What If? #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Lord Brian Falsworth - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: What If? (Marvel, 1977 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: August 1977
Key date: 1977-08-00
On-sale date: 1977-05-24
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.50
Pages: 52
Barcode: 0714860268608
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Lord Brian Falsworth - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Fred Davis Jr. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

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

Death on record for: Adolf Hitler, Captain America.

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	What If the Invaders Had Stayed Together After World War Two?	cover	1	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Captain America First, Robert Frank, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Madeline Joyce, Miss America, Namor, William Nasland, Sub-Mariner, The Whizzer
1	What If the Invaders Had Stayed Together After World War Two?	comic story	34	script: Roy Thomas, Frank Robbins; pencils: Frank Robbins, Frank Springer; inks: Frank Springer; colors: George Bell; letters: Rosen, Costanza	Bucky Barnes, Baron Zemo, Eva Braun First, Bucky First, Bucky, Captain America First, Captain America, Captain America, Winston Churchill, Fred Davis Jr. First, Jacqueline Falsworth, Lord Brian Falsworth First, Robert Frank, Jim Hammond
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
4	-	letters page	1	script: R. T.

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
What If? Classic #1 ISBN 0-7851-1702-4	2004	On eBay ›
Captain America: The Legacy of Captain America #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-5092-3	2011	On eBay ›
Captain America and Bucky: Old Wounds #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-6083-0	2012	On eBay ›
Captain America: Patriot #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4403-8	2011	On eBay ›
Captain America and Bucky: Old Wounds #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-6084-7	2012	On eBay ›
Invaders Classic: The Complete Collection #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-9058-5	2014	On eBay ›
What If? Classic: The Complete Collection #1 ISBN 978-1-302-91611-4	2018	On eBay ›
What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-92993-0	2021	On eBay ›
Invaders Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-93475-0	2022	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #34 of 47#5 ›

Sources

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

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