Captain America (vol. 1) #102 (June 1968):
“The Sleeper Strikes!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Syd Shores

Captain America (vol. 1) #102

Title: “The Sleeper Strikes!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 1968

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Syd Shores

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
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Nazis	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
The Fourth Sleeper	N.A.	Skeleton Crew		20
Gottfried Rothman	Nazi	Exiles (Red Skull allies)		2
Franz Cadavus (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 5)  in shadow	Nazi	Exiles (Red Skull allies)		8
Eric Gruning (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 5)  in shadow	Nazi	Exiles (Red Skull allies) [May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]		8
Iron-Hand Hauptmann (Jurgen Hauptmann) (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 5)  in shadow	Nazi	Exiles (Red Skull allies) [May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]		16
Angelo Baldini (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 5)  in shadow		Exiles (Red Skull allies) [May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]		7
General Ching (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 5)  in shadow		Asian; Exiles (Red Skull allies)		10
Ivan Krushki (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 5)  in shadow		Exiles (Red Skull allies) [May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]		8
Tony Stark (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 2)  Nick Fury: "Make sure yer wearin' all those little gizmos we had Stark whip up for ya!" Captain America: "I've got them, Colonel! Though I feel like a walking hobby shop!"	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Adolf Hitler (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 1)  Nazi: "When we Nazis were beaten -- when the Third Reich collapsed -- you ordered us into hiding until the time was ripe--!" Red Skull: "...Now, with the Sleeper awakened -- it is time for the world to tremble once again... Where Hitler failed -- we shall succeed!!"	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Achilles (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 5)  Red Skull: "Every man has an Achilles Heel -- and the star-spangled Avenger is no exception! Now that I have seen the girl he loves -- it is SHE who will cause -- his downfall!"	Greco-Roman deity	[1st app: Thor Annual #8 (Nov. 1979)]		5
Jules Verne (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 4)  Captain America: "Hold it!! We've got company!" Agent 13: "Where? I don't hear any planes!" Cap: "There are no planes! Just some refugees from a Jules Verne nightmare!"	Catholic	[famous writer]		31

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