Captain America (vol. 1) #255 (Mar. 1981):
“The Living Legend”
by Roger Stern, John Byrne, Joe Rubinstein

Captain America (vol. 1) #255

Title: “The Living Legend”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1981

Publisher:
Written by: Roger Stern
Art by: John Byrne, Joe Rubinstein

25 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
Bucky (Bucky Barnes)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Nazis	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Professor Abraham Erskine		[creator of the Super-Soldier Serum]		96
Sgt. Mike Duffy		U.S. Army [commanding officer of Steven Rogers (Captain America)]		7
Agent R (Cynthia Glass)	Jewish Bundist	FBI		6
Heinz Kruger	Nazi	[Captain America's 1st foe; Gestapo spy; killed Dr. Erskine]		15
Franklin D. Roosevelt	Episcopalian	[U.S. President]		422
Dr. Murray Anderson		Project: Rebirth [present at creation of Captain America]		4
General Chester Phillips		Project: Rebirth (leader); U.S. Army [involved with Project: Rebirth, Captain America's origin]		17
Sarah Rogers	Protestant	[Captain America's mother]		8
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	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
Giant-Man (Hank Pym) (cameo)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (cameo)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Adolf Hitler (cameo)	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (cameo)	N.A.	Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers		497
Baron Zemo (Dr. Heinrich Zemo) (cameo)	Nazi	The Masters of Evil (founder); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		121
Union Jack (Montgomery Falsworth) (cameo)		Freedom's Five; The Invaders		37
Spitfire (Jacqueline Falsworth) (cameo)		MI-13; The Hellfire Club...  The Invaders; V-Battalion		127
Warrior Woman (Frieda Ratsel) (cameo)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; Super-Axis		28
Baron Blood (John Falsworth) (cameo)	Sect of Chasidm; Nazi	Mys-Tech; Super-Axis		33
Master Man (Wilhelm Lohmer) (cameo)	Nazi; Bundist	Super-Axis		60

This publication is also known as: Captain America Comics #255. In an homage to the original Captain America Comics series in which Captain America first appeared, the title logo of this issue appears as Captain America Comics. Thus, this issue can be identified as Captain America Comics #255.

Except for Captain America, all appearances by all characters in this story are flashbacks.

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