Initiative characters, teams

[danielsan52]

Why has Marvel stopped using those characters? I miss them all! Was the perfect way to combine older existing characters with new!

Who was your favorite "new" and already existing character?

Who should they have fleshed out more?

What was your favorite team?

[marhawkman]

Komodo was one of my faves. Very interesting character concept. Yes, in-universe it's literally a case of someone imitating another, but it made sense. Realistically, I can see why a LOT of people would be willing to try what she did.

[danielsan52]

Armory should steal back the Tactigon.

Earth Force should have appeared as well as the Mormon team.

Red 9 and Geiger should have gotten more face time.

The Rangers should get a limited series.

The original initiative Order should come back.

[Digifiend]

Why they stopped using them? Because the Dark Reign status quo was dismantled. I reckon a lot of the 50 State Initiative heroes did the same thing as Cloud 9 did. Captain America invited her to Avengers Academy. Instead, she tore up her registration card, wanting to use her powers (basically just flight) for fun, not combat. That's the last we saw of her.

Of course since then, a new generation of teen heroes has popped up. The Young Avengers and New Warriors both got new members (in their All-New Marvel NOW runs). The Champions came into existence, the Inhumans population exploded, the X-Men are finally no longer on an extinction path. And there's a few more new legacy heroes too, such as Ironheart and the new Wasp.

[King_Thor13]

The Initiative was certainly a push to use characters not normally seen and explore some new dynamics. I think of the Initiative, I'd most like Cloud-9 and Trauma to return. But I have no idea where, given they're not Champions or Young Avengers material (at least not in my opinion) and I'm pretty sure they aren't Mutants. Perhaps have Cloud 9 appear in Falcon and Trauma in Runaways or something. I'm not sure.


Outside of that: there a huge number of Avenger type characters who are rarely used, if ever. So it'd be nice to see some of them scattered across some new teams, even if thosr teams don't have a book of their own.

[Michael Watkins]

Who was your favorite "new" and already existing character?

Irredeemable Ant-Man/Eric O'Grady was my favorite new existing character
Crusader was my favorite new character

Who should they have fleshed out more?

all of them

What was your favorite team?

the Shadow Initiative

[Kaijudo]

Definitely a huge Rangers fan...have been since their first appearance. I may have all their appearances, to be honest.

As far as new stuff goes, I loved the Point Men, the Hawaiian Initiative team. Basically 3D Man (later Stingray) leading new characters and Devil-Slayer as the first line of defense against any threats/kaiju/monsters coming over from Japan. I'd love to see them get their own title with Dr. Demonicus as the big bad.

[Lonewolf36]

Existing characters
Bengal

New characters
Harvesterers http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix5/harvesterskan.htm
Liberteens
Melee http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix7/meleeavtinit.html
Physique http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/physiqueavtin.htm
Reptil

The Initiative was huge and made use of a lot of obscure as well as new characters

KNOWN AGENTS: Ajaxis, Annex (Alex Ellis), Answer (Aaron Nicholson), Ant-Man (Eric O’Grady), Anthem (Henry Hellrung), Aphrodite (Unrevealed), Aquarian (Wundarr), Aqueduct (Peter Van Zante), Arachne (Julia Carpenter), Aralune (Becky Ryan), Araña (Anya Corazon), Ares, Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez), Armory (Violet Lightner), Asp (Cleo Nefertiti), Asylum (Unrevealed), Asylum (Henrique Gallante), Atlas (Eric Josten), Avona (Avery Allen), Badd Axe (Unrevealed), Bannerman Brown, Bannerman Green, Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo), Barracuda (Unrevealed), Batroc (Georges Batroc), Batwing (Jimmy Santini), Beast (Hank McCoy), Beetle (Joaquim Robichaux), Beetle (Elizabeth Vaughn), Beetle (Gary Quinn), Bengal (Dc No Tranh), Big Bertha (Ashley Crawford), Bishop (Lucas Bishop), Black Cat (Felicia Hardy), Black Mamba (Tanya Sealy), Mulholland Black, Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Blacklash (Unrevealed), Blackout (Marcus Daniels), Blackout (Unrevealed, Lilin), Blackwing (Unrevealed), Blade (Erik Brooks), Blazing Skull (Mark Todd), Blizzard (Donald Gill), Blood Brother (Unrevealed), Bloodstrike (Eric Conroy), Blue Eagle (Unrevealed), Blue Shield (Joe Cartelli), Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm), Brothers Grimm (Barton & Percy Grimes) Bulldozer (Henry Camp), Bushmaster (Quincy McIver), Butterball (Emery Schaub), Calamity (James Wa), Captain Marvel (Khn’nr aka Mar-Vell), Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr), Captain Ultra (Griffin Gogol), Centurius (Noah Black), Challenger (Bill Waring), Chemistro (Calvin Carr), Cloud 9 (Abby Boylen), Colossus (Piotr Rasputin), Conquistador (Unrevealed), Conquistador (Unrevealed), Constrictor (Frank Payne), Corona (Carlos Carvalho), Coronary (James Sharp), Corruptor (Jackson Day), Crimebuster (Unrevealed), Crossfire (William Cross), Crusader (Z’reg aka Aubrey Thompson), Ctthroat (Danny Leighton), Darkhawk (Chris Powell), Deadpool (Unrevealed), Death Adder (Theodore Scott), Deathwatch (Unrevealed), Debrii (Deborah Fields), Devil-Slayer (Eric Payne), Diamondback (Rachel Leighton), Doc Samson (Leonard Samson), Doctor Demonicus (Douglas Birely), Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Doctor Sax (Jack Dulouz), Doorman (DeMarr Davis), Dragon Lord (Tako Shamara), Eel (Edward Lavell), Equinox (Terry Sorenson), Falcon (Sam Wilson), Fin (Unrevealed), Firearms (Unrevealed), Firebird (Bonita Juarez), Firestar (Angelica Jones), Fixer (Norbert Ebersol), Flatman (Val Ventura), Force (Clay Wilson), Frog-Man (Eugene Patilio), Gadget (Lucy Cervantes), Gargoyle (Isaac Christians), Gauntlet (Joseph Green), Geiger (Delilah Dearborn), Gorilla Girl (Fahnbullah Eddy), Grain Belt (Unrevealed), Gravity (Greg Willis), Griffin (Johnny Horton), Hardball (Roger Brokeridge), Jonas Harrow, Hawkeye (Lester/Bullseye), Heavy (Dennis Murray), Hellcat (Patsy Walker), Hera (Pepper Potts), Hercules (Unrevealed), Hood (Peter Robbins), Hope (Unrevealed), Howard the Duck, Hulkling (Teddy Altman of Earth-721), Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Humbug (Buck Mitty), Iceberg (Unrevealed), Impulse (Dwight Hubbard), Invisible Woman (Sue Richards), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn), Ironclad (Mike Steel), Jack O’ Lantern (Steve Levins), Jackpot (Sara Ehret), Jackpot (Alana Jobson), Jester (Jody Putt), Jigsaw (Billy Russo) Jocasta, Johnny Cool (John Hashimoto), Johnny Guitar (Johnny Logan), Jessica Jones, Joystick (Janice Yanizeski), Jennifer Kale, Junta (Manuel Diego Armand Vicente aka Danny Vincent), Justice (Vance Astrovik), KIA (Michael Van Patrick clone), Killer Shrike (Simon Maddicks), King Cobra (Klaus Voorhees), Misty Knight, Komodo (Melati Kusama), Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama), Living Laser (Arthur Parks), Living Lightning (Miguel Santos), MACH-4 (Abe Jenkins), Machine Man (X-51 aka Aaron Stack), Man-Eater (Malcolm Gregory “Greg” Murphy), Man-Killer (Katrina van Horn), Machete (Mariano Lopez), Mandrill (Jerome Beechmam), Mathemanic (Thomas Sorenson), Maul (Jamal Peoples), Meadowlark (Unrevealed), Melee (Unrevealed), Mentallo (Marvin Flumm), Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo), Mr. Immortal (Craig Hollis), Mongoose, Moon Knight (Marc Spector), Moonstone/Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen), Morbius (Michael Morbius), Ms. America (Unrevealed), Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers), Mutant Zero (May Walker/Typhoid Mary), MVP (Michael Van Patrick), MVP (Michael Van Patrick clone), Network (Valerie Martin), Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond), Nonstop (Madeleine Michaels), Orka, Outback (Fred Myers), Over-Mind (Grom), Ox (Ronald Bloch), Paladin (Unrevealed), Paragon (Cooper Roth), Paydirt (Unrevealed), Penance (Robbie Baldwin/Speedball), Phantom Rider (Hamilton Slade), Phone Ranger (A.G. Bell), Pierce (Pam Pierce), Piledriver (Brian Calusky), Pioneer (Unrevealed), Porcupine (Roger Gocking), Alex Power, Pretty Persuasions (Heidi P. Franklin), Prima Donna (Unrevealed), Primus, Prodigy (Ritchie Gillmore), Proton (Geldoff), Puma (Thomas Fireheart), Quicksand (Unrevealed), Radioactive Man (Chen Lu), Rage (Elvin Halliday), Rattler (Gustav Krueger), Razorback (Buford Hollis), Razor-Fist (Douglas Scott), Red Nine (Wallace Jackson), Red Ronin (giant robot), Red Wolf (Will Talltrees), Reptil (Humberto Lopez), Ringer (Keith Kraft), Riot (Unrevealed), Rocket Racer (Robert Farrell), Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton), Scarlet Spider (Michael), Scarlet Spider (Van), Scarlet Spider (Patrick), Scorcher (Steven Hudak), Scorpion (Carmilla Black), Sentry (Bob Reynolds), Shang-Chi, She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters), She-Thing (Sharon Ventura), Rick Sheridan, Shockwave (Lancaster Sneed), Shooting Star (Victoria Star), Siege (John Kelly), Silhouette (Silhouette Chord), Skein (Sybil Dvorak), Skybreaker (Unrevealed), Skyhawk (Winston Manchester), Slapstick (Steve Harmon), Slaughter Boy (Unrevealed), Sleepwalker (Unrevealed), Slug (Ulysses Lugman), Slyde (Unrevealed), Smiling Tiger (Conrad Mack), Smuggler (Conrad Josten), Snake Marston (Sylvester Marston), Songbird (Melissa Gold), Speedball (Robbie Baldwin of Earth-8101), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Spinner (Unrevealed), Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green), Star Sign (Unrevealed), Stature (Cassie Lang), Stilt-Man (Wilbur Day), Stingray (Walter Newell), Stronghold (Unrevealed), Stunt-Master (Steve Brooks), Agent Sum (Hu Lin aka David Sum), Sunflower (Unrevealed), Sunstreak (Andrea Roarke), Supermax (Edward Black Wolf), Supernaut (Michael Fields), Swordsman (Andreas von Strucker), Tarantla (Maria Vasquez), Taskmaster (Tony Masters), Tatterdemalion (Arnold Paffenroth), Telemetry (Marina Zane), Terraformer (Sam Smithers simuloid), Texas Twister (Drew Daniels), Thing (Ben Grimm), Think Tank (Unrevealed), Thor (cybernetic clone of the Asgardian god), Thor Girl (Tarene), 3-D Man (Delroy Garrett Jr.), Thunderbolt (Eliot Franklin), Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss), Tigra (Greer Nelson), Topeka (Unrevealed), Trauma (Terry Ward), 2-D (Unrevealed), Two-Gun Kid (Matt Hawk), Ultragirl (Suzy Sherman), Unicorn (Unrevealed), USAgent (John Walker), Vampiro (Unrevealed), Vapor (Ann Darnell), Vector (Simon Utrecht), Veda (Magdalena Marie), Vermin (Edward Whelan), Vox (Unrevealed), War Machine (Jim Rhodes), Warbow (Unrevealed), Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), Whiplash (Unrevealed), Whirlwind (David Cannon), Whiz Kid (Unrevealed), Wiccan (Billy Kaplan of Earth-721), Colleen Wing, Wolverine (Akihiro/Daken), Wonder Man (Simon Williams), Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite), X-Ray (Jimmy Darnell), Zaran (Maximillian Zaran)
SKRULL INFILTRATORS: Blacksmith (Unrevealed aka Jerry), Captain Marvel (Khn’nr aka Mar-Vell), Conquistador (Unrevealed), Equinox (Unrevealed aka Terry Sorenson), Frog-Man (Unrevealed aka Eugene Patilio), Grasshopper (Unrevealed), Lobo (Unrevealed), Magnitude (Unrevealed), Razorback (Unrevealed aka Buford Hollis), Revolutionary (Unrevealed), She-Thing (Unrevealed aka Sharon Ventura), Skyhawk (Unrevealed aka Winston Manchester), Spider-Woman (Queen Veranke aka Jessica Drew), Thor Girl (Unrevealed aka Tarene), Yellowjacket (Criti Noll aka Hank Pym)
SUPPORT STAFF: Agent Baines (Operation: Lightning Storm tech support), Baron (Wernher) von Blitzschlag (Camp Hammond scientist), Beast (temporary X-Men liaison), Curt Connors (Lizard, scientist), Dr. Depford (psychiatrist), Doc Farrell (Operation: Lightning Storm physician), Henry Peter Gyrich (former US secretary of the superhuman armed forces, forced to resign), Edwin Jarvis (Avengers butler), Kate Kildare (Order publicist), Agent Locke (Operation: Lightning Storm psychic), Danielle Moonstar (temporary instructor), Rhonda Narins (Washington office secretary), Physique (Unrevealed, Camp Hammond infirmary department head), Chuck Pietrewicz (Camp Hammond bus driver), Helen Rogers (SHRA union rep), Dr. Salim (position unrevealed), Tector (security guard), Trauma (Terry Ward, Camp Hammond counselor), Senator Arthur Woodman (head of Superhuman Armed Forces oversight committee)
INITIATIVE TEAMS: Action Pack (Kentucky), Avengers (New York), the Battalion (Arkansas), the Cavalry (Georgia), the Called (Utah) the Command (Florida), Defenders (New Jersey), Desert Stars (Arizona), Earth Force (Washington), Force of Nature (Oregon), Force Works (Iowa), Freedom Force (Montana), the Garrison (Vermont), Great Lakes Initiative (Wisconsin), Harvesters (Kansas), Heavy Hitters (Nevada), Junior Guardsmen (Initiative youth group), Liberteens (Pennsylvania), Mavericks (New Mexico), Operation: Lightning Storm (mobile), the Order (California), Point Men (Hawaii), Psionex (Maryland), Rangers (Texas), Shadow Initiative (mobile), Spaceknights (Illinois), U-Foes (North Carolina), Women Warriors (Delaware)

[Lonewolf36]

CONSIDERED POTENTIAL RECRUITS: Agent X (James “Jim” Burley), el Aguila (Alejandro Montoya), Americop (Bartholomew “Bart” Gallows), Ardina, Bedlam (Bermuda Schwartz), Black Crow (Jesse Black Crow), Blackwulf (Lucian), Blind Justice (Unrevealed), Blindside (Bobbi Chase), Blistik (Victor Lillian), Blitziana (Unrevealed), Bobster (Strudevant Robbins), Bounty (Unrevealed), Brass (Sean Watanabe), Brother Nature (Mark Diering), Cadaver (Cody Fleischer), Cain, Canasta (Henry Cavanaugh), Captain Zero (David Stack), Cardiac (Elias Wirtham), Catiana (Tatiana Caban), Chi Demon (Suyin King), Clearcut (Unrevealed), Comet Man (Stephen Beckley), Crime-Buster (Eugene Mason), Crimson Daffodil (Vernon French), Crippler (Carl Striklan), Deadhead (Rick Shea), Deathlok (Larry Young), Dementia (Unrevealed), Destroyer of Demons (Joshua Grimly), D-Man (Dennis Dunphy), Dominic Fortune (Jerry Fortunov), Echo (Maya Lopez), Eleggua (Nestor Rodriguez), Fateball (Laura Broadbahr), Firebolt (Anthony “Tony” Sloan), Frankie and Victoria (Unrevealed), Freak of Science (Rico Gawren), Free Spirit (Cathy Webster), Jonathan “John” Garrett, Ghost Dance (James Owl), Gibbon (Martin “Marty” Blank), Glitch (Charles “Chazz” J. Amundson), Gomi (Alphonsus Lefszycic) & Bill the Lobster, Googam, Hardnose (Alexander Patel), Heart Attack (Tyler Meagher), High-Tech (Curtis Carr), Hit-Maker (Orlando Sinclair), Huntara (Tara Richards), Hurricane (Albert Potter), Hybrid (Scott Washington), Infamnia (Gina Morris), It the Living Colossus (Robert O’Bryan), Lazarus (Todd Hunter), Link (Lorne Lincoln) & Poltergeist (Mickey Silk), Living Pharaoh (Akasha Martinez), Living Totem (Whistle Pig), Machine Teen (Adam Aaronson), Magdelena (Magda Sinclair), Man-Elephant (Manfred Haller), Marvel Boy (David “Dave” Bank), Masked Marvel (Adam Austin), Masked Rose (Josephine “Jo” Tyler), Mayhem (Bridget O’Reilly), Mechamage (Unrevealed), Mikado & Mosha (Unrevealed), Monstro the Mighty (Frank Johnson), Mop Man (Joseph “Joe” Trinity), Neurotap (Michelle Balters), Nocturne (Angela Cairn), Nosferata (Purple Hayes), Obituary (Milton Petersen), Payback (Edward “Eddie” Dyson), Phantom Blonde (Wanda Mason), Pixie (Unrevealed), Portal (Charles Little Sky), Pyre (Gray Russell), Raving Beauty (Cheryl Gates), Reaper (Louis Dawson), Ricochet (Jonathon “Johnny” Gallo), Riot Grrl (Erika Graham), Ryder, Sangre (Julia Concepcion), Savage Steel (James “Jimmy” Zafar), Shadow-Hunter (Niki Jakosan), Shriker (Jack D’Auria), Sleek, Soulfire (Jason Maldonado), Spectra (Selena Slate), Speedo (Federico Wantaugh), Spellcheck (Benjamin “Ben” Pancake), Spider-Woman (Martha “Mattie” Franklin), Stained Glass Scarlet (Scarlet Fascinera), Steel Raven (Aranda Charboneau), Stem Cell, Stentor (Lewis Hamilton), Stepford Cuckoos (Celeste, Phoebe & Mindee), Strongarm (Cary Armstrong), Suicide (Christopher “Chris” Daniels), Sunstreak (Jennifer “Jenny” Burke), Sunturion (Arthur Dearborn), Tailhook (Marissa Paulsen), Thirty-Three (Tiberius Carr), Thunderbolt (Luis Barrett), Topspin (Darren Mitchell), Toxin (Patrick “Pat” Mulligan), Ultra-Marine (Kith Nasca), Vagabond (Priscilla Lyons), White Fang (Elizabeth Bondi), White Tiger (Kevin Cole), Winky Man (Paul Same), Wolf (Unrevealed), Wysper (Jennifer “Jen” Stewart), X-Cutioner (Carl Denti)
POSSIBLE MEMBERS: Cybermancer (Suzie Endo), Miles Flatt

[Michael Watkins]

I'm still disappointed that Baron von Blitzschlag didn't clone himself a younger body.

[danielsan52]

I had high hopes that Poltergeist and Link would appear but it never happened.

[The Sword is Drawn]

The Fifty State Initiative was a brilliant idea. A way of finally pushing Marvel out of New York on a more regular basis. So much more could (and should) have been made of it. Sadly beyond Dan Slott and Cristos Gage other writers seemed less willing to use the concept (unless it was to show a team getting beaten up or killed as meaningless cannon fodder).

I liked the characters of the main Initiative title. I loved that book.

[danielsan52]

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Non-Stop was cool. Would The Avengers work with a female speedster?

[mugiwara]

I wish they did a series where each story arc whould have been about a different Initiative team.

The main characters of the first arc were all great and yes, Armory should come back.
Now that Slott has droped his Reckoning War thing, somebody else should run with that, or at least do something with Armory, Gauntlet and Southpaw.
There has been a lot of missed opportunities for the characters: Trauma could have been used in Fear Itself, Komodo in one of those Lizard stories, or as a member of Parker Industries, Baron von Blitzschlag could have been part of Cap's Secret Empire...

The Harvesters all had quite original looks. They deserved to be more than cannon fodder.

Spinner from Freedom Force had a nice power: ability to have one different random power every day. That's solo series material.

I liked the Liberteens, they should have been more fleshed out, and it's a shame that Wizz Kid got killed. But I almost hope that we'll never see Miss America again, I'm afraid writers would use her as a foil for America Chavez.

[Digifiend]

Wait, MAC took a codename someone else was already using?