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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published November 1989
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Howard Mackie; Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details

Characters Avengers West Coast [the Scarlet Witch; the Vision; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
Genre superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks John Byrne (signed)
Notes Signature is dated 1989.

23 page Avengers West Coast story "Return of the Hero"

Characters Ann Raymond; Agatha Harkness; Avengers West Coast [Dr. Pym; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (becomes an Avenger in this story); Iron Man; the Scarlet Witch; Tigra; U.S.Agent; the Vision; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; Ebony (cat); Edwin Jarvis; Immortus; the Mad Thinker (flashback); Master Pandemonium; Nova [Frankie Raye] (flashback); Professor Phineas T. Horton (flashback); Namor the Sub-Mariner; Toro (flashback)
Synopsis The Avengers revive the android Human Torch and invite him to join their team.
Genre superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Mike Machlan
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Bill Oakley
Notes Byrne and Machlan are both credited as artists and Machlan is also credited as inker.

1 page Kid Remote; Acclaim Remote Controller advertisement "The Power to Move!"

Characters Kid Remote
Genre children
Notes Comics ad for the Acclaim Remote Controller. Placed between pages 5 and 6 of the main sequence.

1 page Mr. Bubble advertisement "Mr. Bubble's Tub Tales..."

Genre children
Pencils Dan DeCarlo [as DD]
Inks Dan DeCarlo [as DD]
Notes Comics ad for Mr. Bubble. Placed between pages 16 and 17 of the main sequence.