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Captain America (vol. 1) #172 (Apr. 1974):
“Believe It or Not: The Banshee!”
by Mike Friedrich, Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Vince Colletta

Captain America (vol. 1) #172

Title: “Believe It or Not: The Banshee!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1974

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Mike Friedrich, Steve Englehart
Art by: Sal Buscema, Vince Colletta


22 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
Banshee Banshee (Sean Cassidy) hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  Marvel 1,340
Falcon Falcon (Sam Wilson) hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  Marvel 531
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers) hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
Redwing Redwing hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
falcon; Pet Avengers
[falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]
Marvel 128
The Sanitation Unit villain group based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Committee To Regain America's
Principles
[engineered prison break for Captain America] Marvel 3
Nefarius Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch) villain
CBR Scale: I Committee To Regain America's
Principles (temporary)
Secret Empire Marvel 10
Committee To Regain America's Principles Committee To Regain America's Principles villain group
CBR Scale: M Committee To Regain America's
Principles
Secret Empire
[launched smear campaign against Captain America]
Marvel 5
Number Four
(details) 
villain
  Secret Empire; The Sanitation Unit
[tried to bust Captain America out of jail]
Marvel 3
Number One
(details) 
villain
  Secret Empire; The Sanitation Unit
[tried to bust Captain America out of jail]
Marvel 3
Number Eight
(details) 
villain
  Secret Empire; The Sanitation Unit
[tried to bust Captain America out of jail]
Marvel 3
Number Twenty villain
  Secret Empire; The Sanitation Unit Marvel 2
Number Twelve villain
  Secret Empire; The Sanitation Unit Marvel 2
Professor X Professor X (Charles Xavier)
(5-panel cameo, pg. 19, panels 1-4, 6)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: S religious
Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Marvel 4,999
unnamed truck driver
(5-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)
supporting character
  [gave Cap, Falcon ride from NYC to Nashville] Marvel 1
Phoenix Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 19, panels 1-2, 4)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Metro College; The Twelve...  Marvel 1,905
Quentin Harderman Quentin Harderman
(3-panel cameo, pg. 2, panels 3-5)
villain
CBR Scale: S Committee To Regain America's
Principles (leader)
Secret Empire (ally) Marvel 6
Secret Empire Secret Empire
(behind the scenes)
villain group
  [1st app: Tales to Astonish (vol. 1) #81 (July 1966)] Marvel 120
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 5) 
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jehovah's Witnesses; Presbyterian (convert)
[general; U.S. President] Marvel 262
Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 5) 
real/historical person
  U.S. Army Marvel 113
The Bowery Boys The Bowery Boys
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2) 
group lead character
  [1st app: Dead End (1935)] Monogram Pictures 48
Merle Haggard
(mentioned, pg. 9, panel 4) 
real/historical person
  [musician; singer...] Marvel 64