Avengers: The Initiative
Marvel · 2007–2010 · 35 issues
About the series
Marvel’s Avengers: The Initiative (2007–2010) ran for 35 issues, exploring the fallout of the Superhuman Registration Act by turning the training of new heroes into a government program. Writers Christos N. Gage and Dan Slott, alongside artists Stefano Caselli, Rafa Sandoval, and Jorge Molina, followed recruits like Vance Astrovik (Justice) and veteran operatives Taskmaster and Constrictor as they navigated a morally complex, boot-camp version of the Avengers. The series matters for its gritty, character-driven take on the Marvel Universe’s post-Civil War landscape, examining what it means to be a hero when the line between duty and coercion blurs.