Captain America (vol. 1) #227 (Nov. 1978):
“This Deadly Gauntlet!”
by Roger McKenzie, Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito, John Tartaglione

Captain America (vol. 1) #227

Title: “This Deadly Gauntlet!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1978

Publisher:
Written by: Roger McKenzie
Art by: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito, John Tartaglione

8 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
Nick Fury (details)  Nick Fury is featured prominently in this issue, but only at the end of the story is it revealed that this was not the real Nick Fury, but an LMD copy.	secular	black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos; The Ultimates		1,898
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Dum Dum Dugan	Catholic	Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		555
Life Model Decoys (details)  Nick Fury is featured prominently in this issue, but only at the end of the story is it revealed that this was not the real Nick Fury, but an LMD copy.	N.A.	S.H.I.E.L.D. [android duplicates of people, usually VIPs]		24
Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (flashback cameo)	Protestant (nominal)	Kid Commandos; Liberty Legion...  The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Invaders; The Young Allies		395
Impact #739 (cameo)	N.A.	S.H.I.E.L.D. [SHIELD training robot; taken over by Red Skull]		2
Nazis (mentioned)	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222

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