Captain America (vol. 1) #331 (July 1987):
“Soldier, Soldier”
by Mark Gruenwald, Paul Neary, Vince Colletta

Captain America (vol. 1) #331

Title: “Soldier, Soldier”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1987

Publisher:
Written by: Mark Gruenwald
Art by: Paul Neary, Vince Colletta

30 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
D-Man (Dennis Dunphy)	Salvation Army	Night People; The Avengers...  Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		60
Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura)		Team America; The Fantastic Four...  The Frightful Four; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		115
Shroud (Maxillian Quincy Coleridge)	Hindu (Cult of Kali)	Night Shift		70
Dansen Macabre	Hindu (priestess of Shiva); formerly in Cult of Kali	Femizons; Hood's Army...  Night Shift [powers briefly amplified by Satannish]		22
Commission on Superhuman Activities		[U.S. govt. agency for regulating superhuman activities]		24
Karl Malus		[scientist; surgeon]		7
Power Broker (Curtiss Jackson)		The Corporation [one of Red Skull's division chiefs]		12
General Lewis Haywerth		Commission on Superhuman Activities; Control		27
Orville Sanderson		Commission on Superhuman Activities		6
Adrian Sammish		Commission on Superhuman Activities		15
Ticktock		Night Shift		11
G.I. Max (Max)		U.S. Army [prototype super-soldier]		1
Jake Farber	Catholic	Commission on Superhuman Activities; FBI [feaured in "Blues Brothers" parody story]		5
Elwood McNulty	Catholic	Commission on Superhuman Activities; FBI [feaured in "Blues Brothers" parody story]		5
Maggie		[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #267 (Mar. 1982)]		3
Lt. Michael Lynch		U.S. Army [involved with Project: Augment; aide to Power Broker]		4
Dr. Lund		[scientist]		1
Task Force 17		[science lab]		1
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (flashback cameo)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Skein (Sybil Dvorak) (cameo)	Hedonist cult (leader); Gypsy/Roma (raised)	Femizons; Initiative: Women Warriors...  Night Shift; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		35
Nuke (Frank Simpson) (cameo)	ultra-nationalist	The Thunderbolts; U.S. Army...  Weapon Plus		15
Werewolf By Night (Jack Russell) (cameo)		Night Shift; The Howling Commandos		273
Digger (Roderick Krupp) (cameo)		Hood's Army; Night Shift		24
Needle (Josef Saint) (cameo)		Hood's Army; Night Shift		22
Tatterdemalion (Arnold Paffenroth) (cameo)		Hood's Army; Night Shift...  Thunderbolts Army		33
Brothers Grimm (Percy and Barton Grimes) (cameo)		Hood's Army; Night Shift [Powers were briefly amplified by Satannish.]		34
Douglas Rockwell (behind the scenes)		Commission on Superhuman Activities (leader) [agent of Red Skull]		13
Misfit (Mitchell Godey) (behind the scenes)		Night Shift		7
George Mathers (mentioned)		black; Commission on Superhuman Activities		10

This is the second appearance of "Night Shift," a team of super-villains organized by Shroud to aid in his heroic efforts against the criminal underworld.

Project: Augment appeared first in this issue (and perhaps only in this issue). Project: Augment was a project sponsored by the U.S. military. Its purpose was to use the strength-augmentation technology of the Power Broker to empower United States soldiers. One of their first subjects - G.I. Max - was intended as a replacement for Captain America, but G.I. Max died battling the Captain. This presumably made it evident to the top brass that the results of Power Broker's strength augmentation process could be dangerous and unpredictable, and Project: Augment was presumably abandoned after that.

Key officers involved in heading up Project: Augment were Gen. Haywerth and Lt. Michael Lynch. The project's principle test subject was GI Max.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Captain America #331 (July 1987) created 24 September 2010. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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