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Avengers: The Initiative #25 (Aug. 2009):
“Avengers: The Initiative Disassembled: Conclusion”
by Christos N. Gage, Humberto Ramos

Avengers: The Initiative #25

Title: “Avengers: The Initiative Disassembled: Conclusion”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2009

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Christos N. Gage
Art by: Humberto Ramos


63 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.
Tigra Tigra (Greer Grant) hero scientist
CBR Scale: S mystically empowered
Cat People; Counter Force...  Marvel 310
Norman Osborn Norman Osborn villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Marvel 417
Moonstone Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist
Dark Avengers; Femizons...  Marvel 235
Taskmaster Taskmaster villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Agency X; HYDRA...  Marvel 128
Justice Justice (Vance Astrovik) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish (half)
Counter Force; Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff)...  Marvel 291
The Hood The Hood (Parker Robbins) villain
CBR Scale: M demonolatry
Hood's Army; The Cabal Marvel 159
The Gauntlet The Gauntlet (Sgt. Joseph Green) hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Counter Force...  Marvel 48
Scarlet Spider Scarlet Spider (Patrick) hero
  Counter Force; Shadow Initiative
[only remaining clone who made up Scarlet Spiders trio]
Marvel 15
Brian van Patrick supporting character
  [father of MVP and Scarlet Spiders (clones of MVP)] Marvel 8
Speedball Penance (Robbie Baldwin)
(9-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Presbyterian
League of Losers; The New Warriors...  Marvel 359
Ares Ares
(8-panel cameo)
villain hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman deity
Dark Avengers; Olympian... 
[god of war; Gods of Olympus]
Marvel DC 440
Rage Rage (Elvin Daryl Haliday)
(8-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant
black; Counter Force...  Marvel 157
Night Thrasher Night Thrasher (Donyell Taylor)
(8-panel cameo)
hero
  black; Counter Force...  Marvel 49
Slapstick Slapstick (Steve Harmon)
(8-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Anarchist
Counter Force; Initiative...  Marvel 24
Trauma Trauma (Terry Ward)
(8-panel cameo)
hero
  Shadow Initiative Marvel 24
Debrii Debrii (Deborah Fields)
(7-panel cameo)
hero
  black; Counter Force...  Marvel 28
Diamondback Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)
(5-panel cameo)
villain hero
  BAD Girls, Inc.; Femizons...  Marvel 173
Prodigy Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)
(5-panel cameo)
hero
  Initiative: Heavy Hitters; Slingers Marvel 51
Scorcher Scorcher (Steven Hudak)
(5-panel cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil Marvel 30
Gravity Gravity (Greg Willis)
(5-panel cameo)
hero
  League of Losers; The Great Lakes Avengers...  Marvel 39
Razor Fist Razor Fist (Douglas Scott)
(5-panel cameo)
villain
  [assassin; bodyguard...] Marvel 59
Ultragirl Ultragirl (Suzy Sherman)
(4-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Kree savior
Initiative; Kree...  Marvel 40
Living Laser Living Laser (Arthur Parks)
(4-panel cameo)
villain scientist
  Batroc's Brigade; Hood's Army...  Marvel 96
Griffin Griffin (Johnny Horton)
(4-panel cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; Secret Empire Marvel 126
Dr. Burke
(4-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [examined Violet Lightner; treated Penance (Baldwin)] Marvel 2
Michael van Patrick clone
(4-panel cameo)
supporting character
  [clone of MVP; returned to parents after MVP's death] Marvel 7
MVP MVP (Michael van Patrick)
(3-panel cameo)
hero
  Counter Force; Initiative Marvel 23
unnamed receptionist
(2-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [receptionist] Marvel 1
Komodo Komodo (Melati Kusuma)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  Asian; Initiative...  Marvel 38
Vector Vector (Simon Utrecht)
(1-panel cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  Marvel 61
Ironclad Ironclad (Mike Steel)
(1-panel cameo)
villain hero
  Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  Marvel 33
X-Ray X-Ray (Jimmy Darnell)
(1-panel cameo)
villain hero
  Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  Marvel 59
Vapor Vapor (Ann Darnell)
(1-panel cameo)
villain
  Femizons; Hood's Army...  Marvel 57
Nightmare
(1-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M demon
[haunts dreams of others] Marvel 149
Squirrel Girl Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  The Great Lakes Avengers Marvel 33
Mister Immortal Mister Immortal (Craig Hollis)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  The Great Lakes Avengers Marvel 36
Flatman Flatman (Val Ventura)
(1-panel cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I LGBT
The Great Lakes Avengers Marvel 38
Doorman Doorman (DeMarr Davis)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  The Great Lakes Avengers Marvel 34
Big Bertha (Ashley Crawford)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  The Great Lakes Avengers Marvel 35
Tippy Toe Tippy Toe
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
squirrel; The Great Lakes Avengers
[squirrel; Squirrel Girl's sidekick]
Marvel 8
Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm (Percy and Barton Grimes)
(1-panel cameo)
villain
  Hood's Army; Night Shift
[Powers were briefly amplified by Satannish.]
Marvel 34
Telemetry Telemetry
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  Initiative: Heavy Hitters Marvel 7
Nonstop Nonstop (Madeleine Michaels)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  Initiative: Heavy Hitters Marvel 9
Sunstreak Sunstreak (Andrea Roarke)
(1-panel cameo)
villain hero
  Force of Nature; Initiative...  Marvel 32
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(mentioned)
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
Thor Thor (Donald Blake)
(mentioned)
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
Giant-Man The Wasp (Hank Pym)
(mentioned)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: U atheist
Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 1,543
Captain Marvel Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  Marvel 784
War Machine War Machine (Jim Rhodes)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Force Works...  Marvel 389
Doc Samson Doc Samson (Dr. Leonard Samson)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
E.D.I.T. (leader); Initiative Marvel 304
H.A.M.M.E.R. H.A.M.M.E.R.
(mentioned)
supporting character group
  [government agency] Marvel 207
Skrulls Skrulls
(mentioned)
villain group
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
[alien race] Marvel 344
Zeus Zeus
(mentioned)
supporting character deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman deity
Council of Godheads
[supreme monarch of the Olympian gods]
DC Marvel 283
Dormammu Dormammu
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: D Faltine energy being;
extra-dimensional mystic
entity/powerful magic user
The Cabal Marvel 170
Baron von Blitzschlag Baron von Blitzschlag (Wener von Blitzschlag)
(mentioned)
supporting character villain
CBR Scale: M Nazi
Initiative Marvel 35
Scarlet Spiders Scarlet Spiders (Michael, Patrick, Van)
(mentioned)
hero
  Counter Force; Shadow Initiative Marvel 11
Mrs. Ward
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [Trauma's mother] Marvel 2
Mr. Ward
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [Trauma's adoptive father (Nightmare is his actual father)] Marvel 1
Tigra's mother
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [Tigra's mother] Marvel 2
Criti Noll Criti Noll
(mentioned)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
Initiative; Skrull Marvel 55
Tigra's unborn child
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [fathered by Skrull posing as Hank Pym] Marvel 3
Ragnarok
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: M Norse/Teutonic paganism
Initiative
[android clone of Thor]
Marvel 25