Captain America (vol. 1) #269 (May 1982):
“A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste!”
by J. M. DeMatteis, Mike Zeck, John Beatty, Joe Rubinstein

Captain America (vol. 1) #269

Title: “A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1982

Publisher:
Written by: J. M. DeMatteis
Art by: Mike Zeck, John Beatty, Joe Rubinstein

36 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
The Mad Thinker (Dr. Jose Santini)		Triumvirate of Terror (leader)		108
Awesome Android	N.A.	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heavy Metal		87
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Bernie Rosenthal	Jewish	[Captain America's former girlfriend, fiance]		93
Josh Cooper		black [neighbor, friend of Steve Rogers (Captain America)]		24
Mike Farrell		The Watchdogs		32
R.U. Reddy (Winthrop Roan, Jr.)		Team America		17
Honcho (James McDonald)		Team America		16
Wolf		Team America		16
Confucius robot	Confucianism	Mad Thinker's intellectual robots		2
Friedrich Nietzsche robot	Nietzschean	Mad Thinker's intellectual robots		2
Nicola Machiavelli robot	Machiavellian	Mad Thinker's intellectual robots		2
Plato robot	Platonism	Mad Thinker's intellectual robots		2
Socrates robot	Greek philosophy	Mad Thinker's intellectual robots		2
Anna Kapplebaum	Jewish	[former landlady of Captain America]		11
Fyodor Dostoevsky robot	Russian Orthodox	Mad Thinker's intellectual robots		2
Albert Einstein robot	Jewish; Humanist; Ethical Culture	Mad Thinker's intellectual robots		4
Chief Hinkler		[security chief]		1
Alfred Knopfler		[Nobel Prize winner]		1
Dark Rider		Team America [collective embodiment of Team America]		16
Abraham Lincoln robot	Baptist	Mad Thinker's intellectual robots		2
Mark Twain robot	Presbyterian	Mad Thinker's intellectual robots		2
William Shakespeare robot	Catholic/Anglican	Mad Thinker's intellectual robots		2
Team America		Team America		34
Abraham Lincoln (robot copy of)	Baptist (raised)	[U.S. President]		355
Machiavelli (robot copy of)	Machiavellian	[1st app: Monna Vanna (1922)]		36
Confucius (robot copy of)	Confucianism (founder)	Asian [Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC]		23
Fyodor Dostoevsky (robot copy of)	Russian Orthodox	[famed novelist]		8
Albert Einstein (robot copy of)	Jewish; Humanist; Ethical Culture	[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #269 (May 1982)]		252
Mark Twain (robot copy of)	Presbyterian	[writer]		106
William Shakespeare (robot copy of)	Catholic/Anglican	[actor; poet...]		83
Socrates (robot copy of)	Greek philosophy	[philosopher]		20
Friedrich Nietzsche (robot copy of)	Nietzschean/pagan/atheist; raised Lutheran	[philosopher]		11
Plato (robot copy of)	Greek philosophy; Platonism	[philosopher; teacher]		58

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