Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 2

Part of the "The Initiative" event Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 #2 Published July, 2007 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Jim Cheung Dave Meikis "Hero Moment" Writer Dan Slott Penciler Stefano Caselli Inker Stefano Caselli Colourist Daniele Rudoni Letterer Joe Caramagna Editor Tom Brevoort Molly Lazer Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers: The Initiative #1 Avengers: The Initiative #3

Appearing in "Hero Moment"

Featured Characters:

• Initiative
  • Trainees
    • Cloud 9 (Abigail Boylen)
    • Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)
    • Komodo (Melati Kusuma)
    • Trauma (Terrance Ward) (Real name first revealed) (Assumed the forms of MVP and Janet van Dyne)
    • MVP (Michael van Patrick) (Corpse)
  • Staff
    • "Yellowjacket (Dr. Hank Pym)"
    • Justice (Vance Astrovik)
    • Gauntlet (Joseph Green)
    • War Machine (Commander Rhodey Rhodes)
    • Baron von Blitzschlag
    • Secretary Henry Peter Gyrich

Supporting Characters:

• Initiative
  • Staff
    • Triathlon (Delroy Garrett)
  • Trainess
    • Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)
    • Hulkling (Teddy Altman) (Earth-721)
    • Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)
    • Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) (Earth-721)
    • Thor Girl (Tarene)
    • Ultragirl (Suzy Sherman)
  • Mighty Avengers
    • Wasp (Jan van Dyne)
    • Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)
    • Wonder Man (Simon Williams)
    • Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
  • Rangers
    • Firebird (Bonita Juarez)
    • Texas Twister (Drew Daniels)
    • Red Wolf (William Talltrees)
    • Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez)
    • Living Lightning (Miguel Santos)
    • Shooting Star (Victoria Star)
    • Phantom Rider (Hamilton Slade)
    • Banshee
• George W. Bush
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Iron Man (Director Stark) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  • Cape-Killers

Antagonists:

• Hydra agents
  • Commander (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Other Characters:

• André (Only appearance)^[1]
• Secret Service (First appearance)
• The First Lady (Behind the scenes) (Mentioned)
• X-Men
  •  Beast (Hank McCoy) 
  • Dani Moonstar (voice only)
• Thor (Clone) (Corpse)
• New Warriors (Mentioned)
• Armory (Violet Lightner) (Mentioned)
• Abraham Erskine (Mentioned)
• "Kapitan Amerika" (Mentioned)
• Nazis (Mentioned)
• Ultron (Mentioned)
• Salvation I (Mentioned)
• Avengers (Mentioned)
• Black Goliath (Bill Foster) (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Human-Demon Hybrids
• Human-Reptile Hybrids
• Skrulls
• Mutants
• Skrull-Kree Hybrids
• Human-Kree Hybrids
• Horses
• Clones (Corpse)
• Robots (Mentioned)
• Synthezoids (Statue)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Connecticut
    • Stamford
      • Camp Hammond
        • Yellowjacket's Quarters (First appearance)
        • Yellowjacket's Lab (First appearance)^[2]
        • War Room (First appearance)
        • Subbasement 9 (First appearance)^[3]
  • Texas
    • Crawford
      • Prairie Chapel Ranch/"The Western White House"
  • Washington, D.C.
    • White House
      • Rose Garden (First appearance)
• Iraq (Mentioned)
• Negative Zone
  • Prison 42

Items:

• Jim Hammond (Statue)
• Gauntlet's gauntlet
• War Machine Armor
• Armory's "Magic Doohickey" (Mentioned)
• Pulse Rifle
• Avengers Issue Jet-Packs (First appearance)
• Tarene's Hammer
• The Stinger (First appearance)
• Super-Soldier Serum (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

• Hydra Terror-Carrier Hy-MS01 (First appearance; Destruction)
• Hydra Viper Jet
  • Hy-015
  • Hy-016
  • Hy-012 (Destruction)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier (Mentioned)

Events:

• M-Day (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Hero Moment"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Notes

• Living Lightning is revealed to be a member of the Texas-based Rangers team.
  

Trivia

Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch from World War II, has an honor statue at the Stamford training base.

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