Captain America Special Edition #2 (Mar. 1984):
“The Strange Death of Captain America”
by Jim Steranko, Tom Palmer

Captain America Special Edition #2

Title: “The Strange Death of Captain America”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1984

Publisher:
Written by: Jim Steranko
Art by: Jim Steranko, Tom Palmer

22 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (lead character)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Bucky (Rick Jones)		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
HYDRA	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Madame Hydra (Ophelia Sarkissian)	nihilist	Fangs (leader); HYDRA...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad; The Inner Circle [former servant of Chthon]		153
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Vision	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
The Space Phantom (details)  Later revealed (Avengers #117) that Space Phantom assumed Madame Hydra's form just before destruction of HYDRA headquarters.	alien	Space Phantom		28
Dum Dum Dugan (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)	Catholic	Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		555
Gabriel Jones (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		125
Jasper Sitwell (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)	Latter-day Saint	[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #144 (May 1966)]		114
Reb Ralston (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos...  V-Battalion		22
Izzy Cohen (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)	Jewish	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		76
Dino Manelli (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		81
Pinky Pinkerton (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)	Jewish; LGBT	Deadly Dozen; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos [based on actor David Niven]		76
Eric Koenig (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)	Nazi (former)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		35
Baron Strucker (Wolfgang von Strucker) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1)  Madame Hydra: "I drifted into a life of crime... culminating with the death of Baron Strucker... when... I eliminated those of highest HYDRA rank... so that I would then become... Supreme Hydra!"	Nazi; HYDRA (founder)	Blitzkrieg Squad (founder); HYDRA (leader)		130

This comic was reprinted from: Captain America (vol. 1) #113 (May 1969): "The Strange Death of Captain America".

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