Avengers: The Initiative #27 (Oct. 2009):
“Even The Losers / The Taking of 42”
by Christos N. Gage, Rafa Sandoval, Roger Bonet

Avengers: The Initiative #27

Title: “Even The Losers / The Taking of 42”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Christos N. Gage
Art by: Rafa Sandoval, Roger Bonet

75 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Johnny Guitar (Johnny Logan) (lead character)		Shadow Initiative		3
Taskmaster	manifestly non-religious	Agency X; HYDRA...  Initiative; Shadow Initiative; The Cabal; The Frightful Four; The Thunderbolts		128
Bengal (Duc No Tranh)	vengeance	Asian; Shadow Initiative...  U.S. Army		30
Komodo (Melati Kusuma)		Asian; Initiative...  Shadow Initiative		38
Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)		Initiative		12
Butterball (Emery Schaub)		Shadow Initiative		2
Gorilla-Man (Dr. Arthur Nagan)		Headmen; Lethal Legion		25
Barracuda		Heavy Mettle; Shadow Initiative		4
Blackwing		Heavy Mettle; Shadow Initiative		4
Firestrike (Dalton Beck)	repentant	Heavy Mettle; Shadow Initiative [arson investigator; dated Turbo (Mickey Musashi)]		6
Batwing (James Santini)		Initiative; Shadow Initiative		18
Riot		Heavy Mettle; Shadow Initiative		3
Stronghold		Heavy Mettle; Shadow Initiative		2
Warbow		Heavy Mettle; Shadow Initiative		3
Bad Axe		Larcenous Three; Shadow Initiative		2
Doctor Sax (Jack Dulouz)		black; Shadow Initiative		3
Slaughter Boy		Shadow Initiative; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		2
The Ringer (Keith Kraft)		Shadow Initiative		12
Tigra (Greer Grant) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	mystically empowered	Cat People; Counter Force...  Lady Liberators; The Avengers		310
The Gauntlet (Sgt. Joseph Green) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Counter Force...  Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff); U.S. Army		48
Justice (Vance Astrovik) (only on cover)	Jewish (half)	Counter Force; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff)...  The New Warriors		291
Ultragirl (Suzy Sherman) (only on cover)	Kree savior	Initiative; Kree...  The New Warriors		40
Constrictor (Frank Payne) (6-panel cameo)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; Shadow Initiative...  Sinister Syndicate; Six Pack; The Frightful Four; The Masters of Evil		124
Dragon Man (5-panel cameo)	N.A.	[1st app: Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #35 (Feb. 1965)]		13
Firearms (5-panel cameo)		Larcenous Three; Shadow Initiative		3
Trauma (Terry Ward) (4-panel cameo)		Shadow Initiative		24
Marx (4-panel cameo)	Communist	[in Dazzler's band]		14
Beefer (4-panel cameo)	food	[in Dazzler's band]		13
Hunch (Phil Panasci) (4-panel cameo)		[bass guitar in Dazzler's band; dark hair, moustache]		14
Living Laser (Arthur Parks) (3-panel cameo)		Batroc's Brigade; Hood's Army...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions		96
Cutthroat (Danny Leighton) (3-panel cameo)		Hood's Army; Skeleton Crew [Diamondback's brother; was in "Savage Crims" gang]		44
Dazzler (Alison Blaire) (2-panel cameo)	singing	Academy of Tomorrow; Excalibur...  X-Men		447
Penance (Robbie Baldwin) (2-panel cameo)	Presbyterian	League of Losers; The New Warriors...  The Thunderbolts		359
Physique (2-panel cameo)		Initiative (staff)		6
Scorcher (Steven Hudak) (2-panel cameo)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil		30
Blastaar (2-panel cameo)		Baluurian; The Frightful Four		97
Trapster (Peter Petruski) (2-panel cameo)		Lethal Legion; The Frightful Four		176
Brothers Grimm (Percy and Barton Grimes) (2-panel cameo)		Hood's Army; Night Shift [Powers were briefly amplified by Satannish.]		34
Revonda Logan (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[ex-wife of small-time "super-villain" Johnny Guitar]		1
? Logan (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[daughter of small-time "super-villain" Johnny Guitar]		1
Mrs. Dulouz (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	black [wife of small-time "super-villain" Dr. Sax]		1
? Dulouz (older son) (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	black [older son of small-time "super-villain" Dr. Sax]		1
Norman Osborn (1-panel cameo)	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
The Hood (Parker Robbins) (1-panel cameo)	demonolatry	Hood's Army; The Cabal		159
Sandman (Flint Marko) (1-panel cameo)		Intruders (leader); Next Wave...  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Avengers; The Frightful Four; Wild Pack		388
Electro (Max Dillon) (1-panel cameo)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (1-panel cameo)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
Baron von Blitzschlag (Wener von Blitzschlag) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	Initiative		35
Blob (Fred J. Dukes) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
Pyro (St. John Allerdyce) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed); mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force		194
The Great Gambonnos (Ernesto and Luigi Gambonno) (1-panel cameo)		Circus of Crime		52
Ringleader (Charles Last) (1-panel cameo)		Death-Throws		6
Knickknack (Nick Grossman) (1-panel cameo)		Death-Throws; Hood's Army		12
Clown (Eliot Franklin) (1-panel cameo)		Circus of Crime; Gamma Corps...  Masters of Menace		72
? Dulouz (younger son) (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	black [younger son of small-time "super-villain" Dr. Sax]		1
? Dulouz (daughter) (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	black [daughter of small-time "super-villain" Dr. Sax]		1
Techmaster (Billy Bitzer) (1-panel cameo)		[electronics and lighting expert]		4
Pac-Man (1-panel cameo)		[1st app: Pac-Man (22 May 1980)]	Namco; Midway	30
Tom Petty (quoted and cited)		[musician; singer...]		52
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (toy)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (toy)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Elvis Presley (toy)	Assemblies of God	[singer]		444
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (mentioned)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned)		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
H.A.M.M.E.R. (mentioned)		[government agency]		207
Typhoid Mary (Mary Alice Walker) (mentioned)	Catholic	Shadow Initiative		136
Skrulls (mentioned)	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Tinkerer (Phineas T. Mason) (mentioned)		[serves the underworld]		104
Mrs. Tranh (mentioned)		[Bengal's wife; blonde]		1
Bruce Springsteen (mentioned)	Catholic	[singer]		157
Minh Tranh (mentioned)		[Bengal's young son]		2
John Coltrane (mentioned)	Protestant (also explored Islam, Hinduism, Kabbalah, Jiddu Krishnamurti, etc.)	black		15
Stevie Wonder (mentioned)	Protestant	black [active in his church choir as a child]		294
Ray Charles (mentioned)	Baptist	black		193
The Fantastic Four (mentioned)		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100

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