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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published [May] 1987
Frequency Annually
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages 52
Editing Mark Gruenwald; Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Notes United States sale date: May 1987.

Cover Details

Characters the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Dr. Druid; She-Hulk; Thor; the Wasp]; Death (in corner box); the Silver Surfer; the West Coast Avengers [Dr. Hank Pym; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; La Espirita; Mockingbird; Moon Knight; Tigra; Wonder Man]
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks Al Milgrom (signed)

10 page West Coast Avengers story "Death & Texas!"

Characters the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Doctor Druid; She-Hulk; Thor; the Wasp]; the Elders of the Universe [the Champion (flashback); the Collector; the Gardener (flashback); the Possessor (flashback)]; the Silver Surfer; the West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye; La Espirita; Mockingbird; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Moon Knight; Tigra; Wonder Man]
Synopsis The Avengers East and West Coast are in the midst of their second annual softball game when the Grandmaster shows up and starts a little contest of his own.
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart; Mark Gruenwald ("creative kibitzing"); Tom DeFalco ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Notes Sequel to the Marvel Super-Heroes Contest of Champions. The story is 41 pages in all.

2 page West Coast Avengers story "Chapter 2: The Other Side!"

Characters the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Dr. Druid; She-Hulk; Thor; the Wasp]; the Silver Surfer; the West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye; Mockingbird; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Moon Knight; Tigra; Wonder Man]
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart; Mark Gruenwald ("creative kibitzing"); Tom DeFalco ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski

4 page West Coast Avengers story "Chapter 3: Iron Man Vs. Captain Marvel"

Characters Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart; Mark Gruenwald ("creative kibitzing"); Tom DeFalco ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski

4 page West Coast Avengers story "Chapter 4: Mockingbird Vs. Captain America"

Characters the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; She-Hulk]; the West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye; Mockingbird; Moon Knight]
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart; Mark Gruenwald ("creative kibitzing"); Tom DeFalco ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski

1 page West Coast Avengers story "Chapter 5: Silver Surfer"

Characters Death; the Silver Surfer
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart; Mark Gruenwald ("creative kibitzing"); Tom DeFalco ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski

3 page West Coast Avengers story "Chapter 6: Dr. Pym Vs. the Wasp"

Characters Dr. Hank Pym; the Wasp
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart; Mark Gruenwald ("creative kibitzing"); Tom DeFalco ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski

4 page The West Coast Avengers story "Chapter 7: Thor Vs. Wonder Man"

Characters Thor; Wonder Man
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart; Mark Gruenwald ("creative kibitzing"); Tom DeFalco ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski

4 page West Coast Avengers story "Chapter 8: Tigra Vs. Dr. Druid"

Characters Doctor Druid; Tigra
Genre superhero; occult
Script Steve Englehart; Mark Gruenwald ("creative kibitzing"); Tom DeFalco ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski

4 page West Coast Avengers story "Chapter 9: Moon Knight Vs. Black Knight"

Characters the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Moon Knight
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart; Mark Gruenwald ("creative kibitzing"); Tom DeFalco ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski

3 page West Coast Avengers story "Chapter 10: Hawkeye Vs. She-Hulk"

Characters Hawkeye; She-Hulk
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart; Mark Gruenwald ("creative kibitzing"); Tom DeFalco ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski

1 page West Coast Avengers story "Chapter 11! The Grandmaster"

Characters the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Dr. Druid; She-Hulk; Thor; the Wasp]; Death; the Grandmaster; the Silver Surfer; the West Coast Avengers [Hawkeye; Mockingbird; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Moon Knight; Tigra; Wonder Man]
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Notes Continued in Avengers Annual #16 and in part in Silver Surfer #3 (September 1987).