Captain America Vol 1 171

Captain America #171
Previous Issue	Captain America #170
Next Issue	Captain America #172
Art by: John Romita, Tony Mortellaro and Gaspar Saladino
Release Date	November 27, 1973
Cover Date	March, 1974
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Roy Thomas

1. "Bust-Out!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Mike Friedrich Steve Englehart
Penciler(s)	Sal Buscema
Inker(s)	Vince Colletta
Colorist(s)	Linda Lessmann
Letterer(s)	Art Simek
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

I know things look bleak for me, but I must believe the due process of the law will eventually clear me!

—Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Appearing in "Bust-Out!"

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

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

Antagonists:

• Secret Empire
  • Sanitation Unit (Name revealed)
    • Number Seven
    • Number Four
    • Number One
    • Number Eight
    • Numerous unnamed members
  • Committee to Regain America's Principles (Only in recap)
    • Quentin Harderman (Only in recap)
  • Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch) (Main story and recap)
• Stoneface
• Stoneface's Henchmen
  • "Jangles"
  • Numerous unnamed henchmen

Other Characters:

• NYPD
  • Manny (First appearance)
  • Numerous unnamed police officers
• Unnamed Wakandan Agent
• Wakandan Escorts (Mentioned) (Deceased)
• Boss Morgan (Mentioned)
• Numerous unnamed Wakandans
• Avengers
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark)
• Daily Bugle (Named only) (Only in recap)
• Tumbler (John Robert Keane) (Only in recap)
• Hank Williams (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and recap)
• Flies (Referenced)
• Cats (Mentioned)
• Birds (Referenced)
  • Eagles (Referenced)
  • Falcons
• Fish (Referenced)
• Cougars (Referenced)
• Rats (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth
  • North America
    • United States of America
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • 1701 Penn Street (First appearance)
            • Harlem
      • Tucson, Arizona (Mentioned)
  • Africa
    • Nigeria
      • Lagos
    • Wakanda

Items:

• Captain America's Uniform and Shield
• Falcon's Wings
• Panther Habit
• Iron Man Armor MK IV
• Moonstone (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "Bust-Out!"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• Story idea by Englehart.
• Redwing mistakenly spelled "Red Wing" in this issue.
• Captain America helps the Avengers fight Zodiac in Avengers #121 shortly after page 6 of this issue.
• Black Panther (T'Challa) also appears in the Avengers #121 same issue later on, shortly after his role in this issue.
• This issue contains a letters page, Let's Rap With Cap. Letters are published from Jackie Frost, Ronald DeLong, and Gail Teague. The letters page also contians a 1/3 page ad for Thor #221 with a cover reproduction.
• This issue contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamp: Vol 1 50-Black Panther

See Also

• 5 image(s) from Captain America Vol 1 171
  • 1 reprint(s) of Captain America Vol 1 171.jpg
• 5 reprint(s) of Captain America Vol 1 171

Links and References

• The Grand Comics Database: Captain America Vol 1 171 [1]
• The Unoffical Marvel Value Stamp Site [2]