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1. It's a lighthearted, goofy book. 2. See 1 3. America is one of 'em, Noh-Varr's her ex, which is explained by Kate, the only other worthwhile addition would've been Kid Loki but he's not a thing anymore obviously. 4. She's desperate. Did you want Bread Man instead? Also, see 1.
West Coast Avengers #1
| Writer | Kelly Thompson |
| Artist | Stefano Caselli |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
A NEW ERA DAWNS...AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!
HAWKEYE (KATE BISHOP). HAWKEYE (CLINT BARTON). A guy named FUSE. Never have they ever been called "the big three" of...anything. And now here they are, reunited for, okay, well, it's only the second time ever. Thank god they also brought AMERICA CHAVEZ, GWENPOOL and KID OMEGA. Wait. What? That's right, it's the new West Coast Avengers, son. And you better hope they can figure out how to save the world because BIG things are headed for the West Coast.
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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10
Comics: The Gathering - Charles Martin
Aug 22, 2018No matter how high your expectations are for an irreverent Thompson/Caselli funnybook, West Coast Avengers #1 exceeds them. It combines a bundle of awesome flavours - peanut butter and chocolate and pink and Nextwave and more - in a way that's positively delicious. If you like your comics with rich servings of humour and absurdity and heart, this will be a feast to remember. Read Full Review
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10
Kabooooom - Matt Morrison
Aug 23, 2018This book is fantastic on every front and a must read for anyone who enjoys a good superhero comedy series in the same vein as Justice League International. Read Full Review
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9.9
On Comics Ground - Danielle Lemos
Sep 10, 2018West Coast Avengers #1 is a can't miss book. The team behind this really hit it out of the park and I am excited to read every single issue. Kelly Thompson continues to have a deft hand at creating a dissonance between comedy and danger which makes for a great reading experience. Read Full Review
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9.8
Comicsverse - AJ Zender
Aug 22, 2018WEST COAST AVENGERS #1 is a fantastic debut, with a ton of fun and ridiculous adventures to keep you entertained from page one. Land sharks and giant former superheroes may not be for every reader, but Kelly Thompson manages to make this story an incredibly meaningful read as well. Read Full Review
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9.7
Sequential Planet - Marcus Orchard
Aug 24, 2018West Coast Avengers is one of those comic books that should come to mind when we think about what makes superhero comics so great. It is fun, adventurous, and looks great to boot. Kelly Thompson and Stefano Caselli are a match made in heaven, and this series should be on everyone's pull list. Read Full Review
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9.6
You Don't Read Comics - Brandon Masters
Aug 28, 2018While the scope of the comic is obviously as far from the cosmic stakes the Avengers have taken in recent years, Marvel potentially has a AAA comic crafted from some of the more bizarre characters available. Read Full Review
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9.5
411Mania - Stephen Gustafson
Aug 30, 2018Summer might be coming to a close but West Coast Avengers looks to be heating things up. Can't recommend enough. Read Full Review
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9.2
Monkeys Fighting Robots - Brandon J. Griffin
Aug 23, 2018West Coast Avengers wastes no time establishing itself as the most fun you can have reading a Marvel comic. There's so much charm, character, heart and hilarity oozing out of each page. It's impossible not to smile the entire time you read. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comicosity - Doug Zawisza
Aug 22, 2018As for that Caselli-Avengers thing I mentioned earlier? Look him up. You have a search engine nearby and you've read this review. If you don't know Caselli by now, give West Coast Avengers #1 a go and then dig into his back catalog. There's some fun stuff out there. Read Full Review
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9.0
Newsarama - Pierce Lydon
Aug 22, 2018West Coast Avengers deserves to be on your pull list, even if you didn't have a lot of faith in the roster right away. Thompson and Caselli will make you a true believer. Read Full Review
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9.0
Bleeding Cool - Joshua Davison
Aug 22, 2018West Coast Avengers #1 is a joyride through superhero chaos and good intentions in California. The team is fantastic and has a good personality balance, Thompson, Caselli, and Farrell are firing on all cylinders, and the resulting comic earns a strong recommendation as a result. Give this one a read. Read Full Review
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8.6
Graphic Policy - Logan Dalton
Aug 24, 2018In recent years, Marvel Comics has had several strong comedy titles in their lineup (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Howard the Duck, and Max Bemis'Worst X-Man Evercome to mind), but Kelly Thompson, Stefano Caselli, and Triona Farrell bring the funny to a team superhero book inWest Coast Avengers. It also continues the fantastic arc that Thompson has crafted for Kate Bishop over the past two years and providing a new home for the madcap antics of Gwenpool, the goofiness and salt of the earth earnestness of Clint Barton, the laconic punching of America Chavez (Hopefully, she isn't relegated to team chauffeur.), and the pompous edginess and untapped potential of Quentin Quire. In one issue, a team with an interesting dynamic has been assembled as well as a bad guy that fits the tone of the book so all in all, West Coast Avengers #1 is a win. Read Full Review
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8.5
AIPT - Alyssa Jackson
Aug 22, 2018This book is pure fun. It's got great action, quips, romance, and sharks stampeding down Venice Boulevard. What more do you need? Read Full Review
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8.5
Doom Rocket - Don Alsafi
Aug 24, 2018West Coast Avengers is a weird, wild, rollicking ride that combines the nuttiness of Nextwave with the indelible character moments of Young Avengers. If spinoff books have to exist, they could do a heck of a lot worse than this! Read Full Review
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8.4
Chuck's Comic Of The Day - Chuck
Aug 26, 2018It's a bit of a shaky start, but if you're looking for a book that balances heroism with humor, this should fill the bill. Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett
Aug 22, 2018West Coast Avengers #1 embraces the oddball and comedic status of its cast within Marvel Comics, but that doesn't stop it from providing one of the best team debuts from the publisher this year either. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Beat - AJ Frost
Aug 22, 2018I had a great time reading it and, even though the ending was a bit wonky, am excited to see what the next installment of the tale has in store. Read Full Review
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8.0
Graphic Policy - Brett
Aug 22, 2018With a lot of humor, the team has created a comic that while it has familiar aspects, the package is a lot of fun and will hopefully put a smile on your face and get you to laugh a bit. It all feels organic for everyone and enough is presented to make a reader check out what's next. The personality clashes alone will do that. While not completely original, this is a team to watch out for and feels like it's a worthy new addition of a classic. Read Full Review
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8.0
Pop Culture Uncovered - soshillinois
Aug 23, 2018If you're looking for a more insular book than Avengers, one that's going to walk you outside the characters you're familiar with, than West Coast Avengers is definitely one worth getting in at the start of. Read Full Review
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8.0
Multiversity Comics - Reed Hinckley-Barnes
Aug 23, 2018"West Coast Avengers" #1 is funny, action packed team book that is definitely worth checking out. Read Full Review
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8.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Aug 25, 2018This is a fun, enjoyable start for the new West Coast Avengers, but the writing keeps getting in its own way a lot. Read Full Review
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8.0
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Aug 27, 2018West Coast Avengers #1 was an excellent start to the latest member to the Avengers franchise. Kelly Thompson did a great job making every member of the West Coast Avengers likable in their own way. The addition of the reality TV-style interviews gave the story an fun hook that is unique to the West Coast Avengers. Along with Stefano Caselli's great artwork, West Coast Avengers #1 is a comic I highly recommend picking up if your a Marvel fan. Read Full Review
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8.0
Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson
Aug 27, 2018A nice setup for a new team of heroes, featuring a couple of my favorites, strong art and a clever conceit. I'm all in. Read Full Review
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7.6
Comic Watch - Matthew David Clarke
Aug 31, 2018A pretty good book that is unfortunately undermined by trying and failing to be funny. Currently difficult to recommend but as the books problems are mainly in one area the next issue could be much better. Ill check it out, I mean, its my job, right? Read Full Review
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6.0
Razorfine - Alan Rapp
Sep 05, 2018The first issue offers wacky action as the heroes save the Los Angeles beaches from land sharks and discover a former member has outgrown them (literally). I'm not sure if there's enough to bring me back for issue #2. For fans. Read Full Review
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5.2
Entertainment Fuse - Jim Bush
Sep 10, 2018Odd toneFlat humorStrange team line-upUnderdeveloped secondary characters Read Full Review
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5.0
Comic Book Revolution - Rokk
Aug 27, 2018I would only recommend West Coast Avengers #1 to die-hard fans of the various niche characters on this roster or to die-hard fans of Kelly Thompson. For everyone else? Save your hard-earned money for the myriad of far superior super hero team titles that Marvel and DC are publishing. Read Full Review
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10
The first issue of this series is simply amazing. While introducing the cast of characters, Kelly Thompson gives us a really cool idea: why don't we have a reality show kind of comic book? That's what we follow as the storyline gets developed: Katie Bishop trying to form a new West Coast Avengers team while having to deal with the perils and confusions that LA can deliver. The characters are really well written and you are for sure going to laugh at this book. In my opinion, it's a solid 10.
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9.5
I feared the worse & this was a wonderful reading. Thompson succeed again with some absurd humor. I really liked what I read. Cover - 2/2 - I see the image of all in the same boat (Well on a little scooter ^^) Writing - That was a fun reading even if I have my doubt with the cliffhanger. Will see. 3/3 Arts - Not my taste, but did a great job. Even if their is too much Background only made of color. 2.5/3 Feeling - I will take issue 2 and possibly add it to my pull list. So good work. 2/2
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9.0
First issue was quite fun to read. It's a weird team, but seems to work well to create some situations where you just can't help but chuckle. Thompson has been scoring plenty of hits lately. I really like the art style and the colors, they go well with the more laid back West Coast feel of the book.
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9.0
Fun, beautifully drawn and loved the coloring, fits well the book and Caselli art style.
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9.0
The West Coast Avengers are BACK and this debut issue was awesome. I'm a huge Hawkeye fan and if you've been following Clint Barton and Kate Bishop since Matt Fraction's Hawkeye, this series should definitely be on your radar. It's got more superhero shenanigans than their previous series, and it's a lotta fun. The team lineup is strange but this first issue really sells you on these characters. I like that Clint is back in a capable leader role cuz he's kinda been portrayed as a little TOO MUCH of a screw up lately. Seems like he's there to help get this team up and running as their own Avengers squad. Kid Omega is one of my favorite newer characters and I'm glad he's getting more exposure here. America rocks, and idk anything about Gwenpo more
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9.0
Kate Bishop assembles a seriously absurd team of C-listers as the threats confronting LA outgrow her in their own seriously absurd way. I can recognize that this book NEEDS the reader to sign on with an "okay, give me the silly" attitude. I'm more than willing to meet the creators halfway on that, and so I had an absolute blast. The characterization is smart and sweet, the art is brilliant, and the facial expressions are world-class funny business. It's a wonderfully goofy book, and if it were just a little less self-conscious about its goofiness, it might be perfect.
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9.0
Wow. I've been waiting for this series since Kelly Thompson's Hawkeye was canceled in early 2018, and I was even more ecstatic when Stefano Caselli was announced as artist, as he's one of my all time personal favorite artists (Seriously, check out his other Marvel stuff). Anyways this book was HILARIOUS. When first saw the cover I was like "huh" because this team seemed to be complied of just random outcastes characters. Gwenpool, America Chavez, and Quentin Quire are honestly some of my most hated characters in comics but Kelly Thompson somehow made it fun to read about them. Also, when did Johnny get powers. Clint and Kate' dynamic is still awesome to read and I love the chill tone Thompson sets. We're in for a good one
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8.5
OVERVIEW West Coast Avengers #1 a) Writing/Script= 8.5/10 (K. Thompson) b) Art= 8.4/10 (Stefano Caselli) c) Colours= 8.8/10 (Triona Farrell) Average= 8.57/10 This book is written by Kelly Thompson. So you know this book is going to be funny, fun, enjoyable, flirty, sexy and wacky. It was all of that but x10. This book was so much fun. Fans of the Kelly Thompson-Hawkeye series will love this book. Kelly Thompson had made Kate Bishop to be probably my favourite female character. She is so fun, charismatic, pretty and very relatable. I was afraid that i might get annoyed with America Chavez and Gwenpool but nope, Kelly Thompson has made me like them as well. Stefano Caselli's art is so good! But at some parts, the art on the charac more
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8.0
I am a total sucker for Kate Bishop, especially when Kelly Thompson writes her. I think it's my secret pleasure. At first I was very hesitant to get this book because, even though I like Kate and Clint, the other characters have never interested me. I've always disliked Gwenpool and heard some mixed things about America. I'm glad that was put to rest. She writes all the character's nicely and not overly done. (especially Gwenpool) Caselli is always a solid artist so there is nothing to complain about there. I just hope Kelly can continue the magic she she had on her Hawkeye run.
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8.0
Strong, witty writing. Quite a good alternative to the main Avengers book.
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8.0
Nice start. Funny in parts, good introduction to each team member, fun banter, and a good setting of the tone of the series. This is an interesting combination of misfits and I'm curious to see how their dynamic plays out over the coming issues.
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7.5
I have feelings of Justice League International which I love, but also feelings of Tumblr humour. Gwenpool seemed out of character, I thought she would be way more stoked to be working with these characters. Overall though, I enjoyed it more than not.
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6.0
I usually don't like non-serious books, but I did enjoy Kate as Hawkeye so I'm gonna give it a try. its basically a humor fest.
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3.5
Absolute codswallop. I'll be amazed if this series makes it into double figures.
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BRODOK?!?! Eff this book.
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America Chavez sucks
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What's the deal with cartoony Brodok? Why is Clint so passive? He was always the proactive, somewhat stubborn, but courageous as hell guy on the Avengers roster. Why doesn't Kate call up her old YA pals? Why does Kate willingly accept Gwenpool after her "background check" rule?
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Stop embarrasing yourself, Marvel.
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