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Avengers: The Initiative #18

Marvel · Series began 2007 · December 2008

Dates

Cover date
December 2008
On sale
October 29, 2008
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #18 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition$2.99 cover

    Direct Edition

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Barcode 75960606084901811

    Source ↗
  • Variant Edition - 'Zombie' - Juan Doe Cover

    Barcode 75960606084901821

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition$3.99 cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07447002665512

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Mark Brooks, Steve Kurth, Sal Buscemainks: Mark Brooks, Andrew Hennessy, Sal Buscemacolors: Edgar Delgado, Matt Millascript: Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Sal Buscemaletters: Joe Caramagna

Stories

  • Don't Shoot 'Til You See the Green of Their Eyes! · 23 pages

    3-D Man's group continues to take out Skrull bases until there are only 6 left but once they view the information Ant-Man took from the Skrull headquarters they realize that the Skrull's have a plan to shift the Earth to the Negative Zone if they lose.

  • Marvel Celebrates 40 Years of a Legend's Work Sal Buscema · 2 pages

Characters

Nick FuryTony MastersTaskmasterBilly KaplanWiccanTeddy AltmanHulklingCassandra LangJocastaStatureDelroy Garrett Jr.Eric O'GradyAnt-ManRichard GilmoreProdigy3-D ManDevil-SlayerRyderSteven HarmonSlapstickRiotHeidi SladkinCatwalkKimberly DeeMoonstomp

Reprinted in

Avengers: The Initiative (2007), Avengers: The Initiative (2008), Skrulls Must Die! - The Complete Skrull Kill Krew (2015), Avengers: The Initiative - The Complete Collection (2017)

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