Captain America (vol. 1) #129 (Sep. 1970):
“The Vengeance of the Red Skull”
by Stan Lee, Gene Colan, Dick Ayers

Captain America (vol. 1) #129

Title: “The Vengeance of the Red Skull”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1970

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Gene Colan, Dick Ayers

8 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
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
King Hassab	Muslim	Arab [king of oil-rich nation; went on good-will tour in Midwest]		1
God (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3)  King Hassab of Irabia: "By the Beard of Allah! What can it be?"	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Nazis (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 4)  Red Skull: "Not since the bygone days of the Third Reich have I felt so close to total victory! The Fuehrer himself would be proud of a plan such as mine!" The Red Skull's followers are featured throughout this issue, but it is not clear that they are formally Nazis. They may simply be extremely loyal hired henchmen.	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Adolf Hitler (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 5)  Red Skull: "Not since the bygone days of the Third Reich have I felt so close to total victory! The Fuehrer himself would be proud of a plan such as mine!"	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
Richard Nixon (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 6)  Captain America: "Looks like I can no more shed my shield-slinging other self -- than Nixon can shed ol' Spiro!"	Quaker	X Presidents (ally)		504
Spiro Agnew (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 6)  Captain America: "Looks like I can no more shed my shield-slinging other self -- than Nixon can shed ol' Spiro!"	Greek Orthodox (raised); Episcopalian (convert)	[governor; vice-president]		60

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