Appearing in "Happy Accidents"
Featured Characters:
- Initiative
- Staff
- Gauntlet/Sergeant (First full appearance)
- War Machine (Commander Jim Rhodes)
- Justice (Vance Astrovik)
- Trainees
- Hardball (First full appearance) (Joins)
- Cloud Nine (Abby) (First full appearance) (Joins)
- MVP (Michael Van Patrick) (First full appearance; Death) (Joins)
- Trauma (First full appearance) (Joins) (Assumed the form of a giant spider)
- Armory (First appearance) (Joins and leaves teams)
- Komodo (First full appearance) (Joins)
- Staff
Supporting Characters:
- Initiative
- Staff
- Secretary Henry Peter Gyrich
- She-Hulk (Jen Walters)
- Yellowjacket (Dr. Hank Pym)(Skrull)
- Baron von Blitzschlag (First full appearance)
- Trainees
- Slapstick (Steve Harmon)
- Bengal (Duc No Tranh)
- Rage (Elvin Haliday)
- Thor Girl (Tarene) (First appearance)
- Ultragirl (Suzy Sherman)
- Stature (Cassie Lang)
- Constrictor (Frank Schlichting)
- Network (Val Martin)
- Scorpion (Carmilla Black)
- Hellcat (Patsy Walker)
- Debrii (Deborah Fields)
- Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore) (Cameo)
- ⏴ Triathlon (Delroy Garrett) ⏵
- "Wiccan" (Bill Kaplan) (Earth-721) (Cameo)
- "Hulkling" (Teddy Altman) (Earth-721) (Cameo)
- Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)
- Stingray (Walter Newell)
- Rangers
- Mighty Avengers
- Staff
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Cape-Killers
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- US Army
- "Desert Eagle" (Voice only)
- US Air Force
- Brian Van Patrick (First appearance)
- Anti-Initiative protesters
- Dr. Abraham Erskine (Mentioned)
- New Warriors (Mentioned)
- Dr. Curt Connors (Mentioned)
- Thunderbolts (Mentioned)
- Masters of Evil (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Iraq
- United States of America
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Liberty
- Lexington
- University of Kentucky (Mentioned) (logo on letterman jacket)
- California
- Connecticut
- Stamford
- Camp Hammond
- Observation Deck
- Combat Simulator
- Yellowjacket's Lab (First appearance)
- Camp Hammond
- Stamford
Items:
- Tactigon (First appearance)
- Gauntlet's gauntlet (First appearance)
- War Machine Armor Model 3 (First full appearance)
- Combat-Bots
- Super-Soldier Serum (Mentioned)
- Lizard-Formula (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- US Army Hummers
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Bus
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicopters
Events:
- Civil War (Mentioned)
- M-Day (Mentioned)
- World War II (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Happy Accidents"
This first issue deals with a group of young heroes that have been sent to 'Hero Boot Camp' in Stamford, Connecticut, the site of the explosion that launched the whole civil war. The issue largely follows the young heroes MVP, Cloud 9, Armory, and Trauma, as well as their drill-sergeant, Gauntlet. MVP is established as one of the most capable young heroes there and begins to express some feelings for the shy and self-conscious Cloud 9. During a training exercise, however, Trauma's powers accidentally cause Armory to lose control of her powers, and MVP is apparently killed pushing Cloud 9 out of the way. In response, they forcibly remove Armory's power-glove and kick her out of the camp. Henry Peter Gyrich, who is overseeing the entire project, informs Trauma and Cloud 9 that the mishap 'never happened.'