Avengers: The Initiative #1

Iron Man stands front and center — arms crossed, arc reactor gleaming — as an enormous crowd of Marvel's super-powered recruits and veterans stretches out behind him, a visual declaration that heroism is now a government program. Among the recognizable faces flanking him are Ms. Marvel, the Wasp, She-Hulk, and dozens of costumed figures that underscore just how ambitious this post-Civil War training initiative truly is. Dan Slott and Stefano Caselli's *Basic Training* arc, with this striking cover by Jim Cheung and John Dell, promises a Marvel Universe where the next generation of Avengers earns their place the hard way.