Captain America (vol. 1) #157 (Jan. 1973):
“Veni, Vidi, Vici: Viper!”
by Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, John Verpoorten

Captain America (vol. 1) #157

Title: “Veni, Vidi, Vici: Viper!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1973

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber
Art by: Sal Buscema, John Verpoorten

26 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
Viper (Jordan Dixon)	activist; Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Crime Wave; Secret Empire...  Serpent Squad		10
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Morgan		[leader of own crime organization based in Harlem]		28
Cowled Commander (Sgt. Brian Muldoon) (details)  Sgt. Brian Muldoon is not actually seen as the Cowled Commander in this issue, but Muldoon is featured prominently and the Commander is behind most events in plot.		Crime Wave (leader); NYPD [Steve Rogers' superior officer in NYPD]		11
Commissioner Feingold		[police commissioner]		8
Crime Wave		[created to prompt NYC into strengthening police force]		4
Man-Mountain Quint (Quint) (6-panel cameo, pg. 7-9)		black		4
Mona (6-panel cameo, pg. 7-9)		black [Bossman Morgan's girlfriend]		2
Bim (5-panel cameo, pg. 7-9)		black		3
Captain Ferris (5-panel cameo, pg. 10, panels 3-5, 7-8)		NYPD		1
Ball 'n' Chain (5-panel cameo, pg. 1-3)		black; Crime Wave [attacked Captain America]		1
Leila Taylor (4-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 5-7, 9)	black supremacist	black [Falcon's former girlfriend]		50
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (3-panel cameo, pg. 11, panels 2-4)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Figaro (3-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 2-4)	N.A.	cat [Falcon's pet cat]		5
Officer Carpenter (2-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 2-3)		NYPD [arrested 3 thugs who attacked Captain America]		2
Dick (1-panel cameo, pg. 10, panel 2)	indeterminate	NYPD [worked in same precinct as Steve Rogers (Captain America)]		2
Mac (talked to, but not seen or heard, pg. 9, panel 2)		[informed Morgan (incorrectly) that Captain America was dead]		1
Julius Caesar (quoted and cited, pg. 1)  Title of this story ("Veni, vidi, vici:" Viper!), which includes the quotation marks around "Veni, vidi, vici") quotes Casar, although Caesar is not mentioned by name.	Greco-Roman classical religion (chief priest)	[general; ruler]	Vitagraph Company of America	250
Practical Pig (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  Officer Carpenter: "We'll take care of 'em for you. Can you make it to the station later to prefer charges?" Captain America (referring to 3 thugs he defeated after they attacked him): "Better than that, Carp. I'll beat you there! I was on my way to see the Commissioner when I met the Three Little Pigs--no pun intended."	anthropomorphic animal	pig; Three Little Pigs	, etc.	582
Fiddler Pig (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  Officer Carpenter: "We'll take care of 'em for you. Can you make it to the station later to prefer charges?" Captain America (referring to 3 thugs he defeated after they attacked him): "Better than that, Carp. I'll beat you there! I was on my way to see the Commissioner when I met the Three Little Pigs--no pun intended."	anthropomorphic animal	pig; Three Little Pigs	, etc.	575
Fifer Pig (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  Officer Carpenter: "We'll take care of 'em for you. Can you make it to the station later to prefer charges?" Captain America (referring to 3 thugs he defeated after they attacked him): "Better than that, Carp. I'll beat you there! I was on my way to see the Commissioner when I met the Three Little Pigs--no pun intended."	anthropomorphic animal	pig; Three Little Pigs	, etc.	570
Rafe Michel (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 9)  Sam Wilson (secretly the Falcon, speaking to Leila Taylor): "Still, I think you'll find the Falcon's a little different from Rafe and his gang. Maybe he'll have something to say about his love life!"	black supremacist	black [led a militant Black Power group Silver Skulls]		9
Walt Disney (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 3)  Falcon: "Hi, Redwing! That makes both a cat [Figaro] and a bird that follow me around! At this rate, I could become Walt Disney!"	Congregationalist	[business owner; film director...]		129
Marge (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 7)  Captain Ferris (to Sgt. Muldoon): "The public's up in arms, Brian. We'd reinstate you in a minute-- but how would it look? Listen, Marge and I have having a party Friday night..." Muldoon: "I couldn't Captain... Thanks anyway."	indeterminate	[wife of police captain where Steve Rogers worked]		1

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