Captain America (vol. 1) #208 (Apr. 1977):
“The River of Death!”
by Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia, John Verpoorten

Captain America (vol. 1) #208

Title: “The River of Death!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1977

Publisher:
Written by: Jack Kirby
Art by: Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia, John Verpoorten

12 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
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Man-Fish	N.A.	[bioengineered]		2
Donna Maria Puentes		Hispanic; The Avengers (staff) [former rebel; cousin of Hector Santiago (Swine)]		16
The Swine (Hector Santiago)	Catholic	Hispanic		3
Nelson (pg. 6-8)		S.H.I.E.L.D. [concerned about File 116]		4
Leila Taylor (5-panel cameo, pg. 7-8)	black supremacist	black [Falcon's former girlfriend]		50
Arnim Zola (1-panel cameo, pg. 17)  splash page	Nazi	Skeleton Crew (ally)		73
Monsters from File 116 (behind the scenes, pg. 4, panel 1)  pg. 6: File 116 seen; pg. 8: Falcon sees giant nest created by File 116 monster	N.A.	[genetically engineered monster created by Arnim Zola]		2
Nick Fury (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Regional SHIELD Director Nelson: "--And you expect me to relay this ambiguous tripe to Nick Fury!? He'll hang me from the rafters!!"	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Sherlock Holmes (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 5)  Leila Taylor: "What's more, I find you Sherlocks very poor comfort." Leila Taylor facetiously refers to SHIELD agents as "Sherlocks" because they have still been unable to locate the kidnapped Captain America and also her boyfriend, Falcon, who went to look for Cap.	Anglican	[private investigator]		510

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