West Coast Avengers

The West Coast Avengers are a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appeared in The West Coast Avengers #1 (Sept. 1984), created by Roger Stern and Bob Hall. It was the first spin-off team of Avengers.

Fictional team biography
The team is founded by the Avenger Hawkeye in response to a suggestion by fellow Avenger, the Vision who at the time (as team chairman) wished to expand the Avenger's influence. Hawkeye recruits Mockingbird, Wonder Man, Tigra and Iron Man, with the last actually being Jim Rhodes as opposed to Tony Stark, a fact initially unknown to the team. Together the team defeats a petty criminal called the Blank and later Avengers foe Graviton.