Appearing in "American Nightmare, Part I: The Bite of Madness"
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Jack Patterson (a Baseball player) (First appearance) (Secretly briefly possessed by Nightmare)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Daily Bugle (Named only)
- United States Army (Mentioned)
- Gen. Ulysses R. Chapman (Photo)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Warbird (Carol Danvers) (Only in recap)
- Clint Barton (Mentioned)
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
- Lunatic Legion (Only in recap)
- Mr. Genuardi ⏵ (First appearance)
- Mr. Puckett (Hardware store's owner) (Mentioned)
- Mrs. O'Reilly (Flowers shop's owner) (Mentioned)
- Mrs. Genuardi (Mentioned)
- Rosa Ramirez ⏵ (First appearance)
- Javier Ramirez ⏵ (First appearance)
- Alma Ramirez ⏵ (First appearance)
- Luis Ramirez ⏵ (First appearance)
- Marta Ramirez ⏵ (First appearance)
- Nick Fury (Mentioned)
- Grey Gargoyle (Paul Duval) (Mentioned)
- President Clinton (Mentioned)
- U.S. Agent (John Walker) (Mentioned)
- Mr. Mike Ranier ⏵ (First appearance) (Secretly briefly possessed by Nightmare)
- ⏴ Nightmare ⏵ (Behind the scenes) (Secretly briefly possesses Jack Patterson and Mike Ranier)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Human-Kree Hybrids (Only in recap)
- Kree (Only in recap)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York
- Florida (Only in recap)
- Cape Canaveral (Only in recap)
- Puerto Rico (Mentioned)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
Items:
- Replica of Captain America's Triangular Shield (Main story and recap)
- Captain America's Uniform (Main story and recap)
- Warbird's Suit (Only in recap)
- Energy Shield
- Vibranium (Mentioned)
- Rhino Armor
Synopsis for "American Nightmare, Part I: The Bite of Madness"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- After the destruction of Captain America's Triangular Shield Replica in last issue, Sharon Carter give Steve the Energy Shield he once used in Captain America #451–452.
Publication Notes[]
- This issue's indicia gives special thanks to Eliot R. Brown.
- This issue also contains a letters page, American Grafitti. Letters are published from: Steve Chung, Kevin Johnson, and Grant Leary.