Captain America (vol. 1) #233 (May 1979):
“Cross Fire”
by Roger McKenzie, Sal Buscema, Don Perlin

Captain America (vol. 1) #233

Title: “Cross Fire”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1979

Publisher:
Written by: Roger McKenzie
Art by: Sal Buscema, Don Perlin

28 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
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (details)  The real Sharon Carter is seen in the opening pages of this issue. Also, on pages 14-15, Captain America battles a primitive and obviously fake Sharon Carter robot.	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
The Grand Director (William Burnside)	idolizes Captain America	National Force [taught history]		13
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff)	Nazi / Freudian	National Force (founder); The Corporation [led own gang]		61
thugs (details, pg. 1-6)  Harlem crimeboss Morgan's thugs		[occupation]		100
National Force	neo-fascists; white supremacists; Nazi	[terrorist]		73
Morgan		[leader of own crime organization based in Harlem]		28
Glitterbug		black		2
National Guard (pg. 5-8)		[military unit]	Champion Film Company	13
Mount Sinai Hospital	Jewish	[hospital]		1
mysterious stalker from The Brotherhood (5-panel cameo, pg. 11, panels 2-6)	The Brotherhood	The Brotherhood		2
unnamed nurse (4-panel cameo, pg. 12, panels 1, 3-5)		[refused to give Cap info, until he flirted with her]		1
Peggy Carter (3-panel cameo, pg. 10, panels 1-2, 7)  flashback		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff) [Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]		72
Karl Janacek (1-panel cameo, pg. 10, panel 4)  flashback		S.H.I.E.L.D.		2
FDNY (1-panel cameo, pg. 9, panel 1)  Firefighters are seen (at a distance) along with a ladder truck, putting out a fire after the National Guard put down a riot started by National Force.		[firefighter]	, etc.	8
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (hologram, pg. 16, panels 6-7)  Holographic projection created by Dr. Faustus, enhanced using his psychotropic gas.	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) (hologram, pg. 16, panels 6-7)  Holographic projection created by Dr. Faustus, enhanced using his psychotropic gas.	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
The Brotherhood (behind the scenes, pg. 11, panels 2-6)  The mysterious stalker who reports to "the Brotherood" is seen in Captain America's apartment.		[a stalker from the Brotherood watched Captain America]		3
Dick Yorty (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 11, panel 5)  Name seen on list held by mysterious stalker - list of possible secret identities the stalker has "eliminated" in trying to find Captain America.		[eliminated by mysterious stalker hunting Captain America]		1
John Michel (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 11, panel 5)  Name seen on list held by mysterious stalker - list of possible secret identities the stalker has "eliminated" in trying to find Captain America.		[eliminated by mysterious stalker hunting Captain America]		1
Mitch Itkowity (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 11, panel 5)  Name seen on list held by mysterious stalker - list of possible secret identities the stalker has "eliminated" in trying to find Captain America.		[eliminated by mysterious stalker hunting Captain America]		1
Caspar Fagin (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 11, panel 5)  Name seen on list held by mysterious stalker - list of possible secret identities the stalker has "eliminated" in trying to find Captain America.		[eliminated by mysterious stalker hunting Captain America]		1
Paul McGintey (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 11, panel 5)  Name seen on list held by mysterious stalker - list of possible secret identities the stalker has "eliminated" in trying to find Captain America.		[eliminated by mysterious stalker hunting Captain America]		1
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 2)  Captain America (thinking/narrating flashback): "...I found a distressed Peggy Carter prowling the Harlem office of Sam Wilson--trying to find either me or the Falcon!"	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 4)  Captain America (thinking/narrating flashback): "...the rally he'd held... in Central Park! Sharon had been there, as a SHIELD observer, but something had gone wrong..."		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Nazis (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 2)  Glitterbug (thug working for Morgan, speaking to Captain America): "We're makin' things worse? What do you think your Nazi frinds're doin'? They started this... and they've gotta be stopped..."	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Sigmund Freud (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 1)  Dr. Faustus: "You were too concerned with the welfare of the others! Compassino, my dear Captain, is a most programmable response! Freud once wrote--" Captain America: "I don't want lectures, Faustus. I want Sharon and Peggy!"	Jewish; Freudian	[psychologist]		104
The Avengers (mentioned, pg. 12, panel 2)  Captain America (to hospital nurse): "But madame, It's very important that I find hwere she went! I am a member in good standing with the Avengers..." nurse: "I'm sure you are, young man, but nevertheless, our patients' files are strictly confidential."		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100

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