Saturday 12 November 2022

Marvel 1975.02 - Captain America #182


Captain America and the Falcon #182

Title: Inferno!

Writer: Steve Englehart
Artist: Frank Robbins

Villain: Serpent Squad (Madame Viper, Cobra)

Regulars: Sharon Carter, Peggy Carter

Guests: Gabe Jones


This issue contains two unrelated stories. In the first 11 pages Nomad is fighting against the remaining members of the Serpent Squad, Madame Viper and Cobra. The police try to stop Nomad, handcuffing him to a police car, because they don't recognise him. Madame Viper and Cobra are outnumbered by the police and have nowhere to run. Madame Viper puts on the Serpent Crown to ask for advice. It tells her that they should die as martyrs, because a new Serpent Squad will arise. Cobra thinks she's mad and wants to give himself up.

Nomad breaks free and comes to join battle. The house collapses around them in a blazing inferno. Nomad saves Cobra, but Madame Viper (seemingly) dies. The Serpent Crown slides away by itself.

In the last 6 pages we see the Falcon training when he's joined by the new Captain America, the kid Roscoe from Brooklyn. The Falcon gives Roscoe another chance, despite his problems last issue. Together they attack three strangely dressed men who're breaking into a bank carrying suitcases. The Falcon and Roscoe easily overpower them. Then they discover that the suitcases are already full of money. They're carrying money in, not out? Then they're knocked over by a blast from a stun gun. The person carrying it is the Red Skull.


Didn't the Red Skull die years ago? I forgot how log ago it was, so I had to search. It was in Captain America #148 in April 1972. You can't keep a bad guy down.

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