Captain America Comics #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeCaptain America Comics #6 (September 1941) holds a firm place in Timely Comics history as the debut issue of Father Time (Larry Scott), a scythe-wielding costumed hero who became one of the small cluster of Golden Age characters assembled into the wartime Crazy S.U.E.S. unit under Captain America's command. Though Father Time never graduated to headliner status, his origin story — a son watching his father executed for a crime he didn't commit — gave the issue a surprisingly personal emotional hook amid the otherwise brisk wartime action anthology format. The issue also captures the Simon and Kirby machine at full throttle in the final months before the duo departed Timely, and it showcases the anthology breadth that made Captain America Comics one of the most widely read titles of the Golden Age, folding in Hurricane, Headline Hunter, and Cap-and-Bucky adventures into a single jam-packed package. Its 1966 reprint in Fantasy Masterpieces — with art alterations demanded by the Comics Code — further underscores how closely Marvel watched over this early run as both a creative touchstone and a legal asset.
In "Captain America Battles The Camera Fiend and His Darts of Doom," Bucky spots a familiar face from the past—someone he and Captain America once imprisoned—now on the loose and tracking them. With the threat of exposure looming, Bucky turns to a fellow Sentinel of Liberty to warn Steve Rogers before the Camera Fiend can expose his secret identity. Written by Stan Lee and brought to life by Jack Kirby’s dynamic art and Joe Simon’s inks, this 1941 classic blends wartime intrigue with the early days of superhero vigilance. The cover, also by Kirby, captures the tension with a striking image of the mysterious, dart-wielding foe.
In "Captain America Battles The Camera Fiend and His Darts of Doom," Cap and Bucky join forces with the Sentinels of Liberty to stop a bizarre villain whose camera unleashes deadly poisoned darts—his only goal: stealing the Crown Jewels en route to America. With the stakes high and the fiend’s device as unpredictable as it is dangerous, the heroes must outthink a foe who turns every lens into a weapon.
In "Meet the Fang, Arch-Fiend of the Orient," Captain America and Bucky face off against the sinister Fang and the treacherous Baron Nushima, as the duo races to protect Chinese emissaries trying to secure vital loans from the U.S. government—before sabotage or betrayal cuts their mission short.
In "The Strange Case of Captain America and The Hangman: Who Killed Doctor Vordoff," Cap and Bucky take on a mystery as tangled as the steel-strong thread created by the late Dr. Vordoff, chasing clues through a web of intrigue that turns a carnival ride into a crime scene.
In "The Engine of Destruction," Jerry Hunter stumbles upon a hidden factory on the edge of London, its secrets tied to a former Fascist and a weapon of unknown power. As he delves deeper, the truth of its Nazi ties begins to unfold—just as danger closes in.
In "The Boarding House Murders," Hurricane finds himself drawn to a suspicious boarding house in New York on a stormy night—despite a small girl’s urgent warning that two recent murders have shaken the place. As he considers a room for the night, the eerie silence and shadowed halls promise more than just shelter.
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By the time issue #6 went on sale in September 1941, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby had built Captain America Comics into Timely's flagship title, with circulation rivaling major news magazines of the era. The issue was a genuine creative team effort: the main Cap stories were scripted and drawn by Simon and Kirby, while the Father Time origin feature — 'The Grim Reaper Deals with Crime' — was written by the young Stan Lee (then barely nineteen and working under his real name as a Timely staffer) with art by Al Avison on pencils and Al Gabriele on inks; the issue's cover art and principal story art were also handled by Kirby, with additional artistic contributions from Gabriele, Simon, and Avison. The internal credit on the Father Time story identified it as a Simon and Kirby creation with Lee acting only as 'narrator,' a attribution that comics historians have noted is puzzling given this was the character's first appearance and Lee carried credited writing duties.
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- First appearance and origin of Father Time (Larry Scott), a Golden Age costumed hero who wields a scythe and leaves a clock as his calling card; his origin centers on the wrongful execution of his father.
- Published September 1941 by Timely Comics (the Marvel predecessor); cover art and primary story art by Jack Kirby, with additional interior art by Joe Simon, Al Avison, and Al Gabriele.
- The Father Time story ('The Grim Reaper Deals with Crime') was scripted by Stan Lee — one of his earliest superhero writing credits at Timely — with pencils by Al Avison and inks by Al Gabriele.
- The issue credits the Father Time feature internally as a Joe Simon and Jack Kirby creation, listing Lee only as 'narrator,' a discrepancy that remains a point of debate among comics historians.
- Issue contains multiple anthology features including Captain America and Bucky in three separate adventures, plus solo strips for Hurricane (Harry Kane) and Headline Hunter (Jerry Hunter).
- The 'Meet the Fang, Arch-Fiend of the Orient' Cap story — scripted and drawn by Simon and Kirby — was later reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces #6 (December 1966), with some art alterations made to satisfy Comics Code restrictions; the Simon and Kirby byline was stripped from that reprint.
- Father Time went on to appear in seven issues of Captain America Comics and had additional Golden Age appearances in Young Allies Comics #3 and Mystic Comics #10, but never became a prominent Marvel character.
- Key collected reprints of issue content include Captain America: The Classic Years #2 (1990 and 2000 editions), Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America Vol. 2 (2008), and the Golden Age Captain America Omnibus Vol. 1 (2014).
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Reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces #6 (1966), Captain America: The Classic Years #2 (1990), Marvel Milestone Edition: Captain America Comics #1 #[nn] (1995), Captain America: The Classic Years #2 (2000), Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #2 (2008), Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (2009), Marvel Firsts: WWII Super Heroes #[nn] (2013), Golden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 (2014), Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] (2017), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus #[nn] (2019), Marvel Origins #10 (2023)
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