Avengers: The Initiative #1 (2007) First Print, Cover A
Avengers: The Initiative #1 is the premiere issue of the Avengers: The Initiative series from Marvel, released June 1, 2007. Written by Dan Slott with artwork by Jim Cheung. Notable appearances include Gauntlet, Cloud 9 (Marvel), Tactigon. This page represents the regular first-print Cover A edition. Separate pages are available for the 2 incentive, retailer-exclusive and later-printing variant covers.
HAPPY ACCIDENTS The CIVIL WAR is over, and from now on, THIS is the new face of the MARVEL UNIVERSE—THE INITIATIVE! Whose side were you on? Well, if you were pro-registration, then there's one hell of a price to pay. You're in the army now. Every last one of you. Fall in with YELLOWJACKET, WAR MACHINE, SHE-HULK, JUSTICE, and THE GAUNTLET as they train the heroes of tomorrow for the super-powered conflicts of today! Marvel's army of super heroes has just become a super hero army! Also featuring THE MIGHTY AVENGERS and a new generation of Marvels.
Key Facts
- 1st appearance of Komodo, a girl who experimented with Dr. Connors' Lizard serum
- 1st appearance of Trauma, a shapeshifter who can sense what people fear
- 1st appearance of Hardball
- 1st appearance of Cloud 9
- 1st appearance of Tactigon, an Omega Level alien weapon
- 1st appearance of The Gauntlet, drill instructor for The Initiative
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