| Captain Action The Original Super-Hero Action Figure | | | Author:
| Eury, Michael | | Artist:
| Anderson, Murphy | | ISBN: | 978-1-60549-017-5 | | Publication Date: | Aug 2009 | | Publisher: | TwoMorrows Publishing
| | Book Format: | Hardback | | List Price: | USD $39.95USD $39.95 | Book Description:
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- Captain Action, the original super-hero action figure, was introducedin 1966 in the wake of the Batman TV show craze, and later received hisown DC comic book with art by Wally Wood and Gil Kane. Able to assume theidentities of 13 famous super-heroes, his initial career was short-lived, butcontinuing interest in the hero has led to two different returns to toy-storeshelves.
- Lavishly illustrated with over 200 toy photos, this second edition of...
More Description - Captain Action, the original super-hero action figure, was introducedin 1966 in the wake of the Batman TV show craze, and later received hisown DC comic book with art by Wally Wood and Gil Kane. Able to assume theidentities of 13 famous super-heroes, his initial career was short-lived, butcontinuing interest in the hero has led to two different returns to toy-storeshelves.
- Lavishly illustrated with over 200 toy photos, this second edition of thecritically acclaimed volume by author Michael Eury chronicles the history ofthis quick-changing champion, including photos of virtually every CaptainAction product ever released, spotlights on his allies Action Boy and theSuper Queens and his arch enemy Dr. Evil, an examination of his comic-bookappearances, and "Action facts" that even the most-diehard Captain Actionfan won't know!
- Features a foreword, cover image, and previously unseen packageillustrations by Murphy Anderson, as well as historical anecdotes by the lateGil Kane, Jim Shooter, Stan Weston (co-creator of G.I. Joe, CaptainAction, and Mego's World's Greatest Super-Heroes), and Larry Reinerand Larry O'Daly, formerly of Ideal Toys, plus never-before-published andclassic Captain Action artwork by Gil Kane, Joe Staton, CarmineInfantino, Jerry Ordway, Paul Gulacy, Mark Sparacio, Ruben Procopio, and TomYeates.
- This revised second edition also includes behind-the-scenes materialcovering Captain Action's triumphant 2008 return to comics shelves in his newseries from Moonstone Books, and spotlights on the new wave of Captain Actioncollectibles.
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