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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published November 2007
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Quesada (Editor in Chief); Tom Brevoort (Editor); Molly Lazer (Assistant Editor)
Notes Direct Edition. Rated A.

Cover Details - "The Initiative"

Characters Ant Man; Ms. Marvel; Starktech 9
Genre Superhero
Pencils Frank Cho (signed)
Inks Frank Cho (signed)
Colors Jason Keith

1 page The Mighty Avengers recap "Previously"

Characters Ultron [as Janet Van Dyne]
Genre Superhero
Script Brian Michael Bendis (?)
Pencils Frank Cho
Inks Frank Cho
Colors Jason Keith
Letters typeset
Notes Creator credits and indicia information. Features an illustration taken from issue #2.

22 page The Mighty Avengers story "I know what to do!!"

Characters Wonder Man; Wasp; Ms. Marvel; Ares; Ulton [as Janet Van Dyne; as Iron Men]; Sentry; Lindy Reynolds (Sentry's wife who is dead); Jarvis (cameo); Hank Pym; Black Widow; Starktech 9; Deputy Director Maria Hill
Genre Superhero
Script Brian Michael Bendis; Frank Cho (as storytellers)
Pencils Frank Cho
Inks Frank Cho
Colors Jason Keith
Letters Natalie Lanphear [as Artmonkey's Natalie Lanphear]
Reprinted in Avengers Unconquered (Panini UK, 2009 series) #11

4 page X-Men Messiah Complex promo (ad from the publisher) "A Harbinger of Hope or An Omen of Extinction"

Characters Scarlet Witch; Wolverine; Emma Frost; Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Mystique; Mr. Sinister; Professor X
Synopsis A 13 chapter epic that redefines the X-Men.
Genre Superhero
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils David Finch (signed); Billy Tan; Marc Silvestri
Letters typeset
Notes Beginning November 2007.

12 page advertisement "Advertisements"

Notes Got Milk? (campaign, America's Milk Processors); Pokemon Battle Revolution (game, Pokemon Company); World of Warcraft (trading card game, Upper Deck Entertainment); Milkatraz! (Got Milk? campaign, America's Milk Processors); Mega Man Starforce (games, Capcom); Fruit By the Foot (candy, General Mills); Let's Do Lunch (insulated containers, F.A.B. Starpoint); Marvel Heroes Super-Sized! (costumes, Buy Costumes.com); Mike Wieringo 1963-2007 (memorial, Marvel Comics); Marvel Sleepwear (sleepwear, American Marketing Enterprises); Chibi-Robo Park Patrol (game controller, Nintendo DS); Yogos Bits (candy, Kellogg NA Co.)