Camp Hammond (comics)
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Camp Hammond. Marvel Atlas #2.
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| Type | Training camp |
| Notable locations | See points of interest |
| Notable characters | Staff and students |
| First appearance | Avengers: The Initiative #1 (April 2007) |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Camp Hammond is a fictional training camp appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Its purpose is to train a superhero team for every state of the United States as part of the Fifty State Initiative. This Initiative HQ, located in Stamford, Connecticut, was the original setting for the Avengers: The Initiative comic book series.
Prior to the opening of Camp/Fort Hammond, the superhuman training facility was located at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. Camp Hammond, located on the site of the Stamford tragedy that started the Civil War, is named in memory of Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch. The camp is considered the Initiative HQ and also serves the dual function of being the Initiative team for Connecticut.
The camp is primarily used to train drafted super powered young people in the United States who have to be registered with the federal government. However, many respected and established superheroes have also attended training to brush up and further their skills.
New recruits are put through Avengers basic training, which includes combat, first aid, and superhuman ethics. If passed the recruits' registration card will be upgraded to a full heroes license with some being offered places in one of the fifty nationwide teams.
During the Secret Invasion, the base was set to be used by the Skrull invaders as a homebase for their regime. It is revealed the Chief Administrator, Hank Pym, was a Skrull impostor (this Skrull later perishes). The whole idea of the Initiative was created by Skrull agents to place Skrull impostors all over the country. Skrulls took the place of many graduates.
After the invasion, an incident with the Thor clone Ragnarok, and the revelation to the MVP cloning experiments to the media gives Norman Osborn, head of national security and director of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s replacement agency H.A.M.M.E.R., justification to shut down Camp Hammond.
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