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Comic Book: Solo Avengers

What This Book is About:
Anthology title showcasing individual Avengers. Each issue features a story with Hawkeye and a second tale with another hero from the team. Title changed to AVENGERS SPOTLIGHT with issue #21.

Data Sheet:
Dates
Dec 1987 to Jul 1989
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Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Hawkeye
Hawkeye

(Clint Barton)
Black Widow
Black Widow

(Natasha Romanoff)
Gargoyle
Gargoyle

(Isaac Christians)
Plus: Silver Sable, Trick Shot (Buck Chisholm).
Solo Avengers #1
Solo Avengers #1

(Dec 1987)

Comics Index

Total Indexed Comics: 20

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Solo Avengers #1
4 stars

Solo Avengers #1

December 1987
"Here Comes Hawkeye"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Hawkeye is involved in a serious battle against…clowns. He’s at the Los Angeles Coliseum rehearsing for a charity show that evening. [...]
Solo Avengers #2
4 stars

Solo Avengers #2

January 1988
"The Way of the Arrow"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Hawkeye is angry while going through his exercises at Avengers Compound, thinking about the villain who has come back into his life. He tells Mockingbird the full story of his life…. He and his older brother Barney grew up in Waverly, Iowa, children of a butcher. [...]
Solo Avengers #3
4 stars

Solo Avengers #3

February 1988
"An American Archer in Paris"
Script: Tom DeFalco
In the tower of Notre Dame Cathedral, Hawkeye is fighting Batroc the Leaper and his Brigade, Machete and Zaran. Jumping, dodging knives, and all that, he recalls how he got into this mess… ... [...]
Solo Avengers #4
4 stars

Solo Avengers #4

March 1988
"The Great Escape!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Arrested in Paris by Silver Sable for the murder of Trick Shot, Hawkeye is placed in a cell in a castle. Sable tells him his embassy will send a lawyer later and she leaves…. Silver Sable then reports to the government minister while she does her daily training. [...]
Solo Avengers #5
4 stars

Solo Avengers #5

April 1988
"When Arrows Fail!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Kidnapped by Trick Shot, Hawkeye awakens on the shore of an island wearing only shorts. He discovers a bow and arrows nearby and uses them immediately to shoot down the enemy’s arrows…. [...]
Solo Avengers #6
3.5 stars

Solo Avengers #6

May 1988
"Algeria is for Archers"
Script: Tom DeFalco
In Paris, Silver Sable tells Hawkeye about the impostor Red Skull in Algeria who has stolen a timing device for nuclear warheads; Sable had sent an agent but he has disappeared. [...]
Solo Avengers #7
3.5 stars

Solo Avengers #7

June 1988
"Hijacked!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Clint Barton arrives at Orly Airport in Paris on his way back to the USA; Silver Sable and Sandman are there to see him off. [...]
Solo Avengers #8
4 stars

Solo Avengers #8

July 1988
"Blind Justice"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Clint Barton returns from his trip to Paris only to be punched in the face by his wife, Bobbi Morse for knocking her out and heading to Paris against her advice (issue #3). [...]
Solo Avengers #9
3.5 stars

Solo Avengers #9

August 1988
"In Service of Justice"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Hawkeye bursts into the offices of mid-level crook Speedo, beats up all his hoods, and demands to know what Speedo knows about the vigilante Blind Justice. Speedo knows nothing so Hawkeye leaves him with a threat. [...]
Solo Avengers #10
4 stars

Solo Avengers #10

August 1988
"The Sinking of Los Angeles"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Seymour the All-Seeing Astrologer studies his star charts and other professional paraphernalia and concludes that Los Angles will sink into the sea at noon that very day. He tries to inform the news media but no one believes him…. [...]
Solo Avengers #11
4 stars

Solo Avengers #11

October 1988
"Menace of the Mind Melder"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Downtown, Hawkeye is engaged in pursuing and fighting Bob-Cat and his Claws, a team of acrobatic thieves. Their antics cause a traffic jam in which we see millionaire Winston J. Kranpuff in his limo, bristling at the delay; this man has a secret though: he is able to mind meld i.e. [...]
Solo Avengers #12
4 stars

Solo Avengers #12

November 1988
"When the Abomination Comes A’Calling"
Script: Ralph Macchio
The Abomination escapes from a holding facility in the Rocky Mountains as federal agents are trying to transport him to the Vault. [...]
Solo Avengers #13
4 stars

Solo Avengers #13

December 1988
"Beware the Bullet Biker!!"
Script: Ralph Macchio
A blue-clad motorcyclist smashes through the front window at a Los Angeles art gallery. Calling himself the Bullet Biker, he fires a gas pellet at the guards then shoots up several artworks, making his getaway. [...]
Solo Avengers #14
4 stars

Solo Avengers #14

January 1989
"When the Widow Calls"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Caught inside A.I.M. headquarters, Black Widow tries to fight her way out. The way clear for a moment, she reaches a phone and sends out an emergency broadcast before she is overpowered…. [...]
Solo Avengers #15
4 stars

Solo Avengers #15

February 1989
"The Awesome Attackoid"
Script: Tom DeFalco
In A.I.M. headquarters’ lab, a giant android is attacking Hawkeye and Black Widow with electric bolts from its hands. Hawkeye tangles it up in a cable arrow so it melts the cable then shoots flames at the heroes. [...]
Solo Avengers #16
4 stars

Solo Avengers #16

March 1989
"The Sinister Secret of SODAM"
Script: Tom DeFalco
In A.I.M.’s underground headquarters, Mockingbird watches from the shadows as agents load the pods containing human brains on a tele-jumper in preparation for Project Brain Drain. [...]
Solo Avengers #17
3 stars

Solo Avengers #17

April 1989
"Even an Octopus Needs Arms!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Following an anonymous tip, Hawkeye shows up at a waterfront warehouse to investigate an illegal arms deal. [...]
Solo Avengers #18
4 stars

Solo Avengers #18

May 1989
"When You Wish Upon a Star"
Script: Howard Mackie
Hawkeye is alone at Avengers Compound when Texas Twister arrives, looking for his beloved Shooting Star. She had been replaced by a demon and now Tex wants to confront the demon, held captive at the Compound. [...]
Solo Avengers #19
4 stars

Solo Avengers #19

June 1989
"Desert Doom"
Script: Howard Mackie
Hawkeye on his sky-cycle is pursuing motorcycling bank robber the Orb across the California desert. Clint finally fires a suction-cup arrow which sticks to Orb’s helmet and jerks him off of his cycle. [...]
Solo Avengers #20
4 stars

Solo Avengers #20

July 1989
"Veg Out"
Script: Howard Mackie
Trapped in Plantman’s Dome of Life in the California desert, Hawkeye and the Orb are eaten by a giant carnivorous plant; the villain assumes they are done for but Hawkeye uses a flare arrow to burn the monster’s mouth and the two escape. [...]