Avengers West Coast #80

Dates

Cover date

March 1992

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #80 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition$1.25 cover

  Direct

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

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition$1.25 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 00928102100103

  This edition’s page
• Australian edition1.80 AUD cover

  Australian

  Printed cover price 1.80 AUD.

  Barcode 07148602100106

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Operation: Galactic Storm

This is part 4 of 20. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Quasar (1989) #32
2. Wonder Man (1991) #7
3. The Avengers (1963) #345
4. Avengers West Coast (1989) #80
5. Captain America (1968) #398
6. Iron Man (1968) #278
7. Thor (1966) #445
8. Quasar (1989) #33
9. Wonder Man (1991) #8
10. The Avengers (1963) #346
11. Avengers West Coast (1989) #81
12. Captain America #399
13. Iron Man (1968) #279
14. Thor (1966) #446
15. Quasar (1989) #34
16. Wonder Man (1991) #9
17. Captain America (1968) #400
18. The Avengers (1963) #347
19. Avengers West Coast (1989) #82
20. Quasar (1989) #35

Creators

Stories

• Turn of the Sentry · 22 pages

  The West Coast Avengers pick up Captain America and they take off to rescue Rick Jones who has been captured by the Shi'ar. Oracle uses Rick to find the location of the Psyche-Magnetron but discovers it is guarded by a giant Kree Sentry. The Avengers arrive and the Shi'ar let them battle the Sentry while they take off with a piece of the Magnetron. Cap contacts Quasar who follows the Shi'ar into space.

Publisher’s description

Rick Jones is missing in hyperspace, or at least that's what the West Coast Avengers think! Rick Jones, prisoner of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard, subject to the mind control of Oracle! Will Captain America be able to rally the troops for this much needed rescue? Plus, Quasar joins the fray when starts trailing the Shi'ar for himself!

Reprinted in

Avengers: Galactic Storm (2006), Avengers Epic Collection (2013), Avengers West Coast Epic Collection (2018)