Long, long stretches of the regular West Coast Avengers comic were either forgettable, or devoted to fixing obscure continuity, or plain not good. The limited series that preceded it, however, is a nice four-issue set up: the newly married Hawkeye and his wife Mockingbird start up the new expansion team, with longtime Avengers Wonder Man and Iron Man, and relative newcomer Tigra. (Shh! We've secretly replaced Tony Stark with Jim Rhodes! Let's see if anyone notices...)
I just reread the last three issues the other day, and was impressed at how well they hold up. Stern does a great job of character and continuity without bashing anyone over the head with it.
The angle he's lifting the wall seems a little off: I don't know how well that wall would hold together for Simon either. But there's a lot of fun there, as Simon explains to his friend how stunt work has built his confidence while he pounds nails back in with his fists. When he runs out of nails and has to get more, his friend offers to watch his stuff, but Simon points out nobody else could lift it. (In theory, I suppose anyone with a hammer and no sense of self-preservation could pull the nails out and help themselves...)
From West Coast Avengers #2, "Blanking Out!" Written by Roger Stern, pencils by Bob Hall, inks by Brett Breeding.
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At least he isn't wearing that stupid red coat.
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