#ComicCountdown2Xmas... Fav Team- #WestCoastAvengers aka #AvengersWestCoast ... In 1984, the first comic book I ever read- #Hawkeye (1983) and my all-time fav character, got a sequel of sorts... West Coast Avengers! Featuring an odd ball grouping of heroes. Hawkeye the unlikely team leader- given the chance to shine and come out from #CaptainAmerica's shadow. #WonderMan, would be Hollywood actor, on again off again hero- Simon William was the perfect bravado on our misfit team of #Californians. #Tigra, the would be model, occasional superhero, in the same vein added a pinch of the naughty with a plethora of savagery! *Meow*... Then there was the mysterious #IronMan, not removing his mask, as he was not Tony Stark! James Rhodes proved to be a great hero and team mate. Then there was #Mockingbird, sexy badass wife of Clint Barton, SHIELD trained with an attitude to match, keeping Hawkeye in line when know one else could, a great foil for Clint's cockiness. The founding members were a success... So was the book- as it got it's own ongoing in 1985 and a glorious run it was. Eventually others joins, some left, but the greatest of the add-ons was #HankPym- not #Antman or #GiantMan, not #Goliath or #YellowJacket - just Pym! And he quickly became my favorite... Scientist for the #AvengersCompound. The charm of the WCA was it's team, and the misfit friendship that grew. Always a fun title. I was disappointed that the art wasn't always stellar. 102 issue run that seen #JohnByrne change the title to Avengers West Coast with issue 47... A good run with a more serious tone bringing Byrne's classic art to the title and epic heroic soap opera style of writing. This title also birthed the #GreatLakesAvengers a quirky bunch of awesomeness. That is why this is my fav #superhero team. ♫ Music: #FooFighters - #MyHero
