Civil War: The Initiative is a 2007–2008 comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics. Running through a number of Marvel's then-ongoing monthly series, as well as numerous tie-in books, the story, which was initiated by an eponymous one-shot, serves as an epilogue to Marvel's "Civil War" storyline and as a launch point for new series such as the Mighty Avengers, New Avengers, Omega Flight, and Thunderbolts.[1]
The one-shot is written by Brian Michael Bendis and Warren Ellis, with pencil art by Marc Silvestri. Centered on Iron Man, its story is divided into three segments. In the first segment, mutant Michael Pointer, who killed the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight and thousands of others while under the control of Xorn, is given a chance to atone for his actions. The second segment, written by Warren Ellis, showcases the Thunderbolts, conscripted supervillains working for the government, in pursuit of unregistered superhumans.