Captain America (vol. 1) #182 (Feb. 1975):
“Inferno!”
by Steve Englehart, Frank Robbins, Joe Giella

Captain America (vol. 1) #182

Title: “Inferno!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1975

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Englehart
Art by: Frank Robbins, Joe Giella

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.
Nomad (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
Captain America (Roscoe Simons)		[Captain America fan; briefly replaced Steve Rogers as Cap]		11
Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian)	nihilist	Fangs (leader); HYDRA...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad; The Inner Circle [former servant of Chthon]		153
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Cobra (Klaus Voorhees)		Initiative; Scavengers...  Serpent Society (leader); Serpent Squad; Thunderbolts Army		87
The Serpent Crown	sentient inanimate; demonolatry	[receptacle for serpent god Set's power]		68
Jim (7-panel cameo, pg. 1-2, 4)		[present at siege where Viper, Cobra held off cops]		1
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (5-panel cameo, pg. 5, panels 2-6)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (4-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Dave Cox (3-panel cameo, pg. 5, panels 4-6)	radical pacifist	[soldier]		16
Gabriel Jones (1-panel cameo, pg. 13, panel 5)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		125
Peggy Carter (1-panel cameo, pg. 13, panel 5)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff) [Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]		72
Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo) (hallucination, pg. 7, panel 4)  Trapped in a fire with gas leaks and tear gas grenades, a frightened Cobra (Klaus Voorhees) imagines he sees sees his former partner-in-crime, Mister Hyde.		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil		143
God (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 4)  Nomad (Steve Rogers): "There it goes: The Viper's final resting place! No one could have lived through that inferno! She got what she wanted-- now. But will she get what she wanted for the future-- more terrorism-- more 'characters' whose only cause is effect? I pray to God not!"	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Roxxon (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 2)  Seattle police officer (to Nomad/Steven Rogers): "'Siege' ain't the word for it, Blondie! We spotted 'em as they came wingin' in from that Roxxon Oil rig--"		[company]		36
Princess Python (Zelda DuBois) (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Nomad (Steve Rogers): "The name's Nomad, officer! I broke up the rest of the Serpent Squad in the Pacific-- and I hear you've got the Viper and the Cobra under siege here!" Nomad (Steve Rogers) refers to his recent battle with the Serpent Squad, which included Princess Python and the Eel, along with the still at-large Cobra and Viper.		Circus of Crime; Femizons...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad		93
The Eel (Leopold Stryke) (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Nomad (Steve Rogers): "The name's Nomad, officer! I broke up the rest of the Serpent Squad in the Pacific-- and I hear you've got the Viper and the Cobra under siege here!" Nomad (Steve Rogers) refers to his recent battle with the Serpent Squad, which included Princess Python and the Eel, along with the still at-large Cobra and Viper.		Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Fellowship of Fear; Serpent Squad		30
Krang (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  Cobra (to Viper): "I formed the Serpent Squad for profit, but you perverted it! You and Krang and that cursed Serpent Crown! I went along-- I HAD to! You swore I'd never regret it---"	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Serpent Squad		7
Bob Russo (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 3)  Rosco (as "Captain America", speaking to Falcon): "See, I been t'inkin' about why Bob Russo an' Scar Toipin blew it as Cap'n Americas! See, dey bot' t'ot dey was big guys, so dey desoived a big job--y'know, a job worthy of dem-- --but me-- I figger I'm just a noivy punk..."		[pro-baseball player; briefly became Captain America]		2
Scar Turpin (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 3)  Rosco (as "Captain America", speaking to Falcon): "See, I been t'inkin' about why Bob Russo an' Scar Toipin blew it as Cap'n Americas! See, dey bot' t'ot dey was big guys, so dey desoived a big job--y'know, a job worthy of dem-- --but me-- I figger I'm just a noivy punk..." With his heavy accent, Rosco pronounces Scar Turpin's name as "Toipin."		[briefly became Captain America]		1
Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini) (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Nomad (Steve Rogers): "The name's Nomad, officer! I broke up the rest of the Serpent Squad in the Pacific-- and I hear you've got the Viper and the Cobra under siege here!" Seattle police officer: "Is the Pope Catholic?"	Catholic pope	[1st app: La rabbia (1963)]		22

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