Captain America (vol. 1) #116 (Aug. 1969):
“Far Worse Than Death!”
by Stan Lee, Gene Colan, Joe Sinnott

Captain America (vol. 1) #116

Title: “Far Worse Than Death!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1969

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Gene Colan, Joe Sinnott

25 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)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
The Cosmic Cube	pseudo-cosmic entity	A.I.M.		10
Yellowjacket (Hank Pym)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Goliath (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Vision	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Bucky (Rick Jones)		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Bill	indeterminate	NYPD [chased Captain America in form of Red Skull]		1
Harry	indeterminate	NYPD [chased Captain America in form of Red Skull]		2
Mac	indeterminate	NYPD [chased Captain America in form of Red Skull]		1
Edwin Jarvis (1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 1)	Anglican	The Avengers (staff)		669
Franz Cadavus (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 8)	Nazi	Exiles (Red Skull allies)		8
Eric Gruning (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 8)	Nazi	Exiles (Red Skull allies) [May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]		8
Angelo Baldini (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 8)		Exiles (Red Skull allies) [May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]		7
General Ching (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 8)		Asian; Exiles (Red Skull allies)		10
Ivan Krushki (1-panel cameo, pg. 20, panel 8)		Exiles (Red Skull allies) [May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]		8
Iron-Hand Hauptmann (Jurgen Hauptmann) (behind the scenes, pg. 20, panel 8)  5 of the 6 traditional core team of Red Skull's "Exiles" are shown in the last panel of this issue. Iron-Hand Hauptmann is not shown in this panel, but is presumably right off-panel somewhere.	Nazi	Exiles (Red Skull allies) [May have been glimpsed in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #41.]		16
Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (mentioned, pg. 14-15)  (pg. 14) [Red Skull is in Captain America's body. Rick Jones is dressed in the Bucky costume, trying to be the new Bucky. Rick calls to the Skull.] Red Skull (thinking): "For a minute I thought it was Bucky... come to life again!" (pg. 15) Rick Jones: "Guess I was a fool... to think a guy like ME could fill the shoes of Bucky Barnes!"	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Adolf Hitler (mentioned, pg. 7, panels 3-4)  Red Skull: "The strong alone must be master... and all others... the slaves! Just as the Fuehrer decreed... two decades ago! But now Hitler is dead... and the Red Skull holds greater power than even HE could have dreamed! In truth, it is I who soon shall be Fuehrer of all mankind!"	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
The Teen Brigade (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 1)  Jarvis: "Where are you going, Master Rick?" Rick Jones (as Bucky): "Out to contact the Teen Brigade! If Cap's been sighted anywhere in the area, they'll know about it! [thinking] Best thing I ever did was to organze these ham radio buffs!"		[helpful young ham radio operators]		42
The Wicked Witch of the West (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 1)  police officer (apprehending Cap): "Didja see that? half of the installation -- went up in smoke! So that's what the Skull was up to!" Captain America (in Red Skull's body): "No! It wasn't me! I had nothing to do with it!" other police officer: "Sure... sure! It was the bad ol' Wicked Witch who did it!"	witch	[ruler of the Winkies]	George M. Hill Company	68
Julia Baker (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 1)  Wasp (speaking to fellow Avengers, who are watching the Red Skull on a TV monitor): "If it's all the same to you gents... I'd rather be watching Julia."		black		86

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