Avengers: The Initiative Special Vol 1 1

Avengers: The Initiative Special #1
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Art by: Steve Uy
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless
Art by: Steve Uy
Release Date	November 5, 2008
Cover Date	January, 2009
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada
Rating	T+ (13 and up)
Original Price	$3.99
Pages	48

1. "The Real Thing"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Christos N. Gage
Penciler(s)	Steve Uy
Inker(s)	Steve Uy
Colorist(s)	Steve Uy
Letterer(s)	VC's Joe Caramagna
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort Jeanine Schaefer
2. "Fear for Your Life"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Dan Slott Christos N. Gage
Penciler(s)	Steve Uy
Inker(s)	Steve Uy
Colorist(s)	Steve Uy
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort Jeanine Schaefer

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

Antagonists:

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

Other Characters:

• U.C.W.F. (Only in flashback)
  • Paul Brokeridge (Only in flashback)
• Dr. Connors (Main story and flashback)
• 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

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

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

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!

See Also

• 8 image(s) from Avengers: The Initiative Special Vol 1 1
• 2 reprint(s) of Avengers: The Initiative Special Vol 1 1

Links and References

• http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=10132
• http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.5758.preview~colon~_avengers~colon~_the_initiative_special_%231