Captain America (vol. 1) #437 (Mar. 1995):
“If I Should Die Before I Wake...”
by Mark Gruenwald, Dave Hoover, Danny Bulanadi

Captain America (vol. 1) #437

Title: “If I Should Die Before I Wake...”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1995

Publisher:
Written by: Mark Gruenwald
Art by: Dave Hoover, Danny Bulanadi

36 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
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (details)  The Red Skull is featured extensively in the dreams that make up much of this issue, and the actual, contemporary Red Skull also appears on the last page.	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Giant-Man (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Jack Flag (Jack Harrison)		Captain America Hotline; Guardians of the Galaxy...  Serpent Society		15
Free Spirit (Cathy Webster)		Captain America Hotline; Hayden College		15
Thor (Donald Blake) (only on cover)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (only on cover)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (only on cover)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa) (only on cover)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (only on cover)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
A.I.M. (only on cover)	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) (only on cover)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (only on cover)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Diamondback (Rachel Leighton) (only on cover)		BAD Girls, Inc.; Femizons...  Initiative: Women Warriors; Initiative; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Serpent Society		173
Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne) (only on cover)		Batroc's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Avengers		73
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc) (only on cover)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army		129
Living Laser (Arthur Parks) (only on cover)		Batroc's Brigade; Hood's Army...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions		96
U.S. Agent (John Walker) (9-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)	Evangelical Protestant	Force Works; Omega Flight...  S.T.A.R.S.; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Jury		333
Century (7-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)		Force Works		56
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (6-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Puff Adder (Gordon Fraley) (5-panel cameo, pg. 7-9)		Initiative; Serpent Society...  Serpent Squad; The Masters of Evil		33
Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) (4-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)		Force Works; Freedom Force...  Omega Flight; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		218
Fer-de-Lance (Teresa Vasquez) (4-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)		Serpent Society; Serpent Squad		26
Rock Python (M'Gula) (4-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)		Serpent Society		28
Bushmaster (Quincy McIver) (4-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)		Serpent Society; Thunderbolts Army		43
Arnim Zola (3-panel cameo, pg. 22, panels 1-3)	Nazi	Skeleton Crew (ally)		73
Anaconda (Blondie Sitznski) (2-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)		Femizons; Serpent Society...  Serpent Squad; Six Pack		67
Coachwhip (Beatrix Keener) (2-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)		Serpent Society		25
Cottonmouth (Burchell Clemens) (2-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)		Chain Gang; Serpent Society		44
Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (dream)  Featured in Captain America's dreams.	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Nazis (dream)	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
The Cosmic Cube (dream)	pseudo-cosmic entity	A.I.M.		10
The Statue of Liberty (dream, pg. 19)  Speaks to Captain America in his dreams.	N.A.	[gave powers to Miss America in dream]		2
King Arthur (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 1)  Captain America (to Red Skull, empowered by Cosmic Cube): "You're like some super-powerful present-day King Arthur - but you're stronger by far!"	Celtic Pagan; Christian (medieval)	[king]		831
Zack Moonhunter (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 3)  Free Spirit: "I've got to get through to Cap's pilot, Zack Moonhunter. Maybe he knows."	Native American (half-Cherokee)	The Avengers (staff) [personal pilot for Captain America]		20

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