Finally, adamantium is being put to good use in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Well, not good use, but at least someone is using it now, which has taken way, way too long.

In the second episode of VisionQuest, which debuted Oct. 13 on Disney Plus alongside episode 1, the assassin Paladin (Todd Stashwick) uses adamantium bullets to do some real damage to Vision — or, White Vision (is that really what we're calling him?). This marks the first time someone has actually made use of adamantium in the main timeline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, despite the fact that Disney bought Fox — and with it, the ability to use adamantium in storylines — way back in 2019.

Adamantium, of course, has commonly been an X-Men thing, as it is most famously the metal that Wolverine’s skeleton is coated with. Wolverine’s claws being made of adamantium goes back to his very first appearance, when he fought the Hulk in The Incredible Hulk issue 181 from 1974. In that comic, Wolverine’s claws were merely a part of his gloves, not originating from his actual body, but he does state that they’re made from “diamond-hard adamantium.”

In 1975, Wolverine went from being a one-off Hulk villain to a member of the new X-Men lineup, which is where it was stated that his skeleton was coated in adamantium and that the claws rest in his forearms and pierce through his skin when they’re out. Because of the metal’s relationship to Wolverine, adamantium was off-limits to Marvel Studios and its films as it was all tied up with Fox until 2019.

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