Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 2

Part of the Initiative event
Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 #2
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Art by: Jim Cheung, Dave Meikis and Justin Ponsor
Alternate Covers
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Art by: Jim Cheung and Dave Meikis
Release Date	May 2, 2007
Cover Date	July, 2007
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1. "Hero Moment"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Dan Slott
Penciler(s)	Stefano Caselli
Inker(s)	Stefano Caselli
Colorist(s)	Daniele Rudoni
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort Molly Lazer

Appearing in "Hero Moment"

Featured Characters:

• Initiative
  • Trainees
    • Cloud 9 (Abigail Boylen)
    • Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)
    • Komodo (Melati Kusuma)
    • Trauma (Terrance Ward) (Name first revealed) (Assumes the forms of MVP and Janet van Dyne)
    • MVP (Michael van Patrick) (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
  • 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 screen)
  • Cape-Killers

Antagonists:

• Hydra agents
  • Commander (First and only known appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• André (First and only known appearance)
• Secret Service (First appearance)
• The First Lady (Behind the scenes) (Mentioned)
• X-Men
  • 🢐 Beast (Hank McCoy) 🢒
  • Dani Moonstar (voice only)
• Thor (Clone) (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
• 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, skeleton or other remains)
• Robots (Mentioned)
• Synthezoids (Statue)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Connecticut
    • Stamford
      • Camp Hammond
        • Yellowjacket's Quarters (First appearance)
        • Yellowjacket's Lab (First appearance)
        • War Room (First appearance)
        • Subbasement 9 (First appearance)
  • 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 Model 3
• 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.

See Also

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

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