Essential Avengers #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeEssential Avengers, Vol. 3 collects a substantial run of late-1960s and early-1970s Avengers stories in Marvel's black-and-white Essential format. This volume features the debut of the Vision, the introduction of the Black Panther as a full-time member, and the expansion of Hank Pym's identities from Goliath to Yellowjacket. Key storylines include the return of the Puppet Master and Mad Thinker, the first appearance of the Swordsman's tragic arc, and the team's confrontations with Egghead and the Black Widow before her turn to heroism.
In "Magneto Walks the Earth," Quicksilver’s desperate bid for freedom sets the Avengers on a collision course with a new Black Knight—Dane Whitman—whose past shadows and uncertain allegiance leave the team poised to strike. As the legendary hero confronts the enigmatic absence of the gods on Olympus, the fate of the Promethean Flame hangs in the balance. Written by Roy Thomas and illustrated with gritty precision by George Tuska, with lettering by Artie Simek, the cover by Stuart Immonen and Wade von Grawbadger captures the storm brewing across both Earth and myth.
In "The Black Knight Lives Again," Dane Whitman steps into the mantle of the Black Knight, haunted by memories of his uncle’s demise as he prepares to confront Magneto—only to be met with hostility from the Avengers, who see him as a threat. Meanwhile, in the mythic realm of Olympus, Hercules discovers the gods have vanished and the Promethean Flame has gone dark, hinting at a deeper cosmic unraveling.
In "Mine is the Power," Hercules faces Typhon in the crumbling halls of Olympus as the gods vanish without a trace. Back on Earth, Magneto seizes Wanda and Pietro, dragging them to the U.N. to demand a mutant homeland—only for Hawkeye, Goliath, and the Wasp to intervene, leaving Wanda injured. With Hercules cast into an unknown realm and Typhon claiming Zeus’s throne, the balance of power shifts in both myth and reality.
In "In Battle Joined!", the Avengers are drawn to Magneto’s island fortress, where he’s orchestrated a clash between the Avengers and the X-Men. With the X-Men under his control and the Avengers caught in the crossfire, both teams must find a way to see past the manipulation and unite against their true enemy.
In "Behold... the Vision!" from Essential Avengers #3, the android Vision arrives at the Avengers Mansion with deadly intent—only to confront the programming that once defined him. As he grapples with his past, he turns from enemy to ally, guiding the team to face the master who shaped him.
In "Till Death Do Us Part," Henry Pym and Janet Van Dyne face a dangerous threat not from a villain of the world's most notorious rogues, but from the twisted spectacle of the Ringmaster and his Circus of Crime. As their marriage is tested by chaos and deception, the duo must rely on each other and the unexpected support of familiar faces from across the Marvel Universe.
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Reprinted in The Avengers Omnibus #2 (2015), Avengers Epic Collection #6 (2021), The Avengers Omnibus #2 [Second Edition] (2023)
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