West Coast Avengers #1 [Direct]
(October 1985)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.25 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.50 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (editor); Howard Mackie (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for West Coast Avengers (1985 series) #1 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for West Coast Avengers (1985 series) #1 [Canadian]
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Teammates! (Table of Contents: 1)

West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Al Milgrom (breakdowns)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (finisher)
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
Genre
superhero
Characters
West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]]; Hank Pym; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Lethal Legion [Grim Reaper [Eric Williams] (Cameo); Man-Ape; Goliath [Erik Josten]]; Ultron-12
Synopsis
Pym stops by the West Coasters to study the captured Goliath, just in time for Ultron and the new Lethal Legion to attack the compound.
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Indexer Notes

Story continued in Vision and Scarlet Witch #1, and then back to WCA #2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

West Coast Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Pencils
Richard Howell (illustration)
Inks
Richard Howell (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Welcome, one and all, to the first issue...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Vision; Scarlet Witch; Black Talon

Indexer Notes

Gruenwald explains the genesis of this series, introduces the creators and sums up the appearances between this issue and the mini-series.
Also includes a miniature version of the cover to Vision and the Scarlet Witch (Marvel, 1985 series) #1.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  2. 1. Teammates!
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  3. 2. ["Welcome, one and all, to the first issue..."]
    West Coast Avengers Assemble!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
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