Captain America (vol. 1) #168 (Dec. 1973):
“...And a Phoenix Shall Arise!”
by Roy Thomas, Tony Isabella, Sal Buscema, John Tartaglione, etc.

Captain America (vol. 1) #168

Title: “...And a Phoenix Shall Arise!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1973

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas, Tony Isabella
Art by: Sal Buscema, John Tartaglione, George Roussos

24 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
Phoenix (Helmut Zemo)		Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		142
Nazis (details)  Many dialogue references. Nazi symbol on page 6 (with Red Skull flashback), plus flashbacks to Nazi villains Red Skull and the elder Baron Zemo.	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Baron Zemo (Dr. Heinrich Zemo) (details)  Many references and also even in major flashback sequence.	Nazi	The Masters of Evil (founder); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		121
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Hilda Zemo (5-panel cameo, pg. 13-15)  flashback		[Baron (Heinrich) Zemo's wife; Helmut Zemo's mother]		2
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 2-3)  flashback	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Solarr (Silas King) (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 5)  flashback		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		11
The Fifth Sleeper (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 3)  flashback	N.A.	[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #148 (Apr. 1972)]		5
Nick Fury (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3)  Captain America: "I won't risk the Falcon catching one that's meant for Captain America-- the way Bucky Barnes did! Maybe that's been my trouble with ALL the partners I've had since I was 'resurrected--' Rick Jones-- the Falcon-- Nick Fury-- even Sharon and the Avengers to some extent-- subconsciously, I've been seeing Bucky in them!"	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (mentioned, pg. 8, 16)  Captain America: "I won't risk the Falcon catching one that's meant for Captain America-- the way Bucky Barnes did! Maybe that's been my trouble with ALL the partners I've had since I was 'resurrected--' Rick Jones-- the Falcon-- Nick Fury-- even Sharon and the Avengers to some extent-- subconsciously, I've been seeing Bucky in them!" [more]	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Bucky (Rick Jones) (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3)  Captain America: "I won't risk the Falcon catching one that's meant for Captain America-- the way Bucky Barnes did! Maybe that's been my trouble with ALL the partners I've had since I was 'resurrected--' Rick Jones-- the Falcon-- Nick Fury-- even Sharon and the Avengers to some extent-- subconsciously, I've been seeing Bucky in them!"		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 2)  Falcon: "Come on, Cap-- You didn't really expect me to fall for that 'I-vant-to-be-alone' routine, did you? I put a certified SHIELD tracer on your own grand old shield!"		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Adolf Hitler (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Captain America: "I can't shake it tonight. The feeling that I'm a walking anachronism-- a guy who looks like he's twenty... even though he was fighting Hitler's hordes some thirty years ago!"	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (mentioned, pg. 2, 8)  (pg. 2) Captain America: "A lot of things... I guess it started when I fought the madman who took my place during the '50s. But maybe it all fell into place... when I saw Peggy again. Peggy... the girl I loved for a brief instant during [WWII]... and who may crack under the shock when she learns its her younger sister Sharon I love now... not her."	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Peggy Carter (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 2)  Captain America: "...I guess it started when I fought the madman who took my place during the '50s. But maybe it all fell into place... when I saw Peggy again. Peggy... the girl I loved for a brief instant during [WWII]... and who may crack under the shock when she learns its her younger sister Sharon I love now... not her."		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff) [Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]		72
Captain America (William Burnside) (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 2)  Falcon: "...what made that old bugaboo creep up on you all over again?'; Captain America: "A lot of things... I guess it started when I fought the madman who took my place during the '50s"	idolizes Captain America	National Force [taught history]		13
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff) (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 5)  Captain America: "'course there are new bad-guys being added to the ranks all the time, like the Viper -- Dr. Faustus -- even Solarr--"	Nazi / Freudian	National Force (founder); The Corporation [led own gang]		61
Viper (Jordan Dixon) (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 5)  Captain America: "'course there are new bad-guys being added to the ranks all the time, like the Viper -- Dr. Faustus -- even Solarr--" Also: anti-Captain America ads are Viper arranged are discussed on pages 8-9.	activist; Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Crime Wave; Secret Empire...  Serpent Squad		10
Victor Frankenstein (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 6)  Falcon (referring to Helmut Zemo, son of Baron Heinrich Zemo): "Looks like Brother Redwing has given me all the opening I need-- --to put Son of Frankenstein away for keeps!"	Lutheran	[creator of the Frankenstein Monster]	Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones	156
The Avengers (mentioned, pg. 8, 15, 20)  (pg. 8) Captain America: "I won't risk the Falcon catching one that's meant for Captain America-- the way Bucky Barnes did! Maybe that's been my trouble with ALL the partners I've had since I was 'resurrected--' Rick Jones-- the Falcon-- Nick Fury-- even Sharon and the Avengers to some extent-- subconsciously, I've been seeing Bucky in them!"		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Son of Frankenstein (Baron Wolf von Frankenstein) (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 6)  Falcon (referring to Helmut Zemo, son of Baron Heinrich Zemo): "Looks like Brother Redwing has given me all the opening I need-- --to put Son of Frankenstein away for keeps!"		[son of scientist who created monster]		1
The Phoenix (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 1)  Phoenix (Helmut Zemo): "I would have thought my identity would have become obvious to you, Captain... My namesake-- the spirit-bird of legend that rises from the ashes of its own destruction to live anew--"	mythical sacred bird	bird		5

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