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Captain America (vol. 1) #147 (Mar. 1972):
“And Behold the Hordes of HYDRA...”
by Gary Friedrich, Sal Buscema, John Verpoorten

Captain America (vol. 1) #147

Title: “And Behold the Hordes of HYDRA...”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1972

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Gary Friedrich
Art by: Sal Buscema, John Verpoorten


19 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
Falcon Falcon (Sam Wilson) hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  Marvel 531
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
HYDRA villain group
CBR Scale: S HYDRA
[largest worldwide subversive organization] Marvel 283
Agent 13 Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) supporting character hero
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel 262
The Kingpin The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)
(details) 
villain
CBR Scale: U Catholic (lapsed)
HYDRA Marvel 619
Contessa Valentina Contessa Valentina supporting character
  Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel 146
Redwing Redwing hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
falcon; Pet Avengers
[falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]
Marvel 128
Vanessa Fisk Vanessa Fisk supporting character villain
  [Kingpin's wife] Marvel 117
Supreme Hydra (Richard Fisk)
(details) 
villain
  HYDRA
[led own organization; Kingpin's son]
Marvel 73
Femme Force Femme Force supporting character group
  S.H.I.E.L.D.
[all-female SHIELD sub-group]
Marvel 6
Agent Twelve supporting character
 indeterminate  Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel 5
Agent Seven supporting character
 indeterminate  Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel 5
Nick Fury Nick Fury
(2-panel cameo, pg. 13, panels 1-2) 
hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
Harold Howard
(someone disguised or dressed as) 
supporting character based on a real person
  [reclusive billionaire; based on Howard Hughes] Marvel 3
Red Skull Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)
(voice only, pg. 20-21) 
villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
Axis Mundi; HYDRA... 
[Captain America's arch-nemy]
Marvel 298
Howard Hughes Howard Hughes
(character based on) 
real/historical person
  [famed billionaire aviator] Marvel 82
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(mentioned, pg. 17, 19) 
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Uncle Sam Uncle Sam
(mentioned, pg. 13, panel 1) 
hero
  [from American folklore] Marvel 17

Sharon Carter and the Contessa appear again as "Femme Force" in this issue.