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Avengers: The Initiative #22 (Apr. 2009):
“Avengers: The Initiative Dissasembled: Part 2”
by Christos N. Gage, Humberto Ramos

Avengers: The Initiative #22

Title: “Avengers: The Initiative Dissasembled: Part 2”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Apr 2009

Publisher: Marvel

Written by: Christos N. Gage

Art by: Humberto Ramos


42 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
Counter Force; Lady Liberators  Marvel 310
Taskmaster Taskmaster villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Agency X; Thunderbolts  Marvel 128
Komodo Komodo (Melati Kusuma) hero
  Initiative; Shadow Initiative Marvel 38
Typhoid Mary Typhoid Mary (Mary Alice Walker) villain hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Shadow Initiative Marvel 136
Justice Justice (Vance Astrovik) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish (half)
Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff); Counter Force  Marvel 291
Rage Rage (Elvin Daryl Haliday) hero
CBR Scale: S Protestant
Psionex; Initiative: Camp Hammond  Marvel 157
Night Thrasher Night Thrasher (Donyell Taylor) hero
  Counter Force; The New Warriors Marvel 49
Slapstick Slapstick (Steve Harmon) hero
CBR Scale: M Anarchist
Initiative; Counter Force  Marvel 24
Ultragirl Ultragirl (Suzy Sherman) hero
CBR Scale: S Kree savior
Initiative; The New Warriors Marvel 40
Debrii Debrii (Deborah Fields) hero
  Counter Force; The New Warriors Marvel 28
Cloud 9 Cloud 9 (Abigail Boylen) hero
  Initiative; Initiative: Freedom Force Marvel 34
Hellcat Hellcat (Patsy Walker) hero
  Defenders; Legion of Unliving  Marvel 639
The Gauntlet The Gauntlet (Sgt. Joseph Green) hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Initiative: Camp Hammond (staff); Counter Force  Marvel 48
Baron von Blitzschlag Baron von Blitzschlag (Wener von Blitzschlag) supporting character villain
CBR Scale: M Nazi
Initiative Marvel 35
Trauma Trauma (Terry Ward) hero
  Shadow Initiative Marvel 24
Scarlet Spiders Scarlet Spiders (Michael, Patrick, Van) hero
  Shadow Initiative; Counter Force Marvel 11
Thor Girl Thor Girl (Tarene) hero
CBR Scale: M Norse/Teutonic paganism
[1st app: Thor (vol. 2) #22 (Aug. 2000)] Marvel 43
Geiger Geiger (Delilah Deerborn) hero
  The Mavericks; Initiative Marvel 17
Batwing Batwing (James Santini) hero
  Initiative; Shadow Initiative Marvel 18
Ragnarok Ragnarok villain
CBR Scale: M Norse/Teutonic paganism
Initiative
[android clone of Thor]
Marvel 25
Bengal Bengal (Duc No Tranh)
(4-panel cameo)
villain hero
CBR Scale: S vengeance
Shadow Initiative; U.S. Army
[Vietnam]
Marvel 30
Constrictor Constrictor (Frank Payne)
(4-panel cameo)
villain hero
  Six Pack; Sinister Syndicate  Marvel 124
Sunstreak Sunstreak (Andrea Roarke)
(4-panel cameo)
villain hero
  Stockpile; Initiative  Marvel 32
Doc Samson Doc Samson (Dr. Leonard Samson)
(3-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Initiative Marvel 304
Gargoyle Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)
(3-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Buddhist (disciple of Vishnu
Dass); occult
Defenders Marvel 125
Stingray Stingray (Walter Newell)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
  Defenders; Initiative  Marvel 124
Prodigy Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
  Slingers; Initiative: Heavy Hitters Marvel 51
Annex Annex (Alex Ellis)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
  Initiative; Mavericks Marvel 32
Red 9 Red 9 (Wallace Jackson)
(2-panel cameo)
villain
  Initiative Marvel 26
Hardball Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  Initiative Marvel 12
MVP MVP (Michael van Patrick)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  Initiative; Counter Force Marvel 23
Scorpion Scorpion (Carmilla Black)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  Wakers; Renegades (ally)  Marvel 50
Thor Thor (Donald Blake)
(mentioned in text & seen in picture)
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Thor Corps; Ultimates 
[Norway]
Marvel Image 4,362
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly
secular; sometimes prays;
Alcoholics Anonymous
Illuminati; Ultimates  Marvel 5,673
Captain Marvel Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
NASA; Starjammers  Marvel 784
Norman Osborn Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Sinister Twelve (leader); Cabal of Scrier (leader) 
[Foe of: Spider-Man (arch-enemy)]
Marvel 417
Moonstone Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen)
(mentioned)
villain hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist
Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers  Marvel 235
Viper Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian)
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: M nihilist
Serpent Squad; Serpent Society 
[Hungary. former servant of Chthon]
Marvel 153
Ymir Ymir
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic paganism
(Asgardian)
[monarch of the Ice Giants] Marvel 69
Carolina Herrera Carolina Herrera
(mentioned)
real/historical person
  [fashion designer] Marvel 18
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare
(mentioned)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Catholic/Anglican
[England] Marvel DC 83
Tyger Tiger Tyger Tiger (Jessan Hoan)
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [Singapore; Madripoor. leader of own crime gang; co-owner of Princess Bar] Marvel 44