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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published August 2007
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 40
Editing Tom Brevoort; Molly Lazer (Assistant)
Notes Cover sports "The Initiative" trade dress.

Cover Details

Characters Komodo; Spider-Man; Shocker; Boomerang; Hydro-Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Jimmy Cheung
Inks John Dell
Colors Justin Ponsor
Letters Typeset
Notes Cover sports "The Initiative" trade dress.

1 page Avengers: Initiative recap "Recap and Lineup"

Genre superhero
Pencils Stefano Caselli
Inks Stefano Caselli
Colors Daniele Rudoni
Letters Typeset

22 page Avengers: Initiative story "Bug Hunt"

Characters HEROES: Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; War Machine; The Gauntlet; Justice [Vance Astrovik]; Henry Peter Gyrich; Triathlon; Cloud 9; Hardball; Komodo; Trauma; Rage; Slapstick; Beast; Bengal; Dani Moonstar; The Thing; Curt Connors [Lizard]; VILLAINS: Shocker; Boomerang; Hydro-Man; CAMEOS: Wonder Man; Gargoyle; Hulkling; Black Widow; Ms. Marvel; Stingray; She-Hulk; Scarlet Spiders; Demon Bear [Trauma]
Synopsis The recruits continue to train under the guidance of established heroes; Dani agrees to help Trauma with his fear based powers; Hardball meets a mysterious stranger in a bar who seems to know an awful lot about his personal life; Komodo is singled out to take new power inhibiting nanotechnolgy and try and strip Spidey and three of his deadly foes of their powers; Spidey escapes but the new Scarlet Spiders help take down the trio of villains.
Genre superhero
Script Dan Slott
Pencils Stefano Caselli
Inks Stefano Caselli
Colors Daniele Rudoni
Letters Virtual Calligraphy's Joe Caramagna
Notes Centerfold of the comic is a promo for the Annihilation: Conquest crossover and is on cardstock paper.