Unusual Tales #20

The Time Cap

by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno

• Release: January 1960
• Format: Comic Book
• Genre: Science Fiction
• Audience: YA and Up
• Content: Definite Time Travel
• Original Language: English

Now I realize what happened! This cap is some sort of time-travelling device!

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

• Ancient Scientific Era: stated as being about 20,000 years ago
• Circa AD 1960 to 1969: starting time period

Time Travel Methods

• Wearable Time Object: the time cap

Themes

• Incorporeal Traveler: It’s hard to tell for sure, but Phil appears to initially be incorporeal rather than merely invisible because he laments that he cannot talk to the beautiful young daughter of the scientist.
• Stuck in Time: you cannot return again

Groupings

• Charlton Comics (franchise)
• Unusual Tales (comic book): #20, January 1960

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

1. From Iran, 1960 ⋙ to probably the same location, circa 18,000 BC. Round trip. Note: Phil’s first unexpected trip.
2. From Iran, 1960 ⋙ to probably the same location, circa 18,000 BC. Round trip. Note: Phil intentionally returns and is stranded.