I remember Hyakutake, it was huge, and looked like it was spray-painted over the stars, basically fixed, pretty cool. The only other one I saw that was that good was probably Ikeya-Seki, I was a kid, and our dad got the kids up to view it late at night/early in the morning in the eastern sky. I don't recall Comet West at all, sez here it wasn't hyped due to the fizzle of 1973's Kohoutek.
I remember Ikeya-Seki, too. I saw it outside our living room window very early one morning. It was beautiful, I an still remember it’s shape. The space program and that comet really influenced my interests. Also Sky and Telescope magazine.🔭🙂