Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #4
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Earth's Mightiest Heroes joined forces to take on threats that were too big for any one hero to tackle. With a roster that has included Captain America, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Thor, Wasp and dozens more over the years, the Avengers have come to be regarded as Earth's No. 1 team.
Caught in a gamma bomb explosion while trying to save the life of a teenager, Dr. Bruce Banner was transformed into the incredibly powerful creature called the Hulk. An all too often misunderstood hero, the angrier the Hulk gets, the stronger the Hulk gets.
Steven Harmon's powers have been described as "all of the abilities of a Saturday morning cartoon character."
Terrance Ward was drafted into the Initiative training program because of his telepathic and shape-shifting abilities.
After being exposed as a steroid user and stripped of his awards, gifted sprinter Delroy Garrett Jr. sought new direction in the Triune Understanding, a philosophical movement that preaches the fulfillment of one's innate potential by balancing various aspects of environment and self, after which he developed a superhuman triple-powered physique, and, believing the Triune teachings had unlocked his latent powers, Garrett became the costumed hero Triathlon and celebrity spokesman for the Triune Understanding.
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: &amp;amp; font-size: 14.4px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: #eeeeee;">U.S. Air Force pilot and Tony Stark's friend who has his own suit of Iron Man armor, nicknamed, "War Machine."</span>
After brilliant scientist Henry Pym discovered a process in which he could manipulate a newly discovered group of subatomic particles through magnetic fields, he tested the serums on himself and accidentally shrunk himself to the size of an ant.