Captain America (vol. 1) #179 (Nov. 1974):
“Slings and Arrows!”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Vince Colletta

Captain America (vol. 1) #179

Title: “Slings and Arrows!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1974

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

32 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
Golden Archer (Clint Barton) (details)  Hawkeye creates a fake villainous identity in order to goad Captain America into returning to being a super-hero.	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Peggy Carter		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff) [Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]		72
Morgan		[leader of own crime organization based in Harlem]		28
Captain America (Scar Turpin)		[briefly became Captain America]		1
Rasputin (5-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 1, 3-6)		[fought Scar Turpin for "right" to be new Captain America]		1
Sickle Cycle Club (5-panel cameo, pg. 7, panels 1, 3-6)		[biker gang that a temporary Captain America came from]		1
Bim (4-panel cameo, pg. 4-5)		black		3
Road Runners (4-panel cameo, pg. 13, panels 1, 3-5)	prob. indeterminate	[criminal gang; beat Scar Turpin (temporary Captain America)]		1
Jocko (4-panel cameo, pg. 13, panels 1, 3-5)		[member of Road Runners gang]		1
Roscoe Simons (3-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1, 3, 9)		[Captain America fan; briefly replaced Steve Rogers as Cap]		11
The Space Phantom (2-panel cameo, pg. 8, panels 3-4)  flashback	alien	Space Phantom		28
Man-Mountain Quint (Quint) (2-panel cameo, pg. 4-5)		black		4
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 3)  flashback	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)  flashback	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Thor (Donald Blake) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 2)  flashback	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 3)  flashback	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)  flashback	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Vision (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 2)  (pg. 8) Captain America: "It was an unintentional benefit of a plot cooked up by an alien called the Space Phantom. He needed my mind to be at peace in order to exchange it with the Vision's... He erased my memory of that meeting as well, so I learned it all from the android." Flashback 1-panel cameo appearance on page 18, and mentioned on page 8.	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Bucky (Rick Jones) (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 3)  flashback		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 4)  flashback	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	The Defenders [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Zzzax (1-panel cameo, pg. 18, panel 3)  flashback	N.A.	[formed from electricty]		21
Captain America (Bob Russo) (mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 7, panel 2)  Photo seen by newspaper article about Russo's attempt to become new Captain America.		[pro-baseball player; briefly became Captain America]		2
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 4)  Rasputin: "Ease up a little, Turpin. I kinda fancy bein' a super-hero myself! I bin thinkin' about it since the Ghost Rider hit the circuit..."	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Midnight Sons		306
Lucifer (mentioned, pg. 5, panels 6, 8)  Falcon (to Morgan): "I know it was you who sent those two Lucifers around to skrag me, creep--and it's the last straw! ...the next guy you send around better be better than the Lucys, Morgan... or I'll send 'im back to you, gift-wrapped!" [also mentioned in footnote on page 11] Falcon here refers to the previous issue, when Lucifier's consciousness and form was divided among Rafe Michel and Aries.	Quistalian initiate of the Arcana	Quist		9
Aries (Grover Raymond) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 6)  Falcon (to Morgan): "I know it was you who sent those two Lucifers around to skrag me, creep--and it's the last straw!" Falcon here refers to the previous issue, when Lucifier's consciousness and form was divided among Rafe Michel and Aries.		Zodiac (Cartel)		8
Sherlock Holmes (mentioned, pg. 14, panels 2-3)  Quote: "the mysterious marksman [Hawkeye]... chuckles, because... he, too, has read The Complete Sherlock Holmes. The master detective used this same gambit-- the dummy behind the shade-- in 'The Adventure of the Empty House.' It's exactly the sort of ploy the Golden Archer expected from his quarry..."	Anglican	[private investigator]		510
Rafe Michel (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 6)  Falcon (to Morgan): "I know it was you who sent those two Lucifers around to skrag me, creep--and it's the last straw!" Falcon here refers to the previous issue, when Lucifier's consciousness and form was divided among Rafe Michel and Aries.	black supremacist	black [led a militant Black Power group Silver Skulls]		9
Mrs. Turpin (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 3)  Scar Turpin: "Y'know, that ain't such a funky idea! If nobody's claimin' the name, anybody could climb into that costume an' ride! Anybody-- meanin' Mrs. Turpin's kid, Scar!"		[her son once tried to be Captain America]		1

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