Name: unnamed gang of thieves
Classification:
villains
group
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Captain America (vol. 1) #178 (Oct. 1974): "If the Falcon Should Fall--!"
Creators: Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Vince Colletta
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: Captain America
Bob Russo was a successful and popular professional baseball player. He admired Captain America, so when Steve Rogers decided to quit being Captain America during a philosophical crisis, Russo decided to take up the hero's mantle.
Russo donned a Captain America costume and went on patrol. From a rooftop he saw a gang of thieves robbing a fur store. Russo, as "Captain America," attempted to swing down from the rooftop on a rope. He badly misjudged his swing, however, and slammed into the brick side of a building.
Russo's crash into a wall broke his arm. The thieves got away. Russo decided right then and there to quit being Captain America.
Captain America (vol. 1) #178 (Oct. 1974): "If the Falcon Should Fall--!"
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