Sons of Steve Garvey: It's Official: Dodgers Are the Only Show in Town

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

It's Official: Dodgers Are the Only Show in Town

The LA Avengers have left the building.

10 comments:

Steve Sax said...: West Coast Avengers (later called Avengers West Coast) was always a bastard stepchild of the main Marvel superteam, and it showed. Any team that has 40% of its roster as Tigra and Mockingbird, weak supporting characters at best, was dubious; add in Hawkeye's tempermental "leadership" and you're bound for failure. Al Milgrom was never much of an artist, either.

With the exception of the John Byrne run from #42-57, which included some solid Scarlet Witch / rebuilt Vision character development, as well as the return of the old Human Torch (from the Invaders era), it wasn't a good use of 102 issues.

Oh yeah, and too bad about that Arena Football team. It was always a fun use of the Staples Center to see the amusement park-like field in person; I think if they had added a couple of trapezes and rings of fire, they would have had something here.; 4/21/2009 7:52 AM
PenosCabell said...: Steve Sax - Wow. Dodger fan and Marvel aficianado.; 4/21/2009 8:08 AM
Steve Sax said...: Oh yeah, and there is that other NBA team that LA still has. Not the Clippers. That other one.; 4/21/2009 8:08 AM
Alex Cora said...: Nerd; 4/21/2009 8:48 AM
Neeebs (The Original) said...: AC posts what neeebs was thinking. Don't worry Sax, everyone has an inner nerd within. Some hidden better than others.; 4/21/2009 9:32 AM
Steve Sax said...: neeebs, believe it or not, this IS "hidden."; 4/21/2009 9:37 AM
Matthew Glidden said...: Either team (Avengers WC or the AFL) could've seriously used Power Man and Iron Fist. After all, the duo even beat the '86 Bears 73-13 back in issue #125.; 4/21/2009 10:54 AM
Neeebs (The Original) said...: Sax: Then I'll leave my coin collection out of this too!; 4/21/2009 11:44 AM
Delino DeShields, Sr said...: "JOEY" was the West Coast Avengers of sitcoms.; 4/21/2009 3:45 PM
Steve Sax said...: Matthew G, that is indeed an awesome find from the quarter bin. I'd ask you for a fist bump, but I'm afraid you're channeling the dragon Shau-Lao, so I'll refrain.

Neeebs, are you a numismatist?

Delino: All I can say is, "Whoa."; 4/21/2009 5:06 PM