Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 20

Part of the 'Dark Reign' event

Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 #20

February, 2009

Editor-in-Chief

Joe Quesada

Cover Artists

Mark Brooks

Publisher

Marvel Comics

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Appearing in "Acceptable Losses"

Featured Characters:

• Initiative
  • Staff
    • Gauntlet (Sgt. Joseph Green)
    •  Henry Pym (Leaves Team)
    • Baron von Blitzschlag
    •  Tigra (Greer Nelson) 
    • Trauma (Terrance Ward) (Assumed the forms of Tigra and her Skrull offspring)
  • Shadow Initiative
    • Bengal (Duc No Tranh)
    •  Constrictor (Frank Schlichting) 
    • Komodo (Melati Kusuma) (Joins Team)
    •  Mutant Zero (Mary Menzinis) (Revealed as Typhoid Mary)
    •  Taskmaster (Joins Team)
  •  Jocasta/Janet van Dyne (Leaves Team)
  • Thunderbolts
    • Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady) (Joins Team)
• Skrull Kill Krew
  • Ryder
  • 3-D Man (Delroy Garrett Jr.) (Joins Teams; Leaves the Initiative & Point Men)
  • Moonstomp (Corpse)
  • Riot (Death)
  • Dice (Corpse)
  • Catwalk (Corpse)

Supporting Characters:

• Initiative
  • Staff
    •  Dr. Leonard Samson 
    •  Gargoyle (Isaac Christians) 
    •  Hellcat (Patsy Walker) 
    • Physique
    • Stingray (Walter Newell)
    • War Machine (Mentioned) (Leaves Team)

• • Thor Girl (Tarene)
  • Razorback (Buford Hollis)
  • Frog-Man (Eugene Patillo)
  •  She-Thing (Sharon Ventura) 
  • Revolutionary
  • Cadets
    • Annex (Alex Ellis)
    • Geiger (Delilah Dearborn)
    • Red 9 (Wallace Jackson)
    • Batwing (Jimmy Santini)
    • Prodigy (Richard Gilmore)
    • Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)
  • Nevada Team (Mentioned)

Adversaries:

• Skrulls (Mentioned)
  • Yellowjacket (Criti Noll) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
  • "Spider-Woman Skrull (Mentioned)
• Hydra (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
  • Hardball (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
  • Senator Arthur Woodman (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• Alicia Masters
• Edwin Jarvis
•  Equinox 
•  Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) 
• Ragnarok (Thor clone)
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Kidnapped agents
    • Dum-Dum Dugan
  • Cape-Killer

• Cap (Mentioned)
• Gyrich (Mentioned)
• Iron Man (Director Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
• Thor (Mentioned)
• Spider-Man (Mentioned)
• Carol Danvers (Mentioned)
• Bill Foster (Mentioned)
• Batroc the Leaper (Mentioned)
• Avengers (Mentioned)
• Janet van Dyne (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Stamford, Connecticut, United States of America
  • Camp Hammond
    • Cafeteria
    • War Room
    • Henry Pym's quarters
    • Shadow Initiative's Briefing Room
    • Stockade
    • Gymnasium
    • Main Entrance
    • Blitzschlag's lab
    • Zero Room (Mentioned)
• Madripoor (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)

Items:

• Gauntlet's gauntlet
• G.I. Ant-Man Armor (Mentioned)
• Pickles and strawberries

Vehicles:

Events:

• Secret Invasion (Mentioned)
• Civil War (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Acceptable Losses"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• This issue is part of the "Dark Reign" themed event running through most Marvel Comics issues of early 2009.

• First issue of this title with the actual Henry Pym making an appearance.
• Tigra revealed to be pregnant with the Skrull Henry Pym's child.
• Hardball betrayed the Initiative in Avengers: The Initiative Special #1.
• Presumably this takes place prior to the events of Secret Invasion: Requiem #1.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

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See Also

• Discuss Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 20 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Avengers: The Initiative series

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Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• None.