Burn Stamford Burn

I have a potential follow up on our winged friend. He may be training at Camp Hammond, a superhero training facility based in Stamford Connecticut that prepares heroes for assignment to state sponsered teams.

There’s what in Stamford? Yes…a superhero training facility… well, atleast in the Marvel Comics Universe there is. Stamford is apparently the setting for a monthly comic book published by Marvel Comics called Avengers: The Initiative. As blogged earlier Stamford was a pivitol location in past season of The Office, but as a comic geek growing up I think this much cooler.

The Advocate ran an article on this awhile back, but here it is recapped. Stamford played catalyst for Marvel’s 2006 company wide crossover Civil War. A team of superheros filiming a reality TV show tracked a group of villians to Stamford and threw down, resulting in an explosion that killed 600 Stamfordians, including a bus full of school children (Redistricting issue solved.) The incident turned public opinion against superheros resulting in the Superhero Registration Act, which forced all heroes to register with the government, submit for training, and join one of 50 state sponsered superhero teams. Avengers: Initiative is about the training facility built in the rubble of the Stamford diaster.

Approach winged, trenchcoated gentlemen with caution...