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50-State Initiative (Earth-616)

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Official Name
50-State Initiative
Status
Status

Team Identity

Universe

Base Of Operations

Organization


Former Members

Allies
U.S. Goverment, S.H.I.E.L.D.

Enemies
Any criminal threat

Origin
Origin
After the tragedy in Stamford and the Super Hero Civil War, it was created to train young heroes, and to put a super team on each state.

Place of Formation
Washington D.C.


First appearance

Contents

History

Start of The Initiative

In the aftermath of the Civil War, the pro-registration side stands victorious and has launched the 50 States Initiative which calls for one S.H.I.E.L.D. sponsored super team for each state. The series will focus on the training facility located at Camp Hammond, in Stamford, Connecticut. In addition the series will explore the people on those line ups and the unique situations that come with these new locations. Each issue will reveal more about the teams from each state. It will also show these teams adapting and growing through different situations, and is confirmed to play a major part in World War Hulk, resisting the Hulk's return.The first group of young heroes that have been sent to 'Hero Boot Camp' in Stamford, Connecticut, the site of the explosion that launched the whole civil war. The issue largely follows the young heroes MVP, Cloud 9, Armory, and Trauma, as well as their drill-sergeant, Gauntlet. MVP is established as one of the most capable young heroes there, and begins to express some feelings for the shy and self-conscious Cloud 9. During a training exercise, however, Trauma's powers accidentally cause Armory to lose control of her powers, and MVP is apparently killed pushing Cloud 9 out of the way. In response, they get rid of Armory's powers, and kick her out of the camp. Henry Peter Gyrich, who is overseeing the entire project, informs everyone present that the mishap 'never happened.'While the recruits struggle to deal with the aftermath of MVP's death and Armory's wash out, Justice continues to be unhappy with Gauntlet's constant use of "New Warriors" as an insulting term. As the kids finish the obstacle course, Trauma again loses control of his transformation, first feeding off of Cloud 9's guilt at being responsible for the death, and then transforming into an image of a beaten and bloody Janet Van Dyne when Yellowjacket attempts to intervene. As Justice and Gauntlet clean up the situation, Dr. Pym is called to the lab where Baron Von Blitzschlag informs him and Gyrich of MVP's anatomy; instead of being enhanced by the Super Soldier Serum as everyone believed, he is actually an "Übermensch", the ultimate human specimen. As Blitzschlag and Gyrich laud the benefits of such a test subject, Pym again has a crisis of conscience, only enhanced when the German scientist recounts his past "villainous" acts and remarks "I am your greatest fan."When a crisis over Texas, where the President is visiting, involving the HYDRA Terrorcarrier requires that the recruits join the fray, Cloud 9, Komodo, Hardball, Gauntlet, War Machine, Justice and Yellowjacket all arrive on the scene (with Hardball, Gauntlet and Komodo donning jet packs and Cloud 9 being revealed as the best marksman of the bunch when she receives a pulse rifle). As the attack escalates, Yellowjacket deploys the secret weapon he developed to infiltrate the carrier's shields, a small vibranium capsule which he hides inside of. When he breaches the shields, he grows to enormous size and forcibly redirects the carrier to crash, purposely riding it out. Meanwhile, Trauma, who had wanted the program to strip him of his powers and become normal again, is instead escorted by Gyrich to a room holding Beast and an unseen mutant who is a "specialist" who can help Trauma learn to control his powers. The "specialist" in question is the former mutant, Danielle Moonstar, who possessed similar powers to Trauma.After the events of the Terrorcarrier incident, with Hardball speaking to Komodo about Justice apparently having learned of MVP's fate. While he talks, he turns to see not Komodo but a strange girl sleeping next to him. Meanwhile Trauma and Danielle Moonstar discuss what training he will receive. Though the locals give Hardball a decidedly cold reception, a mysterious individual takes him aside and asks for information on S.P.I.N. Tech which Komodo is currently being briefed on. As the most promising of the new recruits, she is being given an official assignment to take down Spider-Man. S.P.I.N. Tech, as it turns out, is a new type of nanotechnology that, when fired in projectile form, can cause a superhuman to lose access to his or her superpowers instantly. When one of the Scarlet Spiders spots Spider-Man fighting Hydro-Man, The Shocker, and Boomerang, War Machine and Komodo head to the scene of the battle. Though Peter has everything well in hand, Komodo and War Machine arrive and cause the Sinister Syndicate to flee, and Spider-Man is left to battle the duo. He quickly incapacitates War Machine with a blast of webbing that shuts down his armor--but not before War Machine mysteriously states that even though Peter will be stripped of his powers, the world will not be left without a Spider-Man. While Komodo fares much better, Spider-Man's wit and a threat that her failure will result in her losing her powers causes a slip-up, which he uses to defeat her and slip away easily.However, a mysterious third party, which War Machine calls "Red Team" and which has been cloaked during the fight, is revealed to be a group of people in duplicate versions of Tony Stark's Spider-Man armor. The story ends with Komodo's desperate plea not to be stripped of her powers, as she dislikes being normal and considers her other self to be a nobody.

World War Hulk

Gyrich tries to persuade Trauma to join his Shadow Initiative, thinking he could be a powerful member. However, Trauma's trainer, the former mutant, Danielle Moonstar, objects to Gyrich's claims.Shortly after the Hulk returns from space with his Warbound, Hardball becomes involved in a covert operation to steal a piece of the S.P.I.N. technology. Meanwhile, Justice takes Cloud 9 to the Van Patrick home as part of her therapy, after the death of MVP. Upon reaching the home, both are shocked to discover MVP answering the door; though Justice and Cloud 9 are dispatched to where the Hulk's battleship appeared before inquiry can be given. With the missing cartridge of S.P.I.N. technology going undiscovered by Tony Stark; Stark's attempt to remove Hulk's powers during their conflict fail and Hardball is directly responsible for the early failure to contain the Hulk and prevent massive amounts of damage and casualties. Initiative members are assigned to protect the crowd and refrain from engaging the Hulk, though after Iron Man's failure; Rage instructs the team to disregard orders and engage Hulk and his Warbound, while Henry Peter Gyrich orders his secret team containing Bengal, Trauma, Constrictor, an unknown female Initiative recruit called Mutant Zero and the Scarlet Spiders to the conflict to save the Initiative trainees.The Shadow Initiative sneaks into Madison Square Garden, where the Hulk has built an arena to deliver captured heroes for their punishment. It is there where they are confronted by some of the Hulk's Death's Head guards, and Mutant Zero defeats them all. Across Manhattan, Hank Pym, along with Justice and O.N.E Sentinels, who left the X-Men, were setting up the devices that is a part of Iron Man's plan to fully send all of Manhattan and those who live in it into the Negative Zone. Trauma then transforms himself into Thor, this was due to Korg's fear of the Thunder god. While Cloud 9 nearly kills Elloe by filling her lungs with smoke, however she is stopped by Trauma who sees this.Soon the team is confronted by the Hulk, himself, in which he defeats almost all of the Shadow team member. Trauma tries to defeat the Hulk in various forms of the Hulk's enemies, but when the Hulk wouldn't flinch at the sight of his old foes this left Trauma as a weak human. Later on in the hospital where Trauma is recovering, he makes amends to his former team mates, especially Hardball and Cloud 9. While Danielle Moonstar shows Gyrich of Trauma's failure. In that move Gyrich then demotes Trauma from an Omega threat, which Gyrich first saw him as, to a Class 50.

Killed in Action

After World War Hulk, the camp's drill-instructor, Gauntlet, was brutally attacked. His attacker left a mark on his body: 'NW'. Gauntlet had made several nasty remarks about the dead New Warriors, leading to speculation that the attacker was an Initiative recruit who was a former New Warrior. Justice, Debrii, Slapstick, Ultragirl and Rage were imprisoned and interrogated. When Gauntlet awoke he claimed he was attacked by the Ghost, so the suspects were released. However, in a flashback it was revealed the attacker was a former New Warrior: Slapstick.Taskmaster replaces Gauntlet as Camp Hammond's drill instructor. Taskmaster is seen studying MVP's and Spider-Man's moves, in order to teach the MVP clones, in their role as Scarlet Spiders.Several new Initiative recruits arrive at Camp Hammond, including Ant-Man, Crusader, Melee, Geldoff, Dragon Lord, Geiger, Red Nine, and Diamondback.However, the results of the previous clonings of MVP impressed Initiative administrators enough to attempt to fill places within the Fifty-State Initiative with further clones of MVP..[9] In Avengers: The Initiative's first, and currently ongoing, multi-part story; Killed in Action (starting issue #8), a new Michael Van Patrick clone is fitted with the Tactigon, Armory's former alien weapon and sets forth, under the name "KIA", on a murderous rampage throughout Camp Hammond in an attempt to seek revenge for MVP's death. The KIA clone causes destruction killing and injuring many initiative trainees and staff.

Secret Invasion

The Revolutionary, a member of Pennsylvania's Liberteens, is actually a Skrull in disguise. This is apparently part of a plan to put "a Skrull in every state.

Shadow Initiative

It has been revealed that there is a special "black ops" team within the Initiative, answerable only to Gyrich and known as the Shadow Initiative. This team consists of Bengal, Trauma, Constrictor, an unknown female Initiative recruit called Mutant Zero and, for a time, the Scarlet Spiders.”The Initiative program denies all knowledge of a special Black Ops Team. There is no pardon on file for the super-villain known as the Constrictor. No record of any dealings with the Vietnamese national codenamed Bengal. Tony Stark cannot recall what became of his designs for the Iron Spider armor. And, most importantly, the Superhuman Armed Forces wishes to dispel all rumors of a 199th mutant. We repeat, there is no Mutant Zero. Mutant Zero does NOT exist. That is all.” This Shadow Initiative was sent out by Henry Gyrich to free the Initiative members captured by the Hulk's Warbound; Rage, Cloud 9, Ultra Girl, Thorgirl, Slapstick and Hardball. On this assignment Bengal showed to be a perfect field leader of this Shadow Initiative. The black ops group successfully rescues these captured trainees, while Trauma, their "secret weapon" tries to use his powers to scare the Hulk (becoming, in turn, the Abomination, Juggernaut, Brian Banner, and Bruce Banner) he fails to beat the Hulk, the Hulk beats him into unconsciousness, leaving Terrance alive to pass the message on to the others. Trauma is later seen recuperating in the Initiative's medical bay. It is later revealed that the Scarlet Spiders are clones of Michael Van Patrick (MVP),a deceased initiative recruit accidentally killed. The Scarlet Spiders are later taken off the Black Ops team after revealing themselves to the public and places with the other trainees

Characters involved

Among the characters confirmed as members of The Initiative (or just appearing on the cover) are:


List of teams by state


Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: Jetpacks for the trainees
Weapons: Energy rifles


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