Mighty Marvel Masterworks - The Avengers Volume 3

 

While I've always been a fan of the Avengers, I have never really been a fan of Don Heck's penciling and here, even with some superb inkers (even Wally Wood, surprisingly enough), Heck just doesn't impress. His layouts are good and dynamic, but his style overall never really clicked with me.

So, with that out of the way, here we get the continuing adventures and the mighty Avengers, as they continue to evolve, here with the "new" team of Captain America, Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch eventually joined by the Wasp and Goliath (previously Giant-Man and Ant-Man). Of course, there are plenty of personal trials'n'tribulations - it wouldn't be Marvel if there weren't - and rivalries'n'jealousies, especially with the continual sub-plot of Hawkeye wanting to wrest leadership from Cap, while still respecting him and understanding that he is a good leader. 

They fight a wide array of villains, from the Enchantress and Power Man - created by the same machinery that made Wonder Man - to the Swordsman to Attuma (Sub-Mariner's nemesis) to Kang and Doc Doom himself to the Black Widow (brainwashed by the "Commies") and more! Lots of close calls and Goliath suffers a huge setback but, of course, they always end up winning - or at least defeating the evildoers' plots.

Of course, I dig all of the 60's Marvel titles and while this is not the strongest period for the Avengers, it's still more than worthwhile.