Captain America (vol. 1) #190 (Oct. 1975):
“Nightshade is Deadlier the Second Time Around!”
by Tony Isabella, Frank Robbins, Vince Colletta

Captain America (vol. 1) #190

Title: “Nightshade is Deadlier the Second Time Around!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1975

Publisher:
Written by: Tony Isabella
Art by: Frank Robbins, Vince Colletta

19 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
Nightshade (Tilda Johnson)		Femizons; MODOK's 11		43
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Contessa Valentina		Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		146
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Eric Koenig	Nazi (former)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		35
Wild Bill	N.A.	S.H.I.E.L.D. [security robot]		2
Jeff Cochren		S.H.I.E.L.D. [was briefly SHIELD co-director]		4
werewolves (4-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 1, 3-5)		[generic listing]		7
Nick Fury (1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 6)  flashback	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Yellow Claw (Plan Tzu) (1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 6)  flashback	Chinese traditional religion; alchemist; occult	[leader of own crime organization]		15
Sparky (1-panel cameo, pg. 4)  Presumably Sparky, Nightshade's favorite werewolf, is one of Nightshade's werewolves seen in a flashback.		[Dr. Nightshade's favorite artificially created werewolf]		1
Tony Stark (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 4)  Quote: "Would you believe inventor Tony Stark called it 'the Wild Bill Robot' when he first designed it as a special security device for SHIELD?"	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 1)  Quote: "The Falcon has finally snapped out of the comatose state he's been in for the past few issues. But the Red Skull's claim that Falc is a criminal the Skull transformed into a superhero has yet to be proven true or false." Falcon recalls what Red Skull said about his origins, and knows the Skull didn't lie: the Falcon IS both hero and hero.	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Kid Colt (Blaine Colt) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 1)  Quote: "Would you believe inventor Tony Stark called it 'the Wild Bill Robot' when he first designed it as a special security device for SHIELD? Then again, what would YOU call a robot built to be the fastest draw in the West, East, etc.? And the first clown who says 'Kid Bolt' is gonna get such a shot in the chops! --Tony" This is a 'punny' reference to Kid Colt, as an alternative name for Stark's "Wild Bill" robot.		[gunfighter]		229
Young Frankenstein (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 4)  Contessa Valentina (trying to research a way to defeat Nightshade and all her hypnotized SHIELD agents): "Not much in her record, but... No, it's not too promising. I'd be staking everything on a mere hunch! But it's the only chance we've got... Hmm... Nick's taken me to see 'Young Frankenstein' a couple times too often."		The Teen Titans		11
Victor Frankenstein (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 4)  Contessa Valentina (trying to research a way to defeat Nightshade and all her hypnotized SHIELD agents): "Not much in her record, but... No, it's not too promising. I'd be staking everything on a mere hunch! But it's the only chance we've got... Hmm... Nick's taken me to see 'Young Frankenstein' a couple times too often."	Lutheran	[creator of the Frankenstein Monster]	Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones	156
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 4)  Contessa Valentina (trying to research a way to defeat Nightshade and all her hypnotized SHIELD agents): "Not much in her record, but... No, it's not too promising. I'd be staking everything on a mere hunch! But it's the only chance we've got... Hmm... Nick's taken me to see 'Young Frankenstein' a couple times too often."		[grandson of famed monster-creator; re-created experiments]	Jouer Limited	1

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