Jocasta is coming. The myth-inspired android and longtime Marvel Comics figure is finally stepping into the MCU spotlight in Vision Quest, Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ series set to debut next year. While fans have been wondering where The Vision has been since WandaVision‘s emotional finale, it turns out a new chapter is about to unfold — one involving more than just our reassembled, intense colour-drained version of the android hero. Though Paul Bettany is set to return as Vision, the real surprise was news of James Spader’s return as the genocidal droid from the mind of Tony Stark himself, Ultron. And now, another Stark-connected creation is entering the mix: Jocasta.
Enter… The Bride of Ultron
First appearing in The Avengers #162, Ultron built Jocasta in an abandoned aerospace research center somewhere on Long Island. In an attempt to bestow sentience onto the newly built android, Ultron would kidnap Janet Van Dyne, alternatively known as The Wasp, a member of the Avengers. Similarly to The Vision, Ultron attempted to base Jocasta’s brainwaves and personality on Janet, like how the Vision was based on Simon Williams, aka Wonder Man. Ultron required the help of his father, Hank Pym, whom he brainwashed and forced to help him attempt to kill his own wife by transferring her life force into the android.
Both Iron Man and Black Panther struggled to find even a hint of Ultron and Hank Pym’s location, all but giving up before a sign was sent their way. In the lab at Avengers Mansion, Thor and Wonder Man noticed a slew of ants spilling into the lab, spelling out “STARKLI.” Black Panther and Iron Man were able to immediately decode it as “Stark, Long Island”, where Tony quickly realizes that all that remains of Stark’s property there is an old aerospace lab. The Avengers quickly mobilize and meet there.
The process is nearing completion as the cries for help begin to jump from both the mouth of Janet Van Dyne and Jocasta as she continues to activate. Levering Jocasta, Iron Man succeeds in getting Ultron to surrender before eventually fleeing. With Hank Pym subdued and Ultron in the wind, the Avengers compliment Jan on her quick thinking with the Ants, before revealing it couldn’t have been her as her cybernetic collar had been broken before Black Panther peers over at Ultron’s defunct bride to realize she may be more than what they were lead to believe.
Jocasta would return countless times since then, most notably as an ally of the Avengers, never really joining the team as an official member. The characters would go on to strike up an on-and-off again relationship with Machine Man, and even falling back under Ultron’s programming, but never remaining loyal to him for long.
Origins in Ancient Greece
Like many comic book characters, Jocasta’s origins and inspiration come from many longstanding myths and legends. The Tragedy of Oedipus goes as such. Laius, King of Thebes, was warned by an Oracle that there would come a day when his son would be the one to strike him down and would marry his wife, the Child’s own mother. When Laius’ wife, Jocasta, had their first son, who would come to be known as Oedipus, Laius had the infant taken to the top of Mount Cithaeron and left with his feet bound and left to die.
Oedipus would be found by a lone shepherd who took pity on him and rescued him from the mountain top. That shepherd would give the prophesized to King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth, who would raise him as their own. Upon his coming of age, Oedipus travelled to the city of Delphi and met the very same oracle his real father had met all those years ago. Questioning his parentage, the Oracle revealed the truth to Oedipus and the prophecy that followed him in life. However, the Oracle did not disclose the true origins of his birth, leading Oedipus to not return to Corinth, but head towards Thebes.
On his way to Thebes, he inexplicably comes face to face with King Laius in a confrontation that leads to Oedipus fulfilling part of the prophecy and killing his true father. Laius was en route to Delphi out of worry to speak to the oracle, as bad omens regarding the prophecy and return of his son plagued him. When Oedipus arrived at Thebes, he discovered the Sphinx had been terrorizing the city, and upon answering her riddle, the Sphinx killed herself, and Oedipus was rewarded the throne and the hand of the widowed queen of Thebes, thus fulfilling the prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother.
Oedipus and Jocasta were not initially aware of their relationship. The two would go on to have four children, with Jocasta eventually learning the truth and killing herself. In shame, Oedipus blinded himself and went into exile with two of his children, Antigone and Ismene. Oedipus would eventually die and be swallowed by the ground to become a guardian protector of the land.
Been Here The Whole Time?
The name Jocasta probably rings a few bells for comic book fans, and a little less for Marvel Cinematic Universe fans. Some may remember the name, vaguely at least. Has Jocasta been in the MCU this whole time? In the words of an old professor of mine, “Yes, but not really”. In a brief moment in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tony Stark can be seen mulling over a pile of drives on a desk with codenames on them, similar to J.A.R.V.I.S.
Following the death and then resurrection…or birth of The Vision, Tony Stark is in need of a new A.I. Before picking F.R.I.D.A.Y., you can briefly see two other drives on the table in front of him. One of those being T.A.D.A.S.H.I., a reference to Big Hero 6, the other, however, is named J.O.C.A.S.T.A.
Since then, it has been the only reference to the character in the MCU. For a while, most thought we’d probably never even see Ultron again, so of course, now that the chance is presenting itself, they’re taking the opportunity to introduce this character. However, this is where it’s going to get a bit tricky.
In the comics, as mentioned above. Jocasta is not a creation of Tony Stark, of course, nor was Ultron originally in the comics either. Jocasta was made by Ultron himself with the idea of her being his bride and mate. The MCU continues to love connecting things to Tony Stark, so there is a chance that she is a creation of his that Ultron got his hands on as the process of android creation in the MCU differs heavily from the comics. There is absolutely no brain wave embedding in this universe, this Vision runs purely on J.A.R.V.I.S., not Simon Williams.
It likely remains up in the air whether or not they choose to go down the route of Jocasta being a Stark product, but that remains to be seen as we’ve yet to even come to understand how Ultron has even returned. Although real fans know that you can never get rid of that walking, talking malware.
Who Will Play Jocasta in ‘Vision Quest’?
In May 2025, it was reported by well-known scooper DanielPRK, later corroborated by Deadline, that T’Nia Miller (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Doctor Who) had been cast as Jocasta. Miller will star alongside the previously mentioned Bettany and Spader, as well as Todd Stashwick, Ruaridh Mollica, and Faran Tahir, who is reprising his MCU role of Raza, last seen in Iron Man.
Vision Quest (working title) is expected to release on Disney+ at some point during 2026.