Avengers: The Initiative Special — Marvel
Issue: #1
One of the longest-running plotlines in Avengers: The Initiative is resolved at last! Hardball is among the Initiative's most respected and decorated graduates. He's become a celebrity hero in Las Vegas, with his true love, Komodo, serving nearby in Arizona. But all the while, he's secretly been in the pocket of the terrorist group Hydra! Now everything comes to a head as Komodo finds out the trut...
First appearances: Naomi Ward
Creators: Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada, Joe Caramagna, Tom Brevoort, Christos N. Gage, Jeanine Schaefer, Steve Uy, Dan Slott
Characters: Hulk, Nightmare, Gravity, Cloud 9, Komodo, Lizard, Thor Girl, Zzzax, Arthur Woodman, Naomi Ward, Two-Gun Kid, Non-Stop, Supermax, Johnny Cool, Armory, Ultragirl, Physique, Hardball, Trauma, Telemetry