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Captain America (vol. 1) #112 (Apr. 1969):
“Lest We Forget!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, George Tuska

Captain America (vol. 1) #112

Title: “Lest We Forget!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1969

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, George Tuska


35 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 Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark) hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Nick Fury Nick Fury hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
Winter Soldier Bucky (Bucky Barnes) hero
CBR Scale: U Protestant (nominal)
Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  Marvel Timely 395
Nazis Nazis villain group real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[generic WWII Nazis] Timely Marvel, etc. 4,222
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
(cover & 4-panel cameo, pg. 10-12)
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
A.I.M. A.I.M.
(cover & 4-panel cameo, pg. 15, panels 1-4)
villain group
CBR Scale: S Scientism
[terrorist] Marvel 390
Red Skull Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)
(cover & 3-panel cameo, pg. 4-5)
villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
Axis Mundi; HYDRA... 
[Captain America's arch-nemy]
Marvel 298
Baron Zemo Baron Zemo (Dr. Heinrich Zemo)
(cover & 3-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: M Nazi
The Masters of Evil (founder); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth) Marvel 121
Trapster Trapster (Peter Petruski)
(cover & 2-panel cameo, pg. 20, panels 1-2)
villain
  Lethal Legion; The Frightful Four Marvel 176
The Fourth Sleeper The Fourth Sleeper
(cover & 2-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)
villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
Skeleton Crew Marvel 20
Eric Gruning Eric Gruning
(cover & 2-panel cameo, pg. 19, panels 1-2)
villain
CBR Scale: S Nazi
Exiles (Red Skull allies)
[May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]
Marvel 8
Angelo Baldini Angelo Baldini
(cover & 2-panel cameo, pg. 19, panels 1-2)
villain
  Exiles (Red Skull allies)
[May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]
Marvel 7
Swordsman Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)
(cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 3)
villain hero
  Batroc's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Marvel 73
Batroc the Leaper Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)
(cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 1)
villain
  Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Marvel 129
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff)
(cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 3)
villain
CBR Scale: S Nazi / Freudian
National Force (founder); The Corporation
[led own gang]
Marvel 61
Living Laser Living Laser (Arthur Parks)
(cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)
villain scientist
  Batroc's Brigade; Hood's Army...  Marvel 96
Agent 13 Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)
(6-panel cameo, pg. 14-17)
supporting character hero
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel 262
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D.
(3-panel cameo, pg. 14, panels 1-3)
supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
Eskimos worshipping Captain America in ice Eskimos worshipping Captain America in ice
(3-panel cameo, pg. 11-12)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: D Inuit
[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1964)] Marvel 10
M.O.D.O.K. M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 15, panels 1-4)
villain
CBR Scale: S Scientism
A.I.M. (leader) Marvel 199
Franz Cadavus Franz Cadavus
(2-panel cameo, pg. 19, panels 1-2)
villain
CBR Scale: S Nazi
Exiles (Red Skull allies) Marvel 8
Iron-Hand Hauptmann Iron-Hand Hauptmann (Jurgen Hauptmann)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 19, panels 1-2)
villain
CBR Scale: S Nazi
Exiles (Red Skull allies)
[May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]
Marvel 16
General Ching General Ching
(2-panel cameo, pg. 19, panels 1-2)
villain
  Asian; Exiles (Red Skull allies) Marvel 10
Ivan Krushki Ivan Krushki
(2-panel cameo, pg. 19, panels 1-2)
villain
  Exiles (Red Skull allies)
[May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]
Marvel 8
Dum Dum Dugan Dum Dum Dugan
(1-panel cameo, pg. 14)
hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  Marvel 555
Ringmaster (Fritz Tiboldt)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 2)
villain
CBR Scale: M Nazi
Circus of Crime
[WWII villain; father of modern-era Ringmaster]
Marvel Timely 4
Tumbler Tumbler (John Robert Keane)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 2)
villain
CBR Scale: I Committee To Regain America's
Principles (temporary)
Secret Empire Marvel 5
The Butterfly (Dr. Vitrioli)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 1)
villain
  [curator] Marvel Timely 2
White Death (Manuel Perez)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 4)
villain
  [1st app: Captain America Comics #9 (Dec. 1941)] Marvel Timely 2
Toadman (Chuck McArthur)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 5)
villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[killed players on WWII-era Brooklyn Badgers team he managed] Timely Marvel 2
The Unholy Legion of Beggars
(1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 3)
villain group
CBR Scale: D Jewish Bundist Nazis
[posed as homeless beggars] Marvel Timely 2
Derko the Clown
(1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 2)
villain
CBR Scale: M Nazi
Circus of Crime Marvel Timely 3
HYDRA
(mentioned, pg. 2, 20, panel 5) 
villain group
CBR Scale: S HYDRA
[largest worldwide subversive organization] Marvel 283
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler
(mentioned, pg. 8, panel 1) 
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)] Shochiku Kinema 1,593

In this story, Captain America is presumed dead. Iron Man recalls many of Captain America's past battles. Aside from Iron Man (narrating the issue and "closing out" Cap's Avengers file, all characters portrayed in this story are seen only in flashback. Aside from Bucky Barnes and Captain America himself, all characters are seen only briefly in one or a few panels.