Captain America (vol. 1) #177 (Sep. 1974):
“Lucifer Be Thy Name”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Vince Colletta

Captain America (vol. 1) #177

Title: “Lucifer Be Thy Name”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1974

Publisher:
Written by: 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.
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (lead character)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Lucifer	Quistalian initiate of the Arcana	Quist		9
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Aries (Grover Raymond) (details)  Aries is a major character in this issue during the last 5 pages, but spends most of this time merged with the alien Lucifer.		Zodiac (Cartel)		8
Rafe Michel (details)  Rafe Michel is a leading character in this issue, but he spends much of the issue merged with the alien Lucifer.	black supremacist	black [led a militant Black Power group Silver Skulls]		9
unnamed homeless man (4-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black [quoted prayer when startled by Lucifer]		1
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (3-panel cameo, pg. 13, panels 6-8)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Morgan (3-panel cameo, pg. 18, panels 7-9)		[leader of own crime organization based in Harlem]		28
Man-Mountain Quint (Quint) (2-panel cameo, pg. 18, panels 7-8)		black		4
Bim (2-panel cameo, pg. 18, panels 7-8)		black		3
Salirann (2-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 3-4)	N.A.	[trained by Lucifer to retrieve Casadrax mineral]		1
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 1)  flashback	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 1)  flashback	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) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 1)  flashback	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
Charles Gray (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 3)  flashback	Satanism	Stark Industries [possessed and empowered by Lucifer]		5
The Supreme One (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 2)  flashback	alien	Quist [ruler of Quists; commanded early X-Men foe Lucifer]		4
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (mentioned, pg. 5-6)  (pg. 5) Falcon (to Captain America): "...But hey! remember how Professor X said I might be a mutant? We still have to find out if that's true!" (pg. 6) Falcon: "What did the Professor say-- 'I've heard you have an uncommon rapport with your hawk'?"	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Nazis (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  Captain America: "...the biggest thing I've ever set my eyes on, and I went through World War II! I thought I'd seen everything, what with the Nazis and all...!"	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Little Red Riding Hood (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 7)  Lucifer/Rafe Michel: "--Aries!" Aries: "Yeah? An' you're Little Red Ridin' Hood, I'll bet!" Lucifer/Rafe: "My friend, I am a man who can give you power--power to match your lust for power."		[star of classic fairy tale]	Andrew Lang	78
The Galloping Gourmet (Graham Kerr) (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 5)  narrative text accompanying panel in which Lucifer enjoys snacks he steals from a convenience store: "Now wait a minute, Marvelite! Lucifer's major crime in this issue isn't the impersonation of the Galloping Gourmet--honest! Actually, his sweet-tooth is the most crucial part of our story, for two reasons..."	Mennonite	[chef; TV host]		37
Tom Sawyer (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 5)  Steve Rogers (thinking, after seeing a newspaper headline announcing his retirement): "It was Tom Sawyer, wasn't it-- who went to his own funeral? But he laughed."	Hardshell Baptist	League of Extraordinary Gentlemen		140

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