Captain America Vol 1 166

Captain America Vol 1 #166
Previous Issue	Captain America #165
Next Issue	Captain America #167
Art by: Rich Buckler and Frank Giacoia
Cover Date	October, 1973
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Roy Thomas

1. "Night of the Lurking Dead"
Writer(s)	Steve Englehart
Penciler(s)	Sal Buscema
Inker(s)	Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s)	Dave Hunt
Letterer(s)	Art Simek
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

 By the gods of the Six Gates! How was this guard allowed to live? 

—Yellow Claw

Appearing in "Night of the Lurking Dead"

Featured Characters:

•  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
• Falcon (Sam Wilson)

Supporting Characters:

• Agent 13
• Nick Fury
• Dum Dum Dugan
• Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
• Peggy Carter
• Leila Taylor

Antagonists:

• Yellow Claw
• Hop Sung
• Suwan
• Reanimated Mummies

Other Characters:

• Cal Trimble
• Scarlett
• Princess Fan-Le-Tamen
• Chi Foh
• Fritz Voltzmann (Only in flashback)
• Hop Sung
• Barry

Locations:

• Virginia
• New York City
  • Manhattan
    • Corinth Hotel
    • Harlem
    • Museum of Natural History
      

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform

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

• 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.

• In this issue, courtesy of her grandfather's mystic powers, Suwan has her body taken over by the villanous Fan-Le-Taman.

• 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.

See Also

• 1 image(s) from Captain America Vol 1 166
• 2 reprint(s) of Captain America Vol 1 166

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