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14August 2008
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Avengers: The Initiative #14

Marvel · August 2008 · on sale 2008-06-25

First appearance: Red 9First appearance: Wallace Jackson2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Avengers: The Initiative (Marvel, 2007 series)
Issue
#14
Publication date
August 2008
Key date
2008-08-00
On-sale date
2008-06-25
Indicia publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price
$2.99; 3.05 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
75960606084901411
Rating
Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Red 9 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Wallace Jackson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Mark Brooks; inks: Mark Brooks; colors: Christina StrainYellowjacket (a Skrull); SHIELD agents
1Secret Invasionrecap1pencils: ? (illos); inks: ? (illos); letters: typesetYellowjacket (a Skrull); Ant-Man; Trauma; 3-D Man; Crusader (a Skrull)
2"We Have Met the Enemy, and They Are Us!"comic story22script: Dan Slott, Christos N. Gage; pencils: Stefano Caselli; inks: Stefano Caselli; colors: Daniele Rudoni; letters: VC, Joe Caramagna3-D Man, Ant-Man, Bengal, Chuck Chandler, Hal Chandler, Constrictor, Delroy Garrett Jr., Gauntlet, Henry Peter Gyrich, Hellcat, Wallace Jackson First, Cassandra Lang, Tony Masters, Greer Nelson
3Next Issuepromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Mark Brooks; inks: Mark Brooks; colors: Christina

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Variant Edition - Convention Exclusive - Partial Sketch Coverprice [none]
Newsstandprice 3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD; barcode 07447002665508

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Secret Invasion
ISBN 978-0-7851-3167-0		2009On eBay ›
Secret Invasion
ISBN 978-0-7851-3150-2		2009On eBay ›
Avengers: The Initiative - The Complete Collection #1
ISBN 978-1-302-90411-1		2017On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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