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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) (Only in flashback)
  - Stature (Cassie Lang) (Only in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Initiative (Main story and flashback)
- Staff
  - Taskmaster (Tony Masters) (Joins) (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) (Only in flashback)
  - Melee (First appearance) (Joins) (Only in flashback)
  - Geldoff (First appearance) (Joins) (Only in flashback)
  - Dragon Lord (Tako Shamara) (Joins) (Death) (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
  - Geiger (Delilah Dearborn) (Joins) (Only in flashback)
  - Red 9 (Wallace Jackson) (Joins) (Only in flashback)
  - Diamondback (Rachel Leighton) (Joins) (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)

Villains:

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

References

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-* {{a|[[Criti Noll (Clone) (Earth-616)|Yellowjacket (Hank Pym)]]}}
+* {{a|[[50-State Initiative (Earth-616)|Initiative]]}}
+** Staff
-* {{a|[[James Rhodes (Earth-616)|War Machine (James Rhodes)]]}}
-* {{a|[[Roger Brokeridge (Earth-616)|Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)]]}}
+*** {{Flashback|[[Criti Noll (Clone) (Earth-616)|"Yellowjacket (Dr. Hank Pym)"]]}}
-* {{a|[[Delroy Garrett Jr. (Earth-616)|Triathlon (Delroy Garrett Jr.)]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[James Rhodes (Earth-616)|War Machine (Jim Rhodes)]]}}
-* {{a|[[Melati Kusuma (Earth-616)|Komodo]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Henry Gyrich (Earth-616)|Henry Peter Gyrich]]}}
+** Trainees
-* {{a|[[Abigail Boylen (Earth-616)|Cloud 9]]}}
-* {{a|[[Tarene (Earth-616)|Thor Girl]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Abigail Boylen (Earth-616)|Cloud 9 (Abby)]]}}
-* {{a|[[Henry Gyrich (Earth-616)|Henry Peter Gyrich]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Roger Brokeridge (Earth-616)|Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Delroy Garrett Jr. (Earth-616)|Triathlon (Delroy Garrett Jr.)]]}} {{g|Instructor-in-training}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Melati Kusuma (Earth-616)|Komodo]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Tarene (Skrull) (Earth-616)|Thor Girl (Tarene)]]}}
+*** {{joins|[[Eric O'Grady (Earth-616)|Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)]]}} {{Flashonly}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Cassandra Lang (Earth-616)|Stature (Cassie Lang)]]}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Walter Newell (Earth-616)|Stingray (Walter Newell)]]}}
+* {{Flashback|[[50-State Initiative (Earth-616)|Initiative]]}}
+** Staff
-* {{a|[[Cassandra Lang (Earth-616)|Stature (Cassie Lang)]]}}
-* {{a|[[Duc No Tranh (Earth-616)|Bengal (Duc No Tranh)]]}}
+*** {{Joins|[[Tony Masters (Earth-616)|Taskmaster (Tony Masters)]]}} {{FlashOnly}}
-* {{a|[[Kyle Richmond (Earth-616)|Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Wernher von Blitzschlag (Earth-616)|Baron von Blitzschlag]]}}
-* {{a|[[Frank Schlichting (Earth-616)|Constrictor (Frank Schlichting)]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Vance Astrovik (Earth-616)|Justice (Vance Astrovik)]]}}
-* {{a|[[Scarlet Spiders (Team Red) (Earth-616)|Scarlet Spiders]]}}
+*** {{FlashOnly|[[Walter Newell (Earth-616)|Stingray (Walter Newell)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Michael van Patrick (Michael) (Earth-616)|Michael]]}}
+*** {{FlashOnly|[[Kyle Richmond (Earth-616)|Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)]]}}
+** Trainees
-** {{a|[[Michael van Patrick (Van) (Earth-616)|Van]]}}
-** {{a|[[Michael van Patrick (Patrick) (Earth-616)|Patrick]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Isaac Christians (Earth-616)|Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)]]}}
-* {{a|[[Tony Masters (Earth-616)|Taskmaster]]}}
+*** {{joins|[[Z'Reg (Earth-616)|Crusader (Aubrey Thompson)]]}} {{FlashOnly}}
-* {{a|[[Eric O'Grady (Earth-616)|Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)]]}}
+*** {{1st|[[Melee (Earth-616)|Melee]]}} {{joins}} {{FlashOnly}}
-* {{a|[[Z'Reg (Earth-616)|Crusader]]}}
+*** {{1st|[[Proton (Geldoff) (Earth-616)|Geldoff]]}} {{joins}} {{FlashOnly}}
-* {{1st|[[Melee (Earth-616)|Melee]]}}
+*** {{joins|[[Tako Shamara (Earth-616)|Dragon Lord (Tako Shamara)]]}} {{death}} {{Corpse}} {{FlashOnly}}
-* {{1st|[[Geldoff (Earth-616)|Geldoff]]}}
+*** {{joins|[[Delilah Dearborn (Earth-616)|Geiger (Delilah Dearborn)]]}} {{FlashOnly}}
-* {{a|[[Tako Shamara (Earth-616)|Dragon Lord (Tako Shamara)]]}}
+*** {{joins|[[Wallace Jackson (Earth-616)|Red 9 (Wallace Jackson)]]}} {{FlashOnly}}
-* {{a|[[Delilah Dearborn (Earth-616)|Geiger]]}}
+*** {{joins|[[Rachel Leighton (Earth-616)|Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)]]}} {{FlashOnly}}
-* {{a|[[Wallace Jackson (Earth-616)|Red 9 (Wallace Jackson)]]}}
+** {{FlashOnly|[[Shadow Initiative (Earth-616)|Shadow Initiative]]}}
-* {{a|[[Rachel Leighton (Earth-616)|Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)]]}}
+*** {{FlashOnly|[[Duc No Tranh (Earth-616)|Bengal (Duc No Tranh)]]}}
-* {{a|[[Wernher von Blitzschlag (Earth-616)|Baron von Blitzschlag]]}}
+*** {{FlashOnly|[[Frank Payne (Earth-616)|Constrictor (Frank Schlichting)]]}}
+*** {{FlashOnly|[[Scarlet Spiders (Earth-616)|Scarlet Spiders]]}}
+**** {{FlashOnly|[[Michael van Patrick (Michael) (Earth-616)|Scarlet Spider (Michael)]]}}
+**** {{FlashOnly|[[Michael van Patrick (Van) (Earth-616)|Scarlet Spider (Van)]]}}
+**** {{FlashOnly|[[Michael van Patrick (Patrick) (Earth-616)|Scarlet Spider (Patrick)]]}}
+** {{Flashonly|[[Mighty Avengers (Initiative) (Earth-616)|Mighty Avengers]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Iron Man (Tony Stark)]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)|Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Robert Reynolds (Earth-616)|Sentry (Bob Reynolds)]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Janet Van Dyne (Earth-616)|Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Simon Williams (Earth-616)|Wonder Man (Simon Williams)]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Carol Danvers (Earth-616)|Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Ares (Earth-616)|Ares]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)|S.H.I.E.L.D.]]}}
+** {{FlashOnly|[[Superhuman Restraint Unit (Earth-616)|Cape-Killers]]}}
 '''Villains:'''
-* {{a|[[Dragon Man (Earth-616)|Dragon Man]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[Dragon Man (Earth-616)|Dragon Man]]}}
-* {{1st|[[Michael van Patrick (KIA) (Earth-616)|K.I.A.]]}}
+* {{apn|[[KIA (Earth-616)|K.I.A.]]|-}} {{1st}} {{Flashback}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Johann Shmidt (Earth-616)|Red Skull]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Hydra (Earth-616)|Hydra]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Zodiac (Baal Abib) (Earth-616)|Zodiac]]}}
 '''Other Characters:'''
-* {{Flashback|[[William Foster (Earth-616)|Giant-Man (Bill Foster)]]}}
+* {{Flashonly|[[William Foster (Earth-616)|Giant-Man (Bill Foster)]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America (Steve Rogers)]]}}
+* {{Flashonly|[[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America (Steve Rogers)]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)]]}}
+* {{Flashonly|[[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Iron Man (Tony Stark)]]}}
+** {{Flashonly|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)|Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)]]}}
+** {{Flashonly|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Woman (Sue Richards)]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Vance Astrovik (Earth-616)|Justice (Vance Astrovik)]]}}
+** {{Flashonly|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|Thing (Ben Grimm)]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Robert Reynolds (Earth-616)|Sentry (Bob Reynolds)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Spider-Man]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Woman (Sue Richards)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Commission on Superhuman Activities (Earth-616)|C.S.A.]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Carol Danvers (Earth-616)|Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Scott Lang (Earth-616)|Ant-Man (Scott-Lang)]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Ares (Earth-616)|Ares]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Wilbur Day (Earth-616)|Stilt-Man]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Janet van Dyne (Earth-616)|Wasp (Janet van Dyne)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Victor von Doom (Earth-616)|Dr. Doom]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Isaac Christians (Earth-616)|Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[New Warriors (Earth-616)|New Warriors]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Simon Williams (Earth-616)|Wonder Man (Simon Williams)]]}}
+** {{Mentioned|[[Christine Cord (Earth-616)|Longstrike]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|Thing (Ben Grimm)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Curtis Connors (Earth-616)|Doc Connors]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Michael van Patrick (Earth-616)|MVP]]}}
 '''Locations:'''
-* {{a|[[Stamford]]}}, {{a|[[Connecticut]]}}
+* {{a|[[United States of America]]}}
-** {{a|[[Camp Hammond]]}}
+** {{Flashback|[[Connecticut (State)|Connecticut]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Baxter Building]]}}
+*** {{Flashback|[[Stamford]]}}
+**** {{Flashback|[[Camp Hammond]]}}
+***** {{Flashback|[[Subbasement 9]]}}
+***** {{FlashOnly|[[Briefing Room One]]}}
+** {{FlashOnly|[[New York City]]}}
+*** {{Flashonly|[[Baxter Building]]}}
+** {{Mentioned|[[Texas (State)|Texas]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Negative Zone]]}}
+** {{Mentioned|[[Prison 42]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Microverse]]}}
 '''Items:'''
-* {{Flashback|[[Iron Man Armor Model 30|Extremis Armor]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[Iron Man Armor Model 29|Extremis Armor]]}}
-* {{Flashback|[[Black Widow's Gauntlets]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[Black Widow's Gauntlets]]}}
-* {{a|[[War Machine Armor (JRXL-1000)]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[War Machine Armor Model 3]]}}
-* {{a|[[Iron Spider Armor]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[Iron Spider Armor]]}}
 * {{a|[[Tactigon]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[Ant-Man's Suit|G.I. Ant-Man's Suit]]}}
+* {{Flashback|[[Pym Particles]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[S.H.I.E.L.D. Flight Pack|Avengers Issue Jet-Packs]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Super-Power Inhibiting Nanobots|Spin tech power-neutralizing program]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Soma Tech]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Guardsman Armor]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Connors Formula]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[Captain America's Shield]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[Captain America's Uniform]]}}
 '''Vehicles:'''
+* {{Mentioned|[[Hydra Terror-Carrier|Hydra Mothership]]}}
-* <br/>
 |
 | Notes               =
-* [[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Henry Pym]] revealed to have come up with the [[50-State Initiative (Earth-616)|50-State Initiative]] idea.
+* [[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Henry Pym]] is revealed to have come up with the [[50-State Initiative (Earth-616)|50-State Initiative]] idea.
 * {{a|[[Rachel Leighton (Earth-616)|Diamondback]]}}'s last appearance was likely [[Giant-Size Avengers Vol 1 1|Giant-Size Avengers #1]], where she was captured by the Wasp, Black Widow and Ms. Marvel alongside her B.A.D. Girls teammates.
-* This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for more info.<ref>This issue is reprinted in the following comics/TPB's:
-* {{c|Avengers: The Initiative: Killed in Action #1}}
-</ref>
 | Trivia              =
 * The flashbacks mostly take place during [[Civil War Vol 1 1|Civil War #1]].
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