Captain America (vol. 1) #166 (Oct. 1973):
“Night of the Lurking Dead!”
by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Frank McLaughlin

Captain America (vol. 1) #166

Title: “Night of the Lurking Dead!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1973

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Englehart
Art by: Sal Buscema, Frank McLaughlin

36 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
Yellow Claw (Plan Tzu)	Chinese traditional religion; alchemist; occult	[leader of own crime organization]		15
Nick Fury	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Dum Dum Dugan	Catholic	Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		555
Contessa Valentina		Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		146
Redwing	N.A.	falcon; Pet Avengers [falcon; partner of Falcon (Sam Wilson)]		128
Leila Taylor	black supremacist	black [Falcon's former girlfriend]		50
Suwan	possessed by spirit	Asian; Atlas Foundation [Yellow Claw's traitorous niece]		40
Fan-Le-Tamen	Egyptian classical religion; spirit	[Yellow Claw put this evil spirit into his niece Suwan]		2
Mummies	Egyptian classical religion	[generic listing]		200
unnamed robber (pg. 10-12)		black [robbed liquor store; stopped by Falcon]		1
giant scorpion (7-panel cameo, pg. 3-4)	N.A.	scorpion [battle Captain America in sewer]		1
Blondie (6-panel cameo, pg. 10-12)		[robbed liquor store; stopped by Falcon]		1
Peggy Carter (5-panel cameo, pg. 14-15)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers (staff) [Captain America's WWII-era girlfriend; Agent 13's sister]		72
Cal Trimble (5-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)	gambling	[Captain America's landlord]		4
Scarlett (5-panel cameo, pg. 8-9)		[rented Steve Rogers' room after him]		1
Chi Foh (5-panel cameo, pg. 13-14)	Chinese traditional religion	Asian [killed guard, then ordered by Yellow Claw to kill himself]		1
Frank (4-panel cameo, pg. 10-12)		black [robbed liquor store; stopped by Falcon]		1
Hop Sung (3-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 3-5)		Asian [hunchbacked midget; serves Yellow Claw]		1
Barry (2-panel cameo, pg. 10, 12)		black [Falcon stopped robbery of his store]		1
Fritz von Voltzmann (Karl von Horstbadden) (1-panel cameo, pg. 7, panel 3)  flashback	Nazi	[Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration camp]		23
The Eel (Leopold Stryke) (behind the scenes, pg. 8-9)  arranged for newspaper ad denouncing Captain America as a vigilante		Crime Wave; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Fellowship of Fear; Serpent Squad		30
Richard Nixon (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 8, panel 7)  headline seen in newspaper Steve Rogers reads: "Nixon to address Congress today!"	Quaker	X Presidents (ally)		504
Joe (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 7)  name seen in graffiti	indeterminate	[name seen in graffiti]		1
Tina (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 7)  name seen in graffiti	indeterminate	[name seen in graffiti]		1
Taki (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 7)  name seen in graffiti	indeterminate	[name seen in graffiti]		1
Irving (name seen in illustration (or on screen), pg. 9, panel 7)  name seen in graffiti	indeterminate	[name seen in graffiti]		1
The Mandarin (Khan) (mentioned, pg. 18, panels 1-2)  Falcon: "He [Yellow Claw] makes the Mandarin look like a Cub Scout leader!" Captain America: "Easy on the Cub Scouts, partner-- I've faced Mandy, and he was no fun, either! But I know what you mean."		Asian; Mandarin's Minions...  The Hand		190
Viper (Jordan Dixon) (mentioned, pg. 8-9, 14)  (pg. 14) Falcon (to Redwing): "Right on, Brother Bird! The trainin' I've been layin' on you since you blew the Viper case is comin' along fine! You'll be givin' Lassie a run for 'er money before long!" (pg. 8-9) Captain America sees newspaper ad denouncing him as a vigilante. Viper arranged for (and probably wrote) this ad.	activist; Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Crime Wave; Secret Empire...  Serpent Squad		10
Osiris (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 3)  Yellow Claw (chanting/praying in a ritual): "--great Osiris, noble Set. Lay aside your bloody feud-- head the plea of one who--"	Egyptian deity	Council of Godheads [one of the Gods of Heliopolis]		40
Lassie (mentioned, pg. 14, panel 5)  Falcon (to Redwing): "Right on, Brother Bird! The trainin' I've been layin' on you since you blew the Viper case is comin' along fine! You'll be givin' Lassie a run for 'er money before long!"	N.A.	dog [famous heroic pet collie dog]	Curtis Publishing Company; John C. Winston Company, etc.	502
Seth (mentioned, pg. 18, panel 3)  Yellow Claw (chanting/praying in a ritual): "--great Osiris, noble Set. Lay aside your bloody feud-- head the plea of one who--"	Egyptian deity	[god of evil and death; one of the Gods of Heliopolis]		45
giant spiders (mentioned, pg. 4, 6)  (pg. 4) Captain America: "First giant spiders -- now scorpions! The Yellow Claw sure deserves his reputation as the Master of Terror!" (pg. 6) Yellow Claw (to Hop Sung): "The giant spiders you bred created the necessary panic to announce my return to America..."	N.A.	spider [created by Yellow Claw; battled Cap in NYC]		2

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