Counter Force (Marvel Comics)

Counter Force
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Avengers: The Initiative #12
In-story information
Member(s)	Vance Astrovik Rage Slapstick Debrii MVP two remaining Scarlet Spiders

Counter Force is a team in Marvel Comics continuity composed of former members of the New Warriors. The purpose of the team is to monitor The Initiative to ensure they stay true to their goal of training new and undeveloped superhumans.

In Avengers: The Initiative #12 after the defeat of KIA, the surviving Scarlet Spiders, along with the MVP clone and the real MVP's father, join with Justice and some former New Warriors that are Initiative trainees as a Counter Force of underground registered heroes who go on to appear in New Warriors Secret Invasion tie-in story "Secrets and Skrulls" where Counter Force would team up with the other team of New Warriors.

Their roster includes Vance Astrovik, Rage, Slapstick, Debrii, MVP, and the two remaining Scarlet Spiders.