WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Gauntlet (Joe Green, Initiative) — first full appearance
- Hardball (Roger Brokeridge, Initiative) — first full appearance
- Komodo (Melati Kusuma, Initiative) — first full appearance
- MVP (Mike Van Patrick, Initiative) — first full appearance
- Armory (Violet Lightner, Initiative) — first full appearance
- Baron von Blitzschlag (Wernher von Blitzschlag, Initiative) — first full appearance
- Brian Van Patrick (MVP's father) — introduction
- Cloud 9 (Abby Boylen, Initiative) — first full appearance
- Trauma (Terry Ward, Initiative) — first full appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- June 2007
- On sale
- 2007
- In stores
- April 4, 2007
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct Edition - 50/50 - Connecting Cover A
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960606084900111
This edition’s page - Direct edition
Direct Edition - 50/50 - Connecting Cover B
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960606084900121
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07447022434105
Source ↗
Story arc: The Initiative
This is part 14 of 77. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Thunderbolts #110
- Iron Man #15
- Captain America #25
- Civil War: The Initiative #1
- Ms. Marvel #13
- Ms. Marvel #14
- The Mighty Avengers (2007) #1
- New Avengers #28
- Black Panther #26
- Fantastic Four #544
- Iron Man (2005) #16
- Ms. Marvel #15
- Captain America #26
- Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #1
- Omega Flight #1
- New Avengers #29
- Punisher War Journal #6
- The Mighty Avengers #2
- Fantastic Four #545
- The Invincible Iron Man #17
- Black Panther #27
- Ms. Marvel #16
- Thunderbolts #113
- Omega Flight #2
- New Avengers #30
- Nova #2
- Punisher War Journal #7
- The Mighty Avengers #3
- Fantastic Four #546
- The Invincible Iron Man #18
- Moon Knight #11
- Black Panther #28
- Ms. Marvel #17
- Black Panther #29
- Thunderbolts #114
- New Warriors #1
- Omega Flight #3
- New Avengers #31
- Nova #3
- Punisher War Journal #8
- Sub-Mariner #1
- Captain America #27
- Fantastic Four #547
- The Mighty Avengers #4
- Thunderbolts #115
- New Warriors #2
- Omega Flight #4
- Punisher War Journal #9
- Sub-Mariner #2
- Captain America #28
- The Order #1
- Fantastic Four #548
- New Warriors #3
- Omega Flight #5
- Punisher War Journal #10
- Captain America #29
- Sub-Mariner #3
- The Order #2
- Black Panther #30
- Fantastic Four #549
- New Warriors #4
- Moon Knight #12
- Punisher War Journal #11
- Thor #3
- Captain America #30
- Sub-Mariner #4
- The Order #3
- The Mighty Avengers #5
- Fantastic Four #550
- New Warriors #5
- Sub-Mariner #5
- The Order #4
- Sub-Mariner #6
- New Warriors #6
- The Mighty Avengers #6
- New Warriors #7
- New Warriors #8
Publisher’s description
After Armory's weapon causes the death of M.V.P., she washes out of the Initiative Program. The circumstances of the event have since been made hush-hush. As far as the Initiative is concerned, M.V.P. never died in Stamford...
Reprinted in
Avengers: The Initiative (2007), Avengers: The Initiative - The Complete Collection (2017)