Avengers 57 – Behold the Vision

May 4, 2012 | Marvel

Avengers 57 – Behold the Vision

To me this is the ultimate, the best, the most awesome Avengers cover of all time. It doesn’t hurt that my most favorite Avenger, The Vision not only dominates this comic cover but also makes his debut. I may be biased but I would be surprised to see this left off of any top 1o list of Avengers covers. It is that good.

Where do you start? The use of red is so overpowering that you get the sense that this Vision villain is so dangerous and possibly evil that you fear for the Avengers before even opening the comic. The juxtaposition (great word) of the Vision’s size versus the tiny and helpless Avengers further adds tension to this cover. The team writhes on the cloudy floor, reaching up in fear and mercy as the Vision looks beyond them and waves his hand asserting his control. Hard to believe the Vision became a member after this ominous cover. And even harder to believe his powers weren’t based on growing larger or controlling the weather (cloud cover) or excreting some sort of noxious gas. Thank you creative license. Still this cover pays attention to the details by making sure the masthead is red and so is the background behind the heads of the Avengers in the top left corner. The Vision stands in front of the Avengers letters in the masthead furthering the belief he will defeat our heroes.

Homage covers to Avengers 57

You’ll not seen a finer cover by artist John Buscema and inker George Klein and it is such a classic cover that John Byrne did an homage in The West Coast Avengers 45 when he debuted the new and less-improved white Vision.

West Coast Avengers 45

Another home was done during Secret Invasion with The Mighty Avengers 14 when a Vision-Skrull was used.

The Mighty Avengers 14

And finally the Avengers 57 cover was copied by the Boston Comic Con 2012 Geek Week rendition.

Whatever?

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The full article this was pulled from can be found at the top 10 Avengers Covers on TotallyTop10.com.

Vision Costumes

While searching around for the cover to Aveners 57 and the homages to said cover I also found some funny images of Vision Costumes. What do you think, would you run in fear as you Beheld these Visions!? Nah, me neither.