Captain America (vol. 1) #210 (June 1977):
“Showdown Day!”
by Jack Kirby, Mike Royer

Captain America (vol. 1) #210

Title: “Showdown Day!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 1977

Publisher:
Written by: Jack Kirby
Art by: Jack Kirby, Mike Royer

15 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
Arnim Zola	Nazi	Skeleton Crew (ally)		73
Falcon (Sam Wilson)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (details)  In this issue it is revealed that "Cyrus Fenton" is actually the Red Skull.	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Femme Force; S.H.I.E.L.D.		262
Primus	N.A.	Thunderbolts Army [artificial humanoid created by Arnim Zola]		13
Doughboy	N.A.	[formerly merged with Primus]		5
Donna Maria Puentes		Hispanic; The Avengers (staff) [former rebel; cousin of Hector Santiago (Swine)]		16
Nelson		S.H.I.E.L.D. [concerned about File 116]		4
Monsters from File 116 (details)  Sharon Carter is assigned to investigate monsters from File 116. Falcon confronts giant avian File 116 monster.	N.A.	[genetically engineered monster created by Arnim Zola]		2
Cyrus Fenton (someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 11, 16-17)  Pg. 11: Agent 13 looks at photo of Fenton (2 panels); Pg. 16-17: Red Skull impersonates Cyrus Fenton when Agent 13 comes to meet Fenton.		[wealthy man killed, impersonated by Red Skull]		4
Frankenstein's Monster (mentioned, pg. 1 ,10)  (pg. 1) narration: "Someone is playing Frankenstein with the world! His name is Arnim Zola!" (pg. 10) Nelson: "...may need outside financing for his Frankenstein factory!"		First Line; S.H.A.D.E....  Seven Soldiers of Victory [Uses name Frankenstein in tribute to his creator.]		990
Victor Frankenstein (mentioned, pg. 1 ,10)  (pg. 1) narration: "Someone is playing Frankenstein with the world! His name is Arnim Zola!" (pg. 10) Nelson: "...may need outside financing for his Frankenstein factory!"	Lutheran	[creator of the Frankenstein Monster]	Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones	156
Uncle Sam (mentioned, pg. 17, panels 2-3)  Sharon Carter: "Mister Cyrus Fenton? --I am an Uncle Sam person..." Red Skull (disguised as Fenton): "Hymph! Uncle Sam person, indeed! Come in, young lady! State your business-- and then-- kindly leave!"		[from American folklore]		17

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