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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: Marvel
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 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
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
Redwing Redwing hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
falcon; Pet Avengers
[falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]
Marvel 128
King Cobra King Cobra (Klaus Voorhees) villain scientist
  Initiative; Scavengers...  Marvel 87
Peggy Carter Peggy Carter supporting character
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff)
[Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]
Marvel 72
The Eel The Eel (Leopold Stryke) villain
  Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Marvel 30
Viper Viper (Jordan Dixon) villain
CBR Scale: S activist; Committee To Regain
America's Principles
(temporary)
Crime Wave; Secret Empire...  Marvel 10
Dave Cox Dave Cox villain
CBR Scale: M radical pacifist
[soldier] Marvel 16
Amanda Carter Amanda Carter
(2-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 2-3)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
[Sharon Carter's late mother] Marvel 4
Harrison Carter Harrison Carter
(2-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 2-3)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
[Sharon Carter's late father] Marvel 5
Smithers
(2-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 1-2)
supporting character
  [butler for Sharon Carter's parents] Marvel 3
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 5, panel 5) 
villain
CBR Scale: S Nazi / Freudian
National Force (founder); The Corporation
[led own gang]
Marvel 61
Quentin Harderman Quentin Harderman
(talked to, but not seen or
heard, pg. 5, panel 2) 
villain
CBR Scale: S Committee To Regain America's
Principles (leader)
Secret Empire (ally) Marvel 6
Jesus Christ Jesus Christ (Jesus of Nazareth)
(quoted and cited, pg. 13, panel 6) 
deity real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Christianity
[] DC 565
God God
(mentioned, pg. 13, panel 6) 
deity real/historical person
CBR Scale: D God
[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)] various 313
Leila Taylor Leila Taylor
(mentioned, pg. 6, panel 1) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: M black supremacist
black
[Falcon's former girlfriend]
Marvel 50
Richard Nixon Richard Nixon
(mentioned, pg. 5, panels 2, 5) 
hero real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Quaker
X Presidents (ally) NBC Random House 504
Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus
(mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Catholic
[explorer; navigator] DC 56
Mr. Clean Mr. Clean
(mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3) 
lead character
  [mascot] Procter & Gamble 2
Charles Mason
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 1) 
real/historical person
  [surveyed Mason-Dixon line] Marvel 2
Jeremiah Dixon
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 1) 
real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Quaker
[surveyed Mason-Dixon line] Marvel 3
D'Artagnan (Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore)
(mentioned, pg. 7, panel 3) 
hero real/historical person
  Three Musketeers Marvel 219