Captain America (vol. 1) #147 (Mar. 1972):
“And Behold the Hordes of HYDRA...”
by Gary Friedrich, Sal Buscema, John Verpoorten

Captain America (vol. 1) #147

Title: “And Behold the Hordes of HYDRA...”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1972

Publisher:
Written by: Gary Friedrich
Art by: Sal Buscema, John Verpoorten

19 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
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
HYDRA	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (details)  masquerading as reclusive millionaire Harold Howard	Catholic (lapsed)	HYDRA		619
Contessa Valentina		Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		146
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Vanessa Fisk		[Kingpin's wife]		117
Supreme Hydra (Richard Fisk) (details)  Richard Fisk is seen in this issue both as Supreme Hydra and also, in a flashback, as "The Schemer."		HYDRA [led own organization; Kingpin's son]		73
Femme Force		S.H.I.E.L.D. [all-female SHIELD sub-group]		6
Agent Twelve	indeterminate	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		5
Agent Seven	indeterminate	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		5
Nick Fury (2-panel cameo, pg. 13, panels 1-2)  flashback	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Harold Howard (someone disguised or dressed as)  (pg. 13) Falcon (thinking, while reading mission assignment from SHIELD): "Holy spit! I knew it was big... but I never expected anything like this! Its amazing! Harold Howard, the famed recluse billionaire, kidnaped [sic]... and his place taken by The Kingpin... and the Kingpin behind HYDRA! No wonder Cap needs a hand!" [Also pg. 15] impersonated by Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)		[reclusive billionaire; based on Howard Hughes]		3
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (voice only, pg. 20-21)  The Red Skull's voice is heard on the last 2 pages of this story, but he is not seen and his identity is not actually revealed until the first page (and cover) of the next issue.	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Howard Hughes (character based on)  In this issue, the character of "Harold Howard" (whose identity and penthouse apartment in Las Vegas are usurped by the Kingpin) is completely based on Howard Hughes.		[famed billionaire aviator]		82
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned, pg. 17, 19)  (pg. 17) Captain America (to Kingpin): "Maybe you caught Spider-Man off-guard once or twice, during his younger days -- but Captain America's been around for a long time!" (pg. 19): Kingpin (to Cap): "Fool! How can you expect a blow from yourself to even faze me... when I have withstood the might of Spider-Man?!" There are also a couple references, on pages 6 and 9, to Spider-Man comics in footnotes attached to flashbacks which reference earlier appearances of Kingpin and his son, Richard Fisk.	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Uncle Sam (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 1)  Nick Fury (to Falcon, who agrees to go on a mission for Fury to help Captain America): "Glad ya changed yer mind, Mister... And so is yer Uncle Sam! You made a smart decision!"		[from American folklore]		17

Sharon Carter and the Contessa appear again as "Femme Force" in this issue.

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