Captain America Vol 1 172

Captain America Vol 1 #172

April, 1974

Editor-in-Chief

Roy Thomas

Cover Artists

John Romita
Gil Kane
Frank Giacoia
Gaspar Saladino

Publisher

Marvel Comics

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Captain America #171

Captain America #173

Appearing in "Believe It or Not: The Banshee!"

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Secret Empire
  • Moonstone
  • Quentin Harderman
• Sanitation Unit

Other Characters:

•  Banshee 
• X-Men
  •  Cyclops (Scott Summers) 
  •  Marvel Girl 
  •  Professor X 

Locations:

• {{aUnited States Of America}}
  • New York State
    • New York City
      • Manhattan
        • Central Park
        • Harlem
  • Tennessee
    • Nashville

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Cyclops' Visor MK I
• Falcon's Wings

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Believe It or Not: The Banshee!"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• Cover art: layout by Romita.

• Mike Friedrich helped write this story when Steve Englehart was relocating to California.

• Redwing will not reappear in this title again until Captain America #177.

• This issue contains a letters page, Let's Rap With Cap. Letters are published from Harvey Phillips, M. Calam and Stive. The letters page also contains a 1/3 page ad for Fantastic Four #145 with a cover reproduction.

• This issue contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamp: #43, The Enchantress.

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

Trivia

• No trivia.

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See Also

• Discuss Captain America Vol 1 172 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Captain America series

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Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• The Grand Comics Database: Captain America #172 [1]
• The Unoffical Marvel Value Stamps Site [2]