That’s just what’s begun to torure me! How can I be sure he’s dead? I saw only a
single searing blast! If I somehow survived it. .
. couldn’t he have, too?
DEBUT
“Death Be Not Proud!,” in The Avengers 56 (Marvel
Comics, September 1968).
VARIANTS
Debut. “Death Be Not Proud!,” in The Avengers 56 (Marvel Comics, September 1968).
Branching Timelines: We don’t know whether all of the Marvel Earths are branching timelines, but Earth-689 appears to have been intentionally created, as we’ll find out in [urlx=work-928)Avengers Annual #2[/urlx].
Cannot Return to Time Where You Already Exist: Cap does exist twice in the 1940s, but he starts out by saying, “Reed Richards was right! He said we’d be intangible. . . invisible. . . to those of this era! Otherwise, we’d invite disaster. . . by existing in two places at the same time!
From Doom’s castle, 1968 ⋙ to England, near the end of World War II. Note: Cap, Black Panther, Goliath, and Hawkeye.
From an unknown time ⋙ to Doom’s Earth-689 castle, 1968. Note: They don’t realize that they’re in a parallel universe until the happenings of Avengers Annual #2.
INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)
Credits—The <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comics.org%2Fissue%2F22166%2F'>GDC</a> states that for the cover, “Nick Caputo notes inks might be a combination of Klein (Avengers head shots) and Giacoia (Cap and Bucky figures).”