Captain America (vol. 1) #165 (Sep. 1973):
“The Yellow Claw Strikes!”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Frank McLaughlin

Captain America (vol. 1) #165

Title: “The Yellow Claw Strikes!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1973

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

28 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
Yellow Claw (Plan Tzu)	Chinese traditional religion; alchemist; occult	[leader of own crime organization]		15
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Leila Taylor	black supremacist	black [Falcon's former girlfriend]		50
Peggy Carter		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff) [Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]		72
Suwan	possessed by spirit	Asian; Atlas Foundation [Yellow Claw's traitorous niece]		40
Commander Fong	Communist	Asian [summoned to USA by Yellow Claw, then killed by him]		1
giant spiders	N.A.	spider [created by Yellow Claw; battled Cap in NYC]		2
Chinese Communists	Maoist Communist	Asian		50
Cliff (7-panel cameo, pg. 10-12)		[security guard]		1
Harv (7-panel cameo, pg. 10-12)		[security guard]		1
Morgan (5-panel cameo, pg. 15, panels 1-4, 6)		[leader of own crime organization based in Harlem]		28
Bim (4-panel cameo, pg. 15, panels 2-5)		black		3
Rick (4-panel cameo, pg. 10-12)		[security guard]		1
Man-Mountain Quint (Quint) (1-panel cameo, pg. 15, panel 1)		black		4
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 3)  Captain America: "...but THAT Claw turned out to be a ROBOT, operated by someone whose identity Fury never discovered!" narration: "WE, however, know it was Doc Doom, playing a game with SHIELD in Strange Tales #160-167."	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
King Cobra (Klaus Voorhees) (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2)  Falcon (to Captain America): "I've stayed because I've been needed-- against Faustus, against the Serpent Squad, against Nightshade-- and for Peggy-- but dig: I think Fury's right. He's got a whole organization to find the Claw. I'm not needed for that!" The Serpent Squad Falcon refers to consisted of Cobra (Klaus Voorhees), Viper and The Eel.		Initiative; Scavengers...  Serpent Society (leader); Serpent Squad; Thunderbolts Army		87
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff) (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2)  Falcon (to Captain America): "I've stayed because I've been needed-- against Faustus, against the Serpent Squad, against Nightshade-- and for Peggy-- but dig: I think Fury's right. He's got a whole organization to find the Claw. I'm not needed for that!"	Nazi / Freudian	National Force (founder); The Corporation [led own gang]		61
Nightshade (Tilda Johnson) (mentioned, pg. 1, 3)  Quote: "(pg. 1) Last ish, Cap and the Falcon overcame the bizarre menace of Deadly Nightshade, Queen of the Werewolves-- and in so doing, the Star-Spangled Avenger uncovered the name of Nightshade's hidden leader-- the Yellow Claw! [more]"		Femizons; MODOK's 11		43
The Eel (Leopold Stryke) (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2)  Falcon (to Captain America): "I've stayed because I've been needed-- against Faustus, against the Serpent Squad, against Nightshade-- and for Peggy-- but dig: I think Fury's right. He's got a whole organization to find the Claw. I'm not needed for that!" Also: Peggy Carter mentions anti-Cap radio campaign started by Eel and Viper in issue #163.		Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Fellowship of Fear; Serpent Squad		30
Viper (Jordan Dixon) (mentioned, pg. 3, 9)  Falcon (to Captain America): "I've stayed because I've been needed-- against Faustus, against the Serpent Squad, against Nightshade-- and for Peggy-- but dig: I think Fury's right. He's got a whole organization to find the Claw. I'm not needed for that!" [also: ref. by name on pg. 9] Also: Peggy Carter mentions anti-Cap radio campaign started by Eel and Viper in issue #163.	activist; Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Crime Wave; Secret Empire...  Serpent Squad		10
Yellow Claw (imposter) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 3)  Captain America: "The Yellow Claw! Fury and I THOUGHT we fought him before-- but THAT Claw turned out to be a ROBOT, operated by someone whose identity Fury never discovered!" narration: "WE, however, know it was Doc Doom, playing a game with SHIELD in Strange Tales #160-167."	N.A.	[robot look-a-like of original Yellow Claw]		1
Mel Lansing (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 1)  Nick Fury: "...if you hadn't'a busted up SHIELD's raid!" Captain America: "My heart bleeds for you, Fury! I suppose you'd rather we'd ignored the Falcon's friend's cry for help!" Cap refers to Mel Lansing's letter asking Falcon to help him.	indeterminate	[childhood friend of Falcon]		1
General Mao Sung (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 6)  Commander Fong (to Yellow Claw): "But, my superiors-- General Sung himself-- reached an agreement with you many years past! You were to destroy the world's democracies-- and we have given you every consideration..."	Communist	Asian [made agreement with Yellow Claw on behalf of Chinese govt.]		1
Alice (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 1)  Cliff (security guard): "--anyway, Alice says those radio spots have got something, Harv. She says Cap's got too much power to be running around without anybody controlling him. Well, I told her about how he saved my whole outfit back in the Big One [WWII], but would she listen? No!"		[ads let her to be skeptical of Captain America]		1

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