Captain America #142 for Sale - First Appearance of Leila Taylor - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #142
Publication date: October 1971
Key date: 1971-10-00
On-sale date: 1971-07-13
Indicia publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Leila Taylor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Unbelievable Ending!	cover	1	pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America, Paul Pierre Duval, Falcon, Grey Gargoyle, Redwing, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson
2	And in the End...	comic story	19	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: John Romita; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam Rosen	Agent 13, Captain America, Sharon Carter, Paul Pierre Duval, Falcon, Nick Fury, Grey Gargoyle, Redwing, Steve Rogers, Leila Taylor First, Sam Wilson
4	-	in-house column	0.4	script: ? (promo copy); letters: ?; typeset	Captain America (headshot)
5	Steranko Posters	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.6	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko
15	While the Cat's Away, the Bullpen Will Play!	in-house column	1	script: Roy Thomas	Thor; Iron Man; Daredevil; Captain America; Black Widow; Spider-Man; Conan; Thing; Sub-Mariner; Hulk; Human Torch
16	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Plus 13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Essential Captain America #3 ISBN 0-7851-2166-8	2006	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #6 ISBN 978-0-7851-5875-2	2012	On eBay ›
Hero or Hoax? ISBN 978-1-302-91003-7	2018	On eBay ›
Captain America Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-9927-4	2016	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #14143 of 355#143 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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