Captain America (vol. 1) #169 (Jan. 1974):
“When a Legend Dies”
by Steve Englehart, Mike Friedrich, Sal Buscema, Frank McLaughlin

Captain America (vol. 1) #169

Title: “When a Legend Dies”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1974

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

32 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
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Quentin Harderman	Committee To Regain America's Principles (leader)	Secret Empire (ally)		6
Tumbler (John Robert Keane)	Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Secret Empire		5
Man-Mountain Quint (Quint) (details, pg. 1-5)  Not identified by name, but recognizable from previous issues.		black		4
Bim (details, pg. 1-5)  Not identified by name, but recognizable from previous issues.		black		3
Committee To Regain America's Principles	Committee To Regain America's Principles	Secret Empire [launched smear campaign against Captain America]		5
Spats (pg. 1-5)	manifestly non-religious	black [one of 5 thugs who tried to kill Falcon for Boss Morgan]		1
Slick (pg. 1-5)	manifestly non-religious	black [one of 5 thugs who tried to kill Falcon for Boss Morgan]		1
Black Panther (T'Challa) (cover & 2-panel cameo, pg. 9, panels 2, 4)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (3-panel cameo, pg. 15, panels 2-4)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Contessa Valentina (3-panel cameo, pg. 16, panels 1-3)		Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		146
Harderman's secretary (3-panel cameo, pg. 10, panels 2-4)		[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #169 (Jan. 1974)]		1
Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch) (3-panel cameo, pg. 18, panels 5-7)	Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Secret Empire		10
Leila Taylor (2-panel cameo, pg. 9, panels 3-4)	black supremacist	black [Falcon's former girlfriend]		50
Agent 135 (2-panel cameo, pg. 15-16)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [told Captain America he couldn't see Nick Fury]		1
unnamed store clerk (1-panel cameo, pg. 11, panel 7)		[attacked by Tumbler in plot to discredit Captain America]		1
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff) (mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 7-8)  Captain America: "They deliberately used negative phrases--distortions! Sure, Dr. faustus was a private citizen! So was Al Capone!" Seen in anti-Captain America TV commercial.	Nazi / Freudian	National Force (founder); The Corporation [led own gang]		61
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (photo/picture/video, pg. 7, panel 2)  Seen in anti-Captain America TV commercial.	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 5)  Captain America (thinking about Falcon): "...even when I had no extra strength, Sam's felt as if he were standing in my shadow. There was that time he tried to capture Spider Man [sic]..."	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Tony Stark (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Falcon (talking about wanting to have super powers): "Well, I was thinkin' maybe the Avengers could come up with something." Captain America: "Hmmm, maybe Hank Pym could invent a serum for you... or Tony Stark could devise something mechanical..." Falcon: "No, not them..." [Falcon asks for Black Panther to help him, because the Panther is black.]	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Nick Fury (mentioned, pg. 15-16)  Captain America learns Peggy Carter is trying to join SHIELD, in the hopes of being able to once again fight alongside him. He wants to persuade Nick Fury to not allow Peggy to do so.	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Hank Pym (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Falcon (talking about wanting to have super powers): "Well, I was thinkin' maybe the Avengers could come up with something." Captain America: "Hmmm, maybe Hank Pym could invent a serum for you... or Tony Stark could devise something mechanical..." Falcon: "No, not them..." [Falcon asks for Black Panther to help him, because the Panther is black.]	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Peggy Carter (mentioned, pg. 8, 15-16)  Captain America learns Peggy Carter is trying to join SHIELD, in the hopes of being able to once again fight alongside him. He wants to persuade Nick Fury to not allow Peggy to do so.		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. 8, panel 2)  Captain America: "They deliberately used negative phrases--distortions! Sure, Dr. faustus was a private citizen! So was Al Capone! And that picture they used of me pushing past the police-- that was taken when I was going through a barricade to capture the fake Captain America!"	idolizes Captain America	National Force [taught history]		13
Viper (Jordan Dixon) (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 4)  Quentin Harderman (thinking): "Ah, the campaign proceeds well! My partner will be pleased-- and so will the Viper, who started it al!"	activist; Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Crime Wave; Secret Empire...  Serpent Squad		10
Morgan (mentioned, pg. 1-5)  Does not appear on-panel in this issue, but many references to Morgan by name in opening pages, when his thugs attack Falcon.		[leader of own crime organization based in Harlem]		28
Scarface (Al Capone) (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 2)  Captain America: "They deliberately used negative phrases--distortions! Sure, Dr. faustus was a private citizen! So was Al Capone!"	Catholic	Mafia		109
The Avengers (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Falcon (talking about wanting to have super powers): "Well, I was thinkin' maybe the Avengers could come up with something." Captain America: "Hmmm, maybe Hank Pym could invent a serum for you... or Tony Stark could devise something mechanical..." Falcon: "No, not them..." [Falcon asks for Black Panther to help him, because the Panther is black.]		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Fred (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1)  At that juncture, just down the street, a man named Steve Rogers steps into the moonlight on his way to Fred's Food Shop for a snack--"	indeterminate	black		1

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