I apologize for missing Mutant X Mondays for the past coupla weeks. Been just one of those life things. I was kinda sick feeling last night and really only felt like doing small stuff after running errands earlier in the day. I didn't even turn the computer on yesterday. I am noticing people coming to the Blog and I want to say thank you. Even though comments are not made, it is nice to see that there are page views on a daily basis. I will try and keep content fresh. Just know that sometimes life and health will get in the way.
As I have said, I really want to one day have all these collected posts on series runs. One that now I can add to try and do is the West Coast Avengers, or as later known, the Avengers West Coast. I love the Avengers in general. The thing is that there has always been something about the West Coasters that appealed to me. It has had most of my favorite Avengers on the team at one point or another. That is a big plus for them. They also were kinda like a soap opera. The Avengers had drama, but the adventures were first and foremost. West Coast had drama and the Adventures were many times tied to that drama. I liked that I think.
One problem I have had in recent years is buying duplicate issues. I realize now that I can stop doing that. I took the box last night and went through adding the one outstanding issue it seemed I needed and have a bunch of issues for the yard sale box. I own the complete issue run excluding a few Annuals. I didn't realize that until last night as I was sorting through. It is cool to add another series to the completed list.
This group of Avengers was always the fun group in my opinion. They had turmoil, but that didn't stop them from having fun. There were dates and love affairs combined with rivalries and fights. Redemption was a central point of this group as well. Disgraced and fallen heroes were brought back to heroic form in this book. If you want to collect back issues of Avengers but feel overwhelmed at the number of the Original series I suggest you collect this book. It has 102 issues and is easily accessible in fifty cent and dollar boxes at both Flea Markets and Comic Shops. As you read you will see some of the great names in the creators list of credits. This would be a good book to collect a run of for reading enjoyment. You can also add the short run title Force Works to the collecting as it is what came after the team disbanded in Issue #102. I have all of those as well.
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I was feeling kind of down the other day and just decided to go to the local Antique Mall. I knew that there was suppose to be a new vendor with comicbooks and decided to check it out. I found this little gem of a book. After checking my list I confirmed I did not have the issue and decided to buy it. I am a sucker for Ant-Man, Wasp, and Yellow Jacket in books. It was a nice little slice of a bigger adventure.
The Wasp had been the only Avenger to not turn her back after a deranged man that came seeking help was taken by his health care officials. She followed and had apparently been captured. The Avengers spend the comic standing in the snow while Yellow Jacket and Ant-Man (Scott Lang) sneak in to see what happened to Janet. They find her and aid in her release. They kick butt and it leads to being captured again. The best part comes next. While making a bid to escape, the leader of the baddies decides to handle Janet by himself. He tries to choke the "hapless" female and gets an uppercut to the jaw by our wonderful Wasp. Later she takes out a guard by entering his ear and whistling. It is just a outstanding comic for seeing The Wasp in action.
The end is something that will ensure my seeking issue #196. The person behind the entire operation is the Taskmaster. It is a great cliffhanger. This is one of the best line-ups for the Avengers. There was Captain America, Beast, Wonder-Man, Jocasta, Ms. Marvel, Iron Man, The Vision, and of course Yellow Jacket and the Wonderful Wasp. It is a powerful assemblage. I really dislike that The Wasp got left out of the Avengers movie. She is a founding member and should be there. That is what happens when we have to rely on the popular masses to get our movies in the theatres. I wish Marvel would take the route DC Comics has and give us some top notch animated movies based on current and older story lines.
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