Civil War: The Initiative #1

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Details

Publisher

Marvel Comics

Cover date

Apr 2007

Format

Comic

Pages

64

Variant

2nd Printing

Key

2nd cameo team app. Omeg Flight III, 1st cameo app. Guardian (Michael Pointer)

Credits

writer

Warren Ellis, Brian Michael Bendis

penciller

Marc Silvestri, Michael Broussard, Eric 'eBas' Basaldua

inker

Marco Galli, Joe B. Weems V, Eric 'eBas' Basaldua

colorist

Frank G. D'Armata

letterer

Troy Peteri

editor

Tom Brevoort

Story

This issue is really a collection of stories under a single title. In the first, Michael Pointer (aka The Collective from New Avengers 16-20) is given a chance at redemption after what Xorn made him do. His redeemer is Sasquatch, who was previously assumed dead after the Collective's attack, and who is now forming Omega Flight in Canada. The second story shows the latest incarnation of the Hurricane trying to run. He's an unregistered hero, and is brought in with extreme (but barely nonlethal) prejudice by the new Thunderbolts. The third story involves a meeting between Ms. Marvel and Spider-Woman, in which Ms. Marvel convinces Spider-Woman that Captain America is alive and protected within the Raft. This plot thread would be picked up by later issues of "New Avengers" and "Fallen Son" alike. The comic then concludes with preview pages from issues of Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Mighty Avengers, Captain America, Omega Flight, and Avengers: The Initative.

Characters

Iron Man (Anthony 'Tony' Stark) · Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) · Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)