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Avengers: The Initiative #1
Direct Edition - 50/50 - Connecting Cover A
June 2007 · 2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD · 36 pages
On sale 2007-04-04
Rated Rated T+
UPC 75960606084900111
Synopsis
Gyrich and his core band of instructors recruit a group of young heroes for the secret government endorsed Initiative program and begin their training. During a combat simulation, MVP is killed by Armory causing her to be removed from the program.
Credits
- Script
- Molly Lazer, Dan Slott
- Pencils
- Jim Cheung, Stefano Caselli
- Inks
- John Dell, Stefano Caselli
- Colours
- Justin Ponsor, Daniele Rudoni
- Letters
- Joe Caramagna
- Editor
- Tom Brevoort
- Assistant editor
- Molly Lazer
- Editor-in-chief
- Joe Quesada
- Publisher
- Dan Buckley
Characters
- Bishop
- Justice
- Machine Man
- Paladin
- Tanya Sealy
- Unicorn
- Val Ventura
- Simon Williams
- Maximillian Zaran
- Rachel Leighton
- Rage
- Tarene
- Thor Girl
- Santo Vaccarro
- Lucas Bishop
- Janelle Chord
- Katie Power
- Robbie Baldwin
- Death Adder
- Buck Mitty
- Trey Rollins
- Shang-Chi
- Simon Utrecht
- Guardian
- Humbug
- Cletus Kasady
- Rick Sheridan
- Silhouette
- Ares
- Drew Daniels
- Michael Pointer
- Julie Power
- Tigra
- Vision
- Big Bertha
- Isaac Christians
- Felicia Hardy
- Ironclad
- Jonas
- Colleen Wing
- Carnage
- Green Goblin
- Penance
- Smuggler
- Aaron Stack
- Stingray
- Conrad Josten
- Norman Osborn
- Doc Samson
- Black Cat
- Ashley Crawford
- Energizer
- Robert Farrell
- Flatman
- Iron Man
- King Cobra
- Tommy Shepherd
- Shooting Star
- Speed
- Wonder Man
- Black Mamba
- Carol Danvers
- Diamondback
- Greer Nelson
- Jim Rhodes
- Rockslide
- Wiccan
- Elvin Haliday
- Hawkeye
- Billy Kaplan
- Walter Newell
- Victoria Star
- Swordsman
- Vance Astrovik
- Misty Knight
- Snake Marston
- Ms. Marvel
- Sleepwalker
- Andreas von Strucker
- Aegis
- Firebird
- Milos Masaryk
- Rocket Racer
- Theodore Scott
- Michael Steel
- Vector
- Klaus Voorhees
- Zaran
- Kate Bishop
- Gargoyle
- Bonita Juárez
- Lightspeed
- Tommy Maximoff
- Leonard Samson
- Tony Stark
- Texas Twister
- War Machine
- Bengal
- Frank Payne
- Prodigy
- Ultimo
- Hardball
- Stature
- Wernher von Blitzschlag
- Armory
- Valerie Martin
- Brian Van Patrick
- Yellowjacket
- Teddy Altman
- Debrii
- Melati Kusuma
- Thanasee Rappaccini
- Scorpion
- Triathlon
- Mike Van Patrick
- Roger Brokeridge
- Komodo
- Citri Noll
- Red Wolf
- Ultragirl
- Constrictor
- Deborah Fields
- Richard Gilmore
- Hellcat
- Jennifer Walters
- Terry Ward
- Cloud 9
- Henry Peter Gyrich
- MVP
- Slapstick
- William Talltrees
- Delroy Garrett Jr.
- Hulkling
- Kyle Richmond
- She-Hulk
- Trauma
- Gauntlet
- Wasp
- Joe Green
- Network
- Nighthawk
- Janet Van Dyne
- Patsy Walker
- Steven Harmon
- Cassandra Lang
- Violet Lightner
- Duc No Tranh
- Baron von Blitzschlag
- Abby Boylen
- Tsu-Zana
Notes
Cover was distributed to retailers in a 50/50 split with "Direct Edition - 50/50 - Connecting Cover B."
Some sources refer to this as a "Left Side" variant.
Diamond order code: FEB072119