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Captain America (vol. 1) #280 (Apr. 1983):
“Sermon of Straw”
by J. M. DeMatteis, Mike Zeck, John Beatty

Captain America (vol. 1) #280

Title: “Sermon of Straw”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1983

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


8 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
Scarecrow Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton) villain hero
  Crime Wave; Hood's Army...  Marvel 43
Arthur Bennett supporting character
CBR Scale: S Coalition for an Upstanding America; anti-Semitic
[employed Steve Rogers as commercial artist] Marvel 7
James Winston MacArthur Jr. supporting character
CBR Scale: M Coalition for an Upstanding
America
[advertising executive] Marvel 3
James Winston MacArthur Sr. villain
CBR Scale: S Coalition for an Upstanding
America
[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #276 (Dec. 1982)] Marvel 3
Coalition for an Upstanding America supporting character group
CBR Scale: D Coalition for an Upstanding
America
[wealthy citizens protesting erosion of moral values] Marvel 4
Mr. Buckley supporting character
CBR Scale: D Coalition for an Upstanding
America
[murdered by Scarecrow] Marvel 1
Ralph supporting character
  [1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #280 (Apr. 1983)] Marvel 1