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CATALOG RECORD

Captain America Comics #6

Marvel · Series began 1941 · September 1941

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

Creators

pencils: Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Al Avison, Charles Nicholasinks: Joe Simon, Al Gabriele, Charles Nicholasscript: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee

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

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaBucky BarnesBuckySergeant DuffyElizabeth RossKnuckles O'TooleTubby TinkleJeff SanderviltHurricaneFather TimeLarry ScottHeadline HunterJerry HunterHarry Kane

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)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.