Published on September 1st, 1989
This is the 7th part of "Vision Quest" and they're introducing new characters and plots into. How long is this thing? Like a hundred issues? It's definitely different than comics these days, which don't really seem to have epic, long stories that take their time and feed off of things that happened years ago that you're just kind of supposed to know. It's certainly a lot easier reading comic books now since it's easy to just look things up online if you're completely lost. Granted, I read comic books before the internet and I lived to tell the tale. The one thing I like about this storyline is that it's intriguing. It's a big mystery but it's at least a little bit different than the usual, bad-guys-try-to-take-over-the-world-and-the-superheroes-fight-them plot. So in this issue, Wanda has been "assimiliated" by a bunch of scientist/businessmen types. This basically means that she's been turned evil...and now she's been brainwashed to think mutants should rule and destroy humanity. Captain America and She Hulk have come to investigate and end up getting in a fight with Wanda. Hawkeye and the Great Lakes Avengers decide to join the fray so they head out to get involved. There's also a lot more. Too much, actually. This book excels at rewarding it's readers. Meaning if you've read this book since #1 you're loyal and thus understand everything and will probably love it more. Since I've never read this book until this storyline and don't much about the history of the Avengers, it's like a slow drip of information to learn that can often feel frustrating. For some reason, the Eternals show up in this issue. Eros, aka Starfox, is on some alien planet trying to find Nebula, Thanos' daughter. That's just one page out of the blue. What the fuck is that all about? Maybe John Byrne was just adding things so they couldn't fire him because he had too many plates spinning in the air. "Fire me and you'll never find out what that stuff with Starfox was all about!" Then there's a scene at a shelter in Denver where some woman is sad after reading the newspaper headline: "Avengers Confirm Vision is Not Torch." That's also one random page. What the hell is that all about? We also get The Wasp talking to the old scientist that created The Torch. There's also a bunch of pages featuring the evolution of organisms on Earth. Yep. Well the ultimate point to this issue is that Wanda is now evil...which is kind of how the TV show WandaVision played out. I still don't see how that show was even loosely based on this, though. But there's still time. After all, the way this is going, this plot could run another ten years. ***
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