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Religion and Characters in Captain America Special Edition #2 (Mar. 1984): "The Strange Death of Captain America"
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Captain America Special Edition #2 (Mar. 1984):
“The Strange Death of Captain America”
by Jim Steranko, Tom Palmer

Captain America Special Edition #2

Title: “The Strange Death of Captain America”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1984

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Jim Steranko
Art by: Jim Steranko, Tom Palmer


22 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
A-Bomb Bucky (Rick Jones) supporting character
  Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  Marvel 572
HYDRA villain group
CBR Scale: S HYDRA
[largest worldwide subversive organization] Marvel 283
Madame Hydra (Ophelia Sarkissian) villain
CBR Scale: M nihilist
Fangs (leader); HYDRA... 
[former servant of Chthon]
Marvel 153
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark) hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Thor Thor (Donald Blake) hero deity
CBR Scale: D Norse/Teutonic deity
Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  Marvel 4,362
Nick Fury Nick Fury hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton) hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Chain Gang; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,515
Black Panther Black Panther (T'Challa) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M African primal-indigenous
religion; Black Panther Cult
(leader)
black; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 786
Vision Vision hero
CBR Scale: MCBR Scale: I synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)
A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Marvel 1,393
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. supporting character group
  [government agency; intelligence agency...] Marvel 1,188
Agent 13 Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) supporting character hero
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel 262
The Space Phantom The Space Phantom
(details) 
villain
CBR Scale: I alien
Space Phantom Marvel 28
Dum Dum Dugan Dum Dum Dugan
(1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)
hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  Marvel 555
Gabriel Jones Gabriel Jones
(1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)
hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
black; Godzilla Squad...  Marvel 125
Jasper Sitwell Jasper Sitwell
(1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Latter-day Saint
[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #144 (May 1966)] Marvel 114
Reb Ralston Reb Ralston
(1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)
hero
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos...  Marvel 22
Izzy Cohen Izzy Cohen
(1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)
hero
CBR Scale: M Jewish
S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos Marvel 76
Dino Manelli Dino Manelli
(1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)
hero
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos Marvel 81
Pinky Pinkerton Pinky Pinkerton
(1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)
hero based on a real person
CBR Scale: U Jewish; LGBT
Deadly Dozen; S.H.I.E.L.D.... 
[based on actor David Niven]
Marvel 76
Eric Koenig Eric Koenig
(1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 6)
hero
CBR Scale: S Nazi (former)
S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos Marvel 35
Baron Strucker Baron Strucker (Wolfgang von Strucker)
(mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1) 
villain
CBR Scale: M Nazi; HYDRA (founder)
Blitzkrieg Squad (founder); HYDRA (leader) Marvel 130

This comic was reprinted from: Captain America (vol. 1) #113 (May 1969): "The Strange Death of Captain America".