Captain America (vol. 1) #108 (Dec. 1968):
“The Snares of the Trapster!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Syd Shores

Captain America (vol. 1) #108

Title: “The Snares of the Trapster!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1968

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Syd Shores

9 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
Trapster (Peter Petruski)		Lethal Legion; The Frightful Four		176
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (details)  Sharon Carter: seen extensively in story as Trapster's captive, but at end of story it is revealed this was LMD copy of her, after Trapster is captured and REAL Sharon shows up for last 5 panels.	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Life Model Decoys (details)  A LMD copy of Sharon Carter is featured prominently throughout this story.	N.A.	S.H.I.E.L.D. [android duplicates of people, usually VIPs]		24
Tony Stark (mentioned, pg. 2, 20)  (pg. 2) narration: "You guessed it! Cap is in one of the special workout rooms which were constructed for his training by Tony Stark, weapons director of SHIELD!" (pg. 20) Sharon Carter: "I used Tony Stark's chemical tubes to dilute the Trapster's paste supply!"	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Nick Fury (mentioned, pg. 3-4)  Multiple references to Nick Fury, who assigns Captain America to an important mission through an intermediary SHIELD agent.	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (mentioned, pg. 4)  Captain America: "What kind of favor can SHIELD do me? ...Can you bring back the years of my life that were lost? ...Can you bring back the partner I used to have -- whose death will always be on my conscience?"	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (mentioned, pg. 17, 20)  Trapster reveals he is working for Red Skull.	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298

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