Captain America (vol. 1) #140 (Aug. 1971):
“In the Grip of the Gargoyle!”
by Stan Lee, John Romita, George Roussos

Captain America (vol. 1) #140

Title: “In the Grip of the Gargoyle!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1971

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: John Romita, George Roussos

14 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
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Grey Gargoyle (Paul Duval)		Doom's Brigade; Hood's Army...  The Masters of Evil		72
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Reverend Garcia (details)  appears in this issue only as a stone statue (transformed by villain Gray Gargoyle)	Protestant clergyman	[1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #139 (July 1971)]		4
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (5-panel cameo, pg. 18-20)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Commissioner Feingold (5-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)		[police commissioner]		8
Nick Fury (4-panel cameo, pg. 19-20)	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Leila Taylor (3-panel cameo, pg. 16-17)	black supremacist	black [Falcon's former girlfriend]		50
Sgt. Brian Muldoon (3-panel cameo, pg. 9, panels 2-4)		Crime Wave (leader); NYPD [Steve Rogers' superior officer in NYPD]		11
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo, pg. 11, panel 4)  (pg. 9) Commissioner Feingold: "I remember the times he [Grey Gargoyle] fought Thor and Iron Man to a standstill." (pg. 18) Captain America: "Tony Stark sure knew what he was doing when he built that [high-frequency probe beam] into my cycle" Seen in Grey Gargoyle's flashback on page 11. Also mentioned on page 9.	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (1-panel cameo, pg. 11, panel 4)  (pg. 9) Commissioner Feingold: "I remember the times he [Grey Gargoyle] fought Thor and Iron Man to a standstill." Seen in Grey Gargoyle's flashback on page 11. Also mentioned on page 9.	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Dum Dum Dugan (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 5)	Catholic	Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		555

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