—Viper (Jordan Dixon)Ring around the collar, Falcon? It means your dying!!
Appearing in "'Veni, Vidi, Vici': Viper!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Crime Wave (Behind the scenes)
- Three Thugs
- Viper (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- NYPD
- Officer Carpenter
- Commissioner Nathan Martin (Unnamed)
- Dick
- Captain Ferris
- Four unnamed police officers
- Figaro
- Rafe Michel (Mentioned)
- Walt Disney (Mentioned)
- Morgan
- Mona
- Morgan's Henchmen
- Quint
- Bim
- Marge Ferris (Mentioned) (Captain Ferris' Wife)
- FDNY
- Three unnamed firefighters
Races and Species:
Realities:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Hell's Kitchen
- 13th Police Precinct
- Harlem
- 3rd Police Precinct
- Hell's Kitchen
- Manhattan
- New York City
- Miami, Florida (Mentioned)
- New York
- Mosca Cay, Bahamas (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- North America
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Viper's Blow Gun and Venom Tipped Darts
Synopsis for "'Veni, Vidi, Vici': Viper!"
Captain America and Falcon battle the Viper, who has been ordered to kill them at the request of The Cowled Commander. The two heroes battle the Viper on a New York rooftop and the Viper poisons them both and leaves the heroes for dead.
Trivia
- According to the letters page of # 161, Steve Englehart wrote the first six-and-a-half story pages, plus page 14. Steve Gerber wrote the rest, including the satirical advertising-style dialogue for the Viper.
- It has come full circle for this issues co-writer Steve Gerber. His fan letter was printed a few years prior in Captain America #119.
- This issue featurs a letters page, Let's Rap With Cap. Letters are published from Steve Leavell, Gary S. Mann and Tom Orzechowski (who comments on the lettering).
- "Ring around the Collar?" was a popular jingle at the time for Wisk detergent.
See Also
Links and References
- The Grand Comics Database: Captain America Vol 1 157 [1]