Issue Description

In the middle of a class on ethics with the lesson plan on how to prioritize who to save first when multiple people are in danger, Veil lets a comment about Speedball's involvement in the Stamford, CT disaster slip and spends the rest of the issue trying to make amends, plus puzzling over how to also make amends for her complicity in her team's unauthorized attack upon The Hood. In an attempt to gauge Speedball's mood before outright apologizing, Veil sneaks into Speedball's quarter to spy on him, and catches him in the act of cutting himself with a spike from his old Penance costume.

Also in this issue, Dr. Pym borrows Leech from his new role as an employee of The Future Foundation to have him spend a day with Hazmat so that his power draining abilities will let her have a break from her dismal life living in a containment suit. With Leech in tow, Hazmat gets to enjoy normal life for a day, going to the park and visiting her parents.

Later, as a result of the Stamford reference, Speedball and Justice take the students on a field trip to Stamford, where they are unexpectedly attacked by a group of armored villains in Cobalt Man armor (Cobalt Man being one of the villains the New Warriors had tracked down in the incident that caused the disaster). The team defeats them with relative ease, though without Hazmat's help as she's still building up her power level after her exposure to Leech. Local law enforcement reveals that the Cobalt Men are fringe Norman Osborn loyalists who have kept the Stamford area under surveillance waiting for Speedball to return so that they might make an example and turn public sentiment back against him and superheroes in general. With the villains apprehended, the arresting officer, a Stamford native, speaks personally with Speedball, forgiving him and making sure to welcome him to visit the memorial statue, which he had previously been reluctant to do.

As a result of her Leech-induced weakness in battle, Hazmat declines Dr. Pym's offer to have Leech return on a monthly basis, stating that she'll hold out for a permanent cure.

At the end of the issue, Veil, still bent on forgiveness and having witnessed Speedball's publicly being forgiven, hatches upon a plan she's sure will clear her record. The issue ends with her sneaking into Dr. Pym's lab to activate the machine that was shown a few issues back to be containing The Wasp's scattered molecules.

Guest instructors making cameo appearances in this issue include Dr. Strange and The Protector (Noh-Varr).

Avengers Academy (2010)

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

Avengers Academy Volume 1

The concept and some of the teachers are a continuation of the Avengers: The Initiative series. Reptil, Hazmat, Mettle, Striker, Veil & Finesse have been brought together under the guidance of Hank Pym. Training these youngsters in their abilities along with Justice, Tigra, Quicksilver, Speedball & Jocasta in the Infinite Mansion as the newly formed Avengers Academy he seeks to take these troubled youths and lead them down the path of good. All of these students have one thing in common; Norman Osborn only wanted to use them for their abilities to his own evil ends. Can Hank Pym and his fellow Avengers teach these youngsters and guide them in the right direction?

Following the events of Fear Itself, Veil left the team followed shortly by Jocasta. The team also moved its base of operations to the former West Coast Avengers compound in California and added new members as White Bengal, Lightspeed (of the Power Pack), X-23 and a slew of B-list teenage super heroes. This represents the new era of Avengers Academy, beginning with issue #21. The series lasted until issue 39, making it, with the 14.point one issue counted in, 40 issues in total. Many of the students from Avengers Academy returned the next month in the new Avengers Arena series.

Collected EditionsAvengers Academy: Permanent Record - (#1-6)Avengers Academy: We Will Use This In The Real World? - (#7-13)Fear Itself: Avengers Academy - (#14-20, #14.1)Avengers Academy: Second Semester (#21-26)Avengers Vs X-Men: Avengers Academy (#29-33)Avengers Vs X-Men Companion (#29-33)Avengers Academy: Final Exams (#34-39)

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