Appearing in "Night of the Lurking Dead"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Colonel Nick Fury
- Agent "Dum Dum" Dugan
- Agent 14 (Valentina Allegra de Fontaine)
- Three unnamed agents
- Sharon Carter
- Redwing
- Leila Taylor
- Peggy Carter
Antagonists:
- Yellow Claw (Fang Chu)
- Yellow Claw's Giant Scorpion
- Yellow Claw's Henchmen
- Hop Sung (First appearance)
- Fritz Voltzmann (Only in recap)
- Chi Foh (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed others
- Suwan (Recap and absorbs Princess Fan-Le-Tamen in main story)
- Robbers
- Frank
- Blondie
- Unnamed Robber
- Reanimated Mummies
- Princess Fan-Le-Tamen (First appearance) (Absorbed into Suwan's body)
- Numerous unnamed others (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Lord (Invoked)
- Yellow Claw's Giant Tarantulas (Mentioned)
- FBI (Only in recap)
- Two unnamed agents
- Scarlett (Corinth Hotel Resident) (First appearance)
- Cal Trimble (Corinth Hotel Manager) (Name revealed)
- Devil (Invoked)
- Daily Bugle (Named only)
- Richard Nixon (Named only) (Topical Reference)
- United States Congress (Named only)
- Nightriders (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- NYPD
- Unnamed Police Officer
- Daily Bugle
- Unnamed Newspaper Deliverer
- Barry (Newspaper Hawker)
- Museum Guard (First appearance; dies)
- Viper (Jordan Dixon) (Mentioned)
- Lassie (Mentioned)
- Mel Lansing (Referenced)
- Mandarin (Mentioned)
- Cub Scouts (Mentioned)
- Osiris (Mentioned)
- Set (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Scorpions
- Insects (Mentioned in narration)
- Giant Spiders (Mentioned)
- Lions (Mentioned in narration)
- Falcons
- Thoth (Invoked)
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Chinatown
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters
- Gramercy Park
- Corinth Hotel
- Harlem
- Museum of Natural History
- Central Park (Mentioned in narration)
- Manhattan
- New York City
- California (Only in recap)
- Virginia
- Carter Estate
- New York
- United States of America
- Egypt (Mentioned)
- Cairo (Mentioned)
- North America
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Yellow Claw's Visi-Screen
- Lotus-Vile (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Night of the Lurking Dead"
Cap and Falc trail the Yellow Claw to the Museum of Natural History. They quickly encounter mummies the Claw has reanimated from the Museum. Cap and the Falcon eventually defeat the mummies by cutting them apart (The Falcon uses a medieval sword to do so, Cap uses his shield). However, the duo are seized from behind by a two giant zombie minions of the Claw. Captain America and the Falcon are forced to watch the Claw's latest sinister act. Plan Chu recites a spell that transplants the evil spirit of the long dead Princess Fan-Le-Tamen into the body of his good-hearted niece Suwan. To be continued...
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- In this issue, courtesy of her grandfather's mystic powers, Suwan has her body taken over by the villainous Fan-Le-Taman.
Publication Notes[]
- This issue contains a letters page, Let's Rap With Cap. Letters are published from Kevin Brown, Pat Carruthers, P. Altese, and C.A. Adams. The letters page also contains a 1/2 page ad for Marvel Spotlight #12.
- As seen on page one, this issue is Story#1480-Z.
Trivia
- The title "Night of the Lurking Dead" is reminiscent of the 1960's cult horror film "Night of the Living Dead". The Chinese gentleman "Hop Sung" seems somewhat similar to the Chinese character "Hop Sing" from the television show Bonanza.