Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 2

Part of the 'The Initiative' event Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 #2 July, 2007 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artists Jim Cheung Dave Meikis Publisher Marvel Comics "Hero Moment" Writers Dan Slott Pencilers Stefano Caselli Inkers Stefano Caselli Colourists Daniele Rudoni Letterers Joe Caramagna Editors Tom Brevoort Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers: The Initiative #1 Avengers: The Initiative #3

Appearing in "Hero Moment"

Featured Characters:

• Initiative
  • Trainees
    • Cloud 9
    • Hardball
    • Komodo
    • Trauma (Terrance Ward) (Real name first revealed) (Assumed the forms of MVP and Janet van Dyne)
    • MVP (Corpse)
  • Staff
    • Baron von Blitzschlag
    • Gauntlet
    •  Justice (Vance Astrovik) 
    • Secretary Henry Peter Gyrich
    •  War Machine (James "Rhodey" Rhodes) 
    • "Yellowjacket (Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym)"

Supporting Characters:

• Initiative
  • Staff
    • Triathlon
  • Trainess
    •  Gargoyle 
    • Earth-721 Hulkling
    •  Nighthawk 
    • Earth-721 Wiccan
    • Thor Girl
    • Ultragirl

• • Mighty Avengers
    • Black Widow
    •  Ms. Marvel 
    •  Wasp (Janet van Dyne) 
    •  Wonder Man 

• • Rangers
    •  Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez) 
    •  Firebird 
    •  Living Lightning (Miguel Santos) 
    •  Phantom Rider 
      • Banshee
    • Red Wolf
    • Shooting Star
    • Texas Twister

• George W. Bush
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  •  Iron Man (Director Stark) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
  • Cape-Killers

Adversaries:

• Hydra agents
  • Commander (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• André (First appearance)
•  Ragnarok 
• Secret Service
• The First Lady (Behind the scenes) (Mentioned)
• X-Men
  •  Beast (Hank McCoy) 
  •  Dani Moonstar (voice only)

• New Warriors (Mentioned)
• Armory (Mentioned)
• Abraham Erskine (Mentioned)
• "Kapitan Amerika" (Mentioned)
• Nazis (Mentioned)
• Ultron (Mentioned)
• Salvation I (Mentioned)
• Avengers (Mentioned)
• Black Goliath (Mentioned)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Connecticut
    • Stamford
      • Camp Hammond
        • Yellowjacket's Quarters (First appearance)
        • Yellowjacket's Lab (First appearance)
        • War Room (First appearance)
        • Subbasement 9 (First appearance)
  • Texas
    • Crawford (First appearance)
      • Prairie Chapel Ranch/"The Western White House" (First appearance)
  • Washington, D.C.
    • White House
      • Rose Garden (First appearance)
• Iraq (Mentioned)
• Negative Zone
  • Prison 42

Items:

• Jim Hammond (Statue)
• Gauntlet's gauntlet
• War Machine Armor
• Armory's "Magic Doohickey" (Mentioned)
• Pulse Rifle
• Avengers Issue Jet-Packs (First appearance)
• Tarene's Hammer
• The Stinger (First appearance)
• Super-Soldier Serum (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

• Hydra Terror-Carrier Hy-MS01 (First appearance; Destruction)
• Hydra Viper Jet
  • Hy-015
  • Hy-016
  • Hy-012 (Destruction)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier (Mentioned)

Events:

• M-Day (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Hero Moment"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• Living Lightning is revealed to be a member of the Texas-based Rangers team.
  

Trivia

Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch from World War II, has a honor statue at the Stamford training base.

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