ComicBookReligion.com logo

Captain America (vol. 1) #224 (Aug. 1978):
“Saturday Night Furor!”
by Peter Gillis, Mike Zeck, Mike Esposito, John Tartaglione

Captain America (vol. 1) #224

Title: “Saturday Night Furor!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1978

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Peter Gillis
Art by: Mike Zeck, Mike Esposito, John Tartaglione


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 Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark) hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Giant-Man Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) hero scientist
CBR Scale: U atheist
Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 1,543
The Beast The Beast (Hank McCoy) hero scientist
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian; agnostic
Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 5,233
Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) hero
CBR Scale: M Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress
A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Marvel 1,624
The Wasp The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) hero
CBR Scale: U Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,339
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton) hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Chain Gang; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,515
Douglas Barber supporting character
  [1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #224 (Aug. 1978)] Marvel 1
Ginny Barber supporting character
  [1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #224 (Aug. 1978)] Marvel 1
Argyle Fist Argyle Fist supporting character
  U.S. Army Marvel 13
Senor Muerte (Philip Garcia) villain
  [Co-owner of gambling casinos.] Marvel 2
Tarantula (Anton Miguel Rodriguez) villain
  [criminal; revolutionary] Marvel 5
Ken Astor supporting character based on a real person
  S.H.I.E.L.D.
[Nick Fury's friend; killed by Ghost of Ravenlock]
Marvel 2
Thor Thor (Donald Blake)
(cameo)
hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
Nick Fury Nick Fury
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
Edwin Jarvis Edwin Jarvis
(cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Anglican
The Avengers (staff) Marvel 669
Denis Nayland Smith Denis Nayland Smith
(cameo)
supporting character
  Freelance Restorations; MI-6 Marvel 64
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff)
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S Nazi / Freudian
National Force (founder); The Corporation
[led own gang]
Marvel 61
The Elite The Elite
(behind the scenes)
villain group
CBR Scale: M British Loyalist in U.S.
Royalist Forces of America
[secret network of rich/powerful; tried overthrow U.S. govt.]
Marvel 12