Avengers: The Initiative Special Vol 1 1

Alternate Covers: Textless Avengers: The Initiative Special Vol 1 #1 January, 2009 Issue Details Rating Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artists Steve Uy Publisher Marvel Comics Dan Buckley "The Real Thing" Writers Christos N. Gage Pencilers Steve Uy Inkers Steve Uy Colourists Steve Uy Letterers VC's Joe Caramagna Editors Tom Brevoort Jeanine Schaefer "Fear for Your Life" Writers Dan Slott Christos N. Gage Pencilers Steve Uy Inkers Steve Uy Colourists Steve Uy Letterers Joe Caramagna Editors Tom Brevoort Jeanine Schaefer Previous Issue Next Issue — —

Appearing in "The Real Thing"

Featured Characters:

• Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)
• Komodo (Melati Kusuma)
• Scorpion

Supporting Characters:

• Heavy Hitters
  • Gravity (Greg Willis)
  • Nonstop
  • Telemetry
• Desert Stars
  • Two-Gun Kid (Matt Liebowicz)
  • Johnny Cool
  • Supermax

Adversaries:

• Hydra
  • Senator Woodman (Death)
  • Agent 211 (Death)
•  Zzzax 

Other Characters:

• U.C.W.F. (Only in flashback)
  • Paul Brokeridge (Only in flashback)
• Dr. Connors (Appears in flashback and main story)
• Mr. Brokeridge
• Mrs. Brokeridge
• Lizard (Only in flashback)
• Stegron (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Nevada/Arizona border
  • Hoover Dam
• Las Vegas
  • Heavy Hitters Hotel and Casino
• Los Angeles
  • California State University
    • Biological Sciences Department

Items:

Vehicles:

• Two-Gun Kid's flying metal horse
  
  

Synopsis for "The Real Thing"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Fear for Your Life"

Featured Characters:

• Trauma (Terrance Ward)

Supporting Characters:

• Physique

Adversaries:

Other Characters:

• Cindy (Only in flashback)
• Rachel (Only in flashback)
• Brian (Only in flashback)
• Trevor (Only in flashback)
• Naomi Ward (Trauma's mother) (First appearance)
• Trauma's stepfather (First appearance)
• Billy Ward (Trauma's brother) (First appearance)
•  Nightmare 
• Hulk (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Camp Hammond
  • Counselor's Office
• Massachusetts
  • Greenleaf Clinic

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Fear for Your Life"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Solicit Synopsis

One of the longest-running plotlines in Avengers: The Initiative is resolved at last! Hardball is among the Initiative's most respected and decorated graduates. He's become a celebrity hero in Las Vegas, with his true love, Komodo, serving nearby in Arizona. But all the while, he's secretly been in the pocket of the terrorist group Hydra! Now everything comes to a head as Komodo finds out the truth...Senator Woodman's evil plan comes to fruition...and Hardball must choose a side, once and for all! Also in this not-to-be-missed issue, Dan Slott returns to solo writing duties for the previously-untold origin of Trauma...and the shocking revelation of his link to a longtime Marvel character!

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