Did Dr. Evil also have costumes where he could become famous villains, or was he just a typical alien mad scientist bent on "evil, evil things?"

Why must I be surrounded by frickin' idiots?

I can't remember! I think Dr Evil was only part of the second Captain Action edition, when he stopped changing into other heroes and Ideal tried to make him a big name in and of himself. That's when Action Boy got the new costume with a helmet instead of a beret, and they had an Actionmobile and other accessories.

That advertisement is written the way comics were meant to be written! I like tight, fast paced story. Not the drawn out "writing for the whole issue" that we see today.

I wonder what the "evil, evil things" are that come packed with Dr. Evil?

"Birds of a feather flock together?"

Y'know, I just had one request and that was to have sharks... with FRICKIN' LASER BEAMS ATTACHED TO THEIR HEADS!! But evidently, my cycloptic colleague tells me that cant be done... well... what do I pay you people for? Honestly?

I'm admiring Captain Action's lightning-bolt shaped dagger. What's he got that for, I wonder?

Sea bass.

Riiiiight....

They are ... MUTATED sea bass.

Are they ill-tempered?

Yes.

Well, it's a start...

Here's a TV commercial for the first version of Captain Action, where he became lots of other superheroes:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Mr7FwkO4k[/youtube]

Soooooooo......

Action Boy's Ray Gun (which is stronger) shoots rope?

The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking, I highly suggest you try it.

I never heard of this guy. Was he a big deal?

http://toyhaven.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html

They have some other interesting CA stuff on the page, but toward the bottom (Friday, November 9, 2007) They have some pictures. It appears Dr. Evil had only two evil disguises. One was Ming the Merciless (noted elsewhere on the page) and the other is Generic Evil Disguise Guy.

Short-lived, but choice...




-- Uncle Rog
(Still has all five issues)

Gil Kane was awesome.

I know practically nothing about Captain Action. I have seen the second of those comics covers, and I read that he was a boys' doll--er, action figure.

The first cover image of Captain Action pushing Superman aside shows serious chutzpah!

The second...well, my first thought was that the pieta pose and vow of vengeance text looked hugely hackneyed. Then I saw the date. It probably seemed much more fresh back then.

Have to give Moonstone credit for attempting this ...

Why is his emblem an inverted recycling symbol?

Not sure if the recycling symbol even existed yet when he was designed!

Good thing you corrected yourself.

I thought that might be the case.

Still, weird.