Comic Browser:

#1
#2
#3
#4
#9
Selector

Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3

Jan 1983
Bill Mantlo, Rick Leonardi

Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3 cover

Story Name:

Blood Brothers!


Synopsis

Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3 synopsis by Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars

Simon “Wonder Man” Williams is on a subway train that becomes stalled in a tunnel so, in a hurry, he jumps out and pulls the train to its next station. He then hurries to the hospital where he is greeted by the Avengers (Captain America, Wasp, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, She-Hulk) where he learns the Vision is seriously ill, having lost a hand to the villain last issue. Scarlet Witch recaps the adventure and it’s Wonder Man who can save the day….

In a coma, Vision drifts in darkness encountering the original Human Torch and the Torch’s creator Professor Phineas Horton….

Simon is hooked up to a transfuser alongside the Vision, set to transfer life energy from one to the other. Wasp fills She-Hulk (and the readers) in on the connection between Simon and the Vision: Simon Williams was transformed into Wonder Man and died; his brain patterns were preserved and implanted into the Vision’s synthezoid body (formerly owned by the Human Torch); then Simon returned from the dead. And now energy is flowing back into Vision….

In his coma, Vision sees his other creator, Ultron-5, who denounces him and tries to kill him by merging him with the Torch; Ultron then cuts open Vision’s empty head to add a brain….

Then the Grim Reaper enters the hospital, chloroforms Wanda, and sees the opportunity to slay Simon and Vision, both of whom he considers pretenders to the name Simon Williams, Reaper’s dead brother….

In the dream, Wonder Man joins Vision and gives him his brain just before he is killed by Ultron. Vision battles Ultron but the charred husk of Wonder Man opens and the new incarnation of the hero emerges….  

Grim Reaper is confronted by the semi-awake Vision and there’s a scuffle until Wonder Man emerges from his sleep to join in. He is blasted by the Reaper but Vision, now fully awake, and overpowers the villain to save his brother….

In both the dream and reality, Wonder Man alerts his brother the Vision to the impending danger and Vision defeats the bad guys decisively. Wanda awakens to see the brothers—Vision and Simon—safe and unharmed….


 

Review / Commentaries


Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3 Review by (November 2, 2020)

Review: Another family-centric issue in the four-issue miniseries, this time focusing on the brotherly relationship among Vision, Wonder Man, and Grim Reaper, though it’s the latter, blood brother to Simon Williams, who is cut out of the family at the end. The brotherhood theme is laid on a bit thick but it doesn’t derail the issue, aided by some creative artwork contrasting the dream and the reality and drawing them together at the end. My favorite moment: the doctor having trouble inserting a needle into Simon’s superstrong arm so that Thor needs to step in. Neat.

Comments: Ian Akin and Brian Garvey share the inking chores.



> Vision and the Scarlet Witch comic book info and issue index

Elektra

Excelsioring your collection:
DIAMOND SELECT TOYS Marvel Premier Collection: Avengers Endgame Captain America Statue, Multicolor
Holy smokes, Batman!
(The Boy Wonder)

Main/1st Story Full Credits

Rick Leonardi
?
Bob Sharen
Rick Leonardi (Cover Penciler)
Joe Rubinstein (Cover Inker)
Unknown (Cover Colorist)


Characters

All stories. Listed in alphabetical order.

Captain America
Captain America

(Steven Rogers)
Grim Reaper
Grim Reaper

(Eric Williams)
Hawkeye
Hawkeye

(Clinton Barton)
Iron Man
Iron Man

(Anthony Stark)
Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch

(Wanda Maximoff)
She-Hulk
She-Hulk

(Jennifer Walters)
Thor
Thor

(Odinson)
Wasp
Wasp

(Janet Van Dyne)
Wonder Man
Wonder Man

(Simon Williams)


The Marvel Heroes Library is a fan Marvel Comics site
Version 14.8.29 (Dec 1, 2024. VS22)

Copyright © 1997-2024 Julio Molina-Muscara (creator, webmaster)
Site content is a collective effort by the MHL team and Marvel aficionados

Characters are copyright © Marvel or their respective owners. All portions of this Marvel fansite that are subject to copyright are licensed under a creative commons attribution 3.0 unported license All rights reserved