CATALOG RECORD
Captain America Comics #6
first appearance of Father Time
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Father Time (Larry Scott, Timely Comics hero) — introduction, origin
Dates
- Cover date
- September 1941
- On sale
- June 25, 1941
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Captain America Battles The Camera Fiend and His Darts of Doom · 16 pages
Cap and Bucky, along with the Sentinels of Liberty face an arch villain who uses his camera that fires poisoned needles at anyone who stands in his way of securing the Crown Jewels arriving in America from England.
- Meet the Fang, Arch-Fiend of the Orient · 9 pages
Cap and Bucky battle against the evil Fang and Baron Nushima, who seek to prevent two emissaries from China from obtaining money loans from the American government.
- The Grim Reaper Deals with Crime · Father Time · 6 pages
Because he was delayed by crooks guilty of a crime, Larry Scott's father dies for that crime, and so he decides to make time also work for the forces of law and order...as Father Time!
- The Strange Case of Captain America and The Hangman: Who Killed Doctor Vordoff · 16 pages
Cap and Bucky get on a merry-go-round on intrigue and murder in order to find the supposed murderer of a Dr. Vardoff, who has created a single strand of silken thread as strong as steel.
- Trap for a Traitor · 2 pages
Bucky glimpses a man whom he and Cap had thrown into prison a few months back following him, and, not wanting to allow him to see that Steve Rogers and Captain America were one and the same person, decides to enlist the aid of the Sentinels of Liberty member to warn Cap of what was happening.
- The Engine of Destruction · Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent · 5 pages
While searching for a story on the outskirts of London, Jerry Hunter runs across a mysterious factory, where a secret weapon is supposedly being produced. Knowing that the owner was a former Fascist, he investigates the place and discovers it to be a Nazi stronghold.
- The Boarding House Murders · Hurricane, Master of Speed · 7 pages
Hurricane is traveling the streets of New York seeking lodging for the night, but a small girl warns him not to seek a room at a near-by boarding house since two mysterious murders have occurred there.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (2005), Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (2014), Captain America: The Classic Years (1990), Captain America: The Classic Years (1998), Fantasy Masterpieces (1966), Marvel Firsts: WWII Super Heroes (2013), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (2019)