Captain America Vol 1 175

Captain America Vol 1 #175
Previous Issue	Captain America #174
Next Issue	Captain America #176
Art by: John Romita and Sal Buscema
Cover Date	July, 1974
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Roy Thomas

1. "Before the Dawn!"
Writer(s)	Steve Englehart
Penciler(s)	Sal Buscema
Inker(s)	Vince Colletta
Colorist(s)	George Roussos
Letterer(s)	Charlotte Jetter
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

 That is the last lie you are going to tell about me! THE LAST LIE! 

—Captain America

Appearing in "Before the Dawn!"

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Peggy Carter
  • Dum-Dum Dugan

Antagonists:

• Secret Empire
  • Number One (Death)
  • Number Two (First appearance)
  •  Number Three
  •  Number Nine (Only in flashback)
• Moonstone
• Quintin Harderman

Other Characters:

• X-Men
  •  Professor Charles Xavier 
  •  Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) 
  •  Cyclops (Scott Summers) 
• Gabe Jones
• Viper I (Jordan Dixon)
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
• US Army
  • Harry (First appearance)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants

Locations:

• Southwestern Desert, Secret Empire Installation
• Washington, D.C.
  • White House lawn
  • Washington Monument

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Falcon's Wings

Synopsis for "Before the Dawn!"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• Redwing doesn't appear in this story

• At the conclusion of this issue and prior to Captain America #176, Steve Rogers is involved in a whirlwind of activity. He fights Thanos in Captain Marvel #27-33 and Avengers #125. He helps the Avengers fight Nuklo in Giant-Size Avengers #1. He again helps the Avengers in fighting Klaw and Solarr in Avengers #126. He is then transported in time in Marvel-Two-In-One #4 & #5 and is also transported in time again in Avengers Forever #1-12.

• This issue contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamp: #77 - The Swordsman

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

Trivia

• This tale of a high ranking governement official involved in a villainous plot closely paralells the timeline of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. So much so that the letters page attempts to distance itself from that ongoing scandal by noting this plotline started development a year prior in Captain America #163. According to writer, Steve Englehart, his intention was for Number One to be then president Richard Nixon.

• This issue contains a letters page, Let's Rap With Cap. Letters are published from Rick Keefe, Alan Markowitz, David J. Belles, Mike Cruden, and Charles Boatner.

• The letters page also contians a ad for 35 Cent priced Giant-Size Super-Teams #1 featuring the Defenders. This issue was never published. This story was apprently presented in the 50 Cent Giant-Size Defenders #1. The ad tells that this story will be all new, but Giant-Size Defenders #1 has four reprint stories.

See Also

• 4 image(s) from Captain America Vol 1 175
• 2 reprint(s) of Captain America Vol 1 175

Links and References

• The Unoffical Marvel Value Stamps Site [1]
• The Grand Comics Database: Captain America #175 [2]
• Grand Comics Database: Captain America Covers [3]

Footnotes

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