Avengers: The Initiative #1

This collection kicks off the post-Civil War era for Marvel's training program, following the creation of the Fifty State Initiative as a government-sanctioned superhero response force. Set at Camp Hammond, the story focuses on new recruits like Cloud 9, Komodo, and Hardball as they undergo rigorous training under the watch of instructors like Gauntlet and War Machine, while also dealing with the shadow of the Initiative's controversial origins. The volume collects the first six issues of the 2008 series, establishing the high-stakes, often morally complex world of Marvel's official superhuman militia.