Captain America (vol. 1) #155 (Nov. 1972):
“The Incredible Origin of the OTHER Captain America!”
by Steve Englehart, Stan Lee, Sal Buscema, John Romita, etc.

Captain America (vol. 1) #155

Title: “The Incredible Origin of the OTHER Captain America!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1972

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Englehart, Stan Lee
Art by: Sal Buscema, John Romita, Frank McLaughlin

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 (William Burnside) (lead character)	idolizes Captain America	National Force [taught history]		13
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	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
Bucky (Jack Monroe)		Secret Defenders [sidekick of 1950s Captain America]		131
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Harry S Truman (pg. 10-11, 18)	Baptist	U.S. Army		174
Red Skull (Albert Malik) (cover & 5-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)  flashback	Communist	[1st app: Young Men (vol. 1) #24 (Dec. 1953)]		10
Communists (cover & 5-panel cameo, pg. 15-16)  (pg. 14) radio news: "FLASH! ... [Red Skull]... has come back to plague humanity! This time he's joined our Red enemies to fight against America!" (pg. 17) Burnside: "It was glorious! ...fighting the Red Skull, who turned out to be a REAL Red who had stolen the name... to battle the clutching hand of all Communism all across the globe--" [more]	Communist	[general reference; frequent Cold War-era villains]		242
Electro (Ivan Kronov) (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 17, panel 1)  flashback	Communist	KGB		4
The Man With No Face (Philip Wing) (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 17, panel 1)  flashback		Asian		8
Major Albrecht Kerfoot (1-panel cameo, pg. 9, panel 5)	Nazi	[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #155 (Nov. 1972)]		5
Chinese Communists (1-panel cameo, pg. 17, panel 1)  William Burnside: "It was glorious! ...to battle the clutching hand of all Communism all across the globe-- in such other forms as the Russian killer Electro... and the Chinese assassin the Man With No Face! We were the champions of democracy, the inspirations to millions--" The Communist agent known as The Man WithNo Face, and a helper Chinese Communist agent, are seen in 1950s Captain America's flashback.	Maoist Communist	Asian		50
Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (mentioned in text & seen in picture (2 panels), pg. 13, panels 3-4)  Jack Monroe reads magazine with pictures of Bucky. Also, many references in dialogue to Bucky. Detailed account of how Jack Monroe (who idolizes Captain America and Bucky) becomes the "new" Bucky.	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Nick Fury (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Captain America (to Sharon Carter): "You know, Honey -- when I used to run through this SHIELD practice routine with Col. Fury -- It just never seemed to have as much going for it. Do you think you could take up cigars, to put me in the mood?"	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 2, 4)  (pg. 2) Captain America (to Sharon Carter): "You know, Honey -- when I used to run through this SHIELD practice routine with Col. Fury -- It just never seemed to have as much going for it. Do you think you could take up cigars, to put me in the mood?" (pg. 4) To a trained SHIELD agent, the thought is equal to the action.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
HYDRA (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 3)  Sharon Carter (running on beach toward the water): "...last one to the breakers is a HYDRA agent!" Steve Rogers (Captain America): "Not a chance-- 'cause bulky green jump suits aren't made for--"	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Nazis (mentioned, pg. 8-10, 17)  William Burnside (on how he became 1950s Cap): "I knew all about [Captain America] from the Allied point of view-- but what had the Nazis thought? What had their intelligence reports said? So, early in 1953, I gathered my funds and flew to Germany. Once there, I haunted the archives, where hundreds of thousands of old Nazi records were..." [more]	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (mentioned, pg. 14, 17)  (pg. 14) radio news: "FLASH! ...The worst criminal mind of all has come back to plague humanity! This time he's joined our Red enemies to fight against America! ...The Red Skull is Back!" Jack Monroe: "The Red Skull!! Steve... do you hear?" (pg. 17) Burnside: "...turned out to be a REAL Red who had stolen the name from the Nazi villain!" Also, we see Albert Malik, the Communist agent who usurped the original Red Skull's identity.	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Adolf Hitler (mentioned, pg. 7, panels 1, 5)  Falcon: "Dream on, you penny-ante Hitler!" William Burnside: "Hitler!? I stand for America. The exact opposite of Hitler!" Sharon Carter: "He doesn't sound any different to ME, Falc-- not with all that hate spewing out of his mouth!" Burnside (after knocking Falcon out): "Call ME a Hitler, will he?"	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Jesus Christ (Jesus of Nazareth) (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 5)  William Burnside (recounting how he became 1950s Cap): "Like all Americans, I worshiped [Captain America]... [Then, after Cap disappeared] The world went back to business as usual--but not me. I decided to make my life's work the study of Cap, the way some people study Lincoln or Jesus. It became an obsession--"	Christianity	[ 1st app: Justice League of America (vol. 1) #40 (Nov. 1965) ]		565
Abraham Lincoln (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 5)  William Burnside (recounting how he became 1950s Cap): "Like all Americans, I worshiped [Captain America]... [Then, after Cap disappeared] The world went back to business as usual--but not me. I decided to make my life's work the study of Cap, the way some people study Lincoln or Jesus. It became an obsession--"	Baptist (raised)	[U.S. President]		355
Heinz Kruger (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 5)  William Burnside (recounting his research about the origin of Captain America): "...file... told of... an American experiment to produce ultra-warriors. One of Kerfoot's spies [Kruger] had been ordered to investigate, and had stolen this formula just hours before being uncovered and killed during the experiment itself."	Nazi	[Captain America's 1st foe; Gestapo spy; killed Dr. Erskine]		15

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