Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #82 (Oct. 1966):
“The Maddening Mystery of the Inconceivable Adaptoid!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia

Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #82

Title: “The Maddening Mystery of the Inconceivable Adaptoid!”

Feature: Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1966

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia

7 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
A.I.M.	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
Adaptoid	N.A.	A.I.M.; Heavy Metal		72
Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (cameo)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (photo/picture/video)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Agent Axis (Hiroyuki Kanegawa, Aldo Malvagio, Berthold Volker) (behind the scenes)	Shinto / Nazi / Aryan supremacist / Italian sadist	Axis Mundi [changed to Pterorist by necromancer Jonas Eckhardt]		10
Adaptoids (behind the scenes)  Only the original, singular Adaptoid is seen in this story. This is the first appearance of a robot of the adaptoid class. Much latter, other, generic adaptoids will be seen.	N.A.	A.I.M. [AIM "robots" able to duplicate abilities, appearance]		6

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