The West Coast Avengers - Vol 2 - #43 - 1989 - Vision Quest - (VFN+)

Picking up immediately from the jaw-dropping cliffhanger of the previous issue, legendary creator John Byrne continues his masterful, high-stakes sci-fi thriller. West Coast Avengers #43 dives headfirst into the clinical and legal aftermath of the Vision's horrific dismantling. This issue is highly celebrated for expanding the scope of the government conspiracy, bringing a legendary Marvel scientist out of retirement to assist the team, and showcasing a fiercely protective Scarlet Witch pushed to her absolute limits.

The issue opens in the sterile, subterranean laboratory where a devastated Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) and a furious Hawkeye stand before the hollowed-out, hanging parts of the Vision. The rogue international scientists reveal that they acted under the jurisdiction of a multinational coalition of government intelligence agencies who viewed the Vision as an apocalyptic global security threat ever since he temporarily took control of the world's computer networks (back in Avengers #251).