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By Mark Rodriguez Tony and Rhodey decided to form a new West Coast Avengers team, this time with the idea of reforming former villains. Of the new recruits, Ultron is having a tough time convincing the world he's a good guy now, while Blue Bolt is just too reckless. Tony seeks out Firestorm, not knowing she has her own baggage. Elsewhere, another version of Ultron is forming his own cult, turning people into cyborgs. The story opens west of Los Angeles as some bad guys fly a helicopter carrying a huge storage unit. Spider- Woman narrates that those guys are moving enough weapons to start a war. The bad guys notice that two things are following them. Spider-Woman has attached herself to the bottom of the storage unit for the last hour. She tells the Avengers that it was them following her that alerted the helicopter, not her. Iron Man he was worried. Spider-Woman boards the chopper and fight with the men, as she asks them who the weapons are for. She approaches the pilots and aims h...

 By Mark Rodriguez I swear superhero teams are like sports line ups. Ever so often the teams get new lineups and a lot of times these line ups include characters that could really use some extra limelight. The West Coast Avengers return with Iron Man, War Machine, Spider-Woman and Firestar forming the team. This time they want to try rehabilitating former villains... and they're start off with Ultron. What could possibly go wrong? The story opens in Mid-Wilshire, LA California, as Tony narrates that he started a new Avengers team with his friend Rhodey. He says it's not the usual roster and if it works there will be fewer villains to fight. There were some fire bombs detonated across the city by terrorists. Two people couldn't evacuate in time so Iron Man sent in his new recruit. Ultron comes in to rescue the woman and her child.  Ultron flies out of the building, rescuing the two survivors. The woman says she thought this was Iron Man but she recognizes Ultron as 'that...