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Captain America (vol. 1) #178 (Oct. 1974):
“If the Falcon Should Fall--!”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Vince Colletta

Captain America (vol. 1) #178

Title: “If the Falcon Should Fall--!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1974

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


25 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 Falcon (Sam Wilson)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  Marvel 531
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Lucifer Lucifer villain
CBR Scale: M Quistalian initiate of the
Arcana
Quist Marvel 9
Aries (Grover Raymond)
(details) 
villain
  Zodiac (Cartel) Marvel 8
Rafe Michel Rafe Michel
(details) 
villain
CBR Scale: D black supremacist
black
[led a militant Black Power group Silver Skulls]
Marvel 9
Redwing Redwing hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
falcon; Pet Avengers
[falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]
Marvel 128
Peggy Carter Peggy Carter supporting character
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff)
[Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]
Marvel 72
Captain America (Bob Russo) supporting character
  [pro-baseball player; briefly became Captain America] Marvel 2
Ultra-Robots Ultra-Robots villain group
CBR Scale: R N.A.
[3 robots unleashed by Lucifer against Harlem] Marvel 2
Robot Delta villain
CBR Scale: D N.A.
[an Ultra-Robot; fought with, destroyed by Captain America] Marvel 1
Robot Epsilon villain
CBR Scale: D N.A.
[an Ultra-Robot; fought with, destroyed by Captain America] Marvel 1
Robot Zeta villain
CBR Scale: D N.A.
[an Ultra-Robot; fought with, destroyed by Captain America] Marvel 1
unnamed gang of thieves unnamed gang of thieves villain group
  [gang; thief] Marvel 1
Agent 13 Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)
(6-panel cameo, pg. 9, panels 1-2, 4-7)
supporting character hero
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel 262
Gabriel Jones Gabriel Jones
(5-panel cameo, pg. 9, panels 2, 4-7)
hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Godzilla Squad...  Marvel 125
Morgan Morgan
(5-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)
villain
  [leader of own crime organization based in Harlem] Marvel 28
Leila Taylor Leila Taylor
(3-panel cameo, pg. 5, panels 1-3)
supporting character
CBR Scale: M black supremacist
black
[Falcon's former girlfriend]
Marvel 50
Captain America Roscoe Simons
(3-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 3-5)
supporting character
  [Captain America fan; briefly replaced Steve Rogers as Cap] Marvel 11
Mitch
(2-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 3-4)
supporting character
  [sports reporter who got scoop: Bob Russo becomes new Cap] Marvel 1
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D.
(behind the scenes) 
supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2) 
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Cyclops Cyclops (Scott Summers)
(mentioned, pg. 17, panel 3) 
hero
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I Protestant; mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  Marvel 8,371
X-Men X-Men
(mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2) 
hero group
  [1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)] Marvel 9,958
Tweedledee Tweedledee
(mentioned, pg. 4, panel 4) 
supporting character
  [1st app: Original Ditties for the Nursery (1805)] J. Harris 64
Tweedledum Tweedledum
(mentioned, pg. 4, panel 4) 
supporting character
  [1st app: Original Ditties for the Nursery (1805)] J. Harris 84