Rasputin

Religion: not determined yet

Name: Rasputin

Classification: supporting character

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: Captain America (vol. 1) #179 (Nov. 1974): "Slings and Arrows!"

Creators: Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Vince Colletta

Number of Appearances: 1

Enemy of: Scar Turpin

Occupation: biker

Location: San Rafael, California, USA

Race: white

Gender: male

Note: fought Scar Turpin for "right" to be new Captain America

Rasputin was a biker who was a member of the generally law-abiding biker gang known as the Sickle Cycle Club, based out of Rafael, California.

When Steve Rogers briefly retired from being Captain America, there was a void that some people thought they could fill. Rasputin and another member of the Sickle Cycle Club - Scar Turpin - both thought they could be the new Captain America. They fought each other for the "right" to do so. Rasputin lost.

Scar Turpin donned a Captain America costume and tried to go out and be a hero, but he was roundly defeated by criminals on his first time out and he retired immediately.

This character is in the following story which has been indexed by this website:

Captain America (vol. 1) #179 (Nov. 1974): "Slings and Arrows!" (5-panel cameo)