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

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