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West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #23

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Cover Date

August, 1987

Issue Details

Editor-in-Chief

Jim Shooter

Drop dead.

—Mockingbird to a falling Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade)

Appearing in "Showtime!"

Featured Characters:

Avengers West Coast
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
- Wonder Man
- Tigra
- ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵
- Mockingbird
- Henry Pym
- Moon Knight (Marc Spector)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade) (Death)

Other Characters:

Franklin Richards

Locations:

Four Freedoms Plaza, New York City, New York
Egypt (2940 BC)
Southwest US (1876)
- Lordsburg, New Mexico

Items:

Vehicles:

Rover

Synopsis for "Showtime!"

The Present
Hank Pym, Espirita and Moon Knight take Rover all the way to New York to the headquarters of the Fantastic Four. There they examine the wreckage of the time machine destroyed by Dominus. Hank and Reed begin putting the pieces back together while the Thing lugs heavy chunks of machinery all over the place.

2940 BCE
The Avengers now have only one chance left to get home – Doctor Strange. But first they must fight through another legion of soldiers loyal to Rama-Tut. The Priests of Khonshu, and those formerly enslaved by Rama, assist the Avengers and they battle their way from Rama-Tut's court back to the Sphinx. By the time they get through all of this though, they learn that Doctor Strange has already escaped and returned home. But Hawkeye still succeeded in keeping his promise to Khonshu by aiding in the overthrow of Rama-Tut. By delaying Rama's guards from imprisoning Doctor Strange's body, they allowed Strange to separate his astral self and use his magic to transform the Thing back into a human, allowing him to slip free of his bonds and free the rest of the Fantastic Four. At which point, the FF forced Rama-Tut to flee into the time stream.

1876
Mockingbird decides to track down the Night Rider alone. Racing on a horse through a perilous rainstorm, she finds the Rider floating above Spirit Peak. She begins fighting him, but the Rider continues to profess his love to her. Mockingbird batters him back with her battle staves forcing him over the cliff's edge. The Night Rider manages to grip onto the edge of the cliff and begs Mockingbird to rescue him. Bobbi has plenty of time to save the Night Rider's life, but chooses to let him lose his grasp and fall to his death. This decision will haunt her for many months to come.

The Present
Back in the present, Hank and Reed complete the repairs on the time machine. Along with Moon Knight and Espirita, they travel back to ancient Egypt in the year 2940 BCE. They pick up the rest of the Avengers and then travel forward to Lordsburg, New Mexico in 1876 to pick up Mockingbird.

One final trip forward through time and everyone is finally home. And it was all because of Hawkeye's enduring two-hundred year old note.

Notes

Mockingbird allows Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade) to fall to his death.

The Mole Man appears in a cameo flashback of Fantastic Four (Volume 1) #296.

Wong and Doctor Doom appear in a cameo flashback on page 1.

Moon Knight's origin was originally chronicled in Moon Knight (Volume 1) #1.

Although this is technically the last chapter of the story, the following issue climaxes with the Avengers' final fight against Dominus.

In this issue, Hawkeye assists the Priests of Khonshu in their struggle against the Rama-Tut loyalists by crafting for them various bladed weapons including throwing irons and boomerangs. These weapons will eventually pass through the centuries and become the chosen armaments of Moon Knight.

Links and References

References

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+| Editor1_1           = Mark Gruenwald
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-| Speaker             = [[Mockingbird]] to a falling [[Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade)]]
+| Speaker             = [[Barbara Morse (Earth-616)|Mockingbird]] to a falling [[Lincoln Slade (Earth-616)|Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade)]]
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+'''The Present'''<br>
-| Editor1_1           = Mark Gruenwald
+Hank Pym, Espirita and Moon Knight take Rover all the way to New York to the headquarters of the Fantastic Four. There they examine the wreckage of the time machine destroyed by Dominus. Hank and Reed begin putting the pieces back together while the Thing lugs heavy chunks of machinery all over the place.
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-| Penciler1_1         = Al Milgrom
-| Inker1_1            = Tanghal
-| Colourist1_1        = Christie Scheele
-| Letterer1_1         = Tom Orzechowski
+'''2940 BCE'''<br>
-| Appearing1 =
+The Avengers now have only one chance left to get home – Doctor Strange. But first they must fight through another legion of soldiers loyal to Rama-Tut. The Priests of Khonshu, and those formerly enslaved by Rama, assist the Avengers and they battle their way from Rama-Tut's court back to the Sphinx. By the time they get through all of this though, they learn that Doctor Strange has already escaped and returned home. But Hawkeye still succeeded in keeping his promise to Khonshu by aiding in the overthrow of Rama-Tut. By delaying Rama's guards from imprisoning Doctor Strange's body, they allowed Strange to separate his astral self and use his magic to transform the Thing back into a human, allowing him to slip free of his bonds and free the rest of the Fantastic Four. At which point, the FF forced Rama-Tut to flee into the time stream.
-'''Featured Characters:'''<br />
-* [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)]]
+'''1876'''<br>
-* [[Simon Williams (Earth-616)|Wonder Man]]
+Mockingbird decides to track down the Night Rider alone. Racing on a horse through a perilous rainstorm, she finds the Rider floating above Spirit Peak. She begins fighting him, but the Rider continues to profess his love to her. Mockingbird batters him back with her battle staves forcing him over the cliff's edge. The Night Rider manages to grip onto the edge of the cliff and begs Mockingbird to rescue him. Bobbi has plenty of time to save the Night Rider's life, but chooses to let him lose his grasp and fall to his death. This decision will haunt her for many months to come.
-* [[Greer Nelson (Earth-616)|Tigra]]
-* [[Iron Man (Tony Stark)]]
+'''The Present'''<br>
-* [[Mockingbird]]
+Back in the present, Hank and Reed complete the repairs on the time machine. Along with Moon Knight and Espirita, they travel back to ancient Egypt in the year 2940 BCE. They pick up the rest of the Avengers and then travel forward to Lordsburg, New Mexico in 1876 to pick up Mockingbird.
-* [[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Henry Pym]]
-'''Supporting Characters:'''<br />
+One final trip forward through time and everyone is finally home. And it was all because of Hawkeye's enduring two-hundred year old note.
-* [[Firebird (Bonita Juarez)|La Espirita]]
-* [[Moon Knight (Marc Spector)]]
+| Appearing1          =
-* [[Thing (Ben Grimm)]]
+'''Featured Characters:'''
-* [[Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)]]
+* {{a|[[Avengers West Coast (Earth-616)|Avengers West Coast]]}}
-* [[Invisible Woman (Susan Richards)]]
+** {{a|[[Clinton Barton (Earth-616)|Hawkeye (Clint Barton)]]}}
-* [[Two-Gun Kid (Matthew Liebowitz)]]
+** {{a|[[Simon Williams (Earth-616)|Wonder Man]]}}
-* [[Rawhide Kid]]
+** {{a|[[Greer Grant (Earth-616)|Tigra]]}}
-'''Villains:'''<br />
+** {{apn|[[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Iron Man (Tony Stark)]]}}
-* [[Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade)]] (death)
+** {{a|[[Barbara Morse (Earth-616)|Mockingbird]]}}
-'''Other Characters:'''<br />
+** {{a|[[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Henry Pym]]}}
-* [[Franklin Richards]]
+** {{a|[[Marc Spector (Earth-616)|Moon Knight (Marc Spector)]]}}
-'''Locations:'''<br />
+'''Supporting Characters:'''
-* [[Four Freedoms Plaza]], [[New York City]], [[New York]]
+* {{a|[[Bonita Juarez (Earth-616)|La Espirita]]}}
-* [[Egypt]] (2940 BC)
+* {{a|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|Thing (Ben Grimm)]]}}
+* {{a|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)]]}}
+* {{a|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Woman (Susan Richards)]]}}
+* {{a|[[Matthew Hawk (Earth-616)|Two-Gun Kid (Matthew Liebowitz)]]}}
+* {{a|[[Jonathan Clay (Earth-616)|Rawhide Kid]]}}
+'''Antagonists:'''
+* {{Death|[[Lincoln Slade (Earth-616)|Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade)]]}}
+'''Other Characters:'''
+* {{a|[[Franklin Richards (Earth-616)|Franklin Richards]]}}
+'''Locations:'''
+* {{a|[[Four Freedoms Plaza]]}}, {{a|[[New York City]]}}, {{a|[[New York State|New York]]}}
+* {{a|[[Egypt]]}} (2940 BC)
 * Southwest US (1876)
+** {{a|[[Lordsburg]]}}, {{a|[[New Mexico]]}}
-'''Items:'''<br />
+'''Items:'''
-* [[Hawkeye's Bow]]
+* {{a|[[Hawkeye's Bow]]}}
-* [[Iron Man Armor MK VII]]
+* {{a|[[Iron Man Armor Model 8|Iron Man Armor MK VII]]}}
-* [[Moon Knight's Crescent Darts]]
-* [[Mockingbird's Battle Staves]]
+* {{a|[[Moon Knight's Crescent Darts]]}}
-* [[Doctor Doom's Time Machine]]
+* {{a|[[Mockingbird's Battle Staves]]}}
+* {{a|[[Time Platform|Doctor Doom's Time Platform]]}}
-'''Vehicles:'''<br />
+'''Vehicles:'''
-* [[Rover]]
+* {{a|[[Rover (vehicle)|Rover]]}}
+| Notes               =
+* [[Barbara Morse (Earth-616)|Mockingbird]] allows [[Lincoln Slade (Earth-616)|Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade)]] to fall to his death.
+* The [[Mole Man]] appears in a cameo flashback of [[Fantastic Four Vol 1 296|''Fantastic Four (Volume 1)'' #296]].
+* [[Wong]] and [[Doctor Doom]] appear in a cameo flashback on page 1.
+* [[Moon Knight]]'s origin was originally chronicled in [[Moon Knight Vol 1 1|''Moon Knight (Volume 1)'' #1]].
+* Although this is technically the last chapter of the story, the following issue climaxes with the Avengers' final fight against [[Dominus (Earth-616)|Dominus]].
+* In this issue, [[Hawkeye]] assists the Priests of Khonshu in their struggle against the [[Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)|Rama-Tut]] loyalists by crafting for them various bladed weapons including [[Moon Knight's Throwing Irons|throwing irons]] and [[Moon Knight's Boomerang|boomerangs]]. These weapons will eventually pass through the centuries and become the chosen armaments of Moon Knight.
-| Cast1               = Clinton Barton (Earth-616)
-| Cast2               = Mockingbird
-| Cast3               = Greer Nelson (Earth-616)
-| Cast4               = Anthony Stark (Earth-616)
-| Cast5               = Simon Williams (Earth-616)
-| Cast6               = Henry Pym (Earth-616)
-| Cast7               = Bonita Juarez (Earth-616)
-| Cast8               = Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)
-| Cast9               = Invisible Woman (Susan Richards)
-| Cast10               = Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)
-| Cast11               = Franklin Richards
-| Cast12               = Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade)
-| Cast13               = Two-Gun Kid (Matthew Liebowitz)
-| Cast14               = Rawhide Kid
-| Cast15               = Moon Knight (Marc Spector)
-| Location1           = Egypt
-| Location2           = Four Freedoms Plaza
-| Location3           = New York City
-| Location4           = New York
-| Item1               = Iron Man Armor MK VII
-| Item2               = Hawkeye's Bow
-| Item3               = Mockingbird's Battle Staves
-| Item4               = Moon Knight's Crescent Darts
-| Item5               = Doctor Doom's Time Machine
-| Vehicle1            = Rover
-| Vehicle2            =
-| Notes               = * [[Mockingbird]] allows [[Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade)]] to fall to his death.
 | Trivia              =
 | Recommended         =
 | Links               =
 }}