Captain America (vol. 1) #189 (Sep. 1975):
“Arena For a Fallen Hero!”
by Tony Isabella, Frank Robbins, Frank Chiaramonte

Captain America (vol. 1) #189

Title: “Arena For a Fallen Hero!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1975

Publisher:
Written by: Tony Isabella
Art by: Frank Robbins, Frank Chiaramonte

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
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Nightshade (Tilda Johnson) (details)  Nightshade only appears as herself on last page (part of a 2-page spread), but she appears extensively before then disguised as Enchantress and is behind all events in this issue.		Femizons; MODOK's 11		43
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Contessa Valentina		Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		146
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Eric Koenig	Nazi (former)	S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		35
Jeff Cochren		S.H.I.E.L.D. [was briefly SHIELD co-director]		4
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (cover & 3-panel cameo, pg. 1, 4-5)  Seen in flashback (pg. 1) and in Cap's hallucination caused by Nightshade. Also: many dialogue references.	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Nazis (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)  (pg. 13) Captain America (hallucinating): "It takes more than that to finish ME off, Nazi!" Falcon (thinking): "...did I hear that star-spangled storm-trooper call ME a Nazi?!... Boy--is HE spaced out!" Splash page featuring Cap's flashback showing recent events, including Cap and Falcon battling oddly-uniformed Nazis under the Red Skull's command during Skull's attempt to destroy U.S. economy.	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Dredmund Druid (Dredmund Cromwell) (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)  flashback	Druidism; cult leader	[ 1st app: (as Druid) Strange Tales (vol. 1) #144/1 (May 1966); (as Dredmund Druid) Captain America (vol. 1) #403 ]		15
Radioactive Man (Dr. Chen Lu) (hallucination, pg. 7-9)  Cap's hallucination, caused by Nightshade. Also on cover.	Communist Buddhist	Asian; People's Defense Force...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts; Titanic Three		187
Baron Zemo (Dr. Heinrich Zemo) (hallucination, pg. 11, panels 1-5)  Cap's hallucination, caused by Nightshade	Nazi	The Masters of Evil (founder); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		121
The Executioner (Skurge) (hallucination, pg. 7-9)  Cap's hallucination, caused by Nightshade. Also on cover.	Norse/Teutonic paganism	Asgardian; Mandarin's Minions...  The Masters of Evil		110
Enchantress (Amora) (hallucination, pg. 7-12)  Cap's hallucination, caused by Nightshade. Also on cover.	Norse/Teutonic deity (Asgardian)	Asgardian; Lady Liberators (founder)...  Mandarin's Minions; The Masters of Evil		264
Black Knight (Nathan Garrett) (hallucination, pg. 7-9)  Cap's hallucination, caused by Nightshade. Also on cover.		The Masters of Evil		32
The Melter (Bruno Horgan) (hallucination, pg. 7-9)  Cap's hallucination, caused by Nightshade. Also on cover.		Death Squad; The Masters of Evil		90
Hellhorse (hallucination, pg. 7-9)  Cap's hallucination, caused by Nightshade. Also on cover.	N.A.	horse [genetically mutated winged black horse]		16
giant spiders (hallucination, pg. 5-6)  Captain America: "Good Lord! It's one of the Yellow Claw's man-eating spiders!" footnote: "Issue #166" Cap's hallucination, caused by Nightshade.	N.A.	spider [created by Yellow Claw; battled Cap in NYC]		2
Nick Fury (mentioned, pg. 2, panels 2-3)  Captain America: "Fury wouldn't give an order like that!" Jeff Cochren: "He didn't--I did. Until Agents Carter and Jones return from their mission... I'm Jeff Cochren, SHIELD co-director. When Fury's gone, I'm in charge -- and nobody disregards my orders."	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 4)  Captain America (mistakenly believing he is fighting Dr. Faustus disguised as Baron Zemo): "Faustus! Then I was right! You picked the wrong disguise, madman... Baron Zemo murdered Bucky Barnes, Faustus-- and that's something I'm never going to forget!"	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Gabriel Jones (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 3)  Captain America: "Fury wouldn't give an order like that!" Jeff Cochren: "He didn't--I did. Until Agents Carter and Jones return from their mission to probe the Falcon's past, your partner is a potential security threat!"	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		125
Peggy Carter (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 3)  Captain America: "Fury wouldn't give an order like that!" Jeff Cochren: "He didn't--I did. Until Agents Carter and Jones return from their mission to probe the Falcon's past, your partner is a potential security threat!"		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff) [Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]		72
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff) (mentioned, pg. 6-7, 9, 11-14)  (pg. 6) Captain America (thinking): "Somebody is attacking me through my mind-- making me doubt my senses! Can it be-- Dr. Faustus?" [more] Seeing hallucinations (caused by Nightshade), Captain America wonders if they are caused by Dr. Faustus.	Nazi / Freudian	National Force (founder); The Corporation [led own gang]		61
Yellow Claw (Plan Tzu) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 6)  Captain America (hallucinating): "Good Lord! It's one of the Yellow Claw's man-eating spiders!" In Cap's hallucination (caused by Nightshade), Yellow Claw's giant spider attacks him.	Chinese traditional religion; alchemist; occult	[leader of own crime organization]		15

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