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Avengers West Coast Epic Collection
Avengers West Coast Epic Collection, Vol. 7: Ultron Unbound
Ultron seeks ultimate vengeance on the Avengers on the West Coast!
The marriage of Ultron! But when the maniacal android meets his Adamantium mate, will it be a match made in robot heaven? Or will the so-called “War Toy” Alkhema — with the brain patterns of Mockingbird — reject her would-be husband? As the unhappy couple bicker over the fine details of destroying humanity, the West Coast Avengers are caught in the middle — fighting for their lives! Spider-Man swings by, and he and Spider-Woman become tangled in a Deathweb! The Whackos and Wolverine are embroiled in a cold war with Russian villains the Bogatyri! Goliath battles Goliath! And as the Pacific Overlords wreak havoc, Jim Rhodes returns to the team as War Machine — and the young hero Darkhawk joins the fun!
Avengers West Coast (1989) 83-95, Avengers West Coast Annual (1989) 7-8, material from Darkhawk Annual (1992) 1, Iron Man Annual (1970) 13
The marriage of Ultron! But when the maniacal android meets his Adamantium mate, will it be a match made in robot heaven? Or will the so-called “War Toy” Alkhema — with the brain patterns of Mockingbird — reject her would-be husband? As the unhappy couple bicker over the fine details of destroying humanity, the West Coast Avengers are caught in the middle — fighting for their lives! Spider-Man swings by, and he and Spider-Woman become tangled in a Deathweb! The Whackos and Wolverine are embroiled in a cold war with Russian villains the Bogatyri! Goliath battles Goliath! And as the Pacific Overlords wreak havoc, Jim Rhodes returns to the team as War Machine — and the young hero Darkhawk joins the fun!
Avengers West Coast (1989) 83-95, Avengers West Coast Annual (1989) 7-8, material from Darkhawk Annual (1992) 1, Iron Man Annual (1970) 13
488 pages, Paperback
First published April 23, 2024
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Roy Thomas
4,533 books277 followersRoy Thomas was the FIRST Editor-in-Chief at Marvel--After Stan Lee stepped down from the position. Roy is a longtime comic book writer and editor. Thomas has written comics for Archie, Charlton, DC, Heroic Publishing, Marvel, and Topps over the years. Thomas currently edits the fanzine Alter Ego for Twomorrow's Publishing. He was Editor for Marvel comics from 1972-1974. He wrote for several titles at Marvel, such as Avengers, Thor, Invaders, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and notably Conan the Barbarian. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes — particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America — and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's X-Men and Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles.
Also a legendary creator. Creations include Wolverine, Carol Danvers, Ghost Rider, Vision, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Valkyrie, Morbius, Doc Samson, and Ultron. Roy has also worked for Archie, Charlton, and DC among others over the years.
Also a legendary creator. Creations include Wolverine, Carol Danvers, Ghost Rider, Vision, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Valkyrie, Morbius, Doc Samson, and Ultron. Roy has also worked for Archie, Charlton, and DC among others over the years.
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March 4, 2026
Avengers West Coast #83 - In case no one knew this, Roy Thomas cannot leave WWII alone. In the previous volume he brought back the original Human Torch after we’d already seen his resurrected in the Legion of the Unliving and had an at least plausible explanation for what happened to his body, an explanation that had been around for years and didn’t need to be retconned at all, simply because Thomas cannot leave WWII alone. Clearly he has a problem with it. Now, he’s brought back some obscure villain, The Hyena, and instead of letting this all but forgotten trivial character die, he has given him some epic backstory of revenge … yawn. Can we please move on now?
Avengers West Coast #84-86 - Deathweb! Oh great yet still more spider-themed people. Actually though there’s some good stuff in here. But, I’ve got to say, Spider-Woman is not a very good mother, child endangerment is no laughing matter. There’s a lot of intrigue set up here, but very little gets resolved.
Assault on Armor City Crossover Event, 1992 Annuals:
Part 1 Darkhawk Anuual #1 - Iron Man is up to his fascist activity of wanting to maintain his monopoly on armor in the superhero business. This time he’s got his sights set on Darkhawk. This is just the typical “get the heroes to fight” mentality that drives an awful lot of Marvel Team-Up narratives. Just the same old, same old.
Part 2 West Coast Avengers Annual #7 - More fascist rationalizing from Iron Man as he steals information from his enemies, doing the very thing that he’s claiming to be trying to prevent. Stark epitomizes the adage: the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The rest of this issue is filled with typical second or third tier fluff and filler, although I’ve got to mention that the Scarlet Witch story sort of acts as an inspiration for the events from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the Living Lightning story is a nice touch, if a bit predictable.
Part 3 Iron Man Annual #13 - Well, it’s certainly all hail Tony Stark. Let’s worship at the feet of this glory hound of the worst magnitude. This is a perfect example of why I cannot stand Iron Man.
Avengers West Coast #87-88 - After Spider-Man in the earlier arc, and now Wolverine, clearly these guest-star appearances are intended to draw in new readers, sales must have been pretty bad at the time. And this story doesn’t really do much for bringing readers back. There’s even more continuity glitches, as if this title hasn’t already had enough of them. Wolverine’s presence is completely unnecessary, just a wonderful coincidence that he’s vacation in the Canadian wilderness while he’s also appearing in the X-Men titles and his own magazine. He’s as busy as Spider-Man these days, but then that’s the point: if you put Wolverine or Spider-Man in a book, sales perk up. I will say that the art is nice and the new villains are interesting.
Avengers West Coast #89-91 - Ultron is back and more vicious than ever. The Vision shows up, Barton Goliath returns, Ultron gets a new mate, lots of action and fun shenanigans. But ultimately it’s pretty vacuous.
Avengers West Coast #92 - Goliath vs Goliath. Battle of the Goliaths. We saw this play out back when Luke Cage became Power Man and the original Power Man wanted the name back. Except, this one is pretty badly thrown together. The narrative is pretty bad, even if the art is pretty.
Avengers West Coast #93-95 - The Pacific Overlords are back and they are as lame as ever. Again, as with most of this volume, nice art, forgettable story.
Avengers West Coast Annual #8 - Ultron again in another stillborn slugfest. Ultron really has become a laughably ineffectual Avengers villain. At least this annual isn’t part of some big crossover.
In case you’re wondering, we have now entered the Dark Age for the House of (No New) Ideas.
Avengers West Coast #84-86 - Deathweb! Oh great yet still more spider-themed people. Actually though there’s some good stuff in here. But, I’ve got to say, Spider-Woman is not a very good mother, child endangerment is no laughing matter. There’s a lot of intrigue set up here, but very little gets resolved.
Assault on Armor City Crossover Event, 1992 Annuals:
Part 1 Darkhawk Anuual #1 - Iron Man is up to his fascist activity of wanting to maintain his monopoly on armor in the superhero business. This time he’s got his sights set on Darkhawk. This is just the typical “get the heroes to fight” mentality that drives an awful lot of Marvel Team-Up narratives. Just the same old, same old.
Part 2 West Coast Avengers Annual #7 - More fascist rationalizing from Iron Man as he steals information from his enemies, doing the very thing that he’s claiming to be trying to prevent. Stark epitomizes the adage: the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The rest of this issue is filled with typical second or third tier fluff and filler, although I’ve got to mention that the Scarlet Witch story sort of acts as an inspiration for the events from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the Living Lightning story is a nice touch, if a bit predictable.
Part 3 Iron Man Annual #13 - Well, it’s certainly all hail Tony Stark. Let’s worship at the feet of this glory hound of the worst magnitude. This is a perfect example of why I cannot stand Iron Man.
Avengers West Coast #87-88 - After Spider-Man in the earlier arc, and now Wolverine, clearly these guest-star appearances are intended to draw in new readers, sales must have been pretty bad at the time. And this story doesn’t really do much for bringing readers back. There’s even more continuity glitches, as if this title hasn’t already had enough of them. Wolverine’s presence is completely unnecessary, just a wonderful coincidence that he’s vacation in the Canadian wilderness while he’s also appearing in the X-Men titles and his own magazine. He’s as busy as Spider-Man these days, but then that’s the point: if you put Wolverine or Spider-Man in a book, sales perk up. I will say that the art is nice and the new villains are interesting.
Avengers West Coast #89-91 - Ultron is back and more vicious than ever. The Vision shows up, Barton Goliath returns, Ultron gets a new mate, lots of action and fun shenanigans. But ultimately it’s pretty vacuous.
Avengers West Coast #92 - Goliath vs Goliath. Battle of the Goliaths. We saw this play out back when Luke Cage became Power Man and the original Power Man wanted the name back. Except, this one is pretty badly thrown together. The narrative is pretty bad, even if the art is pretty.
Avengers West Coast #93-95 - The Pacific Overlords are back and they are as lame as ever. Again, as with most of this volume, nice art, forgettable story.
Avengers West Coast Annual #8 - Ultron again in another stillborn slugfest. Ultron really has become a laughably ineffectual Avengers villain. At least this annual isn’t part of some big crossover.
In case you’re wondering, we have now entered the Dark Age for the House of (No New) Ideas.
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