Captain America Vol 1 170

Captain America Vol 1 #170
Previous Issue	Captain America #169
Next Issue	Captain America #171
Art by: Gil Kane, John Romita and Gaspar Saladino
Cover Date	February, 1974
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Roy Thomas

1. "J'Accuse!"
Writer(s)	Steve Englehart Mike Friedrich
Penciler(s)	Sal Buscema
Inker(s)	Vince Colletta
Colorist(s)	Petra Goldberg
Letterer(s)	Artie Simek
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

 Where's the rustling, hustling, bustling! The ACTION?! 

—Leila Taylor

Appearing in "J'Accuse!"

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

• Black Panther (T'Challa)
• Leila Taylor

Antagonists:

• Secret Empire
  • Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch) (Main story and flashback)
  • Quentin Harderman (Main story and flashback)
•  Stoneface 
• "Jangles" (First appearance) and other henchmen of Stone Face

Other Characters:

• NYPD
  • Hank (First appearance)
  • Lee (First appearance)
• Viper (Jordan Dixon) (Only in flashback)
• Jack (Security guard) (First appearance) (Only appearance; dies)
• Tanzika
• The Sanitation Unit (Sanitation Squad)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• North America
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
      • A Mid-Western University (Only in flashback)
• Africa
  • Nigeria
    • Lagos (First appearance)
  • Wakanda
    • Birnin Zana
      • Royal Palace of Wakanda

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Falcon's Wings (First appearance)
• The Moonstone (First appearance)

Synopsis for "J'Accuse!"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• Plot by Englehart, script by Friedrich.

• Colletta is credited as Vinnie Colletta.

• Falcon's costume is re-built by the Black Panther with glider wings in this issue.

• Redwing does not appear in this issue.

• This story precedes Black Panther (T'Challa)'s apperance in Jungle Action #6 "Panther's Rage" arc.

• This issue features a letters page, Let's Rap With Cap. Letters are published from Gary Frazier, John Libertine, Jr. and Robert Strauss.

• This issue is reprinted in the trade paperback Secret Empire.

Trivia

• In line with the Watergate inspiration for the arc, the Sanitation Squad appears to be the reference to Special Investigations Unit known as White House Plumbers.

See Also

• 8 image(s) from Captain America Vol 1 170
• 2 reprint(s) of Captain America Vol 1 170

Links and References

• The Grand Comics Database: Captain America #170 [1]

Footnotes

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