I am so sick of Marvel’s tween-aged approach to a number of their books - throw a bunch of yout-ful heroes together; let the humor simmer, but never percolate; write stories that barely engages an older, grizzled comic book reader (I know a few. Heh.) and you have this fresh-faced lump of a book. So why did you read it, Jeff? Well, Random Goodreader, I’ve always liked the West Coast Avengers, the kooky mix of heroes, the annual soft ball game that never gets played cuz of villainous goings on… W...

As my all-time personal hero would say, that was fun on a bun, baby! >flaming belch<

The first issue starts out with some promise as Kate Bishop fights some land sharks, but once the team is assembled, there is no chemistry between the characters, just bickering. Chatty doesn't equal funny. There is a lot of banter between characters, but it doesn't amount to much.

Thompson expands on her strong work with Hawkeye by producing a new West Coast Avengers comic with Hawkeye at the center. The rest of the cast is also quite delightful, with America Chavez, Quentin Quire, and Gwenpoole all deserving the attention. In fact, the best part of the comic is these characters and their interactions.As for the plot: it's OK. Too much fighting big, mindless monsters. (And dammit, Marvel, stop padding out your collections with reprints that we don't want: this one has two...

3.5 stars"I need help! Send all the help! Avengers Assemble or whatever! WHERE IS EVERYBODY?! DOES NOBODY CARE IF THE ENTIRE WEST COAST IS EATEN BY GIANT LAND SHARKS?! HELP ME!!!" -- Kate 'Hawkeye' Bishop, with the genesis for the new West Coast AvengersSublime ridiculousness wrapped up in a sunny So-Cal package. In an opening scene straight out of a classic Saturday Night Live sketch - "Candygram," anyone? - from the 70's, our plucky Kate Bishop gathers a few super-heroic friends to battle a su...

3.5 stars. This was pretty solid. After dealing with the threat that opens the book, people are telling Kate that she needs to start a team of heroes out here as there is none. Someone needs to protect the west coast. The interview process for potential members was fun. Plus the villain was a cool spin as well. This book has similar vibes of Kate Bishop’s Hawkeye series with it being a bit silly and goofy but action packed and a lot of fun. The book also contains Young Avengers presents #6, whic...

Super fucking fun. So happy for more excuses to read Kate and her friends and Gwenpool and the multi-Hawkeye repartee and holy shit Quentin Quire?

3.5! Really solid first arc!World: The art is fantastic, the splash pages and the panels are fun and really sets the tone for the book and compliments Thompson's writing very well. I also love how expressive and full of character the characters are making this book just fun to look at. The world building is pretty solid and quirky. I really liked Thompson's Hawkeye series and was fairly annoyed when it was cancelled but now that we have this new book and this group of heroes I am more okay with

The West Coast needs a team and Kate Bishop steps up founding her own little group of young superheroes!This is the problem when I read stuff on digital, I always forget how Marvel loves to add one or two issues of 'filler'. In this case, the one issue where Kate meets Hawkeye (which is one that's collected in many other books), and Gwenpool #1. So, what it looked like a full story was actually a four issue mini arc that was just not enough.Plus, it was dumb. Or silly, or trying to be so quirky,...

(read as single issues)This is a lot of fun. I LOVE the reality show premise (I'm predictable trash) and I love Hawkeye(s). And I love America (the character) (the country is OK, needs some work tbh). I love Kelly Thompson's flair for pop culture references. This is a great antidote for some of the Very Serious Superhero comics out there.

Started off very strong with lots of action and irreverence having land sharks attack L.A. Kate Bishop patches together a team when she realizes the West Coast is unprotected. B.R.O.D.O.K. should be funny but he just sucks the air out of the room when he shows up. I have no problems with a fun, silly Avengers title, but this often never reaches fun. The quips need work, characters like Fuse have all the personality of a cardboard box. Stefano Caselli's art is great. He seems to be steering more

Silly Avengers, Vol. 1: What if... Marvel was an adultswim show?

This was pretty fun, nothing too special about it I was kinda expecting more but I still enjoyed it. I love America and Kate’s relationship (seriously marvel let them date).

I thought I'd give a comedy action style comic again. What I've realised is that its just not for me. I'm not sure if its Thompsons style, the characters or thw actual story. I guess this style isnt for me. It will 100% be up certain readers alleys, just not a fit for me.

I seem to have a knack for falling for Avengers runs that are way underappreciated. I first found Kate Bishop in Young Avengers. A book that really doesn't get the credit it deserves. I blame the name, sounds like it's for babies when they actually mean 18-22 year olds. I adore Kate Bishop. I also loved her solo run, that also got ended too soon. Kate Bishop Hawkeye is where I really solidified by adoration of author Kelly Thompson. She has a real talent for dialogue and for making each characte...

Somehow, kind of without meaning to, Kate Bishop has started her own Avengers team. With her bestie America Chavez, her boyfriend Fuse, her mentor Clint Barton, and newcomers Quentin Quire and Gwenpool, the West Coast Avengers are back! But a reality show crew, a giant Tigra, and the arrival of BRODOK threaten their new team almost as soon as it begins - Kate's gunna need more frozen peas. So many frozen peas.West Coast Avengers is basically Kelly Thompson continuing her fantastic Hawkeye run an...

West Coast Avengers’ first volume is a whole lot of fun. After moving out west to Los Angeles, Kate Bishop realizes that an entire coast is pretty much defenseless, so she less assembles, more cobbles together a superhero team that, like her, is a mess that somehow makes it through.Kelly Thompson and her team accomplish several things at once in this debut team book. The Hawkeyes stay together, always a good thing for the Marvel Universe (and she has their witty banter down). And even though it'...

Kate Bishop (Hawkeye) tries to reboot the West Coast Avengers after a horde of landsharks(?!) rampages through Los Angeles. Fortunately, Clint Barton (also Hawkeye) tags along. The other heroes she recruits...not so exciting. And the framing device of a reality show is used too sparingly or too much, I can't decide which. This first series is only four issues and it feels about three issues too long. You will hate BRODOK immediately and there's a lot of him.The pair of back-up issues in this vol...

lived up to ALL my hype. this series has the perfect author, artists, and team up (QUENTIN! BOYOOO). modok is a fun villain, and i am so very excited for the rest of this series.

Interest cast of characters centred around Kate Bishop including Gwenpool, America and Quentin Quire.. but a thinly disguised MODOK and land sharks does not a classic make. The ongoing sub-plot of the team being watched by a reality TV crew as a way top have them financed is hot sauce as is the whole what are Gwenpool's powers. :) 5 out of 12.