▶ Hi all, thanks for all the positive words on the video! There are a few minor corrections that I want to make, and that some of you have thankfully raised:

1. The original WCA miniseries is set after Secret Wars, not during (Hawkeye and Iron Man are both on Battleworld so it has to be set after). The point I was trying to make in my notes was that the miniseries began during the Secret Wars event, with Marvel launching the title at the same time their A-list heroes were on Battleworld. I should have been more clearer, so thanks to everyone who raised that point!

2. When discussing John Byrne's Man of Steel comic, I accidentally said it was 12 issues instead of 6. I've double checked all my notes and I had written down 6 issues, so I must have messed up when recording that section and not realised. Slightly embarrassed about that one as I absolutely should have spotted it 🤦‍♂️

I'll make sure to be extra careful in the next video to double check everything and make sure there's no minor factual errors like this. If only YouTube had an edit feature where you could re-record lines, alas. Thanks everyone!

West Coast Avenger represent one the best things about the avengers as team : The avengers aren't dependent on the original formation nor their members being made of just A-list heroes of Marvel universe in order to have great stories. While some original members like Cap, Iron Man and Thor were present in many of the Avengers line ups, the majority of the avengers were rarely big name heroes, usually they were supporting characters or villains seeking redemption like Wanda, Hawkeye, Vision and Wonder Man. The focus of the story was always on the team drama, their interactions and dynamics and how they work together to prove themselves as "Earth Mightest heroes".

One note for you. This book took place AFTER Secret Wars. As Clint and Rhodey were part of the Battleworld contingent, and James actually references SW in the issue where he reveals it was HIM on Battleworld and not Tony Stark to the team. So the main Avengers were back by the time the WAC  was put together.

I’m a big fan of the West Coast Avengers.  The redemption of Hank Pym is my favorite story of the series.

I read that, when John Byrne was a boy reading comics, he had a crush on Wanda. He was upset that they had her fall in love with a strange, artificial being like the Vision. That is why Byrne undid everything the other writers had done and hooked her up with Wonder Man instead.

I've always thought the West Coast Avengers were a very fun lineup of heroes with an interesting team dynamic. I'm very happy to hear Owen getting into the details of their history!

Honestly this team is famous nowadays because of Bendis’ apparent hatred of it and it’s cast.

Mockingbird: what is my purpose?

The writers: to suffer.

West Coast Avengers, when you think about it, is basically "Justice League International" if the whole thing of "Maxwell Lord was always evil" twist had been done as part of the original run

Mockingbird killing Phantom Rider was a turning point in WCA.

Wow, the writers really had it out for Mockingbird

I really enjoyed Hank Pym’s redemption in West Coast Avengers

I gave up on the West Coast Avengers when Hawkeye was replaced as their leader.

I had an issue of the Avengers from either late '70s or early '80s where Grim Reaper somehow captured both Vision and WonderMan and held a "trial" to determine which was now his real brother.  Vision infuriated him by suggesting that perhaps Vision and WonderMan were the closest to brothers now.  From the thumbnails here, looks like ole 'Reaper was still fuming about it all the way across the country...

I still haven't forgiven Marvel for cancelling that book, and it ended up being the beginning of the end of my time collecting comic books.

The West Coast Avengers was a good way to popularize characters causal fans have never heard of. Should there be another series just like it in the Superhero genre?

This was definitely "my" Avengers team and established Hawkeye and Mockingbird as my two fave Avengers.

I always have a had a soft spot for the west coast Avengers as I could get double treat each month with the east coast Avengers as well .

As noted, Hawkeye and Iron Man (James Rhodes) were both a part of Secret Wars.  Also, John Byrne's Man of Steel mini series that relaunched SUperman was only 6 issues, not 12.

Thanks for the video. Roger Stern is an underappreciated writer. I liked the tone he established in the mini series and I wish Marvel would have allowed him to write the ongoing.
And as a fan of the Vision, I was furious when I learned what they did to him in the West Coast Avengers. John Bryne didn't like the way Claremont wrote Dr doom, and said that a writer should respect a character if he is going to write them in their story. And yet, John went out of his way to destroy the relationship between Vision and Wanda, simply because he didn't like it. The man was a bloody hypocrite.