Captain America (vol. 1) #249 (Sep. 1980):
“Death, Where is Thy Sting?”
by John Byrne, Roger Stern, Joe Rubinstein

Captain America (vol. 1) #249

Title: “Death, Where is Thy Sting?”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1980

Publisher:
Written by: John Byrne, Roger Stern
Art by: John Byrne, Joe Rubinstein

12 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
Dragon Man	N.A.	[1st app: Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #35 (Feb. 1965)]		13
Machinesmith (Samuel Saxon)		Skeleton Crew; The Masters of Evil		50
Bernie Rosenthal	Jewish	[Captain America's former girlfriend, fiance]		93
Josh Cooper		black [neighbor, friend of Steve Rogers (Captain America)]		24
Mike Farrell		The Watchdogs		32
Air-Walker (details)  Machinesmith apparently partially repaired the Air-Walker robot and used it against Cap in this issue. This is the actual Air-Walker robot (which is a copy of the real Air-Walker, Gabriel Lan).	N.A.	Heralds of Galactus [robot made in memory of original Gabriel Lan]		27
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (flashback cameo)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (robot copy of)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (robot copy of)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (robot copy of)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
The Manipulator (mentioned)	N.A.	[made by Machinesmith; believed itself human]		7

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