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
- April 4, 2007
- Pages
- 36
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
Source ↗ - 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
This edition’s page
Story arc: The Initiative
This is part 3 of 3. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- The Mighty Avengers (2007) #1
- Iron Man (2005) #16
- Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #1
Creators
Stories
- Happy Accidents · 23 pages
Gyrich and his core band of instructors recruit a group of young heroes for the secret government endorsed Initiative program and begin their training. During a combat simulation, MVP is killed by Armory causing her to be removed from the program.
Characters
Reprinted in
Avengers: The Initiative (2007), Avengers: The Initiative - The Complete Collection (2017)