Captain America (vol. 1) #163 (July 1973):
“Beware of Serpents!”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, John Verpoorten, Tony Mortellaro

Captain America (vol. 1) #163

Title: “Beware of Serpents!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1973

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

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 (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
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
King Cobra (Klaus Voorhees)		Initiative; Scavengers...  Serpent Society (leader); Serpent Squad; Thunderbolts Army		87
Peggy Carter		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff) [Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]		72
The Eel (Leopold Stryke)		Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Fellowship of Fear; Serpent Squad		30
Viper (Jordan Dixon)	activist; Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Crime Wave; Secret Empire...  Serpent Squad		10
Dave Cox	radical pacifist	[soldier]		16
Amanda Carter (2-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 2-3)	Christian (denomination unknown)	[Sharon Carter's late mother]		4
Harrison Carter (2-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 2-3)	Christian (denomination unknown)	[Sharon Carter's late father]		5
Smithers (2-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 1-2)		[butler for Sharon Carter's parents]		3
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff) (photo/picture/video, pg. 5, panel 5)  Dr. Faustus is seen behind bars in newspaper photo, below headline: "Captain America foils Dr. Faustus"	Nazi / Freudian	National Force (founder); The Corporation [led own gang]		61
Quentin Harderman (talked to, but not seen or heard, pg. 5, panel 2)  Viper: "Hello, Quentin? Jordan Dixon-- alias the Viper -- here. Listen, sweetie-baby, I want you to start an ad campaign for me-- the un-selling of Captain America! Sure-- they sold the President through the media! We'll use the same techniques in reverse to convince the great unwashed that C.A. is a glory-grabbing vigilante..."	Committee To Regain America's Principles (leader)	Secret Empire (ally)		6
Jesus Christ (Jesus of Nazareth) (quoted and cited, pg. 13, panel 6)  Peggy Carter: "Get your rifle down! You'll have to hold them off!" Dave Cox: "No. I told you before, Miss Carter! I refuse to participate in violence! I swore to myself and my God, who said 'Thou shalt not kill!' and 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!'"	Christianity	[ 1st app: Justice League of America (vol. 1) #40 (Nov. 1965) ]		565
God (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 6)  Peggy Carter: "Get your rifle down! You'll have to hold them off!" Dave Cox: "No. I told you before, Miss Carter! I refuse to participate in violence! I swore to myself and my God, who said 'Thou shalt not kill!' and 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!'"	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Leila Taylor (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 1)  Falcon: "...I think it's about time I split for Harlem. As you may remember, I've got a woman there now-- and a life of my own that I wanna build."	black supremacist	black [Falcon's former girlfriend]		50
Richard Nixon (mentioned, pg. 5, panels 2, 5)  Viper: "Hello, Quentin? Jordan Dixon-- alias the Viper -- here. Listen, sweetie-baby, I want you to start an ad campaign for me-- the un-selling of Captain America! Sure-- they sold the President through the media! We'll use the same techniques in reverse to convince the great unwashed that C.A. is a glory-grabbing vigilante..." Also, in panel 5 on page 5, a newspaper headline is seen: "Nixon to address Congress"	Quaker	X Presidents (ally)		504
Christopher Columbus (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1)  Captain America (to Peggy Carter): "...it was hard in the early years. There were times I felt like a European of Columbus' time, suddenly discovering there was an entire other sie-- to a world I knew for certain was flat!"	Catholic	[explorer; navigator]		56
Mr. Clean (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Viper (to Captain America): "Peer timidly from your dark hole and view what my Viper's Venom can do to living things! It destroys them, hero-- like Raid destroys flies, and Mr. Clean destroys dirt!"		[mascot]	Procter & Gamble	2
Charles Mason (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 1)  Quote: "That death-defying drama took place in New York State, as we said, where much of our Marvel madness transpires... But since Mr. Mason and Mr. Dixon went to the trouble of drawing a line a while back, let us now turn our attention to the sunny Southland--- specifically, the great state of Virginia, wherein..."		[surveyed Mason-Dixon line]		2
Jeremiah Dixon (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 1)  Quote: "That death-defying drama took place in New York State, as we said, where much of our Marvel madness transpires... But since Mr. Mason and Mr. Dixon went to the trouble of drawing a line a while back, let us now turn our attention to the sunny Southland--- specifically, the great state of Virginia, wherein..."	Quaker	[surveyed Mason-Dixon line]		3
D'Artagnan (Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 3)  Viper: "Promise them anything, Cobra, but I'll give them-- my poison darts!" Falcon: "Delivery refused, Dartagnon! I've seen this flick before!"		Three Musketeers		219

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