([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 (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (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 as Milgrom)
Inks
Mike Machlan (signed as Machlan)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mantis; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Giant-Man [Bill Foster]; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; Tigra [Greer Nelson]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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 (credited)
Pencils
Al Milgrom (credited) (layouts); Gerry Talaoc (credited) (finishes)
Inks
Gerry Talaoc (credited)
Colors
Marc Siry (credited)
Letters
Bill Oakley (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At his newly-built citadel at the bottom of the world,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mantis; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (also in flashback)
Fantastic Four: Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff] (cameo flashback); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo flashback); Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura] (cameo flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo flashbacks)
Atom-Smasher [Ronald English] (villain, flashback); Black Panther [T'Challa]; Bill Foster (also in flashback as Black Goliath); High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham]; Hank Pym (cameo flashback); Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew] (cameo flashback); Doctor Stack; Gatherers (villains); Chita; Throb (robots); Sensors [Intuition; Sight; Smell; Sound; Taste; Touch] (villains, introduction)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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 (credited)
Pencils
Al Milgrom (credited) (layouts); Chris Ivy (credited) (finishes)
Inks
Chris Ivy (credited)
Colors
Marc Siry (credited)
Letters
Bill Oakley (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A sleek supersonic quinjet cruises to the bottom of the world...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mantis (cameo); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (cameo); Vision (cameo); Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
X-Men
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo flashback); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (cameo flashback); Havok [Alex Summers] (cameo flashback); Longshot (Mojoverse) (cameo flashback); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (cameo flashback); Rogue [Anna Marie] (cameo flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (cameo flashback)
Giant-Man [Bill Foster]; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham] (also in flashback); Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; Nereel (cameo flashback); Matthew Plunder (as Adam Plunder); Shanna; Doctor Stack; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Foks
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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)

Hawkeye / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If I keep losin' team members at this rate,
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] (cameo, in photograph); Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne] (cameo, in photograph); Tigra [Greer Nelson] (cameo, in photograph)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Wonder Man (Table of Contents: 4)

Wonder Man / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good thing I'm a movie star and not a secretary--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (as Arkon in poster)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

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

Scarlet Witch; The Vision / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aren't you done arranging the furniture yet?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Thomas Maximoff; William Maximoff; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (cameo, in photograph)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Tigra (Table of Contents: 6)

Tigra / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Anybody for a game of cat and mouse?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Tigra [Greer Nelson]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Mockingbird (Table of Contents: 7)

Mockingbird / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Listen to the Mockingbird, Avengers... I quit!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mantis; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Mantis! (Table of Contents: 8)

Mantis / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a new meditation technique.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mantis
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Doctor Pym (Table of Contents: 9)

Doctor Pym / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmmm... now who shall I be next?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hank Pym (also as Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath and Yellowjacket in photographs)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Moon Knight (Table of Contents: 10)

Moon Knight / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An Avenger first... a Khonshu fist!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Khonshu; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Master Pandemonium (Table of Contents: 11)

Master Pandemonium / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somehow... I've got the strangest feeling we're being watched...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mantis; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
Master Pandemonium [Martin Preston]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

[Unpublished cover to West Coast Avengers #14] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM)
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]; Hellstorm [Daimon Hellstrom]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unpublished cover of West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #14 (November 1986).

The High Evolutionary Chapter Nine: The Final Frontier (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Having aided the High Evolutionary in subduing his evil creation,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bova (cameo flashback); Jessica Drew (cameo flashback); Jane Foster (flashback); High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham] (flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (flashback); Sir Porga (death in flashback); Thor [Don Blake] (flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The story is told in full in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #134 and 135 (1966) and Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #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
    Hawkeye
  5. 4. Wonder Man
    Wonder Man
  6. 5. Vision and the Scarlet Witch
    Scarlet Witch; The Vision
  7. 6. Tigra
    Tigra
  8. 7. Mockingbird
    Mockingbird
  9. 8. Mantis!
    Mantis
  10. 9. Doctor Pym
    Doctor Pym
  11. 10. Moon Knight
    Moon Knight
  12. 11. Master Pandemonium
    Master Pandemonium
  13. 12. [Unpublished cover to West Coast Avengers #14]
    West Coast Avengers / Avengers West Coast
  14. 13. The High Evolutionary Chapter Nine: The Final Frontier
    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
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike Verhart