Captain America (vol. 1) #238 (Oct. 1979):
“Snowfall Fury!”
by Peter Gillis, Fred Kida, Don Perlin

Captain America (vol. 1) #238

Title: “Snowfall Fury!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1979

Publisher:
Written by: Peter Gillis
Art by: Fred Kida, Don Perlin

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
Nick Fury (flashback, pg. 5-7)	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
S.H.I.E.L.D. (flashback, pg. 5-7)  Captain America meets with Nick Fury for 3 pages. No SHIELD agents other than Nick Fury are seen, but SHIELD is mentioned a few times.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Hawk-Riders (pg. 3-4, 10-11)		[guard]		2
Diatrymas (pg. 12-15)	N.A.	Gastornis [ostrich-sized raptors]		2
The Elite Guard (pg. 12-15)		[ride Diatrymas (ostrich-sized birds)]		2
Mind-Master's henchmen (pg. 8-9)		[guard; henchman...]		2
Dovecote		[ultimate safehouse; would hide/protect anybody for a price]		2
giant hawks (pg. 3-4, 10-11)	N.A.	hawk [used as flying steeds by Hawk-Riders guarding Dovecote]		2
Widowmaker (9-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)		[guard]		2
Snowfall (Ginny Snow) (4-panel cameo, pg. 6-7)		[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #238 (Oct. 1979)]		2
Mind-Master (Stephen Tuval) (2-panel cameo, pg. 9, 17)	Black Sea religion	People of the Black Sea [former prince of the Black Sea]		4
Mentallo (Marvin Flumm) (photo/video (2 panels), pg. 5, panels 4-5)		Hood's Army; HYDRA...  MODOK's 11; S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Resistants		72
Dwight Rollin Stanford (behind the scenes, pg. 5, panel 2)  Nick Fury: "I'm glad ya came, Cap.I know we haven't been on the best of terms lately, but..." Captain America: "Forget it, Nick. For Captain America, duty comes first. Even if your boys do think I'm a security hazard." Nick Fury: "You're never gonna let me forget that, are ya?"		S.H.I.E.L.D. [tried to kick Captain America out of SHIELD complex]		2
Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 6)  Captain America (thinking): "I couldn't use this before-- the winds would have finished me just like that Hawkrider. But for this short hop, it should be perfect! Now I know why Wonder Man likes those jets of his so much!" Captain America uses a back-mounted jet pack, which reminds him of Wonder Man's jets.	religious	Force Works; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
thugs (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 2)  Captain America: "Are you boys really the Elite Guard? I've gotten more of a fight from common street thugs!"		[occupation]		100
Buck Rogers (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Captain America: "I'll bet you boys thought I'd just fly on past you! Well, to be honest, the idea crossed my mind... But these air-jets are only good for short hops. And besides, playing Buck Rogers just isn't my style!"		[1st app: Amazing Stories (Aug. 1928)]	Amazing Stories; National Newspaper Service, etc.	140
SHIELD Super-Agents (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 1)  Captain America: "Well, what does the SHIELD ESP Division say--?" Nick Fury: "That's just it, there isn't any ESP Division! We dumped it to develop the blasted SHIELD Super-Agents.*" Captain America: "What?!" Nick Fury: "Yeah, I know... not one of our brighter moves." footnote: "See Cap #217 & #229 --R."		S.H.I.E.L.D.
SHIELD ESP Division (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 1)  Captain America: "Well, what does the SHIELD ESP Division say--?" Nick Fury: "That's just it, there isn't any ESP Division! We dumped it to develop the blasted SHIELD Super-Agents.*" Captain America: "What?!" Nick Fury: "Yeah, I know... not one of our brighter moves." footnote: "See Cap #217 & #229 --R."		S.H.I.E.L.D.		5

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