<P> Nomad is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The Nomad name and costume were created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema as an alternate identity for the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, in Captain America #180 (December 1974). </P> <P> The identity was revived by writer J.M. DeMatteis for a minor character named Edward Ferbel in Captain America #261 - 263 (September - November 1981). The same writer later gave the title to its best known claimant Jack Monroe in Captain America #281 (May 1983). Other claimants of the code name are Rikki Barnes and Steve Rogers's adopted son Ian Rogers . </P> <P> The original Nomad is an alternate identity that Steve Rogers adopts after he abandons the Captain America costume and title . </P> <P> In Captain America #180 (December 1974) Rogers becomes disillusioned with the United States government, when he discovers that a high ranking government official (heavily hinted to be the then President of the United States Richard Nixon) is the leader of the terrorist organization known as the Secret Empire . </P>

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