Appearing in "The Arena"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Battleaxe
- Oddball
- Trump
- Beetle
- Speed Demon
- Whirlwind
- Ringer
- Flying Tiger
- Batroc's Brigade
- Ringmaster
- Rhino
- Hammerhead
- Wildfire
- Gladiatrix
Moonstone
- Tombstone
- Stiletto
- Scorpion
- Spymaster
- Stilt-Man
- Shockwave
- Boomerang
- Boomslang
- Blizzard
- Tarantula
- Knockout
- Dragonfly
- Shocker
- Hydro-Man
- Lady Deathstrike
- Man-Ape
- Mesmero
- Titania
- Vertigo
- Water Wizard
- Black Talon
- Frenzy
- Electro
- 2 Resistant members
- Eel
- Bombshell
- Thermo
- Sunstroke
- Firebrand
- Killer Shrike
- Puff Adder
- Anaconda
- Rock Python
- Man-Bull
Screaming Mimi
- Angar the Screamer
- Piledriver
- Triple-Iron
- Mad-Dog
- Iron Maiden
- Ramrod (Cyborg)
- Superia
- Blackbird
- Snapdragon
- Mentallo
- Razor-Fist
Sumo/General Wo
Absorbing Man
- Wrecker (Behind the scenes)
- Klaw (Behind the scenes)
Other Characters:
- Nick Fury (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Night People
- Demolition Man
- Jason Macendale Jr. (Jack O'Lantern\Hobgoblin) (Mentioned)
- Black Mamba
- Impala
- Asp
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- Flagship One
- RS-41 (experimental craft)
Synopsis for "The Arena"
Captain America tells Diamondback that Dr. Kincaid has given her a clean bill of health, and she admits that she wants to bring Snapdragon to justice. Fury suggests that Snapdragon might be attending the A.I.M. Weapons Expo on Boca Caliente. In Zerotown, Brother Wonderful is frustrated when the mute Dennis doesn't answer his questions, and orders the Night People to attack him. When Dennis fights back, Wonderful is impressed with his strength. Later, Cap, Falcon and Diamondback disguised by Sersi as Crossbones, Jack O' Lantern & Mother Night, arrive at Boca Caliente. Bluffing their way through A.I.M.'s security checks, "Crossbones" runs into Batroc, who reminds him of an old wager that Crossbones could defeat any five men in unarmed combat. Cap accepts the challenge to avoid suspicion and in front of an audience filled with super-villains, first defeats Mad Dog. As Cap battles Ramrod, Diamondback finds Snapdragon with Superia and her Femizons. Cap defeats Ramrod and meets his next opponent, General Wo.
Notes
- This issue contains a letters page, American Grafitti. Letters are published from: Paul Taylor, Douglas Alan Waltz, and Ruben Ruiz.
- Around 100 super-villains are reported to be featured in this issue! Many are not identified or un-named.
- Captain America, Diamondback,and the Falcon spend most of this issue disquised as Crossbones, Mother Night, and Jack O'Lantern respectively. They were transformed into this guise by Sersi behind the scenes.
Trivia
- General Wo, the Sumo, was last seen in Tales of Suspense 61.
See Also
Footnotes
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- Comics
- 1993
- 1993, January
- Modern-Age
- Captain America Vol 1
- Tom DeFalco/Editor-in-Chief
- Rik Levins/Cover Artist
- Danny Bulanadi/Cover Artist
- Mark Gruenwald/Writer
- Rik Levins/Penciler
- Danny Bulanadi/Inker
- George Roussos/Colourist
- Joe Rosen/Letterer
- Mike Rockwitz/Editor
- Georges Batroc (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Steven Rogers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Samuel Wilson (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Rachel Leighton (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Anita Ehren (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Elton Healey (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Carlton Sanders (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Abner Jenkins (Earth-616)/Appearances
- James Sanders (Earth-616)/Appearances
- David Cannon (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Keith Kraft (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Flying Tiger (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Batroc's Brigade (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Georges Batroc (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Maximillian Zaran (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Ferdinand Lopez (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Maynard Tiboldt (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Aleksei Sytsevich (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Hammerhead (Joseph) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Harold Paprika (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Robin Braxton (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Karla Sofen (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Lonnie Lincoln (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Thomas Stuart (Earth-616)/Appearances
- MacDonald Gargan (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Nathan Lemon (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Wilbur Day (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Lancaster Sneed (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Frederick Myers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Marc Riemer (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Donald Gill (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Luis Alvarez (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Elizabeth Rawson (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Veronica Dultry (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Herman Schultz (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Morris Bench (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Yuriko Oyama (Earth-616)/Appearances
- M'Baku (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Mesmero (Vincent) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Mary MacPherran (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Vertigo (Savage Land Mutate) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Peter van Zante (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Samuel Barone (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Joanna Cargill (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Maxwell Dillon (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Resistants (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Edward Lavell (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Wendy Conrad (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Walter Michaels (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Sol Brodstroke (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Russell Broxtel (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Simon Maddicks (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Gordon Fraley (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Blanche Sitznski (Earth-616)/Appearances
- M'Gula (Earth-616)/Appearances
- William Taurens (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Melissa Gold (Earth-616)/Appearances
- David Angar (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Brian Calusky (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Triple-Iron (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Robert Baxter (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Melina Vostokoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Ramrod (Cyborg) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Deidre Wentworth (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Heather O'Gara (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Sheoke Sanada (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Marvin Flumm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Douglas Scott (Earth-616)/Appearances
- General Wo (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Carl Creel (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Dirk Garthwaite (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Ulysses Klaw (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Nicholas Fury (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Night People (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Dennis Dunphy (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jason Macendale Jr. (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Tanya Sealy (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Impala (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Cleo Nefertiti (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Avengers Mansion/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- New York (State)/Appearances
- Central Park/Appearances
- Zero Town/Appearances
- Boca Caliente/Appearances
- Captain America's Shield/Appearances
- Captain America's Uniform/Appearances
- Beetle Armor MK II/Appearances
- Susan Scarbo (Earth-616)/Appearances