Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 5

Part of the World War Hulk event
Avengers: The Initiative #5
Previous Issue	Avengers: The Initiative #4
Next Issue	Avengers: The Initiative #6
Art by: Jim Cheung
Cover Date	October, 2007
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Country	USA

1. "The Shadow Initiative: Secret Weapons"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Dan Slott
Penciler(s)	Stefano Caselli
Inker(s)	Stefano Caselli
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort

Appearing in "The Shadow Initiative: Secret Weapons"

Featured Characters:

• Initiative (Appears in flashback and main story)
  • Shadow Initiative/S.H.I.E.L.D. Black Operations Team (First appearance)
    •  Bengal (Duc No Tranh)  (Joins Team)
    •  Constrictor (Frank Schlichting) (Appears in flashback and main story) (Joins Team)
    •  Mutant Zero  (Joins Team)
    • Red Team/Scarlet Spiders (Appears in flashback and main story) (Joins Team)
      • Scarlet Spider (Appears in flashback and main story)
      • Scarlet Spider (Appears in flashback and main story)
      • Scarlet Spider (Appears in flashback and main story)
    • Trauma (Appears in flashback and main story) (Assumed the form of Gyrich's father, Thor, the Abomination, The Juggernaut, Brian Banner, Bruce Banner and Cloud 9)

• • Trainees
    • Cloud 9 (Abby)
    • Hardball
    •  Rage (Elvin Haliday) 
    •  Slapstick 
    • Thor Girl
    • Ultra-Girl

• • Staff
    • Gauntlet/Sergeant (Only in flashback)
    • Baron von Blitzschlag/"Doc" (Only in flashback)
    • Secretary Henry Peter Gyrich (Appears in flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Initiative (Appears in flashback and main story)
  •  Dani Moonstar  (Consultant)
  • Staff
    • Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (Only in flashback)
    • "Yellowjacket (Hank Pym)"
    •  Justice (Vance Astrovik) 
    •  War Machine ("Jim Rhodey" Rhodes) 
    • Doc Samson (Only in flashback)
  • The Order
    • Anthem
    • Calamity
    • Veda
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
  • Iron Man (Mentioned)
  • Tim Dugan (Mentioned)
• Sentinel Squad O*N*E

Villains:

• Death's Head Units (Death)
• Warbound
  • Brood (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
  • Elloe Kaifi
  • Hiroim (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
  •  Hulk (Dr. Robert Bruce Banner) 
  •  Korg 
  • Miek (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)

Other Characters:

• Bengal's wife (Only in flashback)
• Minh Tranh (Only in flashback)
• Kree (Mentioned)
• Thor (Mentioned)
• Armory (Mentioned)
• Hercules (Mentioned)
• Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
• Avengers: Mighty & New (Mentioned)
• New Warriors (Mentioned)
• Non-Superhuman Armed Forces (Mentioned)
  • US Army
• Mighty Kronan Empire (Mentioned)
• Mr. President (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Stamford, Connecticut
  • Camp Hammond (Appears in flashback and main story)
    • Firing Range (Only in flashback)
    • Danielle Moonstar's Quarters (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
    • Bengal's Quarters (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
    • Combat Simulator (Only in flashback)
    • Subbasement 9
    • Infirmary (First appearance)
• New York State
• Xavier Institute (Mentioned)
  • New York City
    • Brooklyn
    • Manhattan
      • Madison Square Garden

Items:

• Tactigon (Only in flashback)
• Iron Spider Armor
• War Machine Arùpr
• Gauntlet's gauntlet (Only in flashback)
• Combat-Bots (Only in flashback)
• Obedience Disk
• Kree Nega-Bands (Mentioned)
• Thor's Hammer (Mentioned)
• Cosmic Cube (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

• Shadow Initiative's Stealth Ship

Events:

• Vietnam War (Mentioned)
• M-Day (Mentioned)
• Decimation (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "The Shadow Initiative: Secret Weapons"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• This issue takes place during the events of World War Hulk #3 and a day after those of World War Hulk: X-Men Vol 1.

Trivia

• This Comic Book was referenced in Marvel: Avengers Alliance and is one of the Comic Book Covers required in order to recruit Constrictor in the game.