Captain America (vol. 1) #173 (May 1974):
“The Sins of the Secret Empire!”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Vince Colletta

Captain America (vol. 1) #173

Title: “The Sins of the Secret Empire!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1974

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

31 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
Dum Dum Dugan	Catholic	Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		555
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Secret Empire		[1st app: Tales to Astonish (vol. 1) #81 (July 1966)]		120
Number Nine (Linda Donaldson)		Secret Empire		7
Number 13		Secret Empire		3
Committee To Regain America's Principles (details)  Committee mentioned by name, members and actions seen. Nick Fury wonders if there is some truth in accusations made by Committee against Captain America.	Committee To Regain America's Principles	Secret Empire [launched smear campaign against Captain America]		5
Brand Corporation		[criminally-run subsidiary of Roxxon]		37
Chuck (pg. 14-17)		[tried to stop Cap, Falcon from robbing factory]		1
Reb Ralston (cameo, pg. 2-5)  Not identified by name, but appears to be among the SHIELD agents with Nick Fury and Dum Dum Dugan who battle Captain America, Falcon and the X-Men.		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos...  V-Battalion		22
Izzy Cohen (cameo, pg. 2-5)  Not identified by name, but appears to be among the SHIELD agents with Nick Fury and Dum Dum Dugan who battle Captain America, Falcon and the X-Men.	Jewish	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		76
Dino Manelli (cameo, pg. 2-5)  Not identified by name, but appears to be among the SHIELD agents with Nick Fury and Dum Dum Dugan who battle Captain America, Falcon and the X-Men.		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		81
Pinky Pinkerton (cameo, pg. 2-5)  Not identified by name, but appears to be among the SHIELD agents with Nick Fury and Dum Dum Dugan who battle Captain America, Falcon and the X-Men.	Jewish; LGBT	Deadly Dozen; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos [based on actor David Niven]		76
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (3-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1, 5-6)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Number 16 (Mr. Black) (3-panel cameo, pg. 17, panels 4-6)		Secret Empire		2
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 2-3)  flashback	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1-2)  flashback	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Gabriel Jones (2-panel cameo, pg. 2, panels 1-2)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		125
Thor (Donald Blake) (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 2)  flashback	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 4)  flashback	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (mentioned, pg. 6, panels 3-4)  Xavier: "We thought we had won-- but then Iron Man presented us with a mystifying puzzle! During our entire period of unconsciousness, my X-Man called the Angel had been missing-- and Magneto had not taken him! We tried to find my vanished student, by my making mental contact with his friend, the Beast. I could not locate the Beast."	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (mentioned, pg. 7-8)  (pg. 7) Xavier: "Desperate for allies, we sought and finally found one possibility: The Banshee. But he was so afraid of being captured, he hot-headedly fought you and us." (pg. 8) Linda Donaldson: "...I am told two mutants-- the Banshee and Cyclops were spotted downtown this morning."	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Charles Xavier: "It was the Master of Magnetism's plan to also kidnap your sister Avenger, the mutant called the Scarlet Witch... so he foolhardily lured the Avengers to him... and proved unequal to the task he had set himself."	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Havok (Alex Summers) (mentioned, pg. 6, panels 5-6)  Xavier: "Then Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and the Iceman jetted to the Southwest, to check on two mutants known as Havoc and Lorna Dane. Lorna had gone to see Havoc months before, and had not returned. Until then, I had sagely assumed that Lornia, in love with the man, had stayed with him instead of following my request to bring him back to us..." [more]	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
Lorna Dane (mentioned, pg. 6, panels 5-6)  Xavier: "Then Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and the Iceman jetted to the Southwest, to check on two mutants known as Havoc and Lorna Dane. Lorna had gone to see Havoc months before, and had not returned. Until then, I had sagely assumed that Lornia, in love with the man, had stayed with him instead of following my request to bring him back to us..." [more]	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Quentin Harderman (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 4)  Charles Xavier: "The Secret Empire is dedicated to domination... They often use advertising-- or propaganda--produced by their agents on Madison Avenue-- one of whom, the underworld grapevine reveals is Quentin Harderman!" Captain America: "--the man who engineered my frame."	Committee To Regain America's Principles (leader)	Secret Empire (ally)		6

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