Vision Fact — November 6, 2026

Today's Fact

His gentlest power is also his most absurd: the same density trick that lets him drift through walls lets him become, briefly, the heaviest Avenger alive.

THE VISION CRANKED HIS DENSITY TO 90 TONS OF DIAMOND-HARD ANDROID — AND KNOCKED OUT COUNT NEFARIA, A MAN HOLDING OFF THE WHOLE TEAM!

The Featured Fact

The Vision does not simply turn solid or intangible. His body shunts mass to and from another dimension, so his weight is a dial, not a fact — at the bottom he is a wraith who can walk through a bank vault, and at the top the dial stops at roughly 90 tons, with a body described as harder than diamond at that density.

That ceiling was not trivia. During the Avengers' battle with an ionic-powered Count Nefaria in Avengers Vol. 1 #164–166 (1977) — a villain swatting aside the team's heavy hitters — the Vision used his extreme density and durability to render Nefaria unconscious, a feat the combined roster had been struggling to manage by ordinary punching.

The trade-off is built into the number. At maximum density the Vision is effectively immovable and nearly immobilised: he cannot chase anyone at 90 tons, he can only be the wall they run into. His most devastating attack is, essentially, standing in exactly the right place and refusing to be moved.

Why It's Obscure

Everyone remembers the ghost trick. Far fewer remember that the ghost can also become a monument and drop the strongest man in the room.

90 tons

The ceiling — at maximum density the Vision weighs about 90 tons and becomes diamond-hard, a figure carried in Marvel's own reference material on the character.

Avengers #164–166

The knockout — the 1977 Count Nefaria arc, in which an ionic-empowered Nefaria took on the full team and the Vision's density put him down.

Half an ounce

The scalpel setting — the same control, reversed: materialising just half an ounce of a phased hand inside an opponent causes excruciating shock and unconsciousness. Surgical, at the other end of the dial.

The catch

Immovable means immovable — at full density he cannot pursue, dodge or reposition. The power works only if the fight comes to him — against Nefaria, it did.

Gallery

The Vision in his classic colours, and Count Nefaria — the ionic powerhouse whose evening ended against 90 tons of synthezoid.

Vision reaching forward with glowing hands, comic art — **The dial at work** the Vision mid-fight, hands lit with solar energy — the calm exterior of a man deciding exactly how many tons he would like to weigh.

Vision in green and gold costume with red face, comic art — **Diamond-hard** at full density that familiar green-and-gold frame is harder than diamond. The cape, presumably, just has to cope.

Count Nefaria brushing aside Avengers, comic panel — **Count Nefaria** ionic-powered and brushing the Avengers aside in bunches — until the one opponent he could not move decided to weigh 90 tons.

Sources

Every fact on this page was checked against at least two independent sources before publication.

Bullpen Bulletins

Vision (Earth-616) — Marvel Database Powers history: density control via extradimensional mass, the 90-ton maximum, and the Count Nefaria knockout.
Vision — Comic Vine Reference profile: at maximum density the Vision provides diamond-hard near-invulnerability, with beams and phasing detailed alongside.
Avengers Anatomy: The 5 Weirdest Things About Vision's Body — CBR Explainer on the density mechanism — atoms drawn in from elsewhere until he becomes an unbreakable heavy object.