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Avengers: The Initiative
Avengers: The Initiative #1 solicited cover
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Schedule Monthly
Format Ongoing series
Genre
Publication date(s) April 2007 – July 2010
No. of issues 35
Main character(s)

Trainees:
Melee


Graduates:
3-D Man
Annex
Ant-Man
Cloud 9
Geiger
Gorilla Girl
Hardball
Komodo
Prodigy
Red Nine
Stature
Sunstreak
Thor Girl
Ultra Girl
Staff:
Diamondback
Gauntlet
Penance
Taskmaster
Trauma
Baron Von Blitzschlag
Creative team
Written by Dan Slott
Christos Gage
Penciller(s) Stefano Caselli
Steve Uy
Harvey Tolibao
Shadow Initiative
Shadow Initiative.jpg
Cover art for Avengers: The Initiative #5 featuring the Shadow Initiative, and Hulk.
Art by Jim Cheung.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Avengers: The Initiative #4
In-story information
Base(s) Camp Hammond
Member(s) See List of Shadow Initiative members

Trainees:
Melee

Avengers: The Initiative was a comic book series from Marvel Comics. Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage with artwork initially by Stefano Caselli, Steve Uy and Harvey Tolibao, the series dealt with the aftermath of Marvel's "Civil War" storyline (however, it should not be confused with "The Initiative", a banner running across Marvel books from February 2007 to May 2007, similar to Marvel's earlier "Decimation" banner after the "House of M" storyline, or the Civil War: The Initiative special by Brian Michael Bendis). A preview of the title was shown in Civil War: The Initiative.

The first issue of Avengers: The Initiative was released on 4 April 2007. The tagline initially used in solicitations was "Marvel's Army of Super Heroes just became a Super Hero Army".

The series was originally solicited as a six issue limited series, but prior to the publication of the first issue, Marvel announced that this had changed and that Avengers: The Initiative would become an ongoing series, the third regularly published 'Avengers' title from 2007 onwards, after The New Avengers and The Mighty Avengers.

Issues #20-22 dealt with "Dark Reign", the aftermath to Secret Invasion, and Christos Gage moved to full writing duties.

The series was canceled after Avengers: The Initiative #35 (April 2010), at the conclusion of the "Siege" storyline and replaced by Avengers Academy.


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