Captain America Annual #4 - First Appearance of Peter Quinn, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Captain America Annual (Marvel, 1971 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: [August] 1977
Key date: August 1977
On-sale date: May 24, 1977
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.50
Pages: 52
Barcode: 0714860243865
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Peter Quinn - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Byron Calley - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Randall Darby - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Aaron Salomon - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance (cover) of Ned Lanthrop - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

First appearance (cover) of Peeper - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Burner - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Lifter - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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	At the Mercy of Magneto	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Danny Crespi, Jim Novak	Burner First, Byron Calley First, Captain America, Randall Darby First, Ned Lanthrop First, Erik Lehnsherr, Lifter First, Magneto, Peeper First, Peter Quinn First, Steve Rogers, Aaron Salomon First, Shocker First, Slither First
2	The Great Mutant Massacre!	comic story	34	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: John Verpoorten, John Tartaglione; colors: Roussos; letters: Novak	Burner First, Byron Calley First, Captain America, Randall Darby First, Ned Lanthrop First, Erik Lehnsherr, Lifter First, Magneto, Peeper First, Peter Quinn First, Steve Rogers, Aaron Salomon First, Shocker First, Slither First
5	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
10	Superheroes Assemble!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset
15	He's Coming Your Way!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
16	Let the Cry Ring Out - - Don't Succumb, Read - - FOOM!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: ?; typeset	Thor; Hellcat

Plus 13.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Captain America and the Falcon: The Swine #[nn] ISBN 9780785120780	2006	On eBay ›
Essential Captain America #6 ISBN 978-0-78515-091-6	2011	On eBay ›
Captain America by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4960-6	2010	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #11 ISBN 978-1-302-91702-9	2019	On eBay ›
Captain America by Jack Kirby Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-92821-6	2020	On eBay ›
Captain America Omnibus #4 ISBN 978-1-302-95513-7	2024	On eBay ›
The Swine ISBN 978-1-302-96052-0	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #34 of 13#5 ›

Sources

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

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