AVENGERS #362

"A VISION REVEALED!"
Writer: Bob Harras | Guest Penciler: Gordon Purcell
Guest Inkers: Steve Alexandrov & Fred Fredericks
Colors: Gina Going | Letterer: Bill Oakley
Guest Editor: Ralph Macchio | Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco

The Plot: Black Widow monitors a low-level Gatherer energy signature within Avengers Mansion. Just then, Vision shows up for monitor duty. Meanwhile, Black Knight, Sersi, and Hercules fight a battle droid in the Avengers' workout room -- but after they defeat it, it reactivates and attacks anew, forcing the Knight to destroy it. He comments that Vision ran diagnostics on the droid earlier in the day. In the monitor room, Swordsman arrives and asks Vision to help figure out his fractured memories. Vision agrees, but quickly attacks and seemingly kills Swordsman. At the same time, Black Knight notices that the Gatherer readings Black Widow had detected are now gone from the Avengers' systems.

Vision sneaks into Crystal's room, but she awakens and he attacks her. Black Knight and Marilla find Swordsman's body, then run to Crystal's room at the sound of battle. But Hercules arrives first, getting the droip on Vision. Captain America and Black Widow show up next, but Vision holds his own against all the Avengers, then takes Crystal hostage. Black Knight tries to save her, but Vision goes intangible. Sersi arrives next, and transmutes Vision to stone. Black Knight declars that the faux Vision is now the Avengers' prisoner -- and their clue to find the Gatherers.

Continuity Notes: Crytal remarks that the kiss she shared with Black Knight was "last night". You'll recall that last issue, Vision had been Proctor's prisoner for thirty-six hours, meaning issues 360 through 362 all take place in a span of around two days -- and it looks like the next installment will pick up not long after this one ends, as well.