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^ FINAŁ MEMBERS ~ SCARLET WTTCH ^ SPIDER-WOMANII

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O WAR MACHINĘ Z U.S. AGENT UJ >

> ADOmONAL MEMBERS HUMAŃ TORCH I

(James Hammond)

LIVING UGHTNING MOON KNIGHT BASE

Avangera Compound, 1800 Patos Verdes Drrve. Calrfomta

FIRST ARPEARANCE

West Coast Avengers 91 (September 1984)

ALLIES HarM-yn soortwi), The Thing

FOES    I ftroo T u* Grim

Fteapar. MxXei Pandemonium. Mopinsto. lethai Logwn.

ESSENTIAL STORYLINES • West Coast Avongors 01-4

Mjiwkoyo und Moctoiglwd ostabtoh

• West Coast Avongers 017-23

• Ayongors West Coast *55-67. 59-52 Tm Scortol WMcMalS Mtotirr

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AvENGnRS, theVisioN decided ; *»o»ii»indi«iwd«n to expand the team and scnt rat,»nodtoNowvtjti<«tw I Iawkpyi: and his new wife o»oetsco Mockingbird to Los Angeles to establish a second hcadquarters on the West Coast. Hawkeye purchased a 15-acre estate on the Pacific coast. It consisted of' a main building, surrounded by several gnest cottages that housed various Avcngcrs over the years.

The mountainside beneath the main building accommodated thc high-security Avengcrs Assembly Room.a hospital, laboratories and a hanger for Aeengers’ Quinjcts.

GROWING PAINS

The team faced its first crisis when Mockingbird and I lawkeye argucd over whethcr the Aecngcrs had the right to usc lethal lorce. Hawkeye later resigncd when the govcrmnent assigned thc US Agent to the team and hc tetnporarily loined the Grim* Lakes Avenc.ers. The Wasi* tnoved to the West Coast to join her fbrmcr husband Dr. Pym and the team aided their East Coast coimtcrparts iu the Krcc-Shi’ar war known as Operation: Galactic Storni. Aftcr falling under the control of Magneto and Immoktus, thc Sc a klei Wilcu med her reality-altcring powcrs against thc West Coast Avengers.

I lawkeye and Mockingbird cvcntually reconcilcd and rejoined thc* team, and thc Scarict Witeh (n»\v curcd) becamc the team s ihairperson. During an attack hy the demon Mepiiisto and the Llihai Lujion. Moi kingbird was killed and the Compound scvea*ly damagcd I lawkeye resigncd to mourn his wifes death and Caimain Ami kica and the Bi ack Widów dccided to close the West Coast br.uu h. TD