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Comic Book: West Coast Avengers Vol.2

What This Book is About:
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:
Dates
Oct 1985 to Jul 1989
N/A
2

Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Hawkeye
Hawkeye

(Clint Barton)
Iron Man
Iron Man

(Tony Stark)
Tigra
Tigra

(Greer Nelson)
Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch

(Wanda Maximoff)
Thing
Thing

(Ben Grimm)
Plus: Doctor Pym (Henry Pym).

Comics Index

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Total Indexed Comics: 46

Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.

West Coast Avengers #1
4.5 stars

West Coast Avengers #1

October 1985
"Teammates"
Script: Steve Englehart
We 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). [...]
West Coast Avengers #2
4.5 stars

West Coast Avengers #2

November 1985
"Sons"
Script: Steve Englehart
Continued 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #3
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #3

December 1985
"Singleton"
Script: Steve Englehart
The 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #4
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #4

January 1986
"Master Pandemonium"
Script: Steve Englehart
Last 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #5
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #5

February 1986
"Ins and outs"
Script: Steve Englehart
Hawkeye 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #6
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #6

March 1986
"Quest for cats"
Script: Steve Englehart
Tigra 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #7
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #7

April 1986
"U, robot"
Script: Steve Englehart
A 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #8
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #8

May 1986
"A bird in the hand"
Script: Steve Englehart
Hawkeye, 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #9
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #9

June 1986
"Hot pursuit"
Script: Steve Englehart
We 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #10
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #10

July 1986
"The search for the Thing"
Script: Steve Englehart
The 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #11
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #11

August 1986
"Pride of the regiment"
Script: Steve Englehart
Ex-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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #12
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #12

September 1986
"The attraction between two bodies"
Script: Steve Englehart
Wonder 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #13
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #13

October 1986
"The unified field theory"
Script: Steve Englehart
Last 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #14
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #14

November 1986
"Tigra, Tigra, burning bright"
Script: Steve Englehart
Tigra 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #15
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #15

December 1986
"The lady or the Tigra"
Script: Steve Englehart
Last 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #16
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #16

January 1987
"The dive"
Script: Steve Englehart
We open on San Francisco''''s Golden Gate Bridge as Tigra dives into the strait - and joyfully survives the usually-suicidal plunge. [...]
West Coast Avengers #17
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #17

February 1987
"Outta time"
Script: Steve Englehart
Henry 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #18
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #18

March 1987
"Time was ..."
Script: Steve Englehart
Last 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #19
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #19

April 1987
"The times of their lives"
Script: Steve Englehart
Our 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #20
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #20

May 1987
"In the meantime, in between-time"
Script: Steve Englehart
This 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #21
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #21

June 1987
"Time for every purpose under heaven"
Script: Steve Englehart
The 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #22
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #22

July 1987
"The time of sands"
Script: Steve Englehart
The 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #23
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #23

August 1987
"Showtime"
Script: Steve Englehart
The 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #24
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #24

September 1987
"Before we were so rudely interrupted"
Script: Steve Englehart
Inside 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. [...]
West Coast Avengers #25
4 stars

West Coast Avengers #25

October 1987
"The greatest show on Earth"
Script: Steve Englehart
The 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. [...]