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
- 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
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
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Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07447022434105
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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
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.
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...
Characters
Reprinted in
Avengers: The Initiative (2007), Avengers: The Initiative - The Complete Collection (2017)