Comic Book: West Coast Avengers (1985 series)
Description:
The Whackoes get upgraded to an ongoing title, mostly written by Steve Englehart before John Byrne takes over and then its title gets changed.
Data Sheet:
Oct 1985 to Jul 1989
1985
N/A
Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Comics Index
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Indexed Comics:
46
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
October 1985"Teammates"
Script: Steve EnglehartWe open at West Coast Avengers HQ with the married Bartons smooching, but they''re interrupted by Henry Pym ringing the doorbell. Hawkeye introduces Mockingbird to Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket but now emphatically not a superhero (since he abandoned all costumes in Avengers #230). [...]
November 1985"Sons"
Script: Steve EnglehartContinued from VISION & SCARLET WITCH #1.Hawkeye, Iron Man and Tigra arrive in New Jersey to team-up with Scarlet Witch and Vision. (Mockingbird volunteered to stay behind to guard the base after Tigra refused to.) The meet in the couple''s motel because they''re still house-hunting. [...]
December 1985"Singleton"
Script: Steve EnglehartThe West Coast Avengers and Vision & Scarlet Witch have just defeated Grim Reaper & Ultron and their minions under the Rocky Mountains (#1-2 and V&SW#1-2), rescuing Wonder Man and Henry Pym. WM and Vizh have bonded as ''brothers'', both being in their own ways Simon Williams. [...]
January 1986"Master Pandemonium"
Script: Steve EnglehartLast issue ended with Thing getting a flat tire outside West Coast Avengers HQ, and Hawkeye having an idea.Now we see Ben Grimm absolutely refusing to join the team, and Clint Barton telling him to sleep on it. He quit the Fantastic Four in FF#277 and his own #23 and now he''''s a wrestler. [...]
February 1986"Ins and outs"
Script: Steve EnglehartHawkeye calls a team meeting to tell Wonder Man off for ruining the team''s image by confessing to embezzlement on TV last issue. Tigra bites back that Hawkeye himself was originally a crook. As his original foe Iron Man protests that he was just misled by Black Widow, who was then a Russian spy. [...]
March 1986"Quest for cats"
Script: Steve EnglehartTigra wants to get rid of the cat side of her personality. Last issue the West Coast Avengers went in search of the werewolf Jack Russell who was involved in her origin (Giant-Size Creatures #1) when the Cat People turned her into Tigra. [...]
April 1986"U, robot"
Script: Steve EnglehartA flashback shows what happened to the deactivated Ultron head Thing brought back from the Beyonder's Secret Wars Battleworld in Fantastic Four #277. Apparently he dropped it when Alicia Masters' apartment building collapsed. [...]
May 1986"A bird in the hand"
Script: Steve EnglehartHawkeye, Mockingbird and Tigra return from the Land Within along with Firebird and Thing. The Cat People''s spell has sent them back to the Daemond Mansion that they left in #6. [...]
June 1986"Hot pursuit"
Script: Steve EnglehartWe open with the figure of Shooting Star on the the run in the back streets of Los Angeles from the West Coast Avengers and allies. She meets up with Master Pandemonium who invites her into a nearby building. [...]
July 1986"The search for the Thing"
Script: Steve EnglehartThe opening page is attached to last issue as the West Coast Avengers congratulate Thing on finally accepting their offer to join the team, ignoring disconsolate Firebird. Hawkeye arranges a press conference for some days later to make a formal announcement. [...]
August 1986"Pride of the regiment"
Script: Steve EnglehartEx-SHIELD Agent Mockingbird is unhappy about the negative news coverage the spy agency has been getting lately. Her contact says Nick Fury''s in Los Angeles so she''s going to ask him what''s going on. She invites Hawkeye and Iron Man to join her. [...]
September 1986"The attraction between two bodies"
Script: Steve EnglehartWonder Man shows the rest of the West Coast Avengers his new look. His costume still has a red W on the chest but most of the rest of it is green rather than blue, and his jets have moved from his hips to his back. He''s no longer hiding his ionic eyes behind shades. [...]
October 1986"The unified field theory"
Script: Steve EnglehartLast issue the West Coast Avengers (minus Tigra) defeated new villains Halflife and Quantum (and made Zzzax evaporate again). But Graviton interrupted their success with captive Tigra on a leash.Now everyone is on Graviton''s flying mountain. [...]
November 1986"Tigra, Tigra, burning bright"
Script: Steve EnglehartTigra is sparring with Hawkeye to prove that Greer Nelson can resist her cat persona and still use her cat abilities. After dodging many arrows she disproves the 2nd part by landing heavily. And then the 1st bit by attacking Clint Barton with unrestrained anger. [...]
December 1986"The lady or the Tigra"
Script: Steve EnglehartLast issue the West Coast Avengers and ''allies'' ''escaped'' from the realm of the demon Allatou. The allies are Hellcat and Hellstorm, but also their foe Master Pandemonium. [...]
January 1987"The dive"
Script: Steve EnglehartWe open on San Francisco''''s Golden Gate Bridge as Tigra dives into the strait - and joyfully survives the usually-suicidal plunge. [...]
February 1987"Outta time"
Script: Steve EnglehartHenry Pym and Tigra have returned from their stay in San Francisco with Daimon and Patsy Hellstrom (Hellstorm and Hellcat) last issue. Now the West Coast Avengers are going to Albuquerque, New Mexico to recruit Firebird as their 6th member. [...]
March 1987"Time was ..."
Script: Steve EnglehartLast issue we left the West Coast Avengers sent back in time while in the present in the WCA Compound La Espirita (Bonita Juarez, ex-Firebird) stopped Henry Pym from blowing his brains out. [...]
April 1987"The times of their lives"
Script: Steve EnglehartOur characters are now split across 3 different times. Hawkeye, Iron Man, Tigra and Wonder Man are travelling by time machine from 1876 to 1776. Just as they were leaving, Phantom Rider KO''d Mockingbird and took her from the time platform. [...]
May 1987"In the meantime, in between-time"
Script: Steve EnglehartThis issue we''''ll follow events in 4 different times, although 2 of them are only a month apart. Hawkeye, Iron Man, Tigra and Wonder Man are in July 1776 but we see Carlotta Valdez in August of that year. [...]
June 1987"Time for every purpose under heaven"
Script: Steve EnglehartThe splash page tells us this story occurs in 5 different time slots. In 2940 BC Hawkeye, Iron Man, Tigra and Wonder Man have just been blasted by Pharaoh Rama-Tut I. In 1776 we''''ll visit the funeral of Carlotta Valdez. In 1847 well meet Isabel Ramirez. [...]
July 1987"The time of sands"
Script: Steve EnglehartThe splash page describes this issue as occupying 6 times:- Hawkeye, Iron Man, Tigra and Wonder Man are back in 2940 BC in ancient Egypt. Mockingbird is in 1876 in the Old West. Isabel Ramirez is in 1917. [...]
August 1987"Showtime"
Script: Steve EnglehartThe splash page this issue mentions 7 separate times connected to it:- Mockingbird is in the 1876 Old West chasing Phantom Rider. The rest of the West Coast Avengers are trapped in 2940 BC Egypt. [...]
September 1987"Before we were so rudely interrupted"
Script: Steve EnglehartInside an Arizona mountain Dominus shows his underling Sunstroke the vast machine that he has completed now that he got the West Coast Avengers out of the way (#17). He sent them on a 1-way trip to the past on Dr Doom''s broken time platform. [...]
October 1987"The greatest show on Earth"
Script: Steve EnglehartThe West Coast Avengers have returned from their time-travel adventure in #17-24 and their visit to Death''s realm in Annual #2 plus Avengers An#16. [...]
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