Captain America (vol. 1) #185 (May 1975):
“Scream the Scarlet Skull!”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Frank Robbins, Mike Esposito, etc.

Captain America (vol. 1) #185

Title: “Scream the Scarlet Skull!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1975

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Englehart
Art by: Sal Buscema, Frank Robbins, Mike Esposito, Frank Giacoia

38 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
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Nazis (details)  Nazi (with swastika) seen in dream. Red Skull is lead villain, flanked by Nazi henchmen, in his plot to mark anniversary of Hitler's death by destroying U.S. economy.	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Gabriel Jones	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		125
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Peggy Carter		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff) [Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]		72
Oscar Brenner		[killed by Red Skull]		1
Jordl	Nazi	[helped Red Skull's campaign to ruin U.S. economy]		2
Heinrich	Nazi	[abducted Peggy Carter, Gabe Jones]		1
Number One (Richard Nixon) (flashback cameo)	Quaker	Secret Empire (leader)		4
Henzel (7-panel cameo, pg. 4-5)	Nazi	[killed by Red Skull for questioning him]		1
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (4-panel cameo, pg. 11-12)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Dave Cox (4-panel cameo, pg. 11-12)	radical pacifist	[soldier]		16
The Fifth Sleeper (4-panel cameo, pg. 4-5)  flashback	N.A.	[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #148 (Apr. 1972)]		5
Hugh Jones (4-panel cameo, pg. 13, panels 2-3, 5-6)		Serpent Squad (founder) [Roxxon president; briefly wore Serpent Crown]		15
G. Lawton Sargent (2-panel cameo, pg. 3, panels 3, 6)  flashback		[killed by Falcon who was controlled by Red Skull]		2
Krang (1-panel cameo, pg. 13, panel 4)  flashback	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Serpent Squad		7
A.I.M. (dream, pg. 1)	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
Baron Zemo (Dr. Heinrich Zemo) (dream, pg. 1)	Nazi	The Masters of Evil (founder); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		121
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc) (dream, pg. 1)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army		129
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff) (dream, pg. 1)	Nazi / Freudian	National Force (founder); The Corporation [led own gang]		61
The Fourth Sleeper (dream, pg. 1)	N.A.	Skeleton Crew		20
Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch) (dream, pg. 1)	Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Secret Empire		10
Adolf Hitler (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 3)  Red Skull: "Bereft of the Fuhrer's guiding hand, the world was sunk ever deeper into decadence!"	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian) (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Captain America (thinking): "Wh--? It's the president of Roxxon Oil!" Hugh Jones: "Good morning, Cap. Jones is the name-- Hugh Jones. I'm here to thank you-- for saving my life from that blasted Serpent Squad." The Serpent Squad consisted (in the incident Jones refers to) of Viper, the Eel, Princess Python and Cobra.	nihilist	Fangs (leader); HYDRA...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad; The Inner Circle [former servant of Chthon]		153
Roxxon (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  chauffeur: "Captain America. Man wants to talk to you." Captain America (thinking): "Wh--? It's the president of Roxxon Oil!" Hugh Jones: "Good morning, Cap. Jones is the name-- Hugh Jones. I'm here to thank you-- for saving my life from that blasted Serpent Squad."		[company]		36
Cobra (Klaus Voorhees) (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Captain America (thinking): "Wh--? It's the president of Roxxon Oil!" Hugh Jones: "Good morning, Cap. Jones is the name-- Hugh Jones. I'm here to thank you-- for saving my life from that blasted Serpent Squad." The Serpent Squad consisted (in the incident Jones refers to) of Viper, the Eel, Princess Python and Cobra.		Initiative; Scavengers...  Serpent Society (leader); Serpent Squad; Thunderbolts Army		87
Princess Python (Zelda DuBois) (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Captain America (thinking): "Wh--? It's the president of Roxxon Oil!" Hugh Jones: "Good morning, Cap. Jones is the name-- Hugh Jones. I'm here to thank you-- for saving my life from that blasted Serpent Squad." The Serpent Squad consisted (in the incident Jones refers to) of Viper, the Eel, Princess Python and Cobra.		Circus of Crime; Femizons...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad		93
The Eel (Leopold Stryke) (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3)  Captain America (thinking): "Wh--? It's the president of Roxxon Oil!" Hugh Jones: "Good morning, Cap. Jones is the name-- Hugh Jones. I'm here to thank you-- for saving my life from that blasted Serpent Squad." The Serpent Squad consisted (in the incident Jones refers to) of Viper, the Eel, Princess Python and Cobra.		Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Fellowship of Fear; Serpent Squad		30
Amanda Carter (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 2)  Dave Cox (to Sharon Carter): "Well, I just hope I made a good sounding board, at least. Your whole family's been good friends to me since I came back from 'Nam, and I owe you all a lot."	Christian (denomination unknown)	[Sharon Carter's late mother]		4
Harrison Carter (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 2)  Dave Cox (to Sharon Carter): "Well, I just hope I made a good sounding board, at least. Your whole family's been good friends to me since I came back from 'Nam, and I owe you all a lot."	Christian (denomination unknown)	[Sharon Carter's late father]		5
Captain America (Roscoe Simons) (mentioned, pg. 7, 17)  (pg. 17) Captain America (to Red Skull): "I made a vow, Nazi-- an oath that you'd pay for Roscoe-- and Glass and Sargent and Brenner-- and whatever else is up your sleeve!" [other references] Captain America comes off rather strong when warning the Red Skull's next announced victim. His friends attribute this uncharacteristic attitude to Cap's bitterness about Roscoe's murder by the Skull.		[Captain America fan; briefly replaced Steve Rogers as Cap]		11
Herbert Glass (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 3)  Captain America (to Red Skull): "I made a vow, Nazi-- an oath that you'd pay for Roscoe-- and Glass and Sargent and Brenner-- and whatever else is up your sleeve!"		[Red Skull killed him using Dust of Death]		1
Frederic Chopin (mentioned, pg. 5, 11)  Red Skull twice uses Chopin's Funeral March to accompany his murders committed using his infamous Dust of Death.	Catholic	[wrote famed Funeral March favored by Red Skull]		45
Fred Astaire (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 2)  Falcon (to Captain America): "Brenner's the third target, even if the boys left the Skull's theme song at home! Even without music, though, you an' me can outdo Fred and Ginger-- right?" Falcon refers to Nazi henchmen working for the Red Skull as "Fred and Ginger."	Episcopalian	[actor; dancer...]		135
Ginger Rogers (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 2)  Falcon (to Captain America): "Brenner's the third target, even if the boys left the Skull's theme song at home! Even without music, though, you an' me can outdo Fred and Ginger-- right?" Falcon refers to Nazi henchmen working for the Red Skull as "Fred and Ginger."	Christian Science	[actor; dancer...]		131

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