I found this little gem with my gurl Monica R. in it at my LCS, and I didn't even know this series existed.
Some history on this run is that Solo Avengers, later Avengers Spotlight, was a spin-off from the Marvel's popular team title Avengers, it began life in December 1987 under the title Solo Avengers. It changed title to Avengers Spotlight in August 1989, with issue 21. It was canceled in January 1991 with issue 40.
The format of the title was usually two stories, one featuring the character Hawkeye (a sarcastic archer who had been first introduced to the Avengers title in 1964) and a back-up strip showcasing current or former Avengers who didn't have their own title. Some issues featured one long story, and others dropped Hawkeye altogether.
With issue 35, the comic changed format to exclusively focus on one full-length story (apart from issue 36, which carried a Hawkeye story intended for #35 but not completed in time), in a failed attempt to avoid cancellation.
Solo Avengers was part of a then-current trend at Marvel to expand its various "franchises" such as Spider-Man and the X-Men into as many as a dozen titles, and the name change to Avengers Spotlight (together with the concurrent renaming of West Coast Avengers to Avengers West Coast), with a logo based heavily on that of the parent title was an attempt to force retailers, who usually sorted their comics in alphabetical order, to rack them beside the parent title in an attempt to increase sales.
The story is solid, Monica stays on point with the big powerhouse moves. I found it to be a little short, but you all know anything with Pulsar in it I have to have it..lol
Solo Avengers Vol 1 #2 Out of Control, January, 1988
I thought this was a really cool display of her abilities. So off the chain, she's a walking radio/communicator.
Tah: Hey Monica you need this radio communicator, so that I can call you later?
Monica: That's alright Tah, I am a radio communicator! Girl I'll call you my way, most likely from space.
Tah: Say what?..lol
