Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 27

Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 #27
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Art by: Matteo De Longis
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Art by: Matteo De Longis
Art by: Rafa Sandoval
Art by: Rafa Sandoval
Release Date	August 26, 2009
Cover Date	October, 2009
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1. "Even the Losers/The Taking of 42"
Writer(s)	Christos N. Gage
Penciler(s)	Rafa Sandoval
Inker(s)	Roger Bonet
Colorist(s)	Edgar Delgado
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Editor(s)	Bill Rosemann Jeanine Schaefer

 Enlightenment can be painful. As can death. Pick up a gun and fight! 

—Bengal

Appearing in "Even the Losers/The Taking of 42"

Featured Characters:

• H.A.M.M.E.R.
  • Initiative
    • Shadow Initiative
      • Johnny Guitar (Jonathan Logan) (Main story and flashback) (Joins team) (Death)
      • Dr. Sax (Jack Dulouz) (Main story and flashback) (Joins and Leaves Team)
      • Constrictor (Frank Schlichting)
      • Ringer (Keith Kraft)
      • Komodo (Melati Kusuma)
      • Batwing (James Santini)
      • Butterball (Emery Schaub)
      • Firearms (Death)
      • Badd Axe
      • Bengal (Duc No Tranh)
      • Slaughter Boy (Death)
      • Heavy Mettle
        • Barracuda
        • Blackwing (Death)
        • Riot
        • Stronghold
        • Warbow
      • Typhoid Mary (Mentioned)
    • Staff
      • Taskmaster
      • Trauma (Terrance Ward)
      • Physique
      • Norman Osborn (Mentioned)
    • Trainees
      • Living Laser (Arthur Parks)
      • Brothers Grimm (Percy & Barton Grimes)
      • Cutthroat (Daniel Leighton)
      • Scorcher (Steven Hudak)
      • Penance (Robbie Baldwin)
• Tigra (Behind the scenes)

Supporting Characters:

• Hardball (Roger Brokeridge) (Main story and flashback) (Joins and Leaves Blaastar Army)
• Dragon Man (Leaves Blaastar Army)

Antagonists:

• Negative Zone Hordes
  • Blastaar (Only in flashback)
  • Mindless Ones
  • Gorilla-Man (Arthur Nagan) (Main story and flashback)
  • Condor

Other Characters:

• Dazzler (Alison Blaire) (Only in flashback)
• Johnny Guitar's wife (Only in flashback)
• Johnny Guitar's daughter (Only in flashback)
• Dr. Sax's wife
• Dr. Sax's children
• Johnny Guitar and Jack Dulouz's band (Only in flashback)
• Techmaster (William Bitzer) (Only in flashback)
• Sinister Six (Only in flashback)
  • Sandman (William Baker) (Only in flashback)
  • Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (Only in flashback)
  • Electro (Max Dillon) (Only in flashback)
• Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Only in flashback)
  • Blob (Fred Dukes) (Only in flashback)
  • Pyro (St. John Allerdyce) (Only in flashback)
• Death-Throws (Only in flashback)
  • Ringleader (Charles Last) (Only in flashback)
  • Knickknack (Nick Grossman) (Only in flashback)
• Circus of Crime (Only in flashback)
  • Clown (Eliot Franklin) (Only in flashback)
  • Flying Gambonnos (Ernesto and Luigi Gambonno) (Only in flashback)
• Trapster (Pete Petruski) (Only in flashback)
• Phineas Mason (Mentioned)
• Mrs. Tranh (Mentioned)
• Minh Tranh (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Mississippi
  • Clack
    • High School (Only in flashback)
• New Mexico
  • Camp H.A.M.M.E.R.
• Negative Zone
  • Prison 42

Items:

• Blackwing's Suit

Synopsis for "Even the Losers/The Taking of 42"

Johnny Guitar reminisces about his life, from when he and Dr. Sax were defeated by Dazzler to the band life to when Osborn recruited him for the Initiative. In the present, Johnny overhears Taskmaster and Constrictor talking about how the Shadow Initiative, which he is part of, will be cannon fodder in retaking Prison 42 from Blastaar. This news leaves him seriously concerned. As soon as they step in, what seemed like a quick mission turned into a bloodbath. The Shadow Initiative uses Butterball as a diversion to distract the N-Zone forces. Assisted by Dragon Lord and Hardball, the Shadow Initiative manages to retake the prison.

Back at Camp H.A.M.M.E.R., one of the Brothers Grimm is found, seriously beaten. On his chest, is a note from Tigra, warning all the villains that they're next.

Solicit Synopsis

Blastaar's alien army has seized 42, the Initiative's prison in the Negative Zone. Someone has to take it back, and the Taskmaster has assembled a team to do just that. But when Komodo looks around her at the squad of Z-list super-villains she's supposed to go into battle with, she wonders if this is a recovery job...or a suicide mission! And when she encounters familiar faces who had been incarcerated within the prison, will they be friend or foe? Also, because you demanded it--the return of Butterball!

Notes

• Split into two chapters:
  • Chapter 1, "Even the Losers" is told by Johnny Guitar as he explains his life, how he came to join the Initiative, and how he knew he would die.
  • Chapter 2, "The Taking of 42" focuses on the rest of the Shadow Initiative as they retake the Negative Zone prison, 42, from Blastaar's troops.
• "Even the Losers" is a song originally performed by Tom Petty.
• The quote attributed to Bruce Springsteen is from his song The River.
• This issue is reprinted in other cmics and books, see references for more info.

Trivia

• Most of the characters announced in the resume doesn't appears in the story as well as the New Warriors appearing on the cover.

See Also

• 8 image(s) from Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 27
• 2 reprint(s) of Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 27

Links and References

http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=12640

Footnotes

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