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Captain America (vol. 1) #148 (Apr. 1972):
“The Big Sleep!”
by Gary Friedrich, Sal Buscema, John Romita

Captain America (vol. 1) #148

Title: “The Big Sleep!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1972

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


28 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
Red Skull Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
Axis Mundi; HYDRA... 
[Captain America's arch-nemy]
Marvel 298
The Fifth Sleeper The Fifth Sleeper villain
CBR Scale: R N.A.
[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #148 (Apr. 1972)] Marvel 5
Nick Fury Nick Fury hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
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
Nazis Nazis
(details) 
villain group real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[generic WWII Nazis] Timely Marvel, etc. 4,222
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) villain
CBR Scale: U Catholic (lapsed)
HYDRA Marvel 619
Dum Dum Dugan Dum Dum Dugan hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  Marvel 555
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
Nazi Sleepers villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi-programmed robots
[1st app: Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #72 (Dec. 1965)] Marvel 7
Supreme Hydra (Richard Fisk) 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
"Moose" Mallard
(4-panel cameo, pg. 10, 14-15)
supporting character
  [gangster] Marvel 1
Charlie Chicago
(3-panel cameo, pg. 10, 14-15)
supporting character
  [gangster] Marvel 1
Sleeper II
(2-panel cameo, pg. 4-5) 
villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[agent of destruction] Marvel 3
unnamed aide
(2-panel cameo, pg. 21, panels 2-3)
supporting character
CBR Scale: A Latter-day Saint
[key employee of billionaire recluse Harold Howard] Marvel 1
The Fourth Sleeper The Fourth Sleeper
(1-panel cameo, pg. 5, panel 3) 
villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
Skeleton Crew Marvel 20
Sleeper I
(1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 4) 
villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[agent of destruction] Marvel 4
Sleeper III
(1-panel cameo, pg. 5, panel 1) 
villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[agent of destruction] Marvel 2
Howard Hughes Howard Hughes
(character based on) 
real/historical person
  [famed billionaire aviator] Marvel 82
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler
(mentioned, pg. 20, panel 1) 
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)] Shochiku Kinema 1,593
Harold Howard
(mentioned, pg. 1, 21) 
supporting character based on a real person
  [reclusive billionaire; based on Howard Hughes] Marvel 3

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