History ComicBook / WestCoastAvengers2018

** Also to the Gillen[=/McKelvie=] ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'', with two of the same core team members (America Chavez and Kate Bishop) and a similar focus on teen heroes and flattering depiction of youth culture. [[spoiler:Nor-Varr/Marvel Boy comes in #6, and an ending joke with Kate in #10 ("Is no one I've dated straight?") resembles an ending joke ("Am I the only one on this team who's straight?") in YA #15.]]

* [[ComicBook/QuentinQuire Kid Omega]] (Quentin Quire) - Angry psionic mutant and punk rocker who [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor keeps switching sides]], currently trying out heroism.
* [[Characters/AvengersUnsanctionedMembers Fuse]] (Johnny Watts) - Kate's boyfriend, in way over his head. But then again, so is Kate. He can change his bodily composition to transform into any material he touches.

The only problem? They don't have any money. To alleviate this, they must also take part in a reality TV show where they live under the same roof. Hijinx ensue, naturally.

** Both Fuse and Noh-Varr admits - on camera - that they find the other hot. Kate is somewhat disturbed by this, and wonders if she's actually ever dated someone ''not'' bi.

** One of the supers Kate interviews is Doctor Mole, a [[MoleMen mole-man]] with “the knowledge of an average doctor”, who didn’t even realize this was a superhero audition and thought this was for a reality show called ''The Mole Men of Los Angeles''. In a [[https://www.marvel.com/articles/culture-lifestyle/new-hawkeye-kate-bishop-short-story-by-kelly-thompson?linkId=108239617 Marvel Tales short]] (also written by Thompson), Kate visits him for help with a broken leg and it’s revealed he did get hired on the show.

* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: Kate's search for more members in the first issue. It includes [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Dutch Oven]], Silver Snowboarder ("Maybe Los Angeles is not the best place for you?"), Wolver-Mean ("your claws are steak knives attached with rubber bands!"), and [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} Dark Paladin]], which is soon rejected for being too dark.

* AscendedExtra: Johnny/Fuse has made some minor appearances in Kate's series before becoming a hero here. His power set gets explained in the first issue (ability to change his body to mimic whatever material he touches) after its reveal in ''Hawkeye'' #16.

* TheBusCameBack: Tigra makes a reappearance in Issue #1 after being OutOfFocus in the Marvel Universe for a couple of years.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: In Issue #9, [[spoiler:Ramone fuses her body with Vibranium, joining the others to battle the vampires of Shifting Sun.]]

* FunTShirt: Quentin has a few: "Quire Happens", "Future Phoenix", "I Brake for the X-Gene", "Bring Cyclops Back", "I de-vamped Jubilee AndAllIGotWasThisLousyTShirt", "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall I'm Ready For The Reboot]]"

-->'''Gwen:''' Was she ''always'' 200 feet tall?\\

** In the last issue, [[spoiler:the team reads that they are seemingly cancelled, just like their comic.]]

* LenoDevice: The team makes an appearance on ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'' for an interview and official announcement of their team to the nation, with Kimmel himself appearing in the comic. A variant cover art for Issue #4 references Avengers #239, [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/jimmy-kimmels-coming-to-west-coast-avengers-carrying-o-1830001081 the previous time Marvel's supers camoed a talk show]], ''Series/TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman''.

-->'''Narration:''' ''Generously shares a codename with Kate Bishop. Yes, it's confusing.''

* TheSlacker: Quentin according to the TV crew. His reason for joining the team is so he can get paid for the TV show (which he agreed to way before the comic even starts) while doing the absolute bare minimum.

* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler: Quentin/Gwen]] tend to end their shouting matches by making out. [[spoiler:Gwen later details she's going along for being GenreSavvy, feeling a romance would make less of a supporting character and thus more able to not be killed off.]]

* [[Characters/XMenSupportingCharacters Kid Omega]] (Quentin Quire) - Angry psionic mutant and punk rocker who [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor keeps switching sides]], currently trying out heroism.

* [[Characters/XMenRecurringCharacters Kid Omega]] (Quentin Quire) - Angry psionic mutant and punk rocker who [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor keeps switching sides]], currently trying out heroism.

* DenserAndWackier: Even if the first issue was somehow rated 15+ (sharing that with two well-known R-rated characters ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' and ''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''), it's lighthearted, colorful and downright crazy, starting with land sharks in Santa Monica, followed by assembling a team that [[DysfunctionJunction is a not very savory combination of personalities and powers]], and a mission to stop a giant Tigra that eventually introduces B.R.O.D.O.K., Bio-Robotic Organism Designed Overwhelmingly for Kissing. All while the heroes are being interviewed for a reality show.

* [[Characters/XMenRoguesGalleryAToI Kid Omega]] (Quentin Quire) - Angry psionic mutant and punk rocker who [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor keeps switching sides]], currently trying out heroism.

* [[Characters/XMenRoguesGalleryAToL Kid Omega]] (Quentin Quire) - Angry psionic mutant and punk rocker who [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor keeps switching sides]], currently trying out heroism.
* Fuse (Johnny Watts) - Kate's boyfriend, in way over his head. But then again, so is Kate. He can change his bodily composition to transform into any material he touches.

* FunWithAcronyms: '''A'''dvanced '''I'''mage '''M'''echanics.

* BiTheWay: In the final arc, [[spoiler:Johnny starts expressing how hot Noh-Varr is, though he initially mistakes his own feelings for jealousy for Kate. It's not until he learns Noh-Varr reciprocates his feelings that he realizes that he's bi.]]

** When the team appears in the ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms'' tie-in issues of ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', Kate's absence is explained by Gwen stating she's probably in another tie-in (she is: Journey into Mystery) but Noh-Varr goes unmentioned. Why didn't he stay with the team after the book was cancelled?

* StringTheory: [[spoiler:Noh-Varr]] does such a board in #Issue 8 the day after helping break Kate free.

* DressingAsTheEnemy: Gwen and Quentin dress up as Madam Masque's goons to investigate her mansion. Unfortunadely, his pink hair tells off the guards.

* FullyAbsorbedFinale: After cancellation, the team appears in ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan''. Since Gwen has had a new solo mini-series announced, that WarOfTheRealms tie-in is probably the final appearance of the team.

* OCCIsSeriousBusiness: America acts far more personable than usual after being rescued from the Temple of the Shifting Sun. Ramone guesses that she has a concussion.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Following how the first giant woman is the CatGirl Tigra, the monsters are animal-like (a fish monster, a flying lizard, a wasp-like beast). The exception is [[spoiler: Kate turned into Katehawk.]]

* CrazyPrepared: Johnny's piercings are made of vibranium so he can change into said material whenever necessary. He refuses to explain how he acquired them [[spoiler: though Ramone explains it in #9]].

* CrazyPrepared: Johnny's piercings are made of vibranium so he can change into said material whenever necessary. He refuses to explain how he acquired them.

** Also to the Gillen[=/McKelvie=] ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'', with two of the same core team members (America Chavez and Kate Bishop) and a similar focus on teen heroes and flattering depiction of youth culture. [[spoiler:And Nor-Varr/Marvel Boy comes in #6.]]

''West Coast Avengers'' is a 2018 comic series sharing the title and basic premise of the 1985-1994 comic series [[ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers of the same name]], written by Kelly Thompson (who previously worked on ''ComicBook/HawkeyeKateBishop'') and drawn by Stefano Caselli, Daniele Di Nicuolo, and Gang Hyuk Lim. It's part of Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/MarvelAFreshStart Fresh Start]] initiative.

The series ran for 10 issues from August 2018 to April 2019.