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
1 - Textless
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"
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) (Real name first revealed) (Assumes 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)

Other Characters:

• André (Only appearance)
• 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)
        • 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

Links and References

Footnotes

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