Captain America (vol. 1) #175 (July 1974):
“..Before the Dawn!”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Vince Colletta

Captain America (vol. 1) #175

Title: “..Before the Dawn!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1974

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

42 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
Number One (Richard Nixon)	Quaker	Secret Empire (leader)		4
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
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Number 68 (Gabriel Jones)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		125
Secret Empire		[1st app: Tales to Astonish (vol. 1) #81 (July 1966)]		120
Peggy Carter		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff) [Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]		72
Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch)		Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		5
Quentin Harderman	Committee To Regain America's Principles (leader)	Secret Empire (ally)		6
Committee To Regain America's Principles	Committee To Regain America's Principles	Secret Empire [launched smear campaign against Captain America]		5
Number Two		Secret Empire [armored; defeated Moonstone (Bloch) in staged fight]		2
Number One I (3-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 1, 3-4)  flashback		Secret Empire (leader)		5
Number Three (3-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1-2, 4)		Secret Empire [killed and impersonated by Punisher]		11
Number 9 (3-panel cameo, pg. 4-5)  flashback		Secret Empire		3
Harry (3-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)	indeterminate	U.S. Army [tried to defend White House against Secret Empire]		1
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (2-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 2, 4)  flashback	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1, 5)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1, 5)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1, 5)	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
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (2-panel cameo, pg. 1-2)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Havok (Alex Summers) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1,5)	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
Lorna Dane (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1, 5)	Jewish Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Starjammers; The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men [studied geophysics in college]		464
Blob (Fred J. Dukes) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1, 5)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1, 5)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Secret Empire		140
Unus the Untouchable (Angelo Unuscione) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1, 5)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three		69
Mesmero (Vincent) (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1, 5)	mutant supremacist	The Demi-Men; Weapon X [stage hypnotist]		54
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)  flashback	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Dum Dum Dugan (1-panel cameo, pg. 17, panel 3)	Catholic	Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		555
Boomerang (Fred Myers) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 2)  flashback		Doom's Brigade; Initiative: Heavy Hitters...  Initiative; Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army [played professional baseball]		130
Viper (Jordan Dixon) (1-panel cameo, pg. 17, panel 2)	activist; Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Crime Wave; Secret Empire...  Serpent Squad		10
Nick Fury (mentioned, pg. 5, panels 2-4)  Gabe Jones (speaking about Secret Empire): "...last year, when SHIELD heard they's been regrouped under a new Number One-- Col. Fury sent me back to do it again [infiltration]. I couldn't make the Inner Council this time, 'cause there isn't any..." [more]	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
A.I.M. (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1)  Gabe Jones: "They [Secret Empire], like A.I.M., were originally an arm of HYDRA--and, like A.I.M., they soon broke away from the big boys to try to conquer the world on their own!"	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
HYDRA (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1)  Gabe Jones: "They [Secret Empire], like A.I.M., were originally an arm of HYDRA--and, like A.I.M., they soon broke away from the big boys to try to conquer the world on their own!"	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 6)  Captain America (thinking): "Oh, Gabe! How could you know that Peggy thinks I'm in love with her, instead of her younger sister, Sharon! Lord, I HAVE to tell her the truth-- if I survive the rest of this day!"	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
The Devil (Satan) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 2)  U.S. Army soldier: "Jeez, Harry! That was our best stuff! Where the Devil's the President?"	Devil	[generic Satan/Devil reference or appearance]	, etc.	1,024
Richard Nixon (mentioned, pg. 7, 9)  (pg. 7) Moonstone (to Harderman): "'Lies are neat, truth is messy!' Isn't that what you always say? ...Maybe the truth got out on Watergate, but that's the except[ion]--" (pg. 9) soldier: "Where the Devil's the President?" other soldier: "At his retreat, the White House says!" Number One: "Your leader is far away, America!" [more]	Quaker	X Presidents (ally)		504
The Sanitation Unit (mentioned, pg. 11, 17)  (pg. 11) Number One: "At this moment, my agents--the Sanitation Squad--are planting atomic explosives in public places all across America! This nation has thirty minutes..." (pg. 17) narration: "In time, every living member of the Secret Empire will join the Viper... [inside jail], including... the Sanitation Squad bombers scattered across the lan	Committee To Regain America's Principles	[engineered prison break for Captain America]		3
Number Nine (Linda Donaldson) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 5)  Gabe Jones: "And while all THAT was going on, the OTHER members of the Empire were getting by with one of their own, a power-hungry type named Number Nine. This was the ORIGINAL Number Nine, not the CURRENT one, who calls herself Linda Donaldson."		Secret Empire		7
Julius Caesar (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  Gabe Jones: "Hold it, big man-- we're your friends!" Captain America: "Like Brutus to Caesar, you are! You're Number 68, the crud who fetched that ray cannon-- and used it." Gabe Jones: "That's true-- but I'm also Gabe Jones, special agent of SHIELD! I think you know my partner in this operation! Peggy Carter"	Greco-Roman classical religion (chief priest)	[general; ruler]	Vitagraph Company of America	250
Brutus (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  Gabe Jones: "Hold it, big man-- we're your friends!" Captain America: "Like Brutus to Caesar, you are! You're Number 68, the crud who fetched that ray cannon-- and used it." Gabe Jones: "That's true-- but I'm also Gabe Jones, special agent of SHIELD! I think you know my partner in this operation! Peggy Carter"	Greco-Roman classical religion	[betrayed Caesar]		93

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