of meeting Nadia van Dyne at the "Pym Family Reunion" organised for Nadia's birthday, Jocasta has been restored to working order, having adopted the full legal name "Jocasta Pym" after her ‘grandfather’ Hank Pym (since merged with Ultron as a single anti-heroic/anti-villainous biomechanical being), and explaining to her ‘aunt’ Nadia that she sees the Vision as both her brother and an ex-stepson in helping Nadia form a written Pym family tree accounting for all robotic and Skrull-based intrusions.

Tony Stark: Iron Man and Iron Man 2020

Main articles: Tony Stark: Iron Man and Iron Man 2020

When the Tony Stark clone "Mark One" refashions Stark Industries into Stark Unlimited, he seeks out Jocasta Pym to assist in establishing an ethical protocol of law for robotic life, making her the company's "chief robot ethicist" deciding what should be the reality of A.I. civil rights. Putting on an uncaring exterior as a public image fitting her position, Jocasta helps Stark Unlimited develop a virtual universe called "the eScape" where she can experience the full depths of human emotion, romance, and sexuality, causing Jocasta and Machine Man to break up, and him to become a militant of anti-human mecha-activism who partners with the supervillain Controller against Jocasta, Jocasta then thwarting the duo's attempted sabotage of her work.

On the launch of eScape, Jocasta begins living in the virtual world in the form of a black woman, continuing to face off against Madhine Man before his actions lead to the shutdown of eScape and the death of F.R.I.D.A.Y. when the former A.I.'s mind is erased from her humanoid robot body — on seeing how uncaring Mark One (Tony Stark) has become, believing having a new F.R.I.D.A.Y. created from a backup would be no different than if F.R.I.D.A.Y. had not died, Jocasta sees this as negligence and returns to Machine Man, both angry at and still in love with him, mourning both the precious F.R.I.D.A.Y. and no longer being able to simulate humanity.

Becoming obsessed with becoming human in the real world, Jocasta partners with Tony's brother Arno Stark (Iron Man 2020) to upgrade her body with human-like artificial organs, unintentionally inspired the merged Hank Pym/Ultron to try and apply this procedure to merge her with Janet van Dyne, and make a combined "Bride of Pym/Bride of Ultron" ahead of applying this merge to the rear of the world. Jocast is rescued by Iron Man and Machine Man, and Ultron/Hank is defeated. However, as a result, Jocasta's new bio mechanical body begins to fail due to Arno's operation on her being interrupted, and to save her life, Jocasta's former co-worker Andy Bhang uploads her mind into the dead Friday's old robot body so that Arno can continue to help her.

Sometime later, as the "Robot Revolution" protest against humankind for A.I civil rights goes underway, to curry favour with the human authories, the corrupted Arno finishes building Jocasta a new more-robotic equipped with a code that made her compliant to humans, planning on broadcasting this code worldwide to the entirety of robotkind and end the war, only to be forced to flee with Jocasta's body once the A.I. Army learns of his plan.

Sometime later, the ‘compliant’ Jocasta and her new loved X-52 face off against Madhina Man arguing in favor of robot subjugation and human superiority, both now under the control of the Baintronics. Over their fight, Machine Man cuts Jocasta’a head off to incapacitate her, and brings her head Andy so he can reverse the submission code and free Jocasta, who is given a new body before joining the A.I. Army herself.

After defeating the A.I. Sunset Bain and restore a true human Tony Stark to being, Jocasta and her allies proceed to the Stark Space Station to stop the now-mentally incapacitated Arno's plan before it wipes out humans and robots alike, submerging him into a virtual reality based on the escape where the "Extinction Entity" he means to defeat is real, giving him the satisfaction of stopping it and saving the world from himself. In order to save the reputation of everyone controlled by the code, Jocasta makes Bain alone take the blame for the actions of both Arno and the A.I. Army, with Jocasta Pym reintroducing herself to the world as herself, dropping her public facade of "emotionless robotic she-E-O" in favor of true emotion, to be shared with all robotkind.

Powers and abilities

Jocasta's body is composed of titanium steel, giving her superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and reflexes. Being a "non-living" construct, she requires no food, water, or oxygen to survive, and can easily survive in the vacuum of space and underwater. She is able to project beams of electromagnetic energy from her eyes, and erect a force field around herself to protect from incoming attacks. She also possesses a heightened sense of sight, smell, and hearing along with superhuman strength and dexterity.

Jocasta can also perceive electromagnetic particles, and detect energy patterns and track them to their source. She is hyper-intelligent, with a capacity for unlimited self-motivated activity, creative intelligence, and human-like emotions. Jocasta can communicate through an incalculable number of media. She possesses superhuman cybernetic analytical capabilities and has the ability to make calculations with superhuman speed and accuracy. Recently, it has been revealed that Jocasta's internal circuitry has a built-in holographic image inducer, allowing her to disguise herself as a human being, and on one occasion to appear as Janet van Dyne to give a therapy session to Hank Pym as if her mental template was not dead. Besides sharing the same brain patterns with van Dyne, Jocasta also has her mental template's voice.

Jocasta is given command of several robotic drones when she joins Monica Chang's robot-hunting squad.

Reception

Accolades

  • In 2020, Comic Book Resources (CBR) ranked Jocasta 10th in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Pym Family" list.
  • In 2020, Screen Rant included Jocasta in their "Marvel: The 15 Most Powerful Female Avengers" list.
  • In 2020, Scary Mommy included Jocasta in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.
  • In 2021, CBR ranked Jocasta 18th in their "Marvel Comics: The 20 Most Powerful Female Members Of The Avengers" list.
  • In 2021, Screen Rant ranked Jocasta 4th in their "Ant-Man's Marvel Comics Villains, Ranked By Coolness" list.
  • In 2022, Screen Rant included Jocasta in their "10 Best Ant-Man Comics Characters Not Yet In The MCU" list.
  • In 2023, CBR ranked Jocasta 3rd in their "Marvel's 10 Most Heroic Robots" list.

Alternative versions

Avengers Forever

An alternate universe variant of Jocasta who resembles Vision and possesses his intangibility appears in Avengers Forever.

Machine Man Vol. 2

An alternate universe variant of Jocasta who served Madame Menace appears in Machine Man (vol. 2).

Marvel Zombies 5

An alternate universe variant of Jocasta from Earth-2149 appears in Marvel Zombies 5 #4.

The Gatherers

Another version of Jocasta from an alternate timeline had appeared with the team called The Gatherers, consisting of members of Avengers from other timelines whose worlds had been destroyed by Proctor. This version was gold in color and had an array of weaponry strapped to her right arm. She was married to Wonder Man in her timeline.

What If

In the What If story "The Leaving", which takes place fifty years into an alternate future, Jocasta sees the Vision in emotional pain about the Scarlet Witch's impending death. She uses Ultron's mind-transfer process used to "create" her on Wanda Maximoff. Both willingly switch their minds so that Wanda may remain with Vision while Jocasta briefly gets to savor life as a human. Jocasta dies minutes after the transfer is completed, and is buried by her fellow Avengers in all honors.

In other media

Television

Jocasta makes a non-speaking appearance in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Ultron Unlimited".

Film

Jocasta appears in Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, voiced by an uncredited Nicole Oliver.

Video games

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