Captain America: The Legend #1 (Sep. 1996)
by Mark Gruenwald, A. Guillory, Matt Idelson, Mark Waid, etc.

Captain America: The Legend #1

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1996

Publisher:
Written by: Mark Gruenwald, A. Guillory, Matt Idelson, Mark Waid
Art by: Ron Garney, John Romita Jr., Eliot R. Brown, Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway

123 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
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	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
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Hank Pym	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
The Punisher (Frank Castle)	Catholic (former seminarian)	Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Secret Defenders; United States Marine Corps		1,893
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers)	Askani (leader)	Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen...  Six Pack; The New Mutants (leader); The Twelve; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		666
Edwin Jarvis	Anglican	The Avengers (staff)		669
Bucky (Bucky Barnes)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Rick Jones		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
A.I.M.	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
Constrictor (Frank Payne)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; Shadow Initiative...  Sinister Syndicate; Six Pack; The Frightful Four; The Masters of Evil		124
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)		Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		142
Atlas (Erik Josten)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Defenders; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		197
Paladin		Heroes for Hire; Intruders...  Outlaws; The Thunderbolts; Wild Pack		136
Nuke (Frank Simpson)	ultra-nationalist	The Thunderbolts; U.S. Army...  Weapon Plus		15
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Nomad (Jack Monroe)		Secret Defenders [sidekick of 1950s Captain America]		131
Adolf Hitler	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Human Torch (Jim Hammond)	N.A.	Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers		497
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
U.S. Agent (John Walker)	Evangelical Protestant	Force Works; Omega Flight...  S.T.A.R.S.; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Jury		333
Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)		BAD Girls, Inc.; Femizons...  Initiative: Women Warriors; Initiative; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Serpent Society		173
The Black Queen (Selene)	Greco-Roman classical religion (nominal); Cult of Fire (high priestess); sorceress	Externals; The Inner Circle...  The Upstarts		67
Thanos	occult; nihilist; worships Death	Eternals of Titan; Infinity Watch		306
Baron Zemo (Dr. Heinrich Zemo)	Nazi	The Masters of Evil (founder); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		121
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)	Catholic (lapsed)	HYDRA		619
Deathlok (Luther Manning)		black; CIA...  Hood's Army; U.S. Army		52
D-Man (Dennis Dunphy)	Salvation Army	Night People; The Avengers...  Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		60
Arnim Zola	Nazi	Skeleton Crew (ally)		73
Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez)	Catholic	Hispanic; Hood's Army...  The Rangers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		52
Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)		Batroc's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Avengers		73
Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian)	nihilist	Fangs (leader); HYDRA...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad; The Inner Circle [former servant of Chthon]		153
Sersi	Eternals religion; Hedonist	Eternals; The Avengers		229
Jack Flag (Jack Harrison)		Captain America Hotline; Guardians of the Galaxy...  Serpent Society		15
Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil		143
Crossbones (Brock Rumlow)	manifestly non-religious	HYDRA; Skeleton Crew		90
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army		129
Zaran (Maximillian Zaran)		Batroc's Brigade; Initiative...  MI-6; Thunderbolts Army		61
Machete (Ferdinand Lopez)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Hispanic		23
Toro (Thomas Raymond)		Kid Commandos; The All-Winners Squad...  The Invaders; The Young Allies		311
Whirlwind (David Cannon)		Batroc's Brigade; Initiative...  Lethal Legion; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army [ice skating competitor]		113
John Jameson		The Avengers (staff); U.S. Air Force [J. Jonah Jameson's son]		231
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Trapster (Peter Petruski)		Lethal Legion; The Frightful Four		176
Cobra (Klaus Voorhees)		Initiative; Scavengers...  Serpent Society (leader); Serpent Squad; Thunderbolts Army		87
Dragon Man	N.A.	[1st app: Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #35 (Feb. 1965)]		13
Terminus	alien	[1st app: Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #269 (Aug. 1984)]		7
Machinesmith (Samuel Saxon)		Skeleton Crew; The Masters of Evil		50
Professor Abraham Erskine		[creator of the Super-Soldier Serum]		96
Bernie Rosenthal	Jewish	[Captain America's former girlfriend, fiance]		93
Arnie Roth	LGBT	[business owner; sailor]		15
Josh Cooper		black [neighbor, friend of Steve Rogers (Captain America)]		24
Mike Farrell		The Watchdogs		32
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff)	Nazi / Freudian	National Force (founder); The Corporation [led own gang]		61
Grey Gargoyle (Paul Duval)		Doom's Brigade; Hood's Army...  The Masters of Evil		72
Vermin (Edward Whelan)		Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army		73
Sgt. Mike Duffy		U.S. Army [commanding officer of Steven Rogers (Captain America)]		7
Black Mamba (Tanya Sealy)		BAD Girls, Inc.; Femizons...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad; The Masters of Evil [fashion model, former professional criminal, call girl]		77
Asp (Cleo Nefertiti)		BAD Girls, Inc.; Femizons...  Initiative: Women Warriors; Secret Avengers; Serpent Society		15
Fabian Stankowicz		The Avengers (staff)		33
Mother Night (Susan Scarbo)		Skeleton Crew		29
Flag-Smasher	anti-nationalism anarchist	ULTIMATUM (leader)		30
The Stranger	pseudo-cosmic entity	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #11 (May 1965)]		188
Free Spirit (Cathy Webster)		Captain America Hotline; Hayden College		15
Puff Adder (Gordon Fraley)		Initiative; Serpent Society...  Serpent Squad; The Masters of Evil		33
Ameridroid (Lyle Dekker)	Nazi	[scientist; special effects designer]		7
Brother Nature (Mark Diering)	fundamentalist Environmentalist/Gaian	[claims to have been empowered by Gaea to defend nature]		2
Dredmund Druid (Dredmund Cromwell)	Druidism; cult leader	[ 1st app: (as Druid) Strange Tales (vol. 1) #144/1 (May 1966); (as Dredmund Druid) Captain America (vol. 1) #403 ]		15
Madcap	Protestant (devout)	[philosopher; student...]		19
Peeper (Peter Quinn)	Latter-day Saint (lapsed); radical mutant rights activist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Mutant Force...  The 198; The Resistants		36
Anaconda (Blondie Sitznski)		Femizons; Serpent Society...  Serpent Squad; Six Pack		67
MODAM (Olinka Barankova)		A.I.M.; Femizons		17
Nightshade (Tilda Johnson)		Femizons; MODOK's 11		43
Baron Blood (John Falsworth)	Sect of Chasidm; Nazi	Mys-Tech; Super-Axis		33
Black Racer (Ariana Saddiqi)		Serpent Society; Serpent Squad		19
Cottonmouth (Burchell Clemens)		Chain Gang; Serpent Society		44
Fer-de-Lance (Teresa Vasquez)		Serpent Society; Serpent Squad		26
Bushmaster (Quincy McIver)		Serpent Society; Thunderbolts Army		43
Copperhead (Davis Lawfers)		Serpent Society; Serpent Squad		13
Sidewinder (Seth Voelker)		Serpent Society; Serpent Squad		36
The Eel (Leopold Stryke)		Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Fellowship of Fear; Serpent Squad		30
The Fourth Sleeper	N.A.	Skeleton Crew		20
The Voice (Jason Lorne Cragg)	Communist	Skeleton Crew		10
Primus	N.A.	Thunderbolts Army [artificial humanoid created by Arnim Zola]		13
Anna Kapplebaum	Jewish	[former landlady of Captain America]		11
Vamp (Denise Baranger)		SHIELD Super-Agents; The Corporation		12
Zeitgeist (Larry Ekler)		Schutz Heiligruppe		5
Captain Germany (Markus Ettlinger)		Schutz Heiligruppe		6
Blistik (Victor Lillian)	radical Quality of Life vigilante	[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #422 (Dec. 1993)]		3
Mad Dog (Buzz Baxter)	manifestly non-religious	Secret Empire; U.S. Air Force [ex-husband of Patsy Walker/Hellcat]		40
Dave Cox	radical pacifist	[soldier]		16
Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch)	Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Secret Empire		10
Tumbler (John Robert Keane)	Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Secret Empire		5
Man-Brute (Bart Dietzel)		[criminal]		3
General Chester Phillips		Project: Rebirth (leader); U.S. Army [involved with Project: Rebirth, Captain America's origin]		17
The Watchdogs	ultra-Conservative terrorists	[dedicated to restoring traditional ethical American values]		14
Dead-Ringer (Lou Dexter)		[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #425 (Mar. 1994)]		5
Americop (Bart Gallows)		[former police officer; became vigilante]		9
Zack Moonhunter	Native American (half-Cherokee)	The Avengers (staff) [personal pilot for Captain America]		20
Donna Maria Puentes		Hispanic; The Avengers (staff) [former rebel; cousin of Hector Santiago (Swine)]		16
Razor Fist (Douglas Scott)		[assassin; bodyguard...]		59
Gamecock (Carlos Cabrera)		black [led Brood gang]		4
Scourge (Mr. Collier)		Scourges of the Underworld [used many disguises in his criminal-killing crusade]		13
General Wo	Communist	Asian		3
Dr. Myron MacLain		Control [invented Adamantium; designed Captan America's shield]		9
Lyle Getz	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader) [AIM leader who chose George Tarleton to become MODOC]		1
The Mecho-Assassin	N.A.	A.I.M.		1
Jakar	alien	[impersonated The Stranger]		8
Captain America (Roscoe Simons)		[Captain America fan; briefly replaced Steve Rogers as Cap]		11
Jack Kirby	Jewish	[artist; comic book writer]		62
Captain America (William Burnside)	idolizes Captain America	National Force [taught history]		13

An issue number does not actually appear on the cover of this special tribute publication.

Note that this issue is divided into numerous featurettes, articles, pin-ups, illustrations, etc. We have indexed it here as one single "story," but its make-up is actually far more complex than that.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Captain America: The Legend #1 (Sep. 1996) created 10 September 2012. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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