Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 9

Avengers: The Initiative #9
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Cover Date	March, 2008
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1. "Killed in Action (Part 2): First Casualties"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Dan Slott Christos N. Gage
Penciler(s)	Stefano Caselli
Inker(s)	Stefano Caselli
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort

Appearing in "Killed in Action (Part 2): First Casualties"

Featured Characters:

• Initiative
  • Staff
    • Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (Main story and flashback)
    • Henry Peter Gyrich
    • Baron von Blitzschlag
    • Gauntlet (Sgt. Joseph Green)
    • Taskmaster (Tony Masters) (Main story and flashback)
  • Trainees
    • Crusader (Aubrey Thompson) (Main story and flashback)
    • Melee (Main story and flashback)
    • Red 9 (Wallace Jackson) (Main story and flashback)
    • Dragon Lord (Tako Shamara) (Main story and flashback) (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
    • Geiger (Delilah Dearborn) (Only in flashback)
    • Proton (Geldoff) (Main story and flashback)
    • Diamondback (Rachel Leighton) (Main story and flashback)
    • Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady) (Main story and flashback)
    • Trauma (Terry Ward) (Death) (Only in flashback) (Assumed the forms of the Hydra pilot Cloud 9 killed and of the alien wearing the Gauntlet Armor)
    • Thor Girl (Tarene) (Only in flashback)
    • Cloud 9 (Abby Boylen) (Only in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Initiative (Only in flashback)
  • Consultants/X-Men (Leaves)
    • Dani Moonstar (Only in flashback)
    • Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only in flashback)
  • Staff
    • Dr. Jack Shephard (Sub 9 Infirmary doctor; Name on a sign only)
  • Trainees
    • Hardball (Appears on screen)
    • Komodo (Appears on screen)

Villains:

• ⏴ K.I.A. (Michael van Patrick) ⏵ (Main story and flashback) (Origin revealed)

Other Characters:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Cape-Killers (Only in flashback)
• Other Michael van Patrick clones (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• MVP (Michael van Patrick) (Appears on screen)
• Armory (Appears on screen)
• Thor (Mentioned)
• Wrecking Crew (Mentioned)
• "Stone Man from Saturn" (Mentioned)
• Hulk (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Camp Hammond (Main story and flashback)
  • Subbasement 9 (Main story and flashback)
    • Infirmary (Main story and flashback)
    • Combat Simulator (Main story and flashback)
      • Control Room (Only in flashback)
    • Yellowjacket's Lab (Only in flashback)
  • Subbasement 5 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
    • Omega Weapons Cache (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • War Room (Only in flashback)
• Oklahoma (Mentioned)
• Asgard (Mentioned)

Items:

• Tactigon (Main story and flashback)
• Gauntlet Armor (Main story and flashback)
  • Gauntlet's gauntlet (Main story and flashback)
  • Sword
• Combat-Bot (Only in flashback)

Vehicles:

• X-Men Blackbird (Behind the scenes)

Synopsis for "Killed in Action (Part 2): First Casualties"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for more info.

See Also

• 4 image(s) from Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 9
• 2 reprint(s) of Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 9