Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 8

Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 #8

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Art by: Stefano Caselli

Cover Date

February, 2008

Issue Details

Editor-in-Chief

Joe Quesada

Shut up!! I hear one more word outta you, old man, and I'll tell everyone your "perfect record's" a load of crap! You think you're the only one who can hold people's mistakes over them? Well, think again! You got skeletons in your closet too. And one of 'em's a killer.

—Hardball

Appearing in "Killed in Action (Part 1): Snafu"

Featured Characters:

Initiative
- Staff
  - "Yellowjacket (Dr. Hank Pym)" (Main story and flashback)
  - War Machine (Jim Rhodes) (Only in flashback)
  - Henry Peter Gyrich (Only in flashback)
- Trainees
  - Cloud 9 (Abby) (Only in flashback)
  - Hardball (Roger Brokeridge) (Only in flashback)
  - Triathlon (Delroy Garrett Jr.) (Only in flashback) (Instructor-in-training)
  - Komodo (Only in flashback)
  - Thor Girl (Tarene) (Only in flashback)
  - Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady) (Joins team) (Only in flashback)
  - Stature (Cassie Lang) (Only in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Initiative (Main story and flashback)
- Staff
  - Taskmaster (Tony Masters) (Joins team) (Only in flashback)
  - Baron von Blitzschlag (Only in flashback)
  - Justice (Vance Astrovik) (Only in flashback)
  - Stingray (Walter Newell) (Only in flashback)
  - Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (Only in flashback)
- Trainees
  - Gargoyle (Isaac Christians) (Only in flashback)
  - Crusader (Aubrey Thompson) (Joins team) (Only in flashback)
  - Melee (First appearance) (Joins team) (Only in flashback)
  - Geldoff (First appearance) (Joins team) (Only in flashback)
  - Dragon Lord (Tako Shamara) (Joins team) (Death) (Corpse) (Only in flashback)
  - Geiger (Delilah Dearborn) (Joins team) (Only in flashback)
  - Red 9 (Wallace Jackson) (Joins team) (Only in flashback)
  - Diamondback (Rachel Leighton) (Joins team) (Only in flashback)
- Shadow Initiative (Only in flashback)
  - Bengal (Duc No Tranh) (Only in flashback)
  - Constrictor (Frank Schlichting) (Only in flashback)
  - Scarlet Spiders (Only in flashback)
    - Scarlet Spider (Michael) (Only in flashback)
    - Scarlet Spider (Van) (Only in flashback)
    - Scarlet Spider (Patrick) (Only in flashback)
- Mighty Avengers (Only in flashback)
  - Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only in flashback)
  - Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Only in flashback)
  - Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (Only in flashback)
  - Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Only in flashback)
  - Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Only in flashback)
  - Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Only in flashback)
  - Ares (Only in flashback)
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Only in flashback)
- Cape-Killers (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

Dragon Man (Only in flashback)
K.I.A. (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Red Skull (Mentioned)
Hydra (Mentioned)
Zodiac (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

Giant-Man (Bill Foster) (Only in flashback)
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in flashback)
Fantastic Four (Only in flashback)
- Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Only in flashback)
- Invisible Woman (Sue Richards) (Only in flashback)
- Thing (Ben Grimm) (Only in flashback)
Spider-Man (Mentioned)
C.S.A. (Mentioned)
Ant-Man (Scott-Lang) (Mentioned)
Stilt-Man (Mentioned)
Dr. Doom (Mentioned)
New Warriors (Mentioned)
- Longstrike (Mentioned)
Doc Connors (Mentioned)
MVP (Mentioned)

Locations:

United States of America
- Connecticut (Main story and flashback)
  - Stamford (Main story and flashback)
    - Camp Hammond (Main story and flashback)
      - Subbasement 9 (Main story and flashback)
      - Briefing Room One (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
  - Baxter Building (Only in flashback)
- Texas (Mentioned)
Negative Zone (Mentioned)
- Prison 42 (Mentioned)
Microverse (Mentioned)

Items:

Extremis Armor (Only in flashback)
Black Widow's Gauntlets (Only in flashback)
War Machine Armor Model 3 (Only in flashback)
Iron Spider Armor (Only in flashback)
Tactigon
G.I. Ant-Man's Suit (Only in flashback)
Pym Particles (Main story and flashback)
Avengers Issue Jet-Packs (Only in flashback)
Spin tech power-neutralizing program (Mentioned)
Soma Tech (Mentioned)
Guardsman Armor (Mentioned)
Connors Formula (Mentioned)
Captain America's Shield (Only in flashback)
Captain America's Uniform (Only in flashback)

Vehicles:

Hydra Mothership (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "Killed in Action (Part 1): Snafu"

Synopsis not yet written

Notes

Henry Pym is revealed to have come up with the 50-State Initiative idea.
Diamondback's last appearance was likely Giant-Size Avengers #1, where she was captured by the Wasp, Black Widow and Ms. Marvel alongside her B.A.D. Girls teammates.

Trivia

The flashbacks mostly take place during Civil War #1.

Links and References

Footnotes

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