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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published September 2009
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Brevoort (Executive Editor); Jeanine Schaefer (Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Taskmaster; Iron Patriot [Norman Osborn]; Hood
Genre Superhero
Pencils Matteo de Longis [as MDL]
Inks Matteo de Longis [as MDL]
Colors Matteo de Longis?

1 page Avengers recap

Genre Superhero
Pencils {various}
Inks {various}
Letters Typeset

22 page Avengers story "Up is Down"

Characters Tigra; Justice; U-Foes [Ironclad; Vapor; X-Ray; Vector]; Gauntlet; Ultragirl; Norman Orborn; Taskmaster; Razorfist; Mandrill; Vampiro (Death); Brothers Grimm; Force of Nature [Aqueduct; Terraformer; Sunstreak; Skybreaker]; Psionex [Coronary; Mathemanic; Pretty Persuasions; Asylum]; Women Warriors [Diamondback; Sandstorm; Black Mamba; Asp; ?]; Sally Floyd; Constrictor; Taskmaster; Hood; Night Trasher; Scorcher; Cutthroat (?); Debrii; Scarlet Spider; Slapstick; Rage; Althea Green (on monitor); Trauma; Penance; Baron von Blitschlag; Shadow Initiative [Komodo; Ringer; Batwing; Bengal Tiger; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?]
Synopsis Osborn and the Hood have taken hold of the Initiative and are recruiting bad guys to pose as heroes. Meanwhile the real heroes are trying to fight back.
Genre Superhero
Script Christos N. Gage
Pencils Rafa Sandoval
Inks Roger Bonet
Colors Edgar Delgado
Letters Joe Caramagna [as VC's Joe Caramagna]
Notes Several characters that only appeared for one panel remain unidentified.