Volume 3 of "The Essential Avengers" is Where the Marvel superhero group finally starts to grow up. Part of the reason is Because John Buscema Became the resident artist (through issue # 62), marking the first time que la artwork Was a strong selling point, aim the more significant reason Was That the group finally cam up with an original group member with the Vision. At That Point the group really crystalized for me, so scripter Roy Thomas gets a big share of the credit. This trade paperback collects issues # 47-68 of "The Avengers," along with Annual # 2. I first started reading gravement "The Avengers" with issue # 53, qui Is Where the Avengers battled the X-Men, Marvel Who Were My favorite group in the Sixties. At That Point the lineup for the Avengers Had, once again, changed. At That Point It was Golaith, the Wasp, Hawkeye, and the Black Panther. Getting rid of Hercules and the tag team of mutant Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch Was a good move, ALTHOUGH I can never really think of it as the Avengers Captain America is in UNLESS load (he bolts in the first issue here). Goal I never liked making _him_ Hawkeye and thought the new Giant-Man and Goliath into making Yellowjacket, Was ill-advised. The only reason I Kept reading the book was Because of the Vision, so That Even When --other Marvel superheroes Who Were incapable of sustaining Their Own books (eg, the Black Knight) joined up It was the android That Held my attention. . The Vision first popped up in issue # 57, created by Ultron-5 to defeat the Avengers. Instead, he Became Their Most Interesting member, ALTHOUGH It Would be a while before the whole backstory On His Creation cam to be. At this point the idea That he was "an amnesiac android ... with the brain patterns of a Murdered man," Simon Williams aka Wonder Man, was enough. On top of That I liked the way Buscema drew the Vision With His eyes always shadowed completely Call. Buscema leaves from the book During thesis, He Was replaced What purpose by Gene Colan, always a favorite, And Then Barry Smith cam in for a pair of issues drawn in the distinctive style and Evolving That Was still about to explode When He and Thomas started " Conan the Barbarian. "