The West Coast Avengers Annual #3

Dates

Cover date

[October] 1988

On sale

June 30, 1988

Pages

68

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07148602650185

  This edition’s page

Story arc: The Evolutionary War

This is part 11 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Silver Surfer Annual (1988) #1
2. X-Men Annual (1970) #12
3. Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985) #4
4. The New Mutants Annual (1984) #4
5. The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) #8
6. The Avengers Annual (1967) #17
7. X-Factor Annual (1986) #3
8. The Punisher Annual (1988) #1
9. Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #21
10. The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #22
11. The West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #3
12. Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014) #4
13. Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (2024) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Heads You Lose -- ! · 18 pages

  The High Evolutionary sends his Gatherers to Wakanda to steal vibranium for his genetic bomb. Bill Foster, working at the High Evolutionary's base, manages to hide a note on the uniform of one of the Gatherers. In Wakanda, T'Challa defeats the Gatherers and finds the note. He contacts the West Coast Avengers. Just after they arrive, the Sensors arrive to steal the vibranium. During the battle Stack, leader of the Gatherers, is able to secretly steal a sample of vibranium. The Avengers leave Wakanda to investigate what is going on in the Savage Land.

• Tails You Win! · 22 pages

  Mockingbird, Moon Knight and Tigra arrive in the Savage Land. They learn about the restoration of the Savage Land by the High Evolutionary from Ka-Zar. They investigate and learn the High Evolutionary wants to detonate a bomb that will mutate all humans. During the battle Bill Foster takes a new serum which restores his growth powers and cures his cancer. Stack, leader of the High Evolutionary's Gatherers, returns with a sample of vibranium. With the final component in hand, the High Evolutionary flees to finish building his bomb elsewhere.

• The High Evolutionary Chapter Nine: The Final Frontier · 6 pages

Characters

Reprinted in

Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011), West Coast Avengers Omnibus (2013), Avengers West Coast Epic Collection (2018)