Avengers: The Initiative #18

Dates

Cover date

December 2008

On sale

October 29, 2008

In stores

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

Story arc: Secret Invasion

This is part 88 of 105. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. New Avengers: Illuminati #5
2. The Mighty Avengers #7
3. New Avengers #38
4. Captain Marvel #4
5. Ms. Marvel #25
6. New Avengers #39
7. Secret Invasion #1
8. Captain Marvel #5
9. Ms. Marvel #26
10. The Mighty Avengers #12
11. New Avengers #40
12. Secret Invasion #2
13. The Mighty Avengers #13
14. Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #1
15. Incredible Hercules #117
16. Ms. Marvel #27
17. New Avengers #41
18. Captain Britain and MI:13 #1
19. The Mighty Avengers #14
20. Secret Invasion #3
21. Captain Britain and MI:13 #2
22. Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? #1
23. Incredible Hercules #118
24. Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #2
25. Avengers: The Initiative #14
26. Ms. Marvel #28
27. New Avengers #42
28. Secret Invasion: Runaways / Young Avengers #1
29. The Mighty Avengers #15
30. Secret Invasion: Front Line #1
31. Captain Britain and MI:13 #3
32. Secret Invasion #4
33. Incredible Hercules #119
34. The Mighty Avengers #16
35. Avengers: The Initiative #15
36. New Avengers #43
37. New Warriors #14
38. She-Hulk #31
39. Black Panther #39
40. Ms. Marvel #29
41. Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #3
42. Skrulls vs. Power Pack #1
43. Secret Invasion: Front Line #2
44. Captain Britain and MI:13 #4
45. Secret Invasion #5
46. Secret Invasion: Inhumans #1
47. Secret Invasion: Runaways / Young Avengers #2
48. Secret Invasion: Thor #1
49. Secret Invasion: X-Men #1
50. Guardians of the Galaxy #4
51. Incredible Hercules #120
52. Avengers: The Initiative #16
53. Black Panther #40
54. New Avengers #44
55. New Warriors #15
56. Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #1
57. She-Hulk #32
58. The Mighty Avengers #17
59. Ms. Marvel #30
60. Nova #16
61. Secret Invasion: Front Line #3
62. Deadpool #1
63. Secret Invasion #6
64. Secret Invasion: Inhumans #2
65. Secret Invasion: Runaways / Young Avengers #3
66. Secret Invasion: X-Men #2
67. Guardians of the Galaxy #5
68. Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #33
69. Secret Invasion: Thor #2
70. The Mighty Avengers #18
71. Avengers: The Initiative #17
72. Black Panther #41
73. Deadpool #2
74. New Avengers #45
75. Nova #17
76. Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #2
77. She-Hulk #33
78. Punisher War Journal #24
79. Deadpool #3
80. Secret Invasion: Inhumans #3
81. Guardians of the Galaxy #6
82. Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #34
83. Secret Invasion: Front Line #4
84. The Mighty Avengers #19
85. New Avengers #46
86. Secret Invasion #7
87. Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #3
88. Avengers: The Initiative #18
89. Nova #18
90. Secret Invasion: Thor #3
91. Secret Invasion: X-Men #3
92. Thunderbolts #125
93. Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #35
94. Punisher War Journal #25
95. Secret Invasion: Inhumans #4
96. Secret Invasion: X-Men #4
97. New Avengers #47
98. Secret Invasion #8
99. Secret Invasion: Front Line #5
100. Avengers: The Initiative #19
101. Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1
102. The Mighty Avengers #20
103. Secret Invasion: Requiem #1
104. Secret Invasion: War of Kings #1
105. Secret Invasion Aftermath: Beta Ray Bill - The Green Of Eden #1

Creators

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

Publisher’s description

Now that the Kill Krew knows Skrullowjacket's master plan, can they stop the true mission of the Fifty State Initiative? Plus, Thor Girl vs. Ultra Girl! One is more than she appears to be and the other's a Skrull!

Characters

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)