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6September 1941
$0.10

Captain America Comics #6

Marvel · September 1941 · on sale 1941-06-25

First appearance: Father TimeFirst appearance: Larry Scott
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Identification plate

Series
Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
September 1941
Key date
1941-09-00
On-sale date
1941-06-25
Indicia publisher
Timely Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Father Time - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Larry Scott - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack KirbyBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
1Captain America Contentstable of contents1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
2Captain America Battles The Camera Fiend and His Darts of Doomcomic story16script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Knuckles O'Toole, Steve Rogers, Jeff Sandervilt, Tubby Tinkle
3Meet the Fang, Arch-Fiend of the Orientcomic story9script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Sergeant Duffy, Steve Rogers, Elizabeth Ross
4The Grim Reaper Deals with Crimecomic story6script: Stan Lee; pencils: Al Avison; inks: Al GabrieleFather Time First, Larry Scott First
5The Strange Case of Captain America and The Hangman: Who Killed Doctor Vordoffcomic story16script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
6Trap for a Traitortext story2script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonBucky Barnes, Captain America, Steve Rogers
8The Engine of Destructioncomic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Binder; inks: Jack BinderHeadline Hunter, Jerry Hunter
9Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club Newspromo (ad from the publisher)1Bucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
11The Boarding House Murderscomic story7script: Stan Lee; pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles NicholasHurricane, Harry Kane
12There Is Only One Captain Americapromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Fantasy Masterpieces #61966On eBay ›
Captain America: The Classic Years #2
ISBN 0-7851-0743-6		2000On eBay ›
Marvel Milestone Edition: Captain America Comics #1 #[nn]1995On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #2
ISBN 978-0-7851-2228-9		2008On eBay ›
Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #12009On eBay ›
Golden Age Captain America Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-6807-2		2014On eBay ›
Marvel Firsts: WWII Super Heroes #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-6791-4		2013On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5		2017On eBay ›
Captain America: The Classic Years #2
ISBN 0-87135-648-1		1990On eBay ›
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-91934-4		2019On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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