Captain America (vol. 1) #239 (Nov. 1979):
“Mind-Stains On the Virgin Snow!”
by Peter Gillis, Fred Kida, Don Perlin

Captain America (vol. 1) #239

Title: “Mind-Stains On the Virgin Snow!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1979

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

15 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
Mind-Master (Stephen Tuval)	Black Sea religion	People of the Black Sea [former prince of the Black Sea]		4
Snowfall (Ginny Snow)		[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #238 (Oct. 1979)]		2
Widowmaker		[guard]		2
Mind-Master's henchmen (pg. 3-5)		[guard; henchman...]		2
Dovecote		[ultimate safehouse; would hide/protect anybody for a price]		2
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (4-panel cameo, pg. 11, 13)  Namor is seen in 3 panels on page 11 in an illusion Captain America sees based on when Namor threw him from eskimos while encased in ice; pg. 13: also seen in flashback fighting Mind-Master.; flashback	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Hawk-Riders (3-panel cameo, pg. 5)  flashback		[guard]		2
giant hawks (3-panel cameo, pg. 5)  flashback	N.A.	hawk [used as flying steeds by Hawk-Riders guarding Dovecote]		2
Diatrymas (1-panel cameo, pg. 5)  flashback	N.A.	Gastornis [ostrich-sized raptors]		2
The Elite Guard (1-panel cameo, pg. 5)  flashback		[ride Diatrymas (ostrich-sized birds)]		2
Nick Fury (illusion, pg. 8-9)  Illusion that Mind-Master causes Captain America to see. Fury is also seen in a flashback in 1 panel on page 4.	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Eskimos worshipping Captain America in ice (illusion, pg. 11, panels 1-3)  flashback	Inuit	[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1964)]		10
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 7)  Captain America (thinking): "Snowfall... She's been haunting me ever since her vision came to me in Fury's office this morning-- contacting me psychically through a handful of metal discs found on dead S.H.I.E.L.D. agents... men apparently murdered by telepathy!"		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
The Avengers (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 3)  With all the might he possesses, the red-white-and-blue Avenger fights on... pitting body and soul against the last obstacle..."		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100

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