S.H.I.E.L.D. Trainees (Earth-12041)

S.H.I.E.L.D. Trainees
Name	Unrevealed
Aliases	Next Avengers, The Others, Classic S.H.I.E.L.D. Team, S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, Team Nova
Members
Leader(s)	Nick Fury, Spider-Man (field leader)
Current Member(s)	Instructors: Ant-Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Whizzer Students: Agent Venom, Cloak, Dagger, Iron Fist, Iron Spider, Ka-Zar, Kid Arachnid, Molecule Kid, Power Man, Nova, Patrioteer, Scarlet Spider, Spider-Man, Squirrel Girl, Triton, White Tiger, Zabu
Former Member(s)	Students: Deadpool, Falcon, Rhino, Sandman
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Known to Authorities
Affiliation	S.H.I.E.L.D.
Allies	Avengers, Damage Control, Howling Commandos, New Warriors, S.M.A.S.H., Web-Warriors Formerly Iron Patriot
Enemies	Arnim Zola, Batroc, Beetle, Doctor Doom, Dormammu, Electro, Frightful Four, Frost Giants, Grizzly, Juggernaut, Living Laser, Loki, Man-Wolf, Morgan Le Fay, Sinister Six, Taskmaster, The Goblin, Thunderbolts, Trapster, Vlad Dracula, Wrecking Crew; formerly Venom
Origin and Status
Origin	Nick Fury assembled a group of young superheroes who needed to learn how to control their powers and become better heroes.
Status	Active
Reality	Earth-12041
Base of Operations	Tri-Carrier Formerly Helicarrier, Aunt May's House
Place of Formation	Helicarrier, New York City, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Paul Dini
First	Ultimate Spider-Man S1E01 (April 1, 2012)
First	Ultimate Spider-Man S1E01 (April 1, 2012)
Last	Ultimate Spider-Man S4E26 (January 7, 2017)
Last	Ultimate Spider-Man S4E26 (January 7, 2017)

History

Origin

The S.H.I.E.L.D. trainees are young and inexperienced super heroes brought together by Nick Fury to train them. Five of the most recent recruits included White Tiger, Power Man, Iron Fist, and Nova.

Former S.H.I.E.L.D. trainees included Sam Wilson and Wade Wilson (not related), but the former left to join the Avengers and was fired by Nick Fury, and the latter became a mercenary.

Spider-Man recruitment

After a year of vigilante activities, Spider-Man warranted Fury's attention and wanted him to join S.H.I.E.L.D.. He initially refused, but ultimately accepted.

The first day of training, Spider-Man realized he wasn't the only young superhero being trained by S.H.I.E.L.D. and sadly left. When he was attacked by the Frightful Four the same day, the four trainees arrived and helped him defeat them as a team.

After the Frightful Four were defeated, Spider-Man would later agreed to join and lead the trainees, with the condition of maintaining his own solo hero career outside of S.H.I.E.L.D work.

They have been on Spidey's back whatever or whenever the current situation is in the field.

New Warriors Initiative

After Spider-Man temporarily became an Avenger, other super hero teens had come out of the woodwork to pick up his tab as vigilante of New York. When Spidey found out, he convinced Fury to expand the training programme to these kids and become the New Warriors.

Potential Recruits

• Black Suit Spider-Man (Formerly) [recruited as Patrioteer]
• Echo
• Gravity
• Speedball
• Vulture

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Personal and additional S.H.I.E.L.D.-provided equipment:

• Spider-Man: Upgraded Web-Shooters; Iron Spider Armor

Transportation

S.H.I.E.L.D.-provided transportations: Tri-carrier, Helicarrier, jets.

• Spider-Man: Spider-Cycles
• Power Man: Power Bike

Notes

• Molecule Kid was implied to have joined this program. Since Falcon was not shown to have been part of Spider-Man's team, this could mean there are other teams of heroes and Molecule Kid is in a team we've yet to meet.

See Also

• 86 appearance(s) of S.H.I.E.L.D. Trainees (Earth-12041)
• 3 mention(s) of S.H.I.E.L.D. Trainees (Earth-12041)
• 39 image(s) of S.H.I.E.L.D. Trainees (Earth-12041)
• 26 member(s) of S.H.I.E.L.D. Trainees (Earth-12041)