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Issue: Avengers: The Initiative #3
Publication Date: February 2009
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Issues: #3 of 5 Issues
Title: Secret Invasion
Variant: unnamed
Rating: T+
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Premiere EditionView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/11/2009
Volume: 3
Pages: 160
ISBN: 0785131507
UPC/EAN: 978078513150251999
Price: $19.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: T+
Content Items: 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man Skrull; Ms. Marvel Skrull; Black Widow Skrull; Stingray Skrull; Hardball Skrull; MVP Skrull; Trauma Skrull
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Many of the characters appearing on this cover are left unidentified. They all appear as Skrulls. Signed "After Cheung".
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Title Page and Credits

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 3
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Secret Invasion

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yellowjacket (a Skrull); Ant-Man; Trauma; 3-D Man; Crusader (a Skrull)
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Pages: 1
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yellowjacket (a Skrull); SHIELD agents
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Pages: 1
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We Have Met the Enemy, and They Are Us!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yellowjacket (a Skrull); Komodo (in flashback); Hardball (in flashback); The President (in flashback); Baron von Blitzschlag; MVP; KIA (in flashback); Crusader (a Skrull); Batwing; Trauma; Ant-Man [Eric O'Grady]; Point Men [Star Sign; Paydirt; Devil-Slayer; Magnitude (a Skrull) (death)]; Red 9; Gauntlet; Bengal; Hellcat; Geiger; Debrii
Synopsis: 3-D Man (the Avenger formerly known as Triathlon) finds out about the Skrull plot to conquer Earth. And his only ally might be Crusader, the hero who is actually a Skrull!
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Pages: 22
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man Skrull; Ms. Marvel Skrull; Black Widow Skrull; Stingray Skrull; Hardball Skrull; MVP Skrull; Trauma Skrull
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Pages: 1
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The Only Good Skrull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Gauntlet; Batwing; Ant-Man; Thor-Girl; Crusader [Z'reg]; 3-D Man; SHIELD; Baron von Blitzschlag; Gorilla Girl; Yellowjacket (a Skrull); K'rtem (a Skrull, in flashback, death); Stacy (in flashback); Freedom Ring (in flashback) (death); Red 9; Skrulls; Geiger
Synopsis: 3-D Man discovers the truth about the Skrull invasion, only to be sent off the scent by Crusader, a Skrull sleeper agent who has decided to transfer his allegiance to the Earth heroes.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Skrull Kill Krew [Ryder; Riot; 3-D Man]
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Skrull-$%#@ers!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): She-Thing (a Skrull, death); Skrull Kill Krew [3-D Man; Riot; Ryder]; Trauma; Physique; Baron von Blitzschlag; Yellowjacket (a Skrull); Ant-Man; Peggy Chandler; Batwing; Photon (death?); Crusader; Desert Stars [Two-Gun Kid; Johnny Cool; Supermax; Komodo; Blacksmith (a Skrull, death)]; Quake [Daisy Johnson]; Slingshot; Hellfire; Druid; Phobos; Stonewall
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ant-Man [Eric O'Grady]; Spider-Woman [Veranke] (a Skrull)
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Home Field Advantage

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ant-Man [Eric O'Grady]; Skrulls; Mrs. Green; Bengal; Minh (Bengal's son); Baron von Blitzschlag; Physique; Trauma; Dum-Dum Dugan (Skrull); Spider-Woman [Veranke] (Skrull); Skrull Kill Krew [Riot; Ryder]; Heavy Hitters [Hardball; Gravity; Telemetry; Nonstop]; Komodo; Peggy Chandler; Crusader; Batwing; Annex
Synopsis: While the Intitiative's shadow team tries to stop the Skrulls from taking over Camp Hammond, 3-D Man and the Skrull Kill Krew are traveling across the country, trying to stop the one Skrull traitor in every state's team.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor Girl; Ultragirl
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Pages: 1
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Don't Shoot 'Til You See the Green of Their Eyes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Skrull Kill Krew [Ryder; Riot; Moonstomp; Catwalk; Dice]; Freedom Force [Gravity; Spinner; Equinox (a Skrull; death); Think Tank; Cloud 9 [Cloud Nine]]; Komodo; Hardball; Skrulls [Dum-Dum Dugan; Lieutenant Dharr]; Ant-Man; Cavalry [Stunt-Master; Ultragirl; Crimebuster; Thor Girl (a Skrull; death)]; Action Pack [Vox; Prima Donna; Frog-Man]; Order [Calamity; Supernaut; Aralune; Anthem]; Liberteens [Revolutionary (a Skrull; death); Hope; Whiz Kid]; Crusader; Ultragirl; Nonstop
Synopsis: 3-D Man's group continues to take out Skrull bases until there are only 6 left but once they view the information Ant-Man took from the Skrull headquarters they realize that the Skrull's have a plan to shift the Earth to the Negative Zone if they lose.
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Pages: 23
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Genres: superhero
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V-S Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Skrulls; Dum-Dum Dugan (Skrull, death); Skrull Kill Krew [Ryder; Riot; 3-D Man; Moonstomp; Dice; Catwalk]; Cloud 9 [Cloud Nine]; Battalion [Tigra; Razorback (Skrull)]; Heavy Hitters [Hardball; Gravity; Nonstop]; Action Pack [Prima Donna; Vox; Frog-Man (Skrull)]; Great Lakes Initiative [Big Bertha; Mr. Immortal; Flatman; Doorman; Squirrel Girl; Tippy-Toe (squirrel); Grasshopper (Skrull)]; The Command [Jennifer Kale; Aquarian]; Komodo; Rangers [Shooting Star; Texas Twister; Phantom Rider; Red Wolf; Living Lightning; Lobo (Skrull, death); Firebird]; Crusader (Skrull, death); Gauntlet; Whiz Kid; Spinner (death?); Annex; Yellowjacket (Skrull; death)
Synopsis: The fight to stop the Skrull infiltrators from detonating their earth-shattering weapons of mass destruction goes on. But will the one Skrull that is on our side manage to convince Earth's heroes that he is one of us?
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Pages: 24
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#14 Variant

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yellowjacket (a Skrull); SHIELD agents
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#18 Zombie Variant

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Slapstick (zombie variant)
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Character Designs

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Komodo; Hardball; Cloud 9; Trauma; Proton; Gauntlet; Vox; Frog-Man; Prima Donna; Thor Girl; Bengal
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Pages: 4

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