Wonder Man's chronology continues...
Thing #5- The Thing returns to the Baxter
Building from the hospital after visiting Alicia in the hospital.
Wonder Man is standing at the elevator doors. Thing asks what
Wonder Man is doing there. Simon says that Thing called him, but
when Thing mentions that he didn’t call him because he has
been with his “gal”. Suddenly Simon freezes up and next
thing he is knocking Ben through the wall and through for
vehicles outside. Wonder Man charges Thing, but Thing knocks him
backwards. Thing tries to pin Wonder Man against a truck with a
car, but Simon crushes the car between them. Thing hits Simon.
When the guy controlling Simon sees that he is losing he calls on
the She-Hulk to come help Wonder Man. She-Hulk shows up both as
Thing knocks out Simon and as Thing realizes Simon was mind
controlled. Thing fights She-Hulk and Spider-Man. Eventually it
is shown that Puppet Master is controlling them. Puppet Master
takes over Thing’s body.
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Avengers #239- Simon calls in to the Avengers
mansion. He says that his acting career has been very slow, and
that in order to get him booked on the David Letterman show his
agent used his status as a former Avenger and told them that he
could bring other Avengers. Vision says that all the active
Avengers are busy, but phones some former members for him.
Hawkeye (the only active member), Black Panther, Black Widow, and
Beast show up to be on with Simon. David Letterman introduces
them. On the show Beast reveals that he is forming a new
Defenders. Fabian Stankowicz decides to attack the Avengers in
yet another lame attempt to make himself a famous super-villain.
Suddenly the camera shoots at them. A steamroller comes out.
Simon tries to hit it, but he doesn’t damage it. Fabian goes
and sits next to Dave while they fight the machines. He starts to
talk about himself. Simon pushes against the steamroller until
both he and the steamroller fall through the floor. Simon winds
up destroying the thing, but first Dave Letterman knocks out
Fabian with a giant doorknob. Later Simon waits anxiously for the
show to come on, but as it starts they break in with a special
bulletin about a chemical barge burning out of control. They
leave to go deal with it. Beast says that maybe they can get it
under control before Letterman is supposed to air on the West
Coast.
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Avengers #243-BTS
Power Man & Iron Fist #110- Power Man and
Iron Fist were to be the escorts of Jeryn Hogarth’s daughter
Millicent, but at the party they are forced to defeat some crooks
and their suits are ruined. Jeryn’s date is the wasp and she
calls Wonder Man and Beast to be Millicent’s new escorts.
Marvel Graphic Novel #17
Wonder Man #1
- Simon is trying out for a part on a soap opera, but
the director yells cut because Simon’s eyes are red. Simon
fixes them, but the director says that retakes in taping are
expensive. Simon says that he gets it, “don’t call us,
we’ll call you.” Back in his dressing room Simon
smashes the table in frustration. He accidentally breaks a hole
in the wall where the co-star for his tryout is in her underwear.
Simon leaves telling the people to talk to their insurance. As he
walks out Simon says that as a reserve Avengers he is entitled to
a monthly payment, but his pride won’t let him accept it. He
calls for a taxi. When Simon sees the cost of the taxi he says
that it is days like this when he wishes he had stayed dead.
Simon starts to daydream when he notices that his cab isn’t
moving. Simon can’t afford to sit with the meter running so
he picks the cab up and carries it out of the traffic jam. As the
driver drops Simon off at Avengers mansion Simon apologizes and
says that he will tip him next time. Simon goes to put his card
in the key slot when he sees Ant-Man soldering inside the slot.
Ant-Man turns into Scott Lang and lets Simon in. Wonder Man goes
to the combat simulator and sets it for a random attack. Simon is
smashing things up when he sees a giant robot hauling back to hit
him. The robot freezes. Scott Lang stopped it and he tells Wonder
Man about a job he knows of with Cordco Industries for someone
with his unique talents. As Lang leaves he reactivates the
program and the robot pastes Wonder Man. The next morning Simon
meets Calvin Oakly at Cordco. Calvin introduces Simon to Dr.
Wheetly who is working on viewing parallel dimensions. Oakly
explains that they would need Simon to troubleshoot any
unforeseen problems with all the experimental ideas. Simon
accepts and goes for a physical. Afterwards Calvin introduces
Simon to Dulcy Kimble. Simon is stunned to hear that his physical
shows that he doesn’t even need to breathe. The dimensional
viewer accidentally opens up a portal, and two warring alien
factions wind up at Cordco. Simon goes off to deal with it. Simon
grabs two of the little guys, but they melt the concrete beneath
him. The concrete hardens and Simon breaks out. Dulcy tells Simon
to try and contain them. He rips open a giant pipe and scoops
them all up. He presses the pipe into the wall, but the aliens
just burn through the pipe. The power tower collapses. Simon
rushes over and catches it. The men get out, but the guard dog
Belker that was barking at him earlier is trapped. Simon saves
him and turns off the generator. Dulcy tells Simon to go shut
down the dimensional machine. The doorway is blocked so Simon
pushes the wall down. Simon wades through the aliens and pulls
the plug on the machine. The aliens disappear. Simon gets the
job, as Dulcy puts it, so that he will earn enough money to pay
for the wall he knocked over. After work the guard wants to thank
Simon for saving Belker’s life. They go to a bar and Simon
orders a Coke. While they talk a muscle head comes up and starts
taunting “Wonderful Man” telling him to show him how
tough he really is. Without looking down Simon rips up a bolted
down stool and walks away. The next day Wheetly sneaks back to
his machine and plugs it back in. Calvin Oakly is sucked into
another dimension. Simon gets equipped to go in after him, but
then his Avengers alert card sounds. He gets the gear off. Dulcy
asks him where he is going. Simon says that he has to save
millions. He says that Calvin is a good man, and he wishes that
he could save him. Simon flies off. He arrives at the East Coast
Medical Center. Simon sees the Avengers and they explain that the
Sandman has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. He freaked out
and started releasing radiation at random hoping to find a cure.
Cap says that he is going to cause a meltdown killing all of
Manhattan. The radiation would kill anyone else so Simon goes to
confront the Sandman. Simon tries to talk, but Sandman attacks.
Simon’s fist go right through Sandman. Simon gets a hose,
but Sandman turns to sandstone. Simon tries to pound it, but he
shifts back to sand. Simon smashes through the wall to find water
and sprays the Sandman. Simon then quickly starts replacing rods
to lower the radiation being released. Simon returns to Cordco to
find that Dulcy got Calvin out. He apologizes, but Calvin says
that he would have done the same thing, but he needs a full
timer. Dulcy kisses Simon’s cheek before he flies away.
Beauty & Beast #1- Beast is taking a
vacation from the Defenders to come see Wonder Man. Simon takes
Beast to a Hollywood wrap party. There they see Dazzler who has
been “outted” as a mutant. Anti-mutant hysteria is
running rampant. Dazzler has signed on with Hugo Longride who
puts on underground mutant shows. Beast tries to step in when one
of Longride’s mutants, Rocker, is pressuring Dazzler.
Dazzler leaves with Longride anyway. Beast wants to go after her,
but Simon tells Beast that if she is with Longride it may be too
late to save her. The next day the newspaper reports that Dazzler
has gone missing. Simon asks Beast why he cares since she
didn’t seem to care much for him. Beast says that he just
can’t stop thinking about her and how she doesn’t
belong with that crowd. Simon tells Beast that he has seen Rocker
at the Village Arms. Beast goes off to see what Rocker knows.
West Coast Avengers #1
Iron Man annual #7- Wonder Man and Iron Man
move the global radar module for the fifth time as Hawkeye
can’t make up his mind. The West Coast Avengers are setting
up their new headquarters. Hawkeye starts to change his mind
again, but Simon and Wonder Man put it down and say that is where
it is staying. Tigra asks who wants to go for a swim in the pool.
Simon says that he needs to catch his breath first. The next day
Wonder Man and Hawkeye find Iron Man doing some homework on Power
Man after Power Man's new alias, Goliath, kicks his butt all over
the place. Wonder Man tells Iron Man not to let the bad press get
him down. Hawkeye and Wonder Man say that as a team they want to
help Iron Man. Simon says that he wants to help because Power Man
was an imitator of his. Simon says that perhaps the equipment
they developed to detect his ionic self once he was resurrected
could be used to track Goliath. They send for it. After two hours
of searching the detector finally starts beeping. Wonder Man
walks into Goliath’s hotel room. Seconds later he comes
hurtling out. Goliath grows right out of the building. He knocks
Hawkeye over by lifting the ground he is standing on. Wonder Man
tries to fly right at Goliath, but Goliath swats him down like a
bug. Goliath is about to smash Hawkeye and Wonder Man with a
truck, but Iron Man grabs them and speeds away. Soon they regroup
for another try. Goliath is pulling down the letters on the
Hollywood sign. They all keep hitting him while Iron Man uses
sonics to disorient him. Goliath gets bigger and Iron Man
increases the sonics. Eventually Goliath grows up to 200 feet.
The strain is too great and Goliath passes out. Wondy and Hawkeye
go to the compound to try and find a place to imprison Goliath.
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West Coast Avengers #2- Wonder Man is packing
up his things. His friend comes by to watch as Simon is placing
the wall of his house back on. Simon hammers the wall back on
with his fist. Simon says that he missed being an Avenger, but
even he was surprised when he signed up to be a part of the new
West Coast expansion team. Simon dumps his stuff into the crate,
but runs out of nails as he hammers the crate closed. Simon and
his friend walk to the hardware store, and since Simon's crate
weighs a quarter ton they leave it outside by itself. As he walks
Simon hears his bank's burglar alarm go off. Simon wades through
the fleeing crowd. He comes face to face with The Blank, an all
gray man. The Blank shoots Simon, but it bounces off. Simon
punches The Blank. Wonder Man picks The Blank up, and tells him
to drop the gun. Blank hits Simon and knocks his sunglasses off.
Everyone freaks at Simon's red eyes, but as Simon explains that
he is an Avenger the Blank slips out of his grip. The Blank dives
through a window, and Wonder Man can't see where he went. Later
Wonder Man is stewing that he let Blank get away. Hawkeye says
not to worry about it, but to concentrate on teamwork. Simon
agrees that it makes sense that the whole team look for The
Blank. He goes out to search. The Blank tries to rob an armored
car, but only gets a little, and has to run away. The Avengers
corner him at a gas station, but by the time Wonder Man and Tigra
get there Blank gets away by causing an explosion in one of the
gas pumps.
West Coast Avengers #3- West Coast Avengers #3-
Wonder Man pushes a gigantic snow plow clearing the highways
after one of Thor's adventures causing snow to cover all of Los
Angeles. After the clean up Hawkeye invites everyone to a
barbecue. Distracted Wonder Man accepts and flies away. Later on
the beach Tigra finds Simon and asks him what is the matter.
Simon just says he had been restoring his confidence enough to
join up with the Avengers, but in his first duty as a superhero
again he lets The Blank get away. Tigra shows Simon her image
inducer, and then suggests they go look for a way to catch The
Blank. Tigra takes Simon to the club where the Shroud said he
could be reached. They find the club busted up by some gang that
was following a new boss. Wonder Man goes in disguise with the
Shroud. They find that the new boss is The Blank. Shroud tells
Simon to teach The Blank a lesson. Simon leaps at Blank, but he
is stopped in mid-air, spun around, and tossed down. The true
boss stands revealed as Graviton. Wonder Man tries to run at
Graviton, but Graviton makes him heavier and heavier until he
falls through the floor. Wonder Man manages to get back up as
Graviton deals with the others, but Graviton blasts Wonder Man
into the pool and holds him underwater with gravity.
West Coast Avengers #4- Disguised as Madame
Masque and one of her goons Tigra and Hawkeye get into Graviton's
lair. Graviton shows them Wonder Man who has been held on the
bottom of Graviton's pool for hours. As the other Avengers fight
Graviton Wonder Man's hand starts to move. Wonder Man's fingers
dig into the pool's bottom. Wonder Man collapses the entire pool,
and climbs out. Wonder Man punches Graviton as Iron Man grabs
"Madame Masque" and flies away. Drugged from spiked
champagne, Graviton follows. Wonder Man goes to stop him, but
Mockingbird and Hawkeye stop him from interfering with the plan.
After taking the force of Iron Man's, who had been hooked up to a
power plant, blasts Wonder Man, Iron Man, and Tigra knock down
Graviton's shield. Graviton blasts them all away. Hawkeye gases
Graviton, and the cumulative attack knocks out Graviton. The news
media arrives and starts fawning over the team. Back at the
compound Wonder Man reveals that he doesn't really need air,
water, or food. They contact the East Coast Avengers to let them
know their undercover mission worked. Simon feels like an Avenger
again.
Avengers #250- Simon and Tigra watch as Hawkeye
shoots apples off Mockingbird’s head. Suddenly an earthquake
hits and the alarm goes off. The Avengers tell them that they
have discovered that the Earth’s rotation is slowing down
because of Maelstrom. Photon went to one of the triangulated
points where Maelstrom might have been and ran into Phobius,
Maelstrom’s thrall. Phobius places a great fear inside
Photon to ever return to the spot. The Avengers take off to fight
Maelstrom. Simon says that Maelstrom sounds pretty tough. Hawkeye
and Iron Man bolster Simon’s confidence. Simon says that he
is finally enjoying being an Avenger and hopes he gets to
continue. The two teams of Avengers meet up, but are pushed back
by another of Maelstrom’s thralls Helios. Starfox overwhelms
his pleasure center and gets Helios to take him to
Maelstrom’s land. Phobius and Gronk come to fight and
Phobius’ power counters Starfox’s. Simon fights Helios
as Hercules fights Gronk. Tigra nerve pinches Phobius. The others
press ahead. Simon knocks out Helios' with one finger. As Herc
beats Gronk the other Avengers smash through the ground because
of the now giant Maelstrom. Maelstrom grabs Hercules, Wonder Man,
and Starfox and makes them into a kinetic battery. He then goes
about attacking the others. Photon is still paralyzed in fear,
but when she sees Maelstrom grab and start to kill Tigra she
snaps out of it. Photon blasts Maelstrom. Iron Man attacks
Maelstrom and gets him to chase him. Vision and Scarlet Witch
both try freeing Simon, Herc, and Eros but fail. Eros realizes
that they should overload Maelstrom with power. Maelstrom
can’t convert the power fast enough into mass and he
disperses. Simon is freed and Maelstrom’s thralls surrender.
Afterwards they have a little party at the West Coast
Avengers’ compound. Simon talks with Vision about his
stuntman career. Simon thinks how odd it is to see Vision acting
so mellow.
Avengers #253- Simon shows up late for the West
Coast Avengers meeting because he was at the tailors getting a
new uniform. Later the East and West Coast Avengers figure out
that Vision has been lying to them. Captain America and Scarlet
Witch contact Vision to find that he is attempting to control the
world by taking over all its computers.
Avengers #254- As the
Avengers search for the body of the Vision, Cap signals the West
Coasters (minus Iron Man) for Simon. Simon says that it sounds
like Vision isn’t going to make it easy for them. Simon
kisses Tigra and flies out of the quinjet. Simon wonders if the
solution might be inside his head since his brain was used to
create the Vision. He dives right into the East River. Simon
finds the entrance to the Avengers submarine pen. Simon clamps a
magno-scrambler onto the door to prevent the alarm from going off
and then he rips the other door off its hinges. Inside the hanger
Simon cleans off his glasses happy to be able to breathe even
though he doesn’t need to. Vision appears before Simon and
tells him not to bother searching through the subs. Vision
remarks at Simon’s new outfit. Simon remarks on
Vision’s polo shirt. Simon asks Vision if he wants to sit
down, but as he puts his hand on him it passes through. Vision is
only a holograph. Simon asks Vision what happened to him. Vision
begins addressing Simon, and all the others he is appearing
holographically to. Vision tells them all about the control
crystal that is embedded in his head that Ultron originally used
to control him. Vision says that when Starfox put him online with
ISAAC that it greatly expanded his memory and emotions. Vision
then reveals that ISAAC helped Vision simulate Starfox’s
powers in order to get a West Coast branch of the Avengers
approved and to get Wasp to give him control of the Avengers.
Vision says that with him controlling everything there is now no
threat of nuclear war. The others cause him to see the flaw in
his logic, and so Vision dissipates. Simon remembers one more
place to look for Vision, the underground lab where Howard Stark
built Arsenal. He plows through the wall into the lab and finds
the Vision’s body. Vision is still within the system, but
the system is about to fail. Starfox arrives and manages to pull
Vision’s mind out of the computer just before it shuts down.
Vision stands, but says that there is still a danger. He plunges
his own hand into his face and pulls out the control crystal.
Vision prepares to face the consequences.
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West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #1- Wonder Man holds Tigra as
he flies with her over the ocean. Simon discusses his feeling of
inadequencies. He says that he knows that he is a good Avenger,
but that he still feels odd starting as a villain. He says that
he is still somewhat afraid of dying having known it already.
Suddenly Iron Man buzzes right past them and into some attacking
robots. Simon helps out with his free hand, but he takes a lot of
shots while protecting Tigra from their blasts. Tigra leaps out
of his arms and into the ocean. With his hands free Simon and
Iron Man quickly defeat the robots and some of the others run.
Wonder Man says hello to Hank Pym when they get back to the
compound. Tigra starts coming on to Pym. When Simon tells the
others that they were fighting robots Goliath/Erik Josten laughs.
The team takes off after the robots. Pym offers to stay there to
monitor. Outside Simon says that he isn’t so sure about Pym
seeing as how he went bad before. Hawkeye says that he trusts
Pym. They trace the robots to an abandoned freighter. In the
recesses of the ship the team encounters Ultron. Adamantium poles
trap the team. Ultron says that the poles will kill Hawkeye,
Mockingbird, Tigra, and Iron Man. Simon says that they won’t
kill him, but Ultron agrees saying that he wants Simon alive.
Ultron leaves as the trap proceeds. Hawkeye jams the tubes. When
they get back to their compound Ultron and M’Baku attack.
While the others are out searching around Tigra is knocked out
and Goliath is freed. Goliath smashes through the roof of the
compound. Wonder Man flies up to stop him while Hawkeye fires a
sonic arrow. Goliath catches the arrow and swats Wonder Man to
the ground. Simon gets back up and flies right into
Goliath’s face. Goliath tries to step on Hawkeye, but when
Wonder Man swoops I to help him M’Baku trips him up. Goliath
knocks out Wonder Man smashing him into the ground. Goliath picks
up Wonder Man and M’Baku. Ultron then carries Goliath and
Hank Pym as he flies away.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #2- Wonder Man tells
Grim Reaper that he is insane. He says that Eric claims to want
Simon Williams back, but he says that he is Simon Williams and
Eric has him in an energi-cage. Reaper says that he isn’t
Simon, but a freak and that he will get even with him and Vision
for desecrating his brother’s memory. Wonder Man says that
nothing can undo the process that gave him his ionic powers and
so he is the only Simon Williams there will ever be. Reaper says
that he is going to get Vision and scan both of their brain
patterns. One of Ultron’s machines will then eliminate any
portion that isn’t common between the two. Reaper will then
send that mind into a body that looks like Simon Wiliams and then
he will have his brother back. Wonder Man charges against the
energi-cage and is shocked down. Ultron leaves to get Vision.
Wonder Man talks with Hank Pym of his fear of dying. Hank tells
Simon to be a man.
Vision and Scarlet Witch vol.
2 #2- Ultron has returned and now all the West Coast Avengers,
save Mockingbird, are in energi-cages. Reaper goes over his plan
again. Wonder Man is encouraged by Vision’s courage and
figures if Vision has his brain waves then he can be brave as
well. When Ultron takes Simon out of his cage to scan his brain
Simon decides to fight. Mockingbird frees the other West Coasters
and the fight begins. Black Talon and Man-Ape desert Reaper for
his racism. Simon and Iron Man team up against Ultron. Nekra and
Reaper make a run for it. Vision and Wonder Man go after them
alone. As they walk Simon and Vision come to an understanding as
brothers. Simon hugs Vision. Vision and Simon corner Reaper. As
they talk Simon confesses to Vision that he was the one who stole
the money, and that Eric just took the rap after he died to
protect his name. Eric comes to realize that Wonder Man is really
Simon Williams. Reaper runs off sad that Wonder Man and Vision
are more like brothers than he and Simon are. Reaper falls to his
death. Simon and Vision return to the others.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #3- Simon and Vision
shake hands as they say goodbye. Simon says that only one of them
was born, but who is to say who is more real. Vision says that
Wonder Man is Simon Williams mutated and that he is Simon
Williams recreated, and that makes them closer than brothers.
Simon offers to let Vision and Wanda come live with them since
their house in Jersey was burned down. They hug and the West
Coast Avengers fly away. Tigra gets down on herself and jumps out
of the quinjet. Hank and Simon tell Hawkeye to let her be for
now. Back at the compound Simon checks his messages and hears
that his agent got him a spot on the Carson show. Simon agrees
anxious for national exposure. Later by the pool Tigra has
returned. They’re sitting around trying to figure out how to
get a sixth member for the team when the doorbell rings.
It’s the Thing with a flat tire. Everyone just looks at him.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2
#4- Simon watches as Thing tells Hawkeye “no way”. He
tells them he has taken up wrestling and gives them some tickets
to his next match. A few minutes later Thing comes back in with
an unconscious woman named Firebird. A little later Simon is
brooding when Tigra surprises him and leaps onto his back. Simon
says that he has realized that he has to make some changes and
face responsibility for the money he embezzled. Tigra says that
she supports him and feels very close to him. She starts kissing
him, but Simon breaks it off. He says that he didn’t know
that she felt that way. He says that he has somewhere he has to
be now, but that he will go to the beach with her later. While
the team is meeting Firebird and learning of Master Pandemonium,
Simon is on the Carson show. Simon interrupts Johnny’s
question about the new Avengers and his stunt work to publicly
confess that he was the true embezzler all those years ago and
not his brother. Simon thanks Johnny and shakes his hand. Johnny
tells him what a brave man he is and Simon walks out of the
studio feeling good. He sees the arena where the Thing is
appearing and goes in to talk with him. Thing is suddenly
attacked by Master Pandemonium. Simon calls the other Avengers
in. Simon and Thing confront Pandemonium, but his arms turn into
demons and the fight begins. The other West Coast Avengers
arrive. Pandemonium blasts a building causing it to tumble.
Thing, Simon, and Iron Man hold it up, and Pandemonium tries to
make his getaway. Pandemonium opens the star on his stomach and a
bunch of demons pour out. The building is braced, but Simon is
overwhelmed by two demons. Pandemonium gets away.
Secret Wars II #5- Boom Boom calls the Avengers
with the whereabouts of the Beyonder. She puts a time bomb on
him. After it explodes both coasts of the Avengers and the
Fantastic Four attack. Cap calls it off when he realizes that
Beyonder isn’t fighting back. Beyonder walks off upset that
Boom Boom betrayed him.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #5- Hawkeye yells at
Simon for airing his dirty laundry on national television and
hurting the public confidence of their newly formed team. Simon
says that he had to do it or he would never be free of the guilt.
Outside the building reporters clamor. Hawkeye, Simon, and the
team come out. Hawkeye says that they are supporting Simon’s
brave decision. A reporter asks if Simon thinks everyone will
support him. Simon says that he did it only because it was right,
and that he will accept any consequences. After the reporters
leave Simon walks off alone. Tigra follows him. Tigra is mad with
Hawkeye, but Simon says that Hawkeye is supposed to think of the
team first. Simon and Tigra start making out. Later Simon is
walking around with a big smile on his face, but he doesn’t
know that Tigra is making out with Hank Pym inside. Later still
Mockingbird explains that Tigra wants to overcome her cat side so
she looked up Jessica Drew and Jack Russell (also a werewolf) to
help them find Tigra’s cat people. They go to Russell’s
place and find Morbius there. The Werewolf bursts through a door
and grabs Tigra. He leaps out the window with her and the team
gives chase. Simon is the one who finally knocks the Werewolf
out, and the bystanders nearby start to cheer for him. Tigra is
shaken up by the animalistic encounter. Simon tries to comfort
her, but she doesn’t want contact.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2
#6- Simon participates in Morbius’ recollection of
Daemond’s spell. Morbius says that they must re-enact the
spell at Deamond’s mansion to have any chance of finding the
Cat People. Simon gets a phone call from his agent Mike. A few
seconds later Simon flies out shouting, “Yahoo!” He
says that his agent just told him that he is to be in a big
budget movie and that the polls favor Simon on the subject of his
confession. Simon says that he has to get to Universal Studios to
do a meeting. Hawkeye says that Iron Man is out from the Werewolf
fight and says that Simon is their only strongman. Mockingbird
suggests Firebird come along, and Hawkeye gets Thing to agree to
help Tigra. Later Simon meets Dino, the director of his movie.
Suddenly a giant barbarian attacks Simon. Simon smashes his mace
and sword, and then throws the guy over. The barbarian turns out
to be Arnold Schwarzburger, and Simon’s movie turns out to
be Arkon IV. Simon is to play the villain.
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West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #7- Simon is doing
scenes in the Arkon movie. Arnold throws him off of a castle and
into a pit of alligators. One of the crew says that they are
saving a fortune on special effects because Wonder Man’s
body can really take the punishment. Simon dries off after he
gets out of the water and talks with Christina, the casting
director who put him in the movie. Suddenly Ultron-12 appears to
Wonder Man with its head on backwards. Ultron-12 explains that he
know loves Hank Pym, but that Ultron-11 ripped his head off and
is going to kill Hank. Wonder Man bursts through the wall as
Ultron-11 is about to rip Pym apart. Ultron-11 remembers the fear
Simon had to overcome the last time they fought. Simon says that
he has come a long way since then. Ultron blasts Wonder Man, but
he doesn’t seem to feel it. They clash together and Ultron
kicks Wonder Man into a bunch of machines that collapse on Simon.
Wonder Man lifts them up and throws them on Ultron. Wonder Man
then grabs Ultron-11’s head and shakes it until his
electronic brain is knocked off-line. Ultron-12 then enters and
falls on the floor. Ultron-12 dies. Simon suggests Hank rebuild
him, but Pym says that he is just as likely to recreate a monster
than the Ultron as a son. Hank says that he wishes he had been
able to tell Ultron about his relationship with Tigra. Simon does
the noble thing and holds his tongue. Simon flies next to
Pym’s craft on the way home.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2
#8- The other Avengers return and Simon tells them all about the
death of the Ultrons. Everyone is happy Ultron is gone, but feel
sorry for Hank. Wonder Man also notes how great it felt to really
let loose on a bad guy since he cleared his conscience he
doesn’t seem to be holding back anymore. Later Simon is
flying around thinking about what it really means to be Wonder
Man. Suddenly a bullet bounces off his chest and Wonder Man looks
down to see some robbers in front of a Savings and Loan. They all
start shooting him, but the bullets have no effect. Finally one
of them fires a bazooka into Wonder Man. Wonder Man fixes his
glasses and then knocks out all the bad guys. Elsewhere the
Avengers get a lead on Master Pandemonium. Tigra had secretly
agreed to kill him for the Cat People if they would take one of
her two souls out of her body.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2
#9- flashback- Wonder Man and Iron Man arrive and the team
catches them up about Master Pandemonium.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2
#9- Wonder Man goes with the team as Mockingbird, who is posing
as the demon who was posing as Shooting Star of the Rangers,
takes them to Master Pandemonium’s location. She signals
them, but before they can arrive one of the demons warns
Pandemonium and he teleports them away. Tigra summons one of the
Cat People to track Pandemonium. He finds Pandemonium for them
and they take off after him. Pandemonium manages to separate the
teams and somehow with magic makes the walls they are in
indestructible. Pandemonium appears before both groups on screen.
Mockingbird, still in disguise, attacks Pandemonium from behind.
They are suddenly capable of escaping. Thing, Wonder Man, and
Iron Man run into a giant group of demons. Iron Man and Thing
compliment Simon’s new pizzazz. By the time Simon’s and
the other group show up Tigra had arrived. She knocked out
Mockingbird and was going to kill Pandemonium, but Pandemonium
escaped. Thing says that he has decided to join the team. Simon
welcomes him.
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Eternals vol. 2 #12- The West Coast Avengers
pick up a giant object rocketing towards the Diablo Mountains of
California. They head out there and find a giant Ghaur encased in
Celestial armor and digging his way into the mountain where the
Dreaming Celestial sleeps. The Eternals also arrive to help.
Ghaur warns them all that he cannot control himself, but asks
that for pity’s sake that they help him. Thena returns and
the Eternals manage to successfully create the Uni-Mind with the
Avengers’ help. The Uni-Mind breaks the connection between
Ghaur and the Dreaming Celestial’s armor. Ghaur’s
energy dissipates and Ikaris traps the Celestial’s power
back in the vial.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #10- Wonder Man,
along with all the other Wacos welcomes Thing as he has accepted
their sixth spot on the roster. Hawkeye says he wants to announce
his joining Saturday at 3, but when Saturday comes along the
Thing is missing. Hawkeye sends Wonder Man to the Arena where
Thing fights in the superhuman wrestling league. Simon calls in.
He is with the She-Hulk, and says that the Thing was in a fight
and taken to a hospital. From there the Thing ran through the
wall and disappeared. Hawkeye tells Simon to check all the
airports. Thing spots Simon as he flies into the airport and
heads the other way. Simon talks with the man in airport about
security keeping an eye out for the Thing. As Simon is walking
out he runs into a reporter for Variety who is waiting for
Jessica Lange’s plane. He asks Simon for an interview. Simon
starts to say that he is on Avengers business, but then thinks
better of ticking the press off. He says he can spare two
minutes. Later Simon calls in that he has finished checking all
the airports. Hawkeye calls the team together because a big guy
was seen in Malibu. They all fly there, but do not find the
Thing. Their contact reveals himself as Headlok. Headlok reveals
that he is controlling the Griffin. Simon says that the Griffin
died the last time he fought it. Headlok says he dug away from
the burning quinjet. Griffin remembers Simon and leaps at him.
Griffin and Wonder Man fight. Suddenly Wonder Man freezes.
Headlok says that he can only take over a mind that isn’t
focused on him so he distracted Wonder Man. Wonder Man attacks
Iron Man. Iron blasts Simon, but he doesn’t even feel it.
Iron Man uses his repulsors to bury Simon in rocks, but Wonder
Man breaks through easily. Tigra’s animal side speaks to
Griffin’s feline part. Mockingbird finds Headlok and chases
him with Hawkeye following. Ben Grimm knocks out Headlok, but
from the shadows he asks them not to look for him anymore. They
wish him luck.
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West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #11- Simon is out in
the pool doing his 300 daily laps. Mockingbird, Hawkeye, and Iron
Man want to go talk to Nick Fury about the news regarding SHIELD
and ask Simon if he wants to go. Simon says that he has scenes
for his movie today. Tigra says that Simon promised that she
could go with him. After a scene Dino yells cut. Tigra starts to
compliment Simon when Christina comes over and also starts
complimenting Simon. Simon starts talking to Christy and Tigra
gets jealous. Simon says that he likes not wearing sunglasses. He
says that he thinks that he may have been wearing them to hide
instead of just hiding his eyes. Tigra leaves with Dino.
Fantastic Four #293- As She-Hulk calls in to
Avengers mansion to tell Wyatt that all of Central City is not
responding Simon is carrying a large machine in the background.
All of Central City is covered by a black dome. The other
Fantastic Four and Wyatt head out to Central City as well. Simon
watches as Iron Man creates a machine that allows him to pass
through the field. He passes in, but as quickly as he flew in he
is immediately expelled with broken up armor. Iron Man asks why
they didn’t come in for him. Tigra tells him that he was
only in there for a second, but Iron Man says that he was in
there for three weeks. Simon flies Iron Man to headquarters so he
can get medical attention.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #12- Wonder Man
presents his newest and most hideous to date costume. The, what
must be, very polite Avengers tell him how good he looks. Hawkeye
asks why he dyed his hair, and Simon says that his hair was only
gray because of his death. Simon says that he figured looking his
age would help his Hollywood career. Mockingbird then shows her
new costume that doesn’t cover her legs. A little later
Tigra tries to get a little “petting” from Simon, but
he says that he is kinda taken with Christy and asks Tigra what
happened to her and Hank. Tigra says that they aren’t
exclusive. Simon says that Hank thinks that they are. Tigra gets
ticked and leaves. Later still Simon goes with the team to oppose
Quantum, Half-Life, and Zzzax. Wonder Man flies in and hits
Quantum. Quantum splits into many replicas. One of the replicas
hits Simon and manages to hurt him. One of the Quantums throws
Simon into the ground by Hawkeye. Hawkeye asks Simon to pull him
up a water pipe. Simon pulls it up and sprays Zzzax. Hawkeye
dissolves him with an arrow. Simon is fighting all the Quantums
when he realizes that Half-Life is the greatest threat because of
her decaying touch. Simon swoops down and picks her up.
Half-Life’s death touch doesn’t affect Simon because
his ionic form doesn’t age or die. Wonder Man knocks her
out. Hawkeye deprives Quantum of sunlight defeating him. The team
stands around feeling good about themselves when they are
suddenly pressed into the ground by Graviton. Graviton has Tigra
in a slave collar.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #13- Wonder Man is
pressed against the floor by Graviton's power as the rock floats
ten miles above the surface of the Earth. When Graviton starts
saying that he did this because he has the hots for Tigra Hawkeye
and Simon get outraged, but one kiss from Graviton and Tigra's
feline side swoons. Graviton leaves the Avengers trapped, and
goes inside with Quantum and Half-Life with Tigra on a leash.
Later Tigra, in her human form, sets Quantum and Half-Life
against each other. As Graviton calls his guards away from the
Avengers to stop them Tigra uses a box that the guards use to
avoid Graviton's powers to free Wonder Man and the others. While
trying to separate Quantum and Half-Life Graviton loses control
of his powers the sky island starts to rocket into space. Wonder
Man offers to carry Graviton, but he refuses. Wonder Man grabs a
bunch of the guards, and Iron Man grabs everybody else to fly
back to Earth. Graviton shoots into space.
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