Captain America Vol 1 169

Captain America #169
Previous Issue	Captain America #168
Next Issue	Captain America #170
Art by: Sal Buscema and John Costanza
Release Date	October 2, 1973
Cover Date	January, 1974
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Roy Thomas

1. "When a Legend Dies!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Steve Englehart Mike Friedrich
Penciler(s)	Sal Buscema
Inker(s)	Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s)	Petra Goldberg
Letterer(s)	Gaspar Saladino Charlotte Jetter
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

.. If I'm going to be your partner, I have to be something more than a costumed athlete.

—Falcon (Sam Wilson)

Appearing in "When a Legend Dies!"

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

• Redwing
• Black Panther (T'Challa)
• Leila Taylor
• ⏴ Sharon Carter ⏵

Antagonists:

• Boss Morgan's Henchmen
  • Slick (First appearance)
  • Spats (First appearance)
  • Three unnamed henchmen
• Secret Empire
  • Committee to Regain America's Principles (First appearance)
    • ⏴ Quentin Harderman ⏵ (First full appearance)
  • ⏴ Tumbler (John Robert Keane) (Name revealed) (Death)
  • Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch) ⏵ (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• Boss Morgan (Mentioned)
• Avengers (Mentioned)
• Ant-Man (Hank Pym) (Mentioned)
• Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
• Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Mentioned in narration)
• Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Appears on screen)
• Doctor Faustus (Appears on screen)
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Peggy Carter (Mentioned) (Joins team)
  • Agent 135 (First appearance)
  • Colonel Nick Fury (Referenced)
  • Agent 14 (Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine)
• United States Government (Mentioned)
• Al Capone (Mentioned)
• Captain America ("Steve Rogers") (Referenced)
• Harry
• NYPD
  • Unnamed Police Officer
• Quentin Harderman's Secretary
• Viper (Jordan Dixon) (Mentioned in narration)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Falcons
• Hawks (Mentioned in narration)
• Rats (Mentioned)
• Oxen (Mentioned)
• Cows (Mentioned)
• Fish (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Harlem
            • Fred's Food (Mentioned in narration)
          • Avengers Mansion (Mentioned)
          • S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Hidden New York Station
          • Broadway

Items:

• Captain America's Uniform and Shield
• Panther Habit

Vehicles:

• Captain America's Motorcycle
• Black Panther's Trans-Atlantic Ship
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier (Mentioned)

Events:

• Project Rebirth (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "When a Legend Dies!"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

Continuity Notes

• Tumbler's identity is revealed for the first time in this issue. The Tumbler was last seen in Tales of Suspense #83.
• This is the first full appearance of Quentin Harderman, although he was shown speaking to the Viper in Captain America #163.

Publication Notes

• Plot by Englehart, script (story pages) by Englehart pages 1-9 (issue pages 1-15) and Friedrich pages 10-19 (issue pages 16-32).
• Letters (story pages): Saladino (uncredited) page 1, Jetter pages 1-19.
• This issue features a letters page, Let's Rap With Cap. Letters are published from Carl Masterson, George Heidekat, Charles Hoffman, and Mr. and Mrs. J. MacDonald.

Trivia

Committee's name as it was presented in the issue.

• Committee to Regain America's Principles abbreviates to CRAP and originally the panel presenting its name lined up the first letters to be read like that. However Roy Thomas had it altered. The Committee's name is a reference to real-life Committee for the Re-Election of the President which was often mockingly abbreviated as CREEP.

See Also

• 4 image(s) from Captain America Vol 1 169
• 5 reprint(s) of Captain America Vol 1 169

Links and References

• The Grand Comics Database: Captain America Vol 1 169 [1]