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Avengers: The Initiative #28 (Nov. 2009):
“Uprising”
by Christos N. Gage, Rafa Sandoval, Roger Bonet

Avengers: The Initiative #28

Title: “Uprising”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 2009

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


65 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.
Prodigy Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)
(lead character)
hero
  Initiative: Heavy Hitters; Slingers Marvel 51
Tigra Tigra (Greer Grant) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S mystically empowered
Cat People; Counter Force...  Marvel 310
Norman Osborn Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
Justice Justice (Vance Astrovik) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish (half)
Counter Force; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff)...  Marvel 291
Rage Rage (Elvin Daryl Haliday) hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant
black; Counter Force...  Marvel 157
Night Thrasher Night Thrasher (Donyell Taylor) hero
  black; Counter Force...  Marvel 49
Ultragirl Ultragirl (Suzy Sherman) hero
CBR Scale: S Kree savior
Initiative; Kree...  Marvel 40
Debrii Debrii (Deborah Fields) hero
  black; Counter Force...  Marvel 28
Cloud 9 Cloud 9 (Abigail Boylen) hero
  Initiative: Freedom Force; Initiative Marvel 34
The Gauntlet The Gauntlet (Sgt. Joseph Green) hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Counter Force...  Marvel 48
Outback (Fred Myers) villain
  Doom's Brigade; Initiative: Heavy Hitters... 
[played professional baseball]
Marvel 130
Aqueduct Aqueduct (Peter van Zante) villain hero
CBR Scale: S Environmentalism
Force of Nature; Initiative... 
[eco-terrorist]
Marvel 37
Skybreaker Skybreaker (Aireo) villain
CBR Scale: S Inhuman religion (lapsed); fundamentalist Environmentalist
Force of Nature
[eco-terrorist]
Marvel 27
Terraformer Terraformer villain
CBR Scale: S fundamentalist
Environmentalist
Force of Nature
[eco-terrorist]
Marvel 10
Telemetry Telemetry hero
  Initiative: Heavy Hitters Marvel 7
Nonstop Nonstop (Madeleine Michaels) hero
  Initiative: Heavy Hitters Marvel 9
Sunstreak Sunstreak (Andrea Roarke) villain hero
  Force of Nature; Initiative...  Marvel 32
Butterball Butterball (Emery Schaub)
(cover & 2-panel cameo)
hero
  Shadow Initiative Marvel 2
Slapstick Slapstick (Steve Harmon)
(9-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Anarchist
Counter Force; Initiative...  Marvel 24
Ironclad Ironclad (Mike Steel)
(7-panel cameo)
villain hero
  Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  Marvel 33
Equinox Equinox (Terry Sorenson)
(7-panel cameo)
villain hero
  Freedom Force; Initiative: Vil-Anon Marvel 22
Taskmaster Taskmaster
(6-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Agency X; HYDRA...  Marvel 128
Komodo Komodo (Melati Kusuma)
(6-panel cameo)
hero
  Asian; Initiative...  Marvel 38
The Hood The Hood (Parker Robbins)
(6-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M demonolatry
Hood's Army; The Cabal Marvel 159
Trauma Trauma (Terry Ward)
(6-panel cameo)
hero
  Shadow Initiative Marvel 24
Scarlet Spider Scarlet Spider (Patrick)
(6-panel cameo)
hero
  Counter Force; Shadow Initiative
[only remaining clone who made up Scarlet Spiders trio]
Marvel 15
X-Ray X-Ray (Jimmy Darnell)
(6-panel cameo)
villain hero
  Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  Marvel 59
Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm (Percy and Barton Grimes)
(6-panel cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; Night Shift
[Powers were briefly amplified by Satannish.]
Marvel 34
Think Tank Think Tank
(6-panel cameo)
hero
  Initiative: Freedom Force Marvel 6
Speedball Penance (Robbie Baldwin)
(4-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Presbyterian
League of Losers; The New Warriors...  Marvel 359
Victoria Hand Victoria Hand
(4-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S LGBT; Humanist
Dark Avengers (staff); H.A.M.M.E.R.
[2nd in command under Osborn in H.A.M.M.E.R.]
Marvel 108
Vector Vector (Simon Utrecht)
(4-panel cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  Marvel 61
Vapor Vapor (Ann Darnell)
(4-panel cameo)
villain
  Femizons; Hood's Army...  Marvel 57
Scorcher Scorcher (Steven Hudak)
(4-panel cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil Marvel 30
Griffin Griffin (Johnny Horton)
(4-panel cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; Secret Empire Marvel 126
The Ringer The Ringer (Keith Kraft)
(4-panel cameo)
villain
  Shadow Initiative Marvel 12
Constrictor Constrictor (Frank Payne)
(3-panel cameo)
villain hero
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; Shadow Initiative...  Marvel 124
Bad Axe
(3-panel cameo)
villain
  Larcenous Three; Shadow Initiative Marvel 2
The Challenger The Challenger (Bill Waring)
(3-panel cameo)
hero
  Initiative: Freedom Force Marvel 22
Night Thrasher Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
  black; Psionex...  Marvel 197
Warbow Warbow
(2-panel cameo)
villain
  Heavy Mettle; Shadow Initiative Marvel 3
Namorita Namorita (Nita Prentiss)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 305
Firestar Firestar (Angelica Jones)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Hellions; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  NBC Marvel 338
Nova Nova (Richard Rider)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  Nova Corps; Secret Defenders... 
[attended Harry S. Truman High]
Marvel 427
Baron von Blitzschlag Baron von Blitzschlag (Wener von Blitzschlag)
(1-panel cameo)
supporting character villain
CBR Scale: M Nazi
Initiative Marvel 35
Hardball Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  Initiative Marvel 12
Nightmare
(1-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M demon
[haunts dreams of others] Marvel 149
Razor Fist Razor Fist (Douglas Scott)
(1-panel cameo)
villain
  [assassin; bodyguard...] Marvel 59
Ronald McDonald Ronald McDonald
(photo/picture/video)
lead character
  [principal mascot for McDonald's fast food chain] McDonald's 9
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(mentioned & on cover)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Giant-Man Hank Pym
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: U atheist
Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 1,543
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D.
(mentioned)
supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
H.A.M.M.E.R. H.A.M.M.E.R.
(mentioned)
supporting character group
  [government agency] Marvel 207
HYDRA
(mentioned)
villain group
CBR Scale: S HYDRA
[largest worldwide subversive organization] Marvel 283
Skrulls Skrulls
(mentioned)
villain group
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
[alien race] Marvel 344
The Lizard The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors)
(mentioned)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army Marvel 318
007 007 (James Bond)
(mentioned)
hero
  [spy] Jonathan Cape United Artists 168
Blastaar Blastaar
(mentioned)
villain
  Baluurian; The Frightful Four Marvel 97
Arnold Astrovik
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S LGBT
[abusive father of Justice (Vance Astro)] Marvel 6
George S. Patton George S. Patton
(mentioned)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
[general; military officer] Marvel 50
Rick Springfield Rick Springfield
(mentioned)
real/historical person
  [actor; musician...] Marvel 61
Toby Sherman
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [Ultra Girl's adoptive father] Marvel 3
Mrs. Sherman
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [Ultra Girl's adoptive mother] Marvel 3
Josephine Baker Josephine Baker
(mentioned)
real/historical person
  [actress; singer] Marvel 57