Captain America (vol. 1) #143 (Nov. 1971):
“Power to the People!”
by Gary Friedrich, John Romita

Captain America (vol. 1) #143

Title: “Power to the People!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1971

Publisher:
Written by: Gary Friedrich
Art by: John Romita

23 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
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
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
Dum Dum Dugan (pg. 3, 5-6)	Catholic	Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		555
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Leila Taylor	black supremacist	black [Falcon's former girlfriend]		50
Sgt. Brian Muldoon		Crime Wave (leader); NYPD [Steve Rogers' superior officer in NYPD]		11
Reverend Garcia	Protestant clergyman	[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #139 (July 1971)]		4
Commissioner Feingold		[police commissioner]		8
Rafe Michel	black supremacist	black [led a militant Black Power group Silver Skulls]		9
The People's Militia	black supremacist	black [organized by Red Skull]		1
Jody Casper (3-panel cameo, pg. 9, panels 2-4)	Baptist	black [Falcon's nephew; ran numbers for Stone-Face]		5
Grey Gargoyle (Paul Duval) (2-panel cameo, pg. 5, panels 4-5)  flashback		Doom's Brigade; Hood's Army...  The Masters of Evil		72
The Statue of Liberty (2-panel cameo, pg. 1-2)	N.A.	[gave powers to Miss America in dream]		2
Sam (1-panel cameo, pg. 5, panel 1)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [guards SHIELD barber shop secret entrance]		15
John Lennon (quoted and cited, pg. 1, panel 1)  [Quote shown accompanying story title: "Power to the People":] "You say you want a revolution, you better get it on right away"--- John Lennon, 1971	Catholic/Anglican; Transcendental Meditation	The Beatles		320
Mother Earth (Gaea) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 5)  Nick Fury: "Yeah, but the [Grey] Gargoyle got away, too -- and managed to get inside the fortress-- where Element-X was stored... and while we wuz tryin' to get in, he turned all the guards to stone--- and made for the secret formula! things wuz lookin' pretty dark for old Mother Earth right about then!"	Gaian	Kami	, etc.	33
Richard Nixon (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 3)  Nick Fury (to Dum Dum Dugan): "You ain't tellin' nobody nuthin', ya ol' walrus! This is between the President and us! Can't risk the people knowin' Element-X is out there in space! They'd panic!"	Quaker	X Presidents (ally)		504
Ku Klux Klan (mentioned, pg. 23, panel 5)  Rev. Garcia: "You're making a terrible mistake! We're on your side, and---" black Harlem resident/member of People's Militia: "Captain America?! He's for us about as much as the Ku Klux Klan! No soap, preacher! We're followin' The Man!"	White Supremacist	[1st app: The Leopard's Spots (1902)]		4
Uncle Remus (mentioned, pg. 23, panel 3)  Falcon: "Just a friendly visit from the Falcon--- to try and set your heads straight! But if words won't do the trick--- maybe a little skull-bustin' will!" black Harlem resident/member of People's Militia: "Listen to the superheroes' answer to Uncle Remus!"		black [narrator of African-American folktales]		4

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