Appearing in "Up Against the Wall"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- ⏴ The Hood ⏵ (First appearance)
- Batroc's Brigade (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Nick Fury (Referenced)
- Berkeley Police Department (First appearance)
- An unnamed TV producer (First appearance)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Daily Bugle (Mentioned)
- ⏴ Peter Parker ⏵ (Cameo)
- ⏴ M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) ⏵ (Behind the scenes)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- California
- San Francisco
- Tenderloin
- The Strand Theater (First appearance)
- Tenderloin
- Berkeley (First appearance)
- University of California, Berkeley (First appearance)
- Marin County (First appearance)
- Ocean Bluff Point (First appearance)
- San Francisco
- California
- United States of America
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Up Against the Wall"
After rescuing a dean from a student riot, Cap is asked to make a PSA condemning the students for rioting. Although he mentions that violence shouldn't be the answer, he mostly condemns the dean. When he goes off script, the Hood hires Batroc's Brigade to take him out, but Cap easily defeats them.
Solicit Synopsis
See the incredible Hulk! See Batroc, the Leaper! See the dreaded Porcupine and the unstoppable Whirlwind! See Cap "Up Against The Wall!"
Notes
Chronology Notes[]
Characters in this story also appear in other stories between this issue. The affected characters are:
From Pag. 1 to 15, Panel 3
From Pag. 15, Panel 4 to Pag. 20
Continuity Notes[]
- The Hood / Baron Strucker returns in this issue without explanation after his death in Strange Tales #158. The Hood's real identity is revealed in the next issue, and it would be eventually revealed in Captain America #247 that this "Baron Strucker" is an android created by Machinesmith.
Publication Notes[]
- This issue also features a letters page, Let's Rap With Cap. Letters are published from Nils Osmar and Joe Jenkins. The letters page also features an advertisement for the new Conan series.
- The "Items" page from this issue features advertisements for Thor #180 and Fantastic Four Annual #8.
- As seen on page one, this issue is Story Vol 1 340Z.