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….