Captain America (vol. 1) #315 (Mar. 1986):
“The Hard Sell”
by Mark Gruenwald, Paul Neary, Dennis Janke

Captain America (vol. 1) #315

Title: “The Hard Sell”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1986

Publisher:
Written by: Mark Gruenwald
Art by: Paul Neary, Dennis Janke

33 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
A.I.M.	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)		BAD Girls, Inc.; Femizons...  Initiative: Women Warriors; Initiative; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Serpent Society		173
Cobra (Klaus Voorhees)		Initiative; Scavengers...  Serpent Society (leader); Serpent Squad; Thunderbolts Army		87
Black Mamba (Tanya Sealy)		BAD Girls, Inc.; Femizons...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad; The Masters of Evil [fashion model, former professional criminal, call girl]		77
Asp (Cleo Nefertiti)		BAD Girls, Inc.; Femizons...  Initiative: Women Warriors; Secret Avengers; Serpent Society		15
Porcupine (Alex Gentry)		Batroc's Brigade; Crime Wave...  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Maggia		36
Rattler (Gustav Krueger)		Initiative; Serpent Society...  Thunderbolts Army		20
Princess Python (Zelda DuBois)		Circus of Crime; Femizons...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad		93
Anaconda (Blondie Sitznski)		Femizons; Serpent Society...  Serpent Squad; Six Pack		67
Cottonmouth (Burchell Clemens)		Chain Gang; Serpent Society		44
Death Adder (Roland Burroughs)		Hood's Army; Savage Six...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad; Thunderbolts Army		34
Bushmaster (Quincy McIver)		Serpent Society; Thunderbolts Army		43
Sidewinder (Seth Voelker)		Serpent Society; Serpent Squad		36
Cadence Industries		A.I.M. [front for A.I.M.; collected MODOK's corpse]		1
Wilburn		[butler]		2
Lt. Burns		NYPD		1
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (flashback cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (flashback cameo)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Ant-Man (Hank Pym) (flashback cameo)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (flashback cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (flashback cameo)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Luke Cage (flashback cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Plantman (Samuel Smithers) (flashback cameo)		Chain Gang; Crime Wave...  The Thunderbolts		86
Nomad (Jack Monroe) (flashback cameo)		Secret Defenders [sidekick of 1950s Captain America]		131
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (flashback cameo)	Kree religion	Kree [former captain of Kree star fleet]		142
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (flashback cameo)		Redeemers (Earth-712); Redeemers...  Secret Avengers; Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme; The Defenders; The Thunderbolts		361
Red Guardian (Tania Belinskya) (flashback cameo)	Communist Party member	The Defenders [former adventurer, dissident champion; neurosurgeon]		39
Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton) (flashback cameo)		Crime Wave; Hood's Army...  Initiative; Thunderbolts Army		43
Count Nefaria (Luchino Nefaria) (flashback cameo)		Ani-Men (leader); Lethal Legion (leader)...  Maggia (leader)		61
Unicorn (Milos Masaryk) (flashback cameo)	Communist Party member	[super soldier]		50
The Eel (Leopold Stryke) (flashback cameo)		Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Fellowship of Fear; Serpent Squad		30
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) (corpse)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199

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