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:
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 (Steve Rogers) (lead character)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Captive (Threkker)	alien	Epsiloni; Starblasters		12
Jim Hendricks		[brave local farmer; helped Captain America battle aliens]		1
Combatron (pg. 6, 9-13)	N.A.	[pursued The Captive; destroyed by Captain America]		1
Magnoids	N.A.	[pursued The Captive; battled Captain America]		1
Epsiloni	alien	[parastic race The Captive hailed from]		5
Troga	alien	[helped lead ship of hunters to capture/kill the Captive]		1
unnamed warship commander	alien	[pursued alien Captive to Earth; fought Captain America]		1
unnamed general (5-panel cameo, pg. 35, panels 1-5)	indeterminate	U.S. Army [on govt. committee that covered up facts of alien visitor]		1
The Stalker (4-panel cameo, pg. 1-4)	alien	[pursued The Captive; killed by Jim Hendricks]		1
John (3-panel cameo, pg. 35, panels 1-3)	indeterminate	[on govt. committee; kept news of alien "Captive" a secret]		1
unnamed committee member (3-panel cameo, pg. 35, panels 1-3)	indeterminate	[on govt. committee that covered up facts about alien]		1
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned, pg. 35, panel 3)  General: "Officially, there's been no incident, Cap... it's over." Captain America said: "I... see..." General said: "Do you--? Aliens are easy for you to understand. You've fought Kree and Skrull alike, consorted with a living... god..." The "living god" that the general refers to is Thor.	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Skrulls (mentioned, pg. 35, panel 3)  General: "Officially, there's been no incident, Cap... it's over." Captain America said: "I... see..." General said: "Do you--? Aliens are easy for you to understand. You've fought Kree and Skrull alike, consorted with a living... god..."	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Kree (mentioned, pg. 35, panel 3)  General: "Officially, there's been no incident, Cap... it's over." Captain America said: "I... see..." General said: "Do you--? Aliens are easy for you to understand. You've fought Kree and Skrull alike, consorted with a living... god..."	Kree religion	[alien race]		238
Galactus (Galan) (mentioned, pg. 35, panel 4)  General (to Captain America): "But what does the average man know-- or care-- or Galactus, or the Watcher... or any of the myriad nightmares we've discovered these past few years? And if the average man did know... Good Lord, man, just imagine the panic... the terror..."	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
The Watcher (Uatu) (mentioned, pg. 35, panel 4)  General (to Captain America): "But what does the average man know-- or care-- or Galactus, or the Watcher... or any of the myriad nightmares we've discovered these past few years? And if the average man did know... Good Lord, man, just imagine the panic... the terror..."	monotheist / Watcher religion, focusing on non-interference and observation	The Watchers		582
George S. Patton (mentioned, pg. 3)  Jim Hendricks (to Captain America): "The ship is stocked with gimcracks like this gadget!!! I don't know what powers 'em-- but they kick like mules!! This weapon can stop a Patton tank!"	Episcopalian	[general; military officer]		50

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