Avengers Initiative Prem HC vol. 1
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Basic Training!" Collects Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #1-6.
Written by DAN SLOTT. Art by STEFANO CASELLI & STEVE UY. Cover by JIM CHEUNG. The CIVIL WAR is over and from now on, THIS is the new face of the MARVEL UNIVERSE - THE INITIATIVE! Whose side were you on? Well, if you were pro-registration, then there's one hell of a price to pay. You're in the army now. Every last one of you. Fall in with YELLOWJACKET, WAR MACHINE, SHE-HULK, JUSTICE and THE GAUNTLET as they train the heroes of tomorrow for the super-powered conflicts of today! Marvel's army of super heroes has just become a super hero army! Also featuring THE MIGHTY AVENGERS and a new generation of Marvels.
Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.
Avengers Initiative Prem HC vol. 2
Secret Invasion Tie-in - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Killed in Action!" Collects Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #7-13 and ANNUAL #1.
Written by DAN SLOTT & CHRISTOS GAGE. Art by STEFANO CASELLI, STEVE UY, PATRICK SCHERBERGER, SALVADOR LARROCA, CLAYTON HENRY, CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO, TOM FEISTER, PAUL NEARY & DAVID MEIKIS. Cover by JIM CHEUNG. Training is almost over for our cadets. Some will graduate. Some will washout. And, yes, some WILL die! And with the clock ticking on the first class of recruits, get ready to meet the next batch! Including new Marvels, old Marvels, at least one SKRULL and...THE IRREDEEMABLE GIANT-MAN!? Also, with the Gauntlet out of commission, just wait until you meet Camp Hammond's new Drill Instructor - he's a real Taskmaster!
Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.
Avengers Initiative Prem HC vol. 3
Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Secret Invasion!" Collects Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #14-19.
Written by DAN SLOTT and CHRISTOS N. GAGE. Art by STEFANO CASELLI, STEVE KURTH and HARVEY TOLIBAO. Cover by MARK BROOKS. "We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us!" During the INFILTRATION, a Skrull at the heart of Camp Hammond said these words: "It won't be long until we have a Skrull in every state!" Now that Skrull stands revealed and the fate of The Initiative, the United States, and Planet Earth hang in the balance. Plus, former Avenger, Delroy Garret, assumes the mantle and arsenal of Earth's greatest Skrull-Hunter, THE 3-D MAN.
Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.
Avengers Initiative Prem HC vol. 4
Dark Reign tie-in - Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Disassembled!" Collects Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #20-25 and Avengers Initiative: Featuring Reptil (2009).
Written by DAN SLOTT and CHRISTOS N. GAGE. Art by STEVE KURTH, HUMBERTO RAMOS & STEVE UY. Cover by MARK BROOKS. The Invasion is over and the Initiative has been rocked to its core. Now that the truth is out, that the program was conceived as part of a Skrull plot, can it survive? Who will leave? Who will stay? And who will lead them? Also: Learn what's become of the REAL Hank Pym! And when Taskmaster discovers Mutant Zero's true identity, she gets fightin' mad!
Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.
Avengers Initiative Prem HC vol. 5
Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Dreams and Nightmares!" Collects Avengers: Initiative (2007) #26-30.
Written by CHRISTOS N. GAGE. Art by RAFA SANDOVAL and JORGE MOLINA. Cover by MATTEO DE LONGIS. A shocking new era for the Initiative! Where Camp Hammond once trained future Avengers, Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. now trains tomorrow's Dark Avengers! Under orders from Norman Osborn, your new Principals are Taskmaster and the criminal kingpin, the Hood. They're registering villains as heroes and spreading Norman's empire across the nation with such specialized classes as How to Fake Being Champions While Fleecing the Citizens You're Supposed to Protect! But the heroes who once made up the Initiative aren't about to let this happen. Hunted by the law, hidden from sight, a resistance movement has formed...and they're out to stop a Dark Reign from falling over the Fifty State Initiative...by any means necessary!
Hardcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.
