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
Cover Date	November, 2008
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1. "Home Field Advantage"
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) (Real 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)
  • 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 a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
• Earth Orbit (Mentioned)
  • S.W.O.R.D.'s orbital station (Mentioned)

Items:

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

Vehicles:

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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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