The West Coast Avengers Annual #3 [Direct]

([October] 1988)

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

The West Coast Avengers / 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

West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye; Mantis; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Wonder Man]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Dr. William Foster [as Black Goliath (flashback)]; Fantastic Four [Crystal; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura]; Thing] (flashback); Gatherers (villains); Henry Pym (flashback); High Evolutionary (villain); Sensors [Intuition; Sight; Smell; Sound; Taste; Touch] (villains, intro); Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew] (flashback); 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 Speciale Evolutionary War (Edizioni Star Comics, 1992 series) #2 (Ottobre/Novembre 1992) [Italy]
• in Evolutionary War Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30

Keywords

Evolutionary War

Indexer Notes

Evolutionary War crossover.

Tails You Win! (Table of Contents: 2)

The West Coast Avengers / 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

West Coast Avengers [Mockingbird; Moon Knight; Tigra]; Dr. William Foster (becomes Giant-Man); Adam Plunder (Ka-Zar's son); High Evolutionary (villain); Ka-Zar; Nereel (flashback); Shanna; West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye; Mantis; the Scarlet Witch; the Vision; Wonder Man]; X-Men [Colossus; Dazzler; Havok; Longshot; Psylocke; Rogue; Storm; Wolverine] (cameo 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 Speciale Evolutionary War (Edizioni Star Comics, 1992 series) #2 (Ottobre/Novembre 1992) [Italy]
• in Evolutionary War Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30

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)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers] (in photograph); Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark] (in photograph); Mockingbird (in photograph); Moon Knight (in photograph); the Swordsman (in photograph); Tigra (in photograph)

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30

Wonder Man (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Man (as Arkon in poster)

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

the Scarlet Witch; the Scarlet Witch's children [Thomas; William]; the Vision; Wonder Man (in photograph)

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30

Tigra (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Tigra

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30

Mockingbird (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

the West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye; Mantis; Mockingbird; the Scarlet Witch; the Vision; Wonder Man]

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30

Mantis! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mantis

Doctor Pym (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dr. Pym [also as Ant-Man; Giant-Man; Goliath; Yellowjacket (in photographs)]

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30

Moon Knight (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Khonshu; Moon Knight

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #30

Master Pandemonium (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Master Pandemonium; the West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye; Mantis; the Scarlet Witch; the Vision; Wonder Man]

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Milgrom (signed)

Inks

Al Milgrom (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daimon Hellstorm; Hellcat; the West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mockingbird; Wonder Man]

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

Script

Mark Gruenwald

Pencils

Ron Lim

Inks

Tony DeZuñiga

Colors

Gregory Wright

Letters

Ken Lopez

Editing

Ralph Macchio

Genre

superhero

Characters

Bova; the High Evolutionary; the Hulk; Jane Foster; Jessica Drew; 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).