The West Coast Avengers Annual #3 [Direct]

([October] 1988)

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

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30
• in Speciale Evolutionary War (Edizioni Star Comics, 1992 series) #2 (Ottobre/Novembre 1992) [Italy]
• in Evolutionary War Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)
• in Avengers West Coast Epic Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #4 - Vision Quest (2020)

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

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30
• in Speciale Evolutionary War (Edizioni Star Comics, 1992 series) #2 (Ottobre/Novembre 1992) [Italy]
• in Evolutionary War Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

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

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30
• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

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

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30
• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

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

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30
• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

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

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30
• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

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

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30
• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

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

• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

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

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30
• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

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

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30
• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

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

• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

[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

• in West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 ([November] 2013)

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

• in Evolutionary War Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)

Indexer Notes

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