Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 23

Part of the "Dark Reign" event Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 #23 Published Released June, 2009 February 22, 2009 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Humberto Ramos Edgar Delgado "Avengers: The Initiative - Disassembled (Part 3)" Writer Christos N. Gage Penciler Humberto Ramos Inker Humberto Ramos Colourist Edgar Delgado Letterer Joe Caramagna Editor Jeanine Schaefer Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers: The Initiative #22 Avengers: The Initiative #24

Appearing in "Avengers: The Initiative - Disassembled (Part 3)"

Featured Characters:

• Initiative
  • Staff
    • Gauntlet (Sgt. Joseph Green)
    • Baron Wernher von Blitzschlag
    • Trauma (Terrance Ward)
  • Battalion
    • Tigra (Greer Nelson)
  • Shadow Initiative
    • Komodo (Melati Kusuma)
    • Constrictor (Frank Schlichting)
    • Bengal (Duc No Tranh)
    • Typhoid Mary (Mary Menzinis)
    • Taskmaster
• New Warriors
  • Justice (Vance Astrovik)
  • Scarlet Spider (Patrick)
  • Night Thrasher (Donyell Taylor)
  • Debrii (Deborah Fields)
  • Slapstick (Steven Harmon)
  • Rage (Elvin Haliday)
  • Ultragirl (Tsu-Zana) (Rejoins Team; Leaves the Cavalry and the Initiative)

Supporting Characters:

• Initiative
  • Staff
    • Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)^[1]
    • Doc Samson (Leonard Samson)
    • Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)
  • Cadets
    • Prodigy (Richard Gilmore)
    • Sunstreak (Andrea Roarke)
  • Graduates
    • Mavericks
      • Geiger (Delilah Deerborn)
      • Annex (Alex Ellis)
    • Shadow Initiative
      • Batwing (James Santini)
    • Cavalry
      • Red 9 (Wallace Jackson)
  • Point Men
    • Stingray (Walter Newell)
  • Freedom Force
    • Cloud 9 (Abigail Boylen)
  • Alaska Initiative
    • Hellcat (Patsy Walker)
• Gorilla-Girl (Fahnbullah Eddy)
• H.A.M.M.E.R.
  • Norman Osborn
  • Victoria Hand
  • Avengers (Mentioned)

Villains:

• Hydra
  • Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)
  • Scorpion (Carmilla Black)
• Roughouse
• Bloodscream
• Skrull invaders (Mentioned)
• "Hank Pym" (Skrull) (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• Front Line
  • Sally Floyd
• Michael van Patrick (Corpse)
• Scarlet Spider (Michael) (Corpse)
• MVP's family (Mentioned)
• Thor's clone (Mentioned)
• Gyrich (Mentioned)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned) (Disbands)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Stamford, Connecticut
    • Camp Hammond (Destruction)
  • Office of Norman Osborn
• Madripoor

Items:

• Iron Spider Armor
• S.P.I.N. Tech Nanobots
• Gauntlet's gauntlet
• Statue of Jim Hammond (Destruction)

Vehicles:

• Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Director's personal transport
  
  

Synopsis for "Avengers: The Initiative - Disassembled (Part 3)"

Counter Force has exposed the Initiative's misuse of MVP's body for their own purposes; the surviving Scarlet Spider unmasks as proof. Unfortunately, Osborn is watching and considers this perfect. The media asks the Gauntlet if he can confirm this; he could only avoid the question; Ultra Girl even confesses.

In Madripoor, the Shadow Initiative has been cornered by a Hydra squad, lead by Hardball and Carmilla Black. Hardball tells his former comrades that if they are smart, then they'll surrender; Komodo is sure that he is being mind controlled. However, she is goaded into charging. Hardball then fire a S.P.I.N. tech dart at her, reverting Komodo to her human form. He reveals that when he stole the S.P.I.N. tech, Hydra improved it, so that it could work on any superhuman. Therefore, the Shadow Initiative decides to scram. Unfortunately, they lose Komodo, who gets captured. Worse, because S.H.I.E.L.D.'s been disbanded, there is no evac for the Shadow Initiative. Unbeknownst to them, Roughouse and Bloodscream are right behind them.

Back at Camp Hammond, the Tigra asks Gauntlet if he knew about MVP's death. Also, Doc Samson states that if they didn't leave the Thor clone intact, then people would've been killed. Gauntlet defends that it was on Gyrich's orders, as well as the Skrull Pym's. The only other person who knew about the incident was Baron von Blitzschlag, who is currently mourning his "son", the second Scarlet Spider. Just then, Osborn's plane lands. He announces that in light of these recent events, he is closing down Camp Hammond, allowing the angry citizens to ransack the place. He promises that he will reorganize the Initiative.

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