Go West! Avengers West Coast Appreciation

[Nomads1]

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The first spin off team, and IMHO, still the best. It managed to have a different flavor while, at the same time, always feeling like an Avengers book, many times managing to be even better and more relevant than the main book. A team that certainly deserves a lot of appreciation. Let's show our Whackos some love!

Peace

[Panic]

I used to like the book. It had a much more "family" vibe to it than the main Avengers book, and I never felt one hero took the spotlight at another's expense, which is something that happens a lot these days.

[baltiroo]

I came to this series late in its run, but quickly found all the back issues. Although I know Brevoort says there is no need for a "west coast" team of Avengers, I think that they could certainly use the familiarity of that team. I did particularly like the end line-up quite a bit, even if it didn't quite translate through to Force Works.

[smc123]

I came to this series late in its run, but quickly found all the back issues. Although I know Brevoort says there is no need for a "west coast" team of Avengers, I think that they could certainly use the familiarity of that team. I did particularly like the end line-up quite a bit, even if it didn't quite translate through to Force Works.

I can just see him in the meeting with the Marvel brass saying "there is no need for a West Coast Avengers. It's like having a New Avengers team, um I meant a Secret Avengers team, er I meant an Uncanny Avengers team, oh I meant a Young Avengers team doh!" I say why not, you have every other Avengers team assembled.

[Tony Stark]

This was a great team and a great book. As stated earlier the team really felt like it was closer team then the other Avenger team at the time it came out. Every member got to shine and contribute. Just really well handled.

[Longshot]

this was one of my favorites(still is)!

[XPac]

I can just see him in the meeting with the Marvel brass saying "there is no need for a West Coast Avengers. It's like having a New Avengers team, um I meant a Secret Avengers team, er I meant an Uncanny Avengers team, oh I meant a Young Avengers team doh!" I say why not, you have every other Avengers team assembled.

I kind of see Breevorts point. You need a concept beyond simply having a team stationed on the West Coast.

Avengers Academy for example was a variation of the West Coast Avengers, in that they were on the West Coast. It wasn't just an Avengers team on a different location. That's what they'd need to do to justify another Avengers book.

[Babylon23]

I kind of see Breevorts point. You need a concept beyond simply having a team stationed on the West Coast.

Avengers Academy for example was a variation of the West Coast Avengers, in that they were on the West Coast. It wasn't just an Avengers team on a different location. That's what they'd need to do to justify another Avengers book.

Agreed. There are far too many teams in comics these days that have no real point outside of a writer's desire to stick a bunch of characters together. As much as I love WCA, there's so many Avengers teams out there already that it would be hard to justify yet another one.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

I used to like the book. It had a much more "family" vibe to it than the main Avengers book, and I never felt one hero took the spotlight at another's expense, which is something that happens a lot these days.

I too found the series to have a much more "family" vibe to it than the main Avengers book.

[XPac]

I too found the series to have a much more "family" vibe to it than the main Avengers book.

I think it had more of a family vibe in the first half of the book with Clint, Bobbi, Tigra, Simon, and Tony. But it sort of lost that once Byrne took over (and perhaps a little before that). Not that I'm knocking Byrnes run on it because it was great... but I felt the book sort of lost something that it never entirely got back.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Avengers West Coast #80 Mar 1992
Operation: Galactic Storm. Part 2. "Turn of the Sentry!"
The militaristic Kree and the matriarchal Shi'ar are at war, and the Earth is caught in the crossfire.

It's a three-way battle royal. It's the Kree vs. the Shi'ar vs. the Avengers for the life of professional sidekick Rick Jones.


Story continues in Quasar #32.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Avengers West Coast #81 Apr 1992
Operation: Galactic Storm. Part 9. "They also Serve..."
Story continued from Captain America #399. The intergalactic Empires known as the Kree and Shi'ar are at war and planet Earth is caught in the middle.
While, two Avengers teams have been sent to meet with the heads of the warring factions, a third team has been left behind to guard the homefront.

And, it's a good thing to because the war has just spilled over.


Story continues in Quasar #33.

[hawkeyefan]

I'm a bit surprised they haven't done more with Master Pandemonium, given Billy and Thomas showing up again in Young Avengers. You'd think the guy would want his arms back.

Hysterical.

I have the entire run, and loved it when it came out. There are still some solid runs in there, although some of it is a bit dated.

I always loved Master Pandemonium, though. Not sure why no one's really ever used him again. With a little bit of a redesign, he has some real potential.

Oh, and The Blank! Haha how could you forget their first enemy.

[XPac]

Hysterical.

I have the entire run, and loved it when it came out. There are still some solid runs in there, although some of it is a bit dated.

I always loved Master Pandemonium, though. Not sure why no one's really ever used him again. With a little bit of a redesign, he has some real potential.

Oh, and The Blank! Haha how could you forget their first enemy.

Yeah, I kind of feel the same way.

I was a HUGE WCA fan back in the day. It was a rare instance where I went into "collectors" mode and got every single issue.

But looking back on it, a lot of it while fun still feels a bit dated. But that's not the fault of the book. It was a product of it's time.