West Coast Avengers #18 Lost in
Space-Time, Part Two: Time Was...
Published:
March 10, 1987
Writer: Steve
Englehart Penciler: Al Milgrom Cover Artist: Al Milgrom
Espirita talks Hank down from his suicide attempt.
The Avengers arrive in the Arizona Desert of 1876 and
realize their plight. The Time Platform has come back with them, but it's
broken and can only travel backwards in time. Iron Man thinks he might be able
to fix it with parts from another time machine, though as he's looking at it
Wonder Man is trying to horn in to one-up him. The entire team is soon
distracted by the sounds of a nearby battle involving Hawkeye's old allies,
Two-Gun Kid, Rawhide Kid, and Phantom Rider.
The Avengers join up with the Western heroes to take on an
alliance of many of their villains, including Iron Mask, Hurricane, Rattler,
Red Raven, Doctor Danger, the Fat Man, and the Living Totem.
During the successful adventure, Phantom Rider takes a
powerful liking to Mockingbird. Wonder Man takes the Time Platform to Two-Gun's
blacksmith specialist, Boom-Boom Brown, but they're not able to make much
progress on repairing it. Wonder Man then makes the suggestion to go even
farther back in time, specifically to the ancient Egypt of Rama-Tut where they
can get access to his own time machine.
Hawkeye agrees to the risky proposition, though to test
their control with a shorter jump, Simon first sets the dial back just 100
years. However just as the platform activates, Phantom Rider attacks, knocking
out and absconding with Mockingbird before anyone can stop him.
The remaining four
Avengers are stuck heading back a century.
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