Civil War: The Initiative

"Civil War: The Initiative"
Cover of Civil War: The Initiative 1 (Apr 2007).Art by Marc Silvestri.
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	March 2007 – March 2008
Genre	Superhero Crossover
Title(s) Avengers: The Initiative #1-3 Black Panther vol. 4, #26-30 Captain America vol. 5, #26-30 Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 Civil War: Front Line #11 Civil War: The Initiative #1 Daily Bugle: Civil War Aftermath Deadpool/GLI: Summer Fun #1 Fantastic Four vol. 4, #544-550 The Invincible Iron Man vol. 1, #17-18[1] Iron Man vol. 4, #15-16[1] Irredeemable Ant-Man #7-9 Marvel Spotlight: Civil War Aftermath #1 Mighty Avengers #1-6 Moon Knight vol. 5, #11-13 Ms. Marvel vol. 2, #13-17 New Avengers #27-31 New Warriors vol. 5, #1-8 Nova vol. 4, #2-3 Omega Flight #1-5 The Order #1-4 Punisher War Journal vol. 2, #6-11 She-Hulk vol. 2, #15-18 Sub-Mariner vol. 2, #1-6 Thunderbolts vol. 2, #110-115
Main character(s)	Iron Man The Collective Sasquatch The Thunderbolts Ms. Marvel Spider-Woman
Creative team
Writer(s)	Brian Michael Bendis Warren Ellis
Penciller(s)	Marc Silvestri
Inker(s)	Joe Weems Marco Galli Rick Basaldua
Colorist(s)	Frank D'Armata

"Civil War: The Initiative" is the name of a comics crossover storyline as well as a one-shot comic book starting this event, published by Marvel Comics. An epilogue to Marvel's Civil War event, the storyline promotes newly launched series such as the Mighty Avengers, New Avengers, and Omega Flight, as well as the Warren Ellis reinvention of Thunderbolts.

The one-shot is written by Brian Michael Bendis and Warren Ellis, with pencil art by Marc Silvestri. Centered around Iron Man, its story is divided into three segments. In the first segment, mutant Michael Pointer (The Collective), the man who killed the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight while under the control of a being claimed by Magneto to be Xorn, is given a chance to atone for his actions. The second segment (written by Warren Ellis) showcases the Thunderbolts, conscripted supervillains working for the government, in pursuit of unregistered superhumans. The third and final segment shows a meeting between Ms. Marvel, a staunch ally of Iron Man, and Spider-Woman, one of Captain America's Secret Avengers.

In addition to the main story, the comic includes promotional previews for other titles linked to Civil War - Iron Man, Captain America, Mighty Avengers, Omega Flight and Avengers: The Initiative.

Civil War aftermath tie-ins

The following is a list of comic books that carry The Initiative banner:

• Marvel Previews: Special Initiative Edition
• Civil War: Battle Damage Report (one-shot)
• Avengers: The Initiative #1-3
• Black Panther vol. 4, #26-30
• Captain America vol. 5, #26-30
• Daily Bugle: Civil War Aftermath
• Fantastic Four vol. 4, #544-550
• The Invincible Iron Man vol. 1, #17-18^[1]
• Iron Man vol. 4, #15-16^[1]
• Marvel Spotlight: Civil War Aftermath
• Mighty Avengers #1-6
• Moon Knight vol. 5, #11-13
• Ms. Marvel vol. 2, #13-17
• New Avengers #27-31
• New Warriors vol. 5, #1-8
• Nova vol. 4, #2-3
• Omega Flight #1-5
• The Order #1-4
• Punisher War Journal vol. 2, #6-11
• Sub-Mariner vol. 2, #1-6
• Thunderbolts vol. 2, #110-115

Involved but not listed

• Deadpool/GLI: Summer Fun
• Irredeemable Ant-Man #7-9
• Iron Man vol. 4, #21-32
• She-Hulk vol. 2, #15-18
• Thor vol. 3, #3

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} The title was changed to The Invincible Iron Man in the indecia starting with issue 17. The cover title, "Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D." did not mach the indicia over all 4 issues.
   "Iron Man (2005 Series)". Grand Comics Database Project. http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=12465. Retrieved 2009-05-24. 
   "Invincible Iron Man, The (2007 Series)". Grand Comics Database Project. http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=30826. Retrieved 2009-05-24.