Captain America (vol. 1) #408 (Oct. 1992):
“Joyride”
by Mark Gruenwald, Rik Levins, Don Hudson

Captain America (vol. 1) #408

Title: “Joyride”

Feature: Falcon (Sam Wilson)

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1992

Publisher:
Written by: Mark Gruenwald
Art by: Rik Levins, Don Hudson

22 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.
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (lead character)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Zack Moonhunter	Native American (half-Cherokee)	The Avengers (staff) [personal pilot for Captain America]		20
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (4-panel cameo, pg. 4-5)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Fabian Stankowicz (3-panel cameo, pg. 3-4)		The Avengers (staff)		33
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (2-panel cameo, pg. 4-5)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (1-panel cameo, pg. 5, panel 2)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (1-panel cameo, pg. 5, panel 2)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) (1-panel cameo, pg. 5, panel 2)		black; Nextwave...  The Avengers		256
Doctor Druid (Anthony Ludgate) (1-panel cameo, pg. 5, panel 2)	Druidism (plus Tibetan Buddhism)	Secret Defenders (leader); Shock Troop (leader)...  The Avengers; The Monster Hunters		151
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (statue, pg. 4, panel 2)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (statue, pg. 4, panel 2)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (statue, pg. 4, panel 2)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Ant-Man (Hank Pym) (statue, pg. 4, panel 2)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (statue, pg. 4, panel 2)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (statue, pg. 4, panel 2)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Diamondback (Rachel Leighton) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 2)  Captain America: "I'm on leave to take care of personal matters... seems like all of my friends have up and disappeared -- except for you!" Falcon: "Oh yeah? Who?" Captain America: "This woman I've told you about -- Diamondback... and D-Man..."		BAD Girls, Inc.; Femizons...  Initiative: Women Warriors; Initiative; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Serpent Society		173
Kang (Nathaniel Richards) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 3)  Captain America: "Well, now that the Infinity War and Citizen Kang affair are out of the way..."		Council of Kangs [born in 31th century]		274
D-Man (Dennis Dunphy) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 2)  Captain America: "I'm on leave to take care of personal matters... seems like all of my friends have up and disappeared -- except for you!" Falcon: "Oh yeah? Who?" Captain America: "This woman I've told you about -- Diamondback... and D-Man..."	Salvation Army	Night People; The Avengers...  Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		60
Guardsman (Michael O'Brien) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1)  Falcon (referring to Zach Moonhunter): "This man's been through the security screening?" Fabian Stankowicz: "Guss so, Falc, or O'Brien* would've tossed him outta here a week ago." Footnote: *The Avengers' security chief. --Mike		Guardsmen; Project: Pegasus...  The Avengers (staff)		65
007 (James Bond) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 1)  Falcon (about his new super suit): "A friend of mine at Stark worked it up for me. It not only goes about twice as fast as the old one, it's got enough gimmicks built into it to make James Bond jealous."		[spy]	Jonathan Cape	168
Man-Wolf (John Jameson) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 3)  Captain America: "I may have found John Jameson but--"		The Avengers (staff); U.S. Air Force [J. Jonah Jameson's son]		231
Magus (Adam Warlock) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 2)  Falcon (to Captain America): "If you were so involved in the Magus and Kang operations, how come Natasha conducted the debriefing, not you?"	Universal Church of Truth	[would-be conqueror]		65

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