Solo Avengers
Solo Avengers was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and was a spin-off from the company's superhero team title The Avengers. It was published for 20 issues (December 1987–July 1989) until it was renamed Avengers Spotlight with issue #21 (August 1989). The series was cancelled as of issue #40 (January 1991).
Also recorded as Solo Avengers Vol 1
Solo Avengers
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- Solo Avengers was published by Marvel Comics.
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Solo Avengers was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and was a spin-off from the company's superhero team title The Avengers. It was published for 20 issues (December 1987–July 1989) until it was renamed Avengers Spotlight with issue #21 (August 1989). The series was cancelled as of issue #40 (January 1991).
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The format of the title was usually two stories, one featuring the character Hawkeye and the other a back-up strip showcasing a current or former member of the Avengers. Artist Amanda Conner's first published work in the comics industry was the 11–page Yellowjacket back-up story in Solo Avengers #12 (November 1988).
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• Schedule — Monthly • Ongoing — y • Publisher — Marvel Comics • Date — December 1987 – July 1989 (as Solo Avengers) August 1989 – January 1991 (as Avengers Spotlight) • Issues — 40 (#1–20 as Solo Avengers, • 21–40 as Avengers Spotlight) • Main Char Team — Hawkeye various Avengers • Editors — Mark Gruenwald • Subcat — Avengers (comics) • Sort — Solo Avengers
Solo Avengers
Solo Avengers
• Issue — Character — Character — Cover date • #1 — Hawkeye — Mockingbird — December 1987 • #2 — Captain Marvel — January 1988 • #3 — Moon Knight — February 1988 • #4 — Black Knight — March 1988 • #5 — Scarlet Witch — April 1988 • #6 — Falcon — May 1988 • #7 — Black Widow — June 1988 • #8 — Hank Pym — July 1988 • #9 — Hellcat — August 1988 • #10 — Doctor Druid — September 1988 • #11 — Hercules — October 1988 • #12 — Yellowjacket — November 1988 • #13 — Wonder Man — December 1988 • #14 — She-Hulk — January 1989 • #15 — Wasp — February 1989 • #16 — Moondragon — March 1989 • #17 — Namor — April 1989 • #18 — Moondragon — May 1989 • #19 — Black Panther — June 1989 • #20 — Moondragon — July 1989
Avengers Spotlight
Avengers Spotlight
• Issue — Character — Character — Cover date • #21 — Hawkeye — Starfox — August 1989 • #22 — Swordsman — September 1989 • #23 — Vision — October 1989 • #24 — Firebird — November 1989 • #25 — Rick Jones — November 1989 • #26 — Iron Man — December 1989 • #27 — Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Hellcat, Moondragon, Firebird, Stingray — December 1989 • #28 — Wonder Man, Wasp — January 1990 • #29 — Iron Man — February 1990 • #30 — Hawkeye — March 1990 • #31 — Hawkeye — U.S. Agent — April 1990 • #32 — May 1990 • #33 — June 1990 • #34 — July 1990 • #35 — Gilgamesh — August 1990 • #36 — Hawkeye — September 1990 • #37 — Doctor Druid — October 1990 • #38 — Tigra — November 1990 • #39 — Black Knight — December 1990 • #40 — Vision — January 1991
Avengers: Solo
Avengers: Solo
In December 2011, a five-part limited series titled Avengers: Solo was released following the same format as Solo Avengers. Once again, the central story, written by Jen Van Meter and illustrated by Roger Robinson, starred Hawkeye with the cast of Avengers Academy, by Jim McCann and Clayton Harris, in the back-up story.
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• Avengers: Solo Avengers Classic collects Solo Avengers #1–10, 240 pages, February 2012, • Avengers: Scarlet Witch includes the Scarlet Witch story from Solo Avengers #5, 232 pages, April 2015, • Hawkeye Epic Collection: The Way Of The Arrow collects Solo Avengers #1-20 and Avengers Spotlight #21, October 2023, • Hawkeye Epic Collection: Marked for Death collects Avengers Spotlight #22-40 and material from Marvel Comics Presents vol. 1 #83, December 2025,
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- 1.Solo Avengers.
- 2.Avengers Spotlight.
- 3.DeFalco, Tom. Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. Dorling Kindersley. 233. 2008. 978-0756641238.
- 4.Creator-Owned Heroes #5 Image Comics. October 2012.
- 5.credit. Amanda+Conner. Amanda Conner.
- 6.Avengers: Solo.
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