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href="/wiki/List_of_comics_publishing_companies" title="List of comics publishing companies">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Schedule</th><td class="infobox-data">Monthly</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ongoing_series" title="Ongoing series">Ongoing series</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superhero_comics" title="Superhero comics">Superhero</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">April<span class="nowrap"> </span>2007 – July<span class="nowrap"> </span>2010</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of issues</th><td class="infobox-data">35</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main character(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Trainees:<br />Melee <hr />Graduates:<br /><a href="/wiki/Delroy_Garrett" title="Delroy Garrett">3-D Man</a><br />Annex<br /><a href="/wiki/Eric_O%27Grady" title="Eric O'Grady">Ant-Man</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cloud_9_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloud 9 (comics)">Cloud 9</a><br />Geiger<br /><a href="/wiki/Gorilla_Girl" title="Gorilla Girl">Gorilla Girl</a><br />Hardball<br /><a href="/wiki/Komodo_(comics)#Komodo_(Melati_Kusuma)" title="Komodo (comics)">Komodo</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Prodigy_(Ritchie_Gilmore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)">Prodigy</a><br />Red Nine<br /><a href="/wiki/Cassandra_Lang" class="mw-redirect" title="Cassandra Lang">Stature</a><br />Sunstreak<br /><a href="/wiki/Thor_Girl" title="Thor Girl">Thor Girl</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ultra_Girl" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultra Girl">Ultra Girl</a> <hr />Staff:<br /><a href="/wiki/Diamondback_(Rachel_Leighton)" title="Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)">Diamondback</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gauntlet_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauntlet (comics)">Gauntlet</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Baldwin" title="Robbie Baldwin">Penance</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Taskmaster_(character)" title="Taskmaster (character)">Taskmaster</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Trauma_(comics)#Terrence_Ward" class="mw-redirect" title="Trauma (comics)">Trauma</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Baron_Von_Blitzschlag" title="Baron Von Blitzschlag">Baron Von Blitzschlag</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Creative team</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Slott" title="Dan Slott">Dan Slott</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Christos_Gage" title="Christos Gage">Christos Gage</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Penciller" title="Penciller">Penciller(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Stefano Caselli<br /><a href="/wiki/Steve_Uy" title="Steve Uy">Steve Uy</a><br />Harvey Tolibao</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Avengers: The Initiative</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> series from <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>. Written by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Slott" title="Dan Slott">Dan Slott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christos_Gage" title="Christos Gage">Christos Gage</a> with artwork initially by Stefano Caselli, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Uy" title="Steve Uy">Steve Uy</a> and Harvey Tolibao,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NR_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the series handles the aftermath of Marvel's "<a href="/wiki/Civil_War_(comics)" title="Civil War (comics)">Civil War</a>" storyline (however, it should not be confused with "The Initiative" a banner running across Marvel books from Feb. 2007 to May 2007, similar to Marvel's earlier "<a href="/wiki/Decimation_(comics)" title="Decimation (comics)">Decimation</a>" banner after the "<a href="/wiki/House_of_M" title="House of M">House of M</a>" storyline, or the <i><a href="/wiki/Civil_War:_The_Initiative" title="Civil War: The Initiative">Civil War: The Initiative</a></i> special by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Michael_Bendis" title="Brian Michael Bendis">Brian Michael Bendis</a>). A preview of the title was shown in <i>Civil War: The Initiative</i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first issue of <i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> was released on 4 April 2007. The <a href="/wiki/Tagline" title="Tagline">tagline</a> initially used in solicitations was "Marvel's Army of <a href="/wiki/Superhero" title="Superhero">Super Heroes</a> just became a Super Hero Army". </p><p>The series was originally solicited as a six issue <a href="/wiki/Limited_series_(comics)" title="Limited series (comics)">limited series</a>, but prior to the publication of the first issue, Marvel announced that this had changed and that <i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> would become an ongoing series, the third regularly published 'Avengers' title from 2007 onwards, after <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Avengers_(comics)" title="The New Avengers (comics)">The New Avengers</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Avengers" title="The Mighty Avengers">The Mighty Avengers</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NR_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Issues #20-22 handled "<a href="/wiki/Dark_Reign_(comics)" title="Dark Reign (comics)">Dark Reign</a>", the aftermath to Secret Invasion, and <a href="/wiki/Christos_Gage" title="Christos Gage">Christos Gage</a> moved to full writing duties.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The series was cancelled after <i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #35 (April 2010), at the conclusion of the "<a href="/wiki/Siege_(comics)" title="Siege (comics)">Siege</a>" storyline<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and replaced by <i><a href="/wiki/Avengers_Academy" title="Avengers Academy">Avengers Academy</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fictional_history">Fictional history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Fictional history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_recruit_group">First recruit group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First recruit group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the aftermath of the Civil War, the pro-registration side stood victorious and launched the Fifty State Initiative, which called for one <a href="/wiki/S.H.I.E.L.D." title="S.H.I.E.L.D.">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a>-sponsored superhero team for each state. The series focused on the training facility at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Hammond_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Hammond (comics)">Camp Hammond</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>. </p><p>The first group of young heroes has been sent to hero <a href="/wiki/Recruit_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruit training">boot camp</a> in Stamford, the site of the explosion that launched the whole Civil War. During the first day's training, Trauma, a shapeshifter, loses control of his power and causes Armory to have a panic attack. She accidentally shoots <a href="/wiki/Michael_Van_Patrick" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Van Patrick">MVP</a>, who was trying to save Cloud 9. Pym and Gyrich agree to conceal the death and expel Armory, but first, amputate her alien weaponry, since she will be an unregistered super. As the young heroes finish the obstacle course, Trauma loses control of his transformation again, first feeding off of Cloud 9's guilt at being responsible for MVP's death and then transforming into an image of a beaten and bloody <a href="/wiki/Wasp_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wasp (comics)">Janet Van Dyne</a> when <a href="/wiki/Henry_Pym" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Pym">Yellowjacket</a> (Henry Pym) attempts to intervene. As Justice and Gauntlet clean up the situation, Pym is called to the lab where <a href="/wiki/Baron_Von_Blitzschlag" title="Baron Von Blitzschlag">Baron Von Blitzschlag</a> informs him and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Peter_Gyrich" title="Henry Peter Gyrich">Henry Peter Gyrich</a> of MVP's anatomy; instead of being enhanced by the Super Soldier Serum as everyone believed, he is actually an "<a href="/wiki/%C3%9Cbermensch" title="Übermensch">Übermensch</a>", the ultimate human specimen. As Blitzschlag and Gyrich laud the benefits of such a test subject, Pym again has a crisis of conscience, only enhanced when the German scientist recounts his past "villainous" acts (such as the creation of <a href="/wiki/Ultron" title="Ultron">Ultron</a>) and remarks "I am your greatest fan."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A crisis over <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> occurs involving the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hydra_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydra (Marvel Comics)">HYDRA</a>. Cloud 9, <a href="/wiki/Komodo_(comics)#Komodo_(Melati_Kusuma)" title="Komodo (comics)">Komodo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hardball_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hardball (comics)">Hardball</a>, Gauntlet, <a href="/wiki/War_Machine" title="War Machine">War Machine</a>, Justice, and Yellowjacket all arrive on the scene (with Hardball, Gauntlet, and Komodo donning jet packs). Cloud 9 is revealed as the best marksman of the bunch when she receives a pulse rifle, but she feels guilty when she blows up a fighter jet and the pilot doesn't eject. </p><p>Hardball speaks to Komodo about Justice apparently having learned of MVP's fate. While he talks, he turns to see not Komodo but a strange girl sleeping next to him. Komodo is upset that her identity was revealed. Spider-Man battles the duo. He quickly incapacitates War Machine with a blast of webbing that shuts down his armor, but not before War Machine mysteriously states that even though Spider-Man will be stripped of his powers, another Spider-Man will exist. While Komodo fares much better, Spider-Man's wit, and a threat that her failure will cause her losing her powers, help him to defeat her and slip away easily.<sup id="cite_ref-ai3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ai3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A mysterious third party, which War Machine calls "Red Team" and which has been cloaked during the fight, is revealed to be a group of people in duplicate versions of <a href="/wiki/Iron_Man" title="Iron Man">Tony Stark</a>'s Spider-Man armor. The story ends with Komodo's desperate plea not to be stripped of her powers, as she dislikes being normal and considers her other self to be a nobody.<sup id="cite_ref-ai3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ai3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_Hulk">World War Hulk</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War Hulk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/World_War_Hulk" title="World War Hulk">World War Hulk</a></div> <p>The recruits are ordered to stay away from the fighting, but to still help with evacuation efforts. Rage and several other recruits disobey the direct order and go to help the Avengers. They are quickly dispatched by Hulk's Warbound and imprisoned in <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>. Gyrich fears the political fallout, so he orders his <b>Shadow Initiative</b> to rescue only the six missing recruits. This team comprises <a href="/wiki/Bengal_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengal (comics)">Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trauma_(comics)#Terrence_Ward" class="mw-redirect" title="Trauma (comics)">Trauma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Constrictor_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constrictor (comics)">Constrictor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Typhoid_Mary_(comics)#The_Initiative" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoid Mary (comics)">Mutant Zero</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Michael_Van_Patrick#Scarlet_Spiders" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Van Patrick">Scarlet Spiders</a>. Hulk eventually discovers the team and Trauma attempts to access Hulk's greatest fear, but Hulk tells him he fears nothing and nearly beats him to death.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During these events, Hardball is secretly recruited by HYDRA to steal nanotechnology. While in disguise, he sees MVP's body cryogenically frozen, but Justice and Cloud 9 claim to have seen him at his parents’ home. Sgt. Green is mysteriously attacked and can no longer train the recruits.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_recruit_group">Second recruit group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second recruit group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several new Initiative recruits arrive at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Hammond_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Hammond (comics)">Camp Hammond</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Ant-Man_(Eric_O%27Grady)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)">Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crusader_(Marvel_Comics)#Z'Reg" title="Crusader (Marvel Comics)">Crusader (Z'Reg)</a>, Melee, <a href="/wiki/Geldoff#Earth-616" title="Geldoff">Geldoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dragon_Lord_(comics)#Tako_Shamara" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon Lord (comics)">Dragon Lord (Tako Shamara)</a>, Geiger, Red Nine, and <a href="/wiki/Diamondback_(Rachel_Leighton)" title="Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)">Diamondback</a>. These recruits will mainly be trained by the instructor Taskmaster.<sup id="cite_ref-AvengInit#8_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AvengInit#8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The results of the previous cloning's of MVP impressed Initiative administrators enough to fill places within the Fifty State Initiative with further clones of MVP.<sup id="cite_ref-AvengInit#7_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AvengInit#7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Killed_in_Action">Killed in Action</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Killed in Action"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A new <a href="/wiki/Michael_Van_Patrick#KIA" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Van Patrick">Michael Van Patrick clone</a> is fitted with the Tactigon, Armory's former alien weapon, but goes on a rampage throughout the base under the new name "<a href="/wiki/Michael_Van_Patrick#KIA" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Van Patrick">KIA</a>" seeking revenge for MVP's death.<sup id="cite_ref-AvengInit#8_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AvengInit#8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The KIA clone causes destruction, killing <a href="/wiki/Dragon_Lord_(comics)#Tako_Shamara" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon Lord (comics)">Dragon Lord (Tako Shamara)</a>, Trauma (who is later revealed to have survived) and Van (one of the Scarlet Spiders). KIA also caused injury to many initiative trainees and staff like <a href="/wiki/Thor_Girl" title="Thor Girl">Thor Girl</a>, Gauntlet, Constrictor and Crusader. He also killed eight S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on his rampage. He is eventually subdued when Cloud 9 uses the knowledge of Michael Van Patrick's crush on her to kiss him and fill him with gas. The reformed <a href="/wiki/New_Warriors#Counter_Force_Team" title="New Warriors">New Warriors</a> and New Avengers can subdue him and mind wipe him with a device from Baron Von Blitzschlag. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_graduations">First graduations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: First graduations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some of the first instalment trainees made it to graduation. The graduating class and their assignments were: </p> <ul><li><b>Cloud 9</b>: Montana - <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Force_(comics)" title="Freedom Force (comics)">Freedom Force</a></li> <li><b>Hardball</b>: Nevada - Heavy Hitters</li> <li><b>Thor Girl</b>: Georgia - The Cavalry</li> <li><b>Komodo</b>: Arizona - Desert Stars</li> <li><b>Trauma</b>: remains on base as a counselor</li> <li><b>Triathlon</b> (now going by <a href="/wiki/3-D_Man" title="3-D Man">3-D Man</a> and sporting the costume of his namesake): Hawaii -Point Men</li> <li><b>Ultra Girl</b> (now wearing Ms. Marvel's original costume): Georgia -The Cavalry</li></ul> <p>Justice, Debrii, Slapstick, Rage, MVP and the two remaining Scarlet Spiders left the Initiative to form <b><a href="/wiki/Counter_Force_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter Force (Marvel Comics)">Counter Force</a></b>, described as a counter-initiative that will dedicate themselves to keeping the government program honest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="More_recruits">More recruits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: More recruits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting with issue #13, the series features new recruits that will join the squad assembled before the coming of KIA. They are: Annex, <a href="/wiki/Prodigy_(Ritchie_Gilmore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)">Prodigy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gorilla_Girl" title="Gorilla Girl">Gorilla Girl</a>, Sunstreak, <a href="/wiki/Batwing_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Batwing (Marvel Comics)">Batwing</a> and Boulder.<sup id="cite_ref-NEW13_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEW13-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Less enthusiastic than the first recruits, most of them with criminal records (except Butterball/Boulder who wanted to be there, and Batwing, who was just seeking a cure for his condition) they are there because their alternative to Camp Hammond is the <a href="/wiki/Negative_Zone" title="Negative Zone">Negative Zone</a> prison (however, the criminal charges against all but Sunstreak appear to be limited to non-registration). Taskmaster quickly renames Boulder "Butterball" regarding his size. He has been challenged to make Butterball into a good soldier; but because of his invulnerability powers, his physical appearance could not be altered. The recruits break out of the camp because of boredom and decide to go to the beach where they drink and <a href="/wiki/Nude_swimming" title="Nude swimming">skinny dip</a>, since they would be recognized anywhere else. Sunstreak attempts to have relations with Butterball, who refuses and takes their ride and heads back to the camp but encounters Constrictor, Taskmaster, War Machine and Yellowjacket. He lies, claiming to have gone AWOL alone. Although the recruits plan to use this distraction to sneak back on base, they instead help defeat <a href="/wiki/Firebrand_(Marvel_Comics)#Firebrand_(Russ_Broxtel)" title="Firebrand (Marvel Comics)">Firebrand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cobra_(Marvel_Comics)#Klaus_Voorhees" title="Cobra (Marvel Comics)">King Cobra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mister_Hyde_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Mister Hyde (Marvel Comics)">Mister Hyde</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mauler_(comics)#Brendan_Doyle" title="Mauler (comics)">Mauler</a>, all of whom wanted revenge on the Taskmaster. Butterball washes out of the program when it is deemed he does not have the attitude to be a superhero. To ease his disappointment, Taskmaster and Constrictor allow him to take a picture that makes it look like he has defeated them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secret_Invasion">Secret Invasion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Secret Invasion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Secret_Invasion" title="Secret Invasion">Secret Invasion</a></div> <p>The Revolutionary, a member of Pennsylvania's Liberteens, is actually a Skrull in disguise. He is part of a plot to put "a <a href="/wiki/Skrull" title="Skrull">Skrull</a> in every state" by infiltrating each superhero team of the Initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <i>Secret Invasion</i> <a href="/wiki/Crusader_(Marvel_Comics)#Crusader_(Skrull)" title="Crusader (Marvel Comics)">Crusader</a> discovers that camp director <a href="/wiki/Henry_Pym" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Pym">Yellowjacket</a> is actually a Skrull impostor; he almost tells the camp's counselor <a href="/wiki/Trauma_(comics)#Terrence_Ward" class="mw-redirect" title="Trauma (comics)">Trauma</a> but changes his mind. When <a href="/wiki/Delroy_Garrett" title="Delroy Garrett">3-D Man</a> arrives in Camp Hammond to announce to everyone assembled that the Initiative has been infiltrated by Skrulls, Crusader fears he will be exposed as a Skrull despite his good intentions. Crusader uses the Freedom Ring to reverse the goggles' power so that they cause 3-D Man to see Crusader as human and all humans as Skrulls.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later 'Yellowjacket-Skrull' gives orders to Gauntlet to dispatch the cadets to help the <a href="/wiki/Young_Avengers" title="Young Avengers">Young Avengers</a> fight the Skrulls, and <a href="/wiki/Geldoff#Earth-616" title="Geldoff">Proton</a> is killed during the battle. The Skrulls defeat the cadets and Young Avengers, but then Nick Fury arrives with his "commandos."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, <a href="/wiki/Ant-Man_(Eric_O%27Grady)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)">Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)</a>, the only cadet still on Camp Hammond, witnessed how "Yellowjacket" welcomed a Skrull commander to the base and attempts to learn of their secret plans. During the big fight against the Skrull army, <a href="/wiki/Crusader_(Marvel_Comics)#Crusader_.28Skrull.29" title="Crusader (Marvel Comics)">Crusader</a>, (a Skrull who lives on Earth and an Initiative cadet) fought for Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#16_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#16-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After defeating a Skrull imposter looking like <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Ventura" title="Sharon Ventura">'She-Thing'</a>, 3-D Man joined up with the <a href="/wiki/Skrull_Kill_Krew" title="Skrull Kill Krew">Skrull Kill Krew</a> and discovered that in every Initiative state team is one Skrull-imposter and killed them all. Komodo joined the team as well,<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#16_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#16-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they then added her lover, Hardball. The Skrull Kill Crew thought they could not track through all the states on time, but then former Avenger <a href="/wiki/Jocasta_(comics)" title="Jocasta (comics)">Jocasta</a> appeared with <a href="/wiki/Devil-Slayer" title="Devil-Slayer">Devil-Slayer</a>, who is a member of the Hawaiian Initiative team, the Point Men. Devil-Slayer's teleportation ability will aid them in killing all Skrull imposters within the Fifty State Initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#17_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#17-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group move on to other Initiative bases, killing the Skrull imposters. Delroy Garret's goggles also identify <a href="/wiki/Equinox_(comics)" title="Equinox (comics)">Equinox</a> as a Skrull who is then killed by Cloud 9, who then joins their insurgency with <a href="/wiki/Gravity_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity (comics)">Gravity</a>. The Skrull then sends a broadcast throughout the world, telling their sleeper agents to activate themselves, which sows even more distrust among the remaining heroes. While in Philadelphia, the Revolutionary is revealed as a Skrull and defeated by Gravity and Hope. When they discover a fight between <a href="/wiki/Thor_Girl" title="Thor Girl">Thor Girl</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ultra_Girl" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultra Girl">Ultra Girl</a>, Delroy's goggles identify Thor Girl as a Skrull. With help from <a href="/wiki/Gravity_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity (comics)">Gravity</a>, Delroy uses Thor Girl's own hammer to kill the Skrull imposter. Ant-Man escapes the Skrulls on the back of a Shock Trooper and reveals to the Kill Crew the Skrulls' last resort plan; to use all the Initiative bases to create a massive Negative Zone portal that will destroy the entire country. With six bases left, the Krew splits up, and uses the still-living heads of Moonstomp, Catwalk and Dice to help point out Skrulls. Devil-Slayer teleports them to the bases, but collapses under the strain.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Initiative members combat their Skrull opponents, who have received their mission to activate themselves to start distrust among the teams. At the Battalion's HQ, <a href="/wiki/Tigra" title="Tigra">Tigra</a>, Ryder, and Cloud 9 fight a Skrull posing as <a href="/wiki/Razorback_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Razorback (comics)">Razorback</a>. Hardball and Moonstomp help Action Pack fight a Skrull posing as Frog-Man. Gravity and Catwalk help the Great Lakes Avengers fight a Skrull posing as <a href="/wiki/Grasshopper_(comics)#Skrull_imposter" class="mw-redirect" title="Grasshopper (comics)">Grasshopper</a>. Komodo and Riot help the Command fight a Skrull posing as Conquistador (who assumed a Skrull/<a href="/wiki/Devil_Dinosaur" title="Devil Dinosaur">Devil Dinosaur</a>-like form). Dice and Jocasta fight their way through activists to get to the Skrull posing as <a href="/wiki/Earth_Force_(Marvel_Comics)#Skyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth Force (Marvel Comics)">Skyhawk</a> who succeeds in his part of the mission. Delroy Garrett and Ant-Man join the Rangers in fighting a Skrull that posed as <a href="/wiki/Red_Wolf_(comics)#William_Talltrees" title="Red Wolf (comics)">Red Wolf</a>'s wolf companion Lobo. After it is shot by Shooting Star, a crowd uprising occurred when Delroy's goggles identify some of the crowd members as Skrulls. Delroy's goggles are hit by a thrown rock, giving Delroy's allies a complicated time understanding who's a Skrull and who is not. During the struggle, Delroy discovers he can see who is a Skrull without his goggles since the Tri-Force energy is inside him. This turns the tides against those Skrulls disguised as crowd members. During the fights across the USA, <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Force_(comics)" title="Freedom Force (comics)">Spinner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Legion#Liberteens_.282007.29" title="Liberty Legion">Whiz-Kid</a> both apparently die in various fights. At the final fight at Camp Hammond, Crusader kills Criti Noll, the Yellow Jacket imposter, and then 3-D Man shoots Crusader (who hid his Skrull heritage from the others but was fighting for Earth). Before he disappeared, Crusader stated he wished "it could've ended differently".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dark_Reign">Dark Reign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Dark Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dark_Reign_(comics)" title="Dark Reign (comics)">Dark Reign (comics)</a></div> <p>Following the aftermath of the Secret Invasion, the Fifty-State Initiative is shut down and the Thunderbolts Initiative is established when <a href="/wiki/Green_Goblin" title="Green Goblin">Norman Osborn</a> takes over.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Those that had been replaced by Skrulls alongside Alicia Masters meet with <a href="/wiki/Doc_Samson" title="Doc Samson">Doc Samson</a> at Camp Hammond as part of a support group. While noting the hostilities of Red Nine, Annex, Geiger, <a href="/wiki/Batwing_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Batwing (Marvel Comics)">Batwing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Prodigy_(Ritchie_Gilmore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)">Prodigy</a> over the shooting of Crusader, Delroy states he is leaving the Initiative and joining up with <a href="/wiki/Ryder_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryder (comics)">Ryder</a> to hunt down any Skrulls still hiding out on Earth. Taskmaster confronts Mutant Zero and discovers that she is really <a href="/wiki/Typhoid_Mary_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoid Mary (comics)">Typhoid Mary</a>. The Gauntlet takes control as head of Camp Hammond because of his position as the highest-ranking officer left. Despite an offer by the Gauntlet, Hank Pym leaves the camp, because he "was never here".<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#20_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#20-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Next some of the latest recruits graduated and were assigned to different teams. Batwing became a member of the Shadow Initiative, Melee was assigned to additional training to become a Camp Hammond instructor for martial arts, Annex became a member of the Mavericks (New Mexico) and Red Nine of The Cavalry, Georgia. Geiger also graduated, but it was not mentioned where she was to be stationed. Camp Hammond instructor Stingray became the new leader of the Point Men (Hawaii). Because of their villainous past, Sunstreak and Prodigy were not assigned to an Initiative State Team yet, but have to remain under training at Camp Hammond. Since Gorilla Girl felt she was typical cannon fodder, she went home and was listed as a reserve member. </p><p>Meanwhile, Baron von Blitzschlag encountered the Thor-clone (now dubbed Ragnarok), which was reactivated by a failsafe programmed by the Hank Pym Skrull, which required his access code to keep him contained. The clone apparently killed the Baron within a couple of minutes. Thereafter, Ragnarok was attacked by Thor-Girl, who he beat after a long and heavy fight above Camp Hammond. Even a trick of Trauma (posing as the real Thor) was ineffective. Outside Gorilla Girl, on her way back home, escaped from her car and opposed Ragnarok. As she was about to lose the fight, a light appeared. The former New Warriors (now called <a href="/wiki/Counter_Force_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter Force (Marvel Comics)">Counter Force</a>) appeared, ready to fight.<sup id="cite_ref-ATI21_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATI21-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The fight with the Thor clone rages on as Justice tells Ragnarok that he had worked with the REAL Thor and that Ragnarok is unworthy of that name. After Ragnarok knocks out <a href="/wiki/Rage_(comics)" title="Rage (comics)">Rage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slapstick_(comics)" title="Slapstick (comics)">Slapstick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debrii" title="Debrii">Debrii</a> has the Scarlet Spiders hack into Ragnarok. However, Ragnarok kills Michael the Scarlet Spider. Ragnarok is about to vanquish Von Blitzschlag with pure physical force when the crafty Baron dismisses the notion as futile. He states that while he could easily kill everyone here and everyone in the world, he would not change the fact he is, in fact, an android-clone based on the real Thor. Unconvinced, Ragnarok is shown proof that such methods are possible when one of the Scarlet Spiders reveals he and his "brothers" are all clones as well. Blitzschlag tells Ragnarok that the real Thor is living in Asgard, which is now physically in the realm of Earth (or Midgard) where it is floating above Oklahoma. Ragnarok resolves it matters not whether he is or isn't a clone, but that his warrior's resolve is true. He flies off to presumably confront Thor and his fellow <a href="/wiki/Asgardians_(Marvel_Universe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asgardians (Marvel Universe)">Asgardians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following Ragnarok's attack, Counter Force buries Michael Van Patrick's body and confesses to the world about Michael's death and the clones. This gives Norman Osborn the opportunity to shut down Camp Hammond.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the Taskmaster's fight with Hardball's HYDRA faction, Norman Osborn hires him to help run the camp.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#24_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#24-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Norman Osborn announces to the media that he has reopened the Initiative training camp under the name <a href="/wiki/Camp_H.A.M.M.E.R." class="mw-redirect" title="Camp H.A.M.M.E.R.">Camp H.A.M.M.E.R.</a> in New Mexico away from any populated areas. Osborn then moulds the Initiative to match his own vision. He transfers <a href="/wiki/Gravity_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity (comics)">Gravity</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Avengers" title="Great Lakes Avengers">Great Lakes Avengers</a> with <a href="/wiki/Prodigy_(Ritchie_Gilmore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)">Prodigy</a> taking his place as leader of the Heavy Hitters. He assigns the <a href="/wiki/Force_of_Nature_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Force of Nature (comics)">Force of Nature</a> to Oregon, the <a href="/wiki/U-Foes" title="U-Foes">U-Foes</a> to North Carolina, the <a href="/wiki/Psionex" title="Psionex">Psionex</a> to Maryland and the Women Warriors to Delaware. <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Baldwin" title="Robbie Baldwin">Penance</a>, brainwashed at Osborn's command, is sent to Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. to assist Taskmaster. Gauntlet and Tigra leave their posts at the Initiative and join with the New Warriors to form the Avengers Resistance against Norman Osborn's new regime.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trauma is kept on as the Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. counselor, against his will with the promise that if he leaves, his mother will be killed, but if he stays, they will cure her insanity. It is later revealed that he is actually the son of <a href="/wiki/Nightmare_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Nightmare (Marvel Comics)">Nightmare</a>, who corrupts his son's body and attacks the base. Most of the heroes are stunned by their fears, but Taskmaster revives a fallen Penance, who has regained all his memories and no longer has any fears and regrets. Immune to Nightmare, he frees Trauma and Nightmare is banished.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Osborn is pleased with Taskmaster and invites him to join the Cabal, while Constrictor is shocked to learn Diamondback is a double agent to the Avengers Resistance. He admits he does not care since he is in love with her. Osborn reveals to Taskmaster that the next mission will be to lay <a href="/wiki/Siege_(comics)" title="Siege (comics)">Siege on Asgard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Osborn's treachery is exposed, the Superhuman Registration Act has been abolished.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <i><a href="/wiki/Fear_Itself_(comics)" title="Fear Itself (comics)">Fear Itself</a></i> storyline, the Initiative teams have gotten back together where their representatives meet with Prodigy in Washington, DC to discuss the hammers that the <a href="/wiki/Serpent_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serpent (comics)">Serpent</a> has brought to Earth. The Initiative teams featured are Action Pack, Batwing and Butterball's unnamed team, the Cavalry, the Desert Stars, the Freedom Force, the Heavy Hitters, the Liberteens, the Order, and the Point Men.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shadow_Initiative">Shadow Initiative</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Shadow Initiative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133511664"><table class="infobox ib-comics-organization ib-comics"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Shadow Initiative</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Shadow_Initiative.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Shadow_Initiative.jpg/220px-Shadow_Initiative.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Shadow_Initiative.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="261" data-file-height="382" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cover art for <i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #5 featuring the Shadow Initiative, and Hulk.<br />Art by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Cheung" title="Jim Cheung">Jim Cheung</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Publication information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comics_publishing_companies" title="List of comics publishing companies">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Marvel Comics</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/First_appearance" title="First appearance">First appearance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #4</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">In-story information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Base(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Camp_Hammond_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Hammond (comics)">Camp Hammond</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">See <a href="/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Avengers:_The_Initiative#Shadow_Initiative" class="mw-redirect" title="List of characters in Avengers: The Initiative">List of Shadow Initiative members</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>It has been revealed that there is a special "black ops" team within the Initiative, answerable only to Henry Gyrich and known as the Shadow Initiative. This team comprises <a href="/wiki/Bengal_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengal (comics)">Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trauma_(comics)#Terrence_Ward" class="mw-redirect" title="Trauma (comics)">Trauma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Constrictor_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constrictor (comics)">Constrictor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Typhoid_Mary_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoid Mary (comics)">Mutant Zero</a>, and, for a time, the <a href="/wiki/Michael_Van_Patrick#Scarlet_Spiders" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Van Patrick">Scarlet Spiders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Initiative program denies all knowledge of a special Black Ops Team. There is no pardon on file for the super-villain known as the Constrictor. No record of any dealings with the Vietnamese national codenamed Bengal. Tony Stark cannot recall what became of his designs for the Iron Spider armor. And, most importantly, the Superhuman Armed Forces wishes to dispel all rumors of a 199th mutant. We repeat, there is no Mutant Zero. Mutant Zero does NOT exist. That is all.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>This Shadow Initiative was sent out by Henry Gyrich to free the Initiative members captured by the Hulk's Warbound; Rage, Cloud 9, Ultra Girl, Thor Girl, Slapstick and Hardball; this assignment showed <a href="/wiki/Bengal_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengal (comics)">Bengal</a> to be a perfect field leader of this Shadow Initiative. The black ops group successfully rescues these captured trainees, while <a href="/wiki/Trauma_(comics)#Terrence_Ward" class="mw-redirect" title="Trauma (comics)">Trauma</a>, their "secret weapon" tries to use his powers to scare the Hulk (becoming the <a href="/wiki/Abomination_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abomination (comics)">Abomination</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juggernaut_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Juggernaut (comics)">Juggernaut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Banner" title="Brian Banner">Brian Banner</a>, and Bruce Banner). He cannot beat the Hulk, and the Hulk beats him into unconsciousness, leaving Terrance alive to pass the message on to the others. Trauma is later seen recuperating in the Initiative's medical bay. </p><p>It is later revealed that the Scarlet Spiders are clones of Michael Van Patrick (MVP),<sup id="cite_ref-AvengInit#7_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AvengInit#7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a deceased initiative recruit accidentally killed.<sup id="cite_ref-ati_1_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ati_1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Scarlet Spiders are later taken off the Black Ops team after revealing themselves to the public and placed with the other trainees.<sup id="cite_ref-AvengInit#8_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AvengInit#8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gyrich called them to protect him from K.I.A., but they lost and one of the Scarlet Spiders was killed, and Constrictor was badly maimed. Mutant Zero saved Gyrich and Scarlet Spiders continued the battle for their brother.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After KIA was defeated, the two remaining Scarlet Spiders left the Initiative to join <a href="/wiki/Counter_Force_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter Force (Marvel Comics)">Counter Force</a>, a team of former New Warriors led by Justice, while Constrictor was healed with two bionic hands. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Secret_Invasion" title="Secret Invasion">Secret Invasion</a>, the Shadow Initiative stayed at Camp Hammond while most others at Camp Hammond went to fight the Skrulls in New York. Later the Skrulls used Camp Hammond as a base, which <a href="/wiki/Ant-Man_(Eric_O%27Grady)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)">Ant-Man</a> discovers, having stayed behind out of cowardice. The Shadow Initiative tries to assassinate the Skrull Queen <a href="/wiki/Veranke" title="Veranke">Veranke</a>, but is defeated and captured, except for Ant-Man. During this story it was revealed Mutant Zero is a red-haired woman.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#17_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#17-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Secret Invasion, <a href="/wiki/Taskmaster_(character)" title="Taskmaster (character)">Taskmaster</a> is added by Gauntlet to the Black-Ops team as their field leader. The Shadow Initiative, joined by Komodo, is assigned to take down a HYDRA cell, led by former Initiative member Hardball, in <a href="/wiki/Madripoor" title="Madripoor">Madripoor</a>. After the mission briefing, Taskmaster senses something familiar about Mutant Zero and later confronts her. A fight ensues and Taskmaster goads Mutant Zero into revealing her true identity: <a href="/wiki/Typhoid_Mary_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoid Mary (comics)">Mary Walker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#20_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#20-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Shadow Initiative is dropped into Madripoor by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. During the mission, Taskmaster, Constrictor, Bengal, Typhoid Mary and Komodo are confronted by Hardball, Scorpion and HYDRA agents. Komodo is shot with HYDRA changed S.P.I.N technology by Hardball, forcing the Shadow Initiative into a hasty retreat. They escape, but are forced to leave a depowered Komodo behind. Taskmaster calls off the mission in the light of HYDRA gaining S.P.I.N Tech. But before they can pull out of Madripoor, the Shadow Initiative learns that S.H.I.E.L.D. has since become defunct, leaving the team alone with no way out of the country. They then infiltrate HYDRA, send a wire for help, and continue their mission to capture Hardball and shutdown the HYDRA cell. During the fight, Typhoid Mary relapses into her dangerous personality and escapes, leaving the rest of the Shadow Initiative in trouble. But then help arrives as Ant-Man and H.A.M.M.E.R. agents. Hardball then surrenders himself to the Constrictor, citing that everything that he has done was to protect Komodo. Constrictor understands, given his similar relationship with his daughter, and arrests Hardball.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#24_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#24-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Batwing graduates from the Initiative programme and is assigned to the Shadow Initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-ATI21_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATI21-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dark_Reign_2">Dark Reign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Dark Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Butterball_(Emery_Schaub)" class="mw-redirect" title="Butterball (Emery Schaub)">Butterball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ringer_(comics)#Keith_Kraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Ringer (comics)">Ringer</a>, Doctor Sax, Johnny Guitar, Badd Axe, Firearms, Slaughter Boy and <a href="/wiki/Heavy_Mettle" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavy Mettle">Heavy Mettle</a> (Barracuda, <a href="/wiki/Blackwing_(character)" title="Blackwing (character)">Blackwing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riot_(comics)#Second_Riot" class="mw-redirect" title="Riot (comics)">Riot</a>, Stronghold and Warbow) join Bengal, Komodo and Batwing in a new look Shadow Initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#26_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#26-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But as <a href="/wiki/Norman_Osborn" title="Norman Osborn">Norman Osborn</a> already has a covert team in the shape of the Thunderbolts, the Shadow Initiative is turned into a "cannon fodder" unit, purposely sent on suicide missions, a fact that is hidden from the Shadow Initiative members.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#27_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#27-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before their first mission to take back Prison 42 from Blastaar's alien forces, Johnny Guitar overhears the Taskmaster and learns the Shadow Initiative's true purpose. After some consideration, he bravely goes through with the mission. But not before guaranteeing his family's compensation in the event of his death and deliberately injuring his best friend, Doctor Sax, washing him out of the Initiative and saving his life. During the siege to take back Prison 42, along with several other members of the Shadow Initiative, Johnny Guitar is killed in action. Also confirmed to be killed are Blackwing, Slaughterboy, and Firearms. Bengal, Komodo, Batwing, Butterball and the surviving members of the Shadow Initiative fight against the odds and take back prison 42. They are aided by Hardball, a Prison 42 detainee forced to join Blastaar's army, who suggests to <a href="/wiki/Gorilla-Man#Arthur_Nagan" title="Gorilla-Man">Dr. Arthur Nagan</a> that they should release Dragon Man, knowing that the creature would side with Komodo. Taskmaster, Constrictor, Penance, Living Laser and Scorcher arrive shortly after to finish the enemy. Bengal and the rest of the Shadow Initiative realized the true nature of their mission.<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#27_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#27-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Osborn orders members of the Shadow Initiative (Badd Axe, Ringer, and Warbow) to attack the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_Hitters_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavy Hitters (comics)">Heavy Hitters</a> after they secede from the Initiative. They help the other Initiative teams to defeat and capture the Heavy Hitters' leader, <a href="/wiki/Prodigy_(Ritchie_Gilmore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)">Prodigy</a>. The attack upon Prodigy is then uploaded onto <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> by Telemetry and Non-Stop to show the aggressive tactics employed by Osborn.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Siege">Siege</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Siege"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several members of the Shadow Initiative take part in the invasion of Asgard. During the battle, the Warbow of <a href="/wiki/Heavy_Mettle" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavy Mettle">Heavy Mettle</a> is apparently killed by a hail of arrows.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Badd Axe and Ringer are among those defending Camp HAMMER when it is invaded by the Avengers Resistance.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters">Characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Avengers:_The_Initiative_characters" title="List of Avengers: The Initiative characters">List of Avengers: The Initiative characters</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_teams_by_state">List of teams by state</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: List of teams by state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="15%">State </th> <th width="20%">Team Name </th> <th width="25%">1st Appearance </th> <th width="40%">Members </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> </td> <td>Unnamed </td> <td><i>Patsy Walker: Hellcat #1</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Walker" title="Patsy Walker">Hellcat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Desert_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Desert Stars">Desert Stars</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Two-Gun_Kid" title="Two-Gun Kid">Two-Gun Kid</a> (leader), <a href="/wiki/Komodo_(comics)" title="Komodo (comics)">Komodo</a>, Johnny Cool, Supermax,<sup id="cite_ref-CG_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CG-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blacksmith (secretly a Skrull infiltrator)<sup id="cite_ref-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#16_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avengers:_The_Initiative_#16-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battalion_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battalion (Marvel Comics)">Battalion</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tigra" title="Tigra">Tigra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Razorback_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Razorback (comics)">Razorback</a> (was briefly replaced by a Skrull infiltrator)<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Order_(comics)" title="The Order (comics)">The Order</a><sup id="cite_ref-cw6_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cw6-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>Civil War</i> #6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Order_(comics)#Current_members" title="The Order (comics)">Member List</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thunderbolts_(comics)" title="Thunderbolts (comics)">Thunderbolts</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>Thunderbolts</i> #110 (as Initiative team) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thunderbolts_members" title="List of Thunderbolts members">Member List</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Camp_Hammond_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Hammond (comics)">Camp Hammond</a> Staff & Trainees </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #1 </td> <td>See <a href="/wiki/List_of_Avengers:_The_Initiative_characters" title="List of Avengers: The Initiative characters">List of Avengers: The Initiative characters</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Women_Warriors_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Women Warriors (comics)">Women Warriors</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asp_(character)" title="Asp (character)">Asp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_Mamba_(character)" title="Black Mamba (character)">Black Mamba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diamondback_(Rachel_Leighton)" title="Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)">Diamondback</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quicksand_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quicksand (comics)">Quicksand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skein_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skein (comics)">Skein</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Command_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Command (comics)">Command</a> </td> <td><i>Marvel Zombies</i> vol. 3 #1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Kale" title="Jennifer Kale">Jennifer Kale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wundarr_the_Aquarian" title="Wundarr the Aquarian">Wundarr the Aquarian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siege_(John_Kelly)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege (John Kelly)">Siege</a>, Conquistador (was briefly replaced by a Skrull) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavalry (comics)">Cavalry</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stunt-Master_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stunt-Master (comics)">Stunt-Master</a>, Crime-Buster, <a href="/wiki/Red_Nine" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Nine">Red Nine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thor_Girl" title="Thor Girl">Thor Girl</a>, Ultra Girl </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_Men" class="mw-redirect" title="Point Men">Point Men</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stingray_(comics)" title="Stingray (comics)">Stingray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Devil-Slayer" title="Devil-Slayer">Devil-Slayer</a>, Star Sign, Paydirt, Magnitude (revealed to be a Skrull infiltrator), <a href="/wiki/Delroy_Garrett" title="Delroy Garrett">Delroy Garrett</a> (former) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spaceknights" class="mw-redirect" title="Spaceknights">Spaceknights</a> </td> <td>Named in <i>Civil War</i> #6<sup id="cite_ref-cw6_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cw6-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Unknown </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_Works" title="Force Works">Force Works</a><sup id="cite_ref-newsaramalist_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newsaramalist-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Named in <i>Civil War</i> #6 </td> <td>Cybermancer </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harvesters_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvesters (comics)">Harvesters</a> </td> <td><i>Marvel Zombies Supreme</i> #2 </td> <td>Pioneer, Grain Belt, Topeka, Meadowlark, Sunflower </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Action_Pack_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Action Pack (comics)">Action Pack</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #7 </td> <td>Vox (leader), Prima Donna, Frog-Man (briefly replaced by a Skrull) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Psionex" title="Psionex">Psionex</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Psionex#Members" title="Psionex">Member List</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Force_(comics)" title="Freedom Force (comics)">Freedom Force</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Force_(comics)#Initiative_Freedom_Force_members" title="Freedom Force (comics)">Member List</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a> </td> <td>Unnamed group </td> <td><i>The Invincible Iron Man</i> vol. 4 #24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_Ultra" title="Captain Ultra">Captain Ultra</a> (Leader), Gadget (Deceased), <a href="/wiki/Paragon_(Marvel_Comics)#Paragon_(Cooper_Roth)" title="Paragon (Marvel Comics)">Paragon (Cooper Roth)</a> (Deceased)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heavy_Hitters_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavy Hitters (comics)">Heavy Hitters</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hardball_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hardball (comics)">Hardball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prodigy_(Ritchie_Gilmore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)">Prodigy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gravity_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity (comics)">Gravity</a>, Nonstop, Telemetry, <a href="/wiki/Boomerang_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boomerang (comics)">Outback</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defenders_(comics)" title="Defenders (comics)">Defenders</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>The Last Defenders</i> #1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Defenders_members#Initiative_Team_(Last_Defenders)" title="List of Defenders members">Member List</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Mavericks_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mavericks (comics)">Mavericks</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #16 </td> <td>Annex, Geiger, <a href="/wiki/Jocasta_(comics)" title="Jocasta (comics)">Jocasta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Ventura" title="Sharon Ventura">She-Thing</a> (was revealed to be a Skrull infiltrator) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Avengers" title="The Mighty Avengers">Avengers (Initiative)</a><sup id="cite_ref-cw6_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cw6-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>The Mighty Avengers</i> #1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Avengers_members#Mighty_Avengers_Membership" title="List of Avengers members">Member List</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> </td> <td>Unnamed group (formerly the <a href="/wiki/U-Foes" title="U-Foes">U-Foes</a>) </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #35 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Batwing_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Batwing (Marvel Comics)">Batwing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butterball_(Emery_Schaub)" class="mw-redirect" title="Butterball (Emery Schaub)">Butterball</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> </td> <td>Agents from A.R.M.O.R. </td> <td><i>Marvel Zombies 5</i> #2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_the_Duck" title="Howard the Duck">Howard the Duck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Machine_Man" title="Machine Man">Machine Man</a>, Swift Cloud, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_(comics)" title="Hurricane (comics)">Hurricane</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_of_Nature_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Force of Nature (comics)">Force of Nature</a> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_of_Nature_(comics)#Members" class="mw-redirect" title="Force of Nature (comics)">Member List</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Legion" title="Liberty Legion">The Liberteens</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> Annual #1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Legion#Liberteens" title="Liberty Legion">Member List</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rangers_(comics)" title="Rangers (comics)">Rangers</a> </td> <td><i>Civil War</i> #7 (as Initiative team) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rangers_(comics)#Membership" title="Rangers (comics)">Member List</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Called_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Called (comics)">Called</a> </td> <td><i>Civil War</i> #6 </td> <td>Unnamed <a href="/wiki/Mormons" title="Mormons">Mormon</a> superheroes. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Garrison_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garrison (comics)">Garrison</a> </td> <td><i>Penance Relentless</i> #3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fin_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fin (comics)">Fin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Man-Eater_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Man-Eater (comics)">Man-Eater</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earth_Force_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth Force (Marvel Comics)">Earth Force</a> </td> <td><i>Civil War: Frontline</i> #12 (as Initiative team) </td> <td>Earth Lord, Skyhawk, Wind Warrior </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Avengers" title="Great Lakes Avengers">Great Lakes Initiative</a> </td> <td><i>Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular</i> (as Initiative team) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Avengers#Members" title="Great Lakes Avengers">Member List</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Details">Details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Cadets are trained in combat, search and rescue, power control, first aid, and superhuman ethics.</li> <li>The training that Initiative cadets undergo is structured like basic <a href="/wiki/Recruit_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruit training">recruit training</a>.</li> <li>Cadets are issued uniforms comprising palm gloves, traction boots and military fatigue cargo pants. A <a href="/wiki/T-shirt" title="T-shirt">t-shirt</a> with some kind of logo (often with the first letter of the cadet's codename) on it is provided if the cadet does not already have a costume. If the cadet has a secret identity, they are required to somehow conceal their identity (i.e. a mask, goggles, a helmet, shape-changing or some form of concealment).</li> <li>While the "Avengers Assemble!" battle cry is used by instructors and cadets in battle and many instructors and cadets are former or current members, being a recruit does not automatically award one membership in the Avengers. Use of the Avengers name is informal meant to act as an inspirational tool.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collected_editions">Collected editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Collected editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Material collected</th> <th>Publication date</th> <th>ISBN </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative Vol. 1: Basic Training</i> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #1-6 </td> <td>March 26, 2008 </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0785125167" title="Special:BookSources/978-0785125167">978-0785125167</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative Vol. 2: Killed In Action</i> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #7-13 and Annual #1 </td> <td>November 19, 2009 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0785128618" title="Special:BookSources/978-0785128618">978-0785128618</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative, Vol. 3: Secret Invasion</i> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #14-19 </td> <td>May 27, 2009 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0785131670" title="Special:BookSources/978-0785131670">978-0785131670</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative, Vol. 4: Disassembled</i> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #20-25, and <i>Avengers: The Initiative Featuring Reptil</i> </td> <td>December 9, 2009 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0785131687" title="Special:BookSources/978-0785131687">978-0785131687</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative - Dreams & Nightmares </i> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #26-30 </td> <td>October 6, 2010 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0785139058" title="Special:BookSources/978-0785139058">978-0785139058</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Siege: Avengers - The Initiative</i> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #31-35 and <i>Avengers: The Initiative Special</i> </td> <td>December 15, 2010 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0785148180" title="Special:BookSources/978-0785148180">978-0785148180</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative - The Complete Collection Vol. 1</i> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #1-19 and Annual #1 </td> <td>March 28, 2017 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1302904111" title="Special:BookSources/978-1302904111">978-1302904111</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative - The Complete Collection Vol. 2</i> </td> <td><i>Avengers: The Initiative</i> #20-35; <i>Avengers: The Initiative Special</i>; <i>Avengers: The Initiative Featuring Reptil</i> </td> <td>August 29, 2017 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1302906870" title="Special:BookSources/978-1302906870">978-1302906870</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_other_media">In other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: In other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Initiative was referenced in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Super_Hero_Squad_Show" title="The Super Hero Squad Show">The Super Hero Squad Show</a></i> episode "Tales of Suspense." War Machine tells Iron Man that he had to cover for him when handling the Initiative. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omega_Flight" title="Omega Flight">Omega Flight</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avengers:_The_Initiative&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsarama.com/NewJoeFridays/NewJoeFridays30.html">"New Joe Fridays"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071012134001/http://newsarama.com/NewJoeFridays/NewJoeFridays30.html">Archived</a> from the original on October 12, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="JLA/Avengers">JLA/Avengers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Avengers/Transformers" title="New Avengers/Transformers">New Avengers/Transformers</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Storylines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Kree%E2%80%93Skrull_War" title="Kree–Skrull War">Kree–Skrull War</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Vengeance" title="Acts of Vengeance">Acts of Vengeance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Operation:_Galactic_Storm" title="Operation: Galactic Storm">Operation: Galactic Storm</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heroes_Reborn_(1996_comic)" title="Heroes Reborn (1996 comic)">Heroes Reborn (1996 comic)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Avengers_Forever" title="Avengers Forever">Avengers Forever</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bloodties" title="Bloodties">Bloodties</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kang_Dynasty" title="Kang Dynasty">Kang Dynasty</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Avengers_Disassembled" title="Avengers Disassembled">Avengers Disassembled</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dark_Reign_(comics)" title="Dark Reign (comics)">Dark Reign (comics)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Siege_(comics)" title="Siege (comics)">Siege</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Avengers_vs._X-Men" title="Avengers vs. X-Men">Avengers vs. X-Men</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Avengers:_Standoff!" title="Avengers: Standoff!">Avengers: Standoff!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heroes_Reborn_(2021_comic)" title="Heroes Reborn (2021 comic)">Heroes Reborn (2021 comic)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Judgment_Day_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Judgment Day (Marvel Comics)">Judgment Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Avengers_Assemble_(event)" title="Avengers Assemble (event)">Avengers Assemble (event)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Contest_of_Chaos" title="Contest of Chaos">Contest of Chaos</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blood_Hunt_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Blood Hunt (Marvel Comics)">Blood Hunt</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Avengers_Unconquered" title="Avengers Unconquered">Avengers Unconquered</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Avengers_United" title="Avengers United">Avengers United</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Storylines are listed in publication order. 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Current Faculty</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Pym" title="Hank Pym">Giant-Man/Hank Pym</a> (headmaster)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigra" title="Tigra">Tigra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quicksilver_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)">Quicksilver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jocasta_(comics)" title="Jocasta (comics)">Jocasta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkeye_(Clint_Barton)" title="Hawkeye (Clint Barton)">Hawkeye/Clint Barton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Former Faculty</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vance_Astrovik" title="Vance Astrovik">Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Baldwin" title="Robbie Baldwin">Speedball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Guest instructors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Fist_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron Fist (comics)">Iron Fist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valkyrie_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Valkyrie (Marvel Comics)">Valkyrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_America" title="Captain America">Captain America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Strange" title="Doctor Strange">Doctor Strange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noh-Varr" title="Noh-Varr">The Protector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man" title="Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Hercules (Marvel Comics)">Hercules</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Current Trainees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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