Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 17

Part of the Secret Invasion event
Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 #17
Previous Issue	Avengers: The Initiative #16
Next Issue	Avengers: The Initiative #18
Art by: Mark Brooks and Christina Strain
Release Date	September 24, 2008
Cover Date	November, 2008
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1. "Home Field Advantage"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Dan Slott Christos N. Gage
Penciler(s)	Harvey Talibao
Inker(s)	Harvey Talibao
Colorist(s)	Jay David Ramos
Letterer(s)	Chris Eliopoulos
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort

 And that's where being a race of warriors works against you--you assume we're all brave. Didn't count on a weaselly, ant-size coward sitting out the fight, did ya? Oh man...good thing my mask protects me from her pheromones. It's all I can do not to climb those twin peaks and settle in for winter...Focus, dude. Remember she's a lizard. A lizard with luscious, firm, ripe... 

—Ant-Man

Appearing in "Home Field Advantage"

Featured Characters:

• Initiative
  • Shadow Initiative
    • Bengal (Duc No Tranh)
    • Constrictor (Frank Schlichting)
    • Mutant Zero
    • Trauma (Terry Ward)
  • Cadets
    • Crusader (Aubrey Thompson)
    • Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)
    • Batwing (Jimmy Santini)
    • Annex (Alex Ellis)
  • Point Men
    • 3-D Man (Delroy Garrett)
    • Devil-Slayer (Eric Payne)
  • Desert Stars
    • Komodo (Melati Kusuma)
  • Staff
    • Physique
    • Baron von Blitzschlag
  • Heavy Hitters (First appearance)
    • Gravity (Greg Willis)
    • Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)
    • Nonstop (First appearance)
    • Telemetry (First appearance)
  • Mavericks
    • 🢐 Jocasta 🢒
  • Called (Utah Initiative) (Mentioned) (Name first revealed)
• Skrull Kill Krew
  • Riot (Heidi Sladkin)
  • Ryder

Supporting Characters:

• Chuck Chandler
• Hal Chandler
• Peggy Chandler
• Secret Warriors
  • Colonel Nick Fury
  • Phobos (Alex Aaron)
  • Quake (Daisy Johnson)
  • Druid (Sebastian Druid)

Antagonists:

• Skrull Empire
  • Skrull Armada
  • Spider-Woman (Veranke)
  • Yellowjacket (Criti Noll)
  • Dum-Dum Dugan Skrull
  • Unnamed Heavy Hitters Skrull infiltrator (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
  • Unnamed Called infiltrator (Death) (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• Mrs. Green
• Gauntlet's daughter
• Bengal's wife
• Minh Tranh
• Other children
• Young Avengers (Cameo)
  • Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) (Cameo)
  • Vision (Jonas) (Cameo)
  • Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) (Cameo)
  • Patriot (Eli Bradley) (Cameo)
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Cape-Killers
  • Clay Quartermain (Mentioned)
  • Val Defontaine (Mentioned)
  • Dum-Dum Dugan (Mentioned)
• S.W.O.R.D. (Mentioned)
• Avengers (Mentioned)
• Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
• Brad Pitt (Mentioned)
• Angelina Jolie (Mentioned)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Camp Hammond
    • Camp Hammond Day Care Center
    • Infirmary
    • Constrictor's Quarters (First appearance)
    • The Zero Room, Mutant Zero's Quarters (First appearance)
    • Main Courtyard
    • Sewer system
    • Skrull War Room
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
    • The Chandlers' bomb shelter
    • Mavericks Headquarters
  • Nick Fury's Safehouse
  • Utah
  • Hawaii (Appears on screen)
• Earth Orbit (Mentioned)
  • S.W.O.R.D.'s orbital station (Mentioned)

Items:

• Original 3-D Man Googles
• Shadow Cloak
• Patriot's Uniform (Cameo)

Events:

• World War II (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "Home Field Advantage"

• Synopsis not yet written

See Also

• 6 image(s) from Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 17
• 3 reprint(s) of Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 17

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