West Coast Avengers #24 Cover by Al Milgrom (Marvel 1987)
Artists: Al Milgrom (Penciller) , Mike Machlan (Inker)
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West Coast Avengers #24 Cover by Al Milgrom (Marvel 1987)
West Coast Avengers #24 Cover Prelim by Al Milgrom (Marvel 1987)
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DescriptionI will always think of the West Coast Avengers as my Avengers in a way that a team or title can only be if you picked up the very first issue off the spinner rack and were immediately hooked. Sure I liked the original Avengers, but I felt like the title lacked the personality of the 80s-vintage Fantastic Four or Uncanny X-Men. Until the Hawkeye limited series, that is. And then came the West Coast Avengers!From the four-issue limited series to the regular monthly title, I read the West Coast Avengers religiously for years and enjoyed every bit of it. The glitz and glamour of the West Coast, a whole new rogues gallery for the team to fight, the interpersonal dynamics of the team members, the fun rivalry with the East Coast Avengers: It was all good! Al Milgrom’s art was a key part of my love for the West Coast Avengers. He was penciling Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man when I first started reading that comic during the epic saga of Spider-Man and the Black Cat vs. Dr. Octopus and the Owl. (Now that’s a run that needs to be collected in a trade paperback!) After that great Spider-Man run and his pencils on the Kitty Pryde and Wolverine limited series, I was a big fan of Al’s work! I recently purchased this cover to West Coast Avengers #24 in a private sale by a collector who had owned it for the past six years. It’s a great cover featuring the whole team fighting Lucifer, the alien villain who was probably last seen in X-Men #20 when it was originally revealed how Professor Xavier lost the use of his legs. Blasts from the past and other obscure or off-beat foes were definitely one of the fun parts about the Wackos. A nice and unexpected bonus on the back of this cover was a rough sketch by Al Milgrom of a potential alternate cover layout. It looks like Lucifer standing victorious in the foreground with the West Coast Avengers team defeated and in shackles lined up on either side. That would have been a cool cover as well, but the version above is certainly more dramatic and energetic, so it’s easy to see why it made the final cut. Social/Sharing |
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Marvel Two-in-One Guy
Member Since 2003
Posted on 5/28/2011
Mike Machlan inked this, not Milgrom. Great cover!
James Henry 
Member Since 2005
Posted on 5/28/2011
Marvel Two-in-One Guy wrote:
Mike Machlan inked this, not Milgrom. Great cover!Thanks for pointing that out, Marvel Two-in-One 76 Guy! I think I was on auto pilot while I was filling out the artist fields.
Maria Coppola
Member Since 2011
Posted on 5/28/2011
West Coast Avengers was a great book in it's time. Some great covers also. This was one of the best! A real classic, kudos!
ALFREDO QUINTERO
Member Since 2006
Posted on 5/28/2011
This cover could not have gone to a cooler person. It was a real pleasure to deal with you James. I enjoyed it for the past 6 six years, but it was time to let it go. Now its your turn to enjoy it and be its new caretaker brother. I am gald it found a good home.
James Henry
Member Since 2005
Posted on 5/28/2011
ALFREDO QUINTERO wrote:
This cover could not have gone to a cooler person. It was a real pleasure to deal with you James. I enjoyed it for the past 6 six years, but it was time to let it go. Now its your turn to enjoy it and be its new caretaker brother. I am gald it found a good home.Thanks, Alfred! You were a pleasure to deal with and I'm absolutely thrilled with this piece. I'm looking forward to seeing what you're going to add to your collection in it's place. All the best, James
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