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)^[1] until it was renamed Avengers Spotlight with issue #21 (August 1989). The series was cancelled as of issue #40 (January 1991).^[2]

Solo Avengers
Cover of Solo Avengers #1 (December 1987). Art by Mark Bright and Joe Rubinstein.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date	December 1987 – July 1989 (as Solo Avengers) August 1989 – January 1991 (as Avengers Spotlight)
No. of issues	40 (#1–20 as Solo Avengers, #21–40 as Avengers Spotlight)
Main character(s)	Hawkeye various Avengers
Creative team
Written by	List Mike W. Barr, John Byrne, D. G. Chichester, Chris Claremont, Margaret Clark, Tom DeFalco, J. M. DeMatteis, Danny Fingeroth, Steve Gerber, Peter B. Gillis, Glenn Herdling, Len Kaminski, Bob Layton, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Dennis Mallonee, Dwayne McDuffie, Dan Mishkin, Lou Mougin, Fabian Nicieza, Sandy Plunkett, Roger Stern, Dann Thomas, Roy Thomas, Gregory Wright, Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Penciller(s)	List Larry Alexander, Tom Artis, M. D. Bright, June Brigman, James Brock, Greg Capullo, Dave Cockrum, Amanda Conner, Gavin Curtis, Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grindberg, Jackson Guice, Bob Hall, Don Heck, Dan Lawlis, Bob Layton, Jim Lee, Ron Lim, Al Milgrom, Tom Morgan, Don Perlin, Rodney Ramos, Sandy Plunkett, John Ridgway, Paul Ryan, Dwayne Turner, Jim Valentino, Lee Weeks, Ron Wilson
Inker(s)	List Jack Abel, Jeff Albrecht, Steve Buccellato, Kim DeMulder, Stan Drake, Tim Dzon, Jackson Guice, Scott Hampton, Doug Hazlewood, Don Heck, Donald Hudson, Chris Ivy, Karl Kesel, Bob Layton, José Marzan Jr., Mark McKenna, Bob McLeod, Tom Morgan, Win Mortimer, Dan Panosian, Roy Richardson, John Ridgway, Josef Rubinstein, Lee Weeks, Keith Williams, Al Williamson
Editor(s)	Mark Gruenwald

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.^[3] With issue #35, the format changed to exclusively focus on one full-length story.

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).^[4][5]

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

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		Avengers Reserves	December 1989
#28		Wonder Man	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

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.^[6]

Collected editions

• Avengers: Solo Avengers Classic collects Solo Avengers #1–10, 240 pages, February 2012, ISBN 978-0785159032
• Avengers: Scarlet Witch includes the Scarlet Witch story from Solo Avengers #5, 232 pages, April 2015, ISBN 978-0785193357
• Hawkeye Epic Collection: The Way Of The Arrow collects Solo Avengers #1-20 and Avengers Spotlight #21, October 2023, ISBN 9781302953348
• Hawkeye Epic Collection: Marked for Death collects Avengers Spotlight #22-40 and material from Marvel Comics Presents vol. 1 #83, December 2025, ISBN 9781302965198