Appearing in "Before the Dawn!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Secret Empire
- Number #1 (Death)
- Number Two
- Moonstone
- Quentin Harderman
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Southwestern Desert, Secret Empire Installation
- Washington, D.C.
- White House lawn
- Washington Monument
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Before the Dawn!"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
- No Redwing 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 Assemblers fight Klaw and Solarr in Avengers #126. He is then transported in time in Marvel-Two-In-One #4 and #5 and is also transported in time again in Avengers Forever #1.
- This issue contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamp: #77 - The Swordsman
Trivia
- This tale of a high ranking governement official involved in a villainous plot closely paralells the time-line 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 #1 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.