([October] 1988)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1988-06-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #142.
This issue has variants:

The Evolutionary War [Part Nine] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks
Mike Machlan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Giant-Man [Bill Foster]; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham]; Mantis
Reprints
Keywords
Evolutionary War

Heads You Lose -- ! (Table of Contents: 1)

West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Al Milgrom (layouts); Gerry Talaoc (finishes)
Inks
Gerry Talaoc
Colors
Marc Siry
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]]; Fantastic Four [Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff] (flashback); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback); Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura] (flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback)]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Bill Foster; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham]; Mantis; Hank Pym (flashback); Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew] (flashback); Gatherers (villains); Sensors [Intuition; Sight; Smell; Sound; Taste; Touch] (villains, intro); Throb (robot); Atom Smasher (villain, flashback)
Synopsis
The High Evolutionary sends his Gatherers to Wakanda to steal vibranium for his genetic bomb. Bill Foster, working at the High Evolutionary's base, manages to hide a note on the uniform of one of the Gatherers. In Wakanda, T'Challa defeats the Gatherers and finds the note. He contacts the West Coast Avengers. Just after they arrive, the Sensors arrive to steal the vibranium. During the battle Stack, leader of the Gatherers, is able to secretly steal a sample of vibranium. The Avengers leave Wakanda to investigate what is going on in the Savage Land.
Reprints
Keywords
Evolutionary War

Indexer Notes

Evolutionary War crossover.
Notoriously, this story eliminated all of Mantis' dialogue as part of Marvel editorial blackballing Englehart's attempt to add her to the West Coast Avengers' cast. This resulted in panels in which Mantis was the centre figure and had her mouth open but no speech balloon.

Tails You Win! (Table of Contents: 2)

West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Al Milgrom (layouts); Chris Ivy (finishes)
Inks
Chris Ivy
Colors
Marc Siry
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]]; X-Men [Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (flashback) (cameo); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (flashback) (cameo); Havok [Alex Summers] (flashback) (cameo); Longshot (flashback) (cameo); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (flashback) (cameo); Rogue [Anna Marie] (flashback) (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (flashback) (cameo); Wolverine [Logan] (flashback) (cameo)]; Giant-Man [Bill Foster]; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham]; Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Mantis; Matthew Plunder (as Adam Plunder); Shanna the She-Devil; Nereel (flashback)
Synopsis
Mockingbird, Moon Knight and Tigra arrive in the Savage Land. They learn about the restoration of the Savage Land by the High Evolutionary from Ka-Zar. They investigate and learn the High Evolutionary wants to detonate a bomb that will mutate all humans. During the battle Bill Foster takes a new serum which restores his growth powers and cures his cancer. Stack, leader of the High Evolutionary's Gatherers, returns with a sample of vibranium. With the final component in hand, the High Evolutionary flees to finish building his bomb elsewhere.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Evolutionary War crossover.
The Evolutionary War continued from Web of Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1985 series) #4.
The Evolutionary War continues in The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1979 series) #8.

Hawkeye (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo) (in photograph); Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo) (in photograph); Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse] (cameo) (in photograph); Moon Knight [Marc Spector] (flashback) (cameo) (in photograph); Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne] (cameo) (in photograph); Tigra [Greer Nelson] (cameo) (in photograph)
Reprints

Wonder Man (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (as Arkon in poster)
Reprints

Vision and the Scarlet Witch (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (cameo) (in photograph); the Scarlet Witch's children [Thomas; William]
Reprints

Tigra (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Tigra [Greer Nelson]
Reprints

Mockingbird (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]]; Mantis
Reprints

Mantis! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mantis
Reprints

Doctor Pym (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hank Pym (also as Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath and Yellowjacket in photographs)
Reprints

Moon Knight (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Khonshu; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]
Reprints

Master Pandemonium (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]]; Mantis; Master Pandemonium [Martin Preston]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Daimon Hellstrom
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unpublished cover of West Coast Avengers #14 (November 1986).

The Final Frontier (Chapter 9) (Table of Contents: 13)

High Evolutionary / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Pencils
Ron Lim
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
Gregory Wright
Letters
Ken Lopez
Editing
Ralph Macchio

Genre
superhero
Characters
Bova; Jessica Drew; Jane Foster; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sir Porga; Thor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The story is told in full in Thor #134 and 135 (1966) and Tales to Astonish #94-96 (1967).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Evolutionary War [Part Nine]
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  2. 1. Heads You Lose -- !
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  3. 2. Tails You Win!
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  4. 3. Hawkeye
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  5. 4. Wonder Man
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  6. 5. Vision and the Scarlet Witch
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  7. 6. Tigra
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  8. 7. Mockingbird
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  9. 8. Mantis!
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  10. 9. Doctor Pym
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  11. 10. Moon Knight
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  12. 11. Master Pandemonium
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  14. 13. The Final Frontier (Chapter 9)
    High Evolutionary
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Max Capp
  • Dan Creel
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike Verhart