Captain America (vol. 1) #160 (Apr. 1973):
“Enter: Solarr!”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Frank McLaughlin

Captain America (vol. 1) #160

Title: “Enter: Solarr!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1973

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Englehart
Art by: Sal Buscema, Frank McLaughlin

14 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
Solarr (Silas King)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		11
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Leila Taylor	black supremacist	black [Falcon's former girlfriend]		50
Crime Wave		[created to prompt NYC into strengthening police force]		4
Rafe Michel (6-panel cameo, pg. 5-6)	black supremacist	black [led a militant Black Power group Silver Skulls]		9
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (3-panel cameo, pg. 20, panels 5-7)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1)  Captain America: "Now I know how Thor must feel-- Oh, don't worry! I'm not as strong as he is-- But I still have to learn to pull my punches!"	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Captain America (William Burnside) (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 4)  Falcon (to Rafe Michel): "You stupid bigot! You're as blind behind those fancy shades and that 'in' rhetoric as the fake Captain America was behind his patriotic cowl!"	idolizes Captain America	National Force [taught history]		13
The Daystar (mentioned, pg. 16, panel 1)  Solarr (looking up at the sun): "The Daystar-- Father of all life on this planet and the others that surround you! Wash me! Heal me! FEED ME!"	sentient star	[living embodiment of earth's sun]		4
Cowled Commander (Sgt. Brian Muldoon) (mentioned, pg. 2, panels 2, 4)  Captain America: "--since it was the Cowled Commander's flunky, the Viper, who inadvertently injected me with the herbs... to give my my added power ...and these die-hards are the last of the Cowled Commander's Crime Wave!" In the beginning of this issue, Captain America and Falcon are mopping up the last of the Cowled Commander's gang.		Crime Wave (leader); NYPD [Steve Rogers' superior officer in NYPD]		11
Charlie the Tuna (Charlie) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3)  pedestrian (seeing Solarr emerge from a bank he robbed): "Hey--who in the ding-dong blazes is THAT freak?" other pedestrian: "Well, it's probably not Charlie the Tuna!"	Beatnik	tuna [based on actor-songwriter Henry Nemo]	StarKist Tuna; DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, etc.	83
George Blanda (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 6)  Captain America (thinking, while battling Solarr): "--but I can leap for solid sidewalk, spin on my hand -- and make like George Blanda!"	Catholic	[athlete]		26

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