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Captain America Annual #3 (Jan. 1976):
“The Thing from the Black Hole Star!”
by Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia, John Verpoorten

Captain America Annual #3

Title: “The Thing from the Black Hole Star!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1976

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Jack Kirby
Art by: Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia, John Verpoorten


18 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 Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
The Captive The Captive (Threkker) villain
CBR Scale: I alien
Epsiloni; Starblasters Marvel 12
Jim Hendricks supporting character
  [brave local farmer; helped Captain America battle aliens] Marvel 1
Combatron
(pg. 6, 9-13)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D N.A.
[pursued The Captive; destroyed by Captain America] Marvel 1
Magnoids supporting character group
CBR Scale: U N.A.
[pursued The Captive; battled Captain America] Marvel 1
Epsiloni villain group
CBR Scale: R alien
[parastic race The Captive hailed from] Marvel 5
Troga supporting character
CBR Scale: R alien
[helped lead ship of hunters to capture/kill the Captive] Marvel 1
unnamed warship commander supporting character
CBR Scale: R alien
[pursued alien Captive to Earth; fought Captain America] Marvel 1
unnamed general
(5-panel cameo, pg. 35, panels 1-5)
supporting character
 indeterminate  U.S. Army
[on govt. committee that covered up facts of alien visitor]
Marvel 1
The Stalker
(4-panel cameo, pg. 1-4)
supporting character
CBR Scale: R alien
[pursued The Captive; killed by Jim Hendricks] Marvel 1
John
(3-panel cameo, pg. 35, panels 1-3)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [on govt. committee; kept news of alien "Captive" a secret] Marvel 1
unnamed committee member
(3-panel cameo, pg. 35, panels 1-3)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [on govt. committee that covered up facts about alien] Marvel 1
Thor Thor (Donald Blake)
(mentioned, pg. 35, panel 3) 
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
Skrulls Skrulls
(mentioned, pg. 35, panel 3) 
villain group
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
[alien race] Marvel 344
Kree Kree
(mentioned, pg. 35, panel 3) 
supporting character group
CBR Scale: S Kree religion
[alien race] Marvel 238
Galactus Galactus (Galan)
(mentioned, pg. 35, panel 4) 
villain
CBR Scale: M cosmic entity
Heralds of Galactus (leader) Marvel 537
The Watcher The Watcher (Uatu)
(mentioned, pg. 35, panel 4) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: S monotheist / Watcher religion,
focusing on non-interference
and observation
The Watchers Marvel 582
George S. Patton George S. Patton
(mentioned, pg. 3) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
[general; military officer] Marvel 50