Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 2

Part of the Initiative event
Avengers: The Initiative #2
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Art by: Jim Cheung
Cover Date	July, 2007
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Country	USA

1. "Hero Moment"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Dan Slott
Penciler(s)	Stefano Caselli
Inker(s)	Stefano Caselli
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort

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.