Character Background

The History

• The History of Captain Action

  
  Written by Joe Ahearn, with Cynthia Green and Jon Stout.
  • Part I
  • Part II

The Toys

• The Ideal Era

  
  Images of vintage toys from the Captain's first production run in the 1960's.
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
    
    

• The Playing Mantis Era

  
  Images of the official reproduction action figures released by Playing Mantis from
  1998 to 2000.
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4

• NEW! The Silver Streak Amphibian

  
  Images and information on the Captain's highly retro vehicle of choice,
  released by Ideal in 1967!
  • Silver Streak Amphibian — Main Page
  • Photos of the Silver Streak Amphibian
  • Photos of the Silver Streak Hideout

The Comics

• Read "Justice Will Be Done: Remembering DC's Captain Action" (PDF)

  
  Note: Requires Adobe Reader 8 to view. Get it here for free.
  A retrospective on the 1968 Captain Action comic book series, by Dave
  Blanchard. Originally published in Comic Book Marketplace, June 2000.

• The Ideal Comics

  
  Short comic advertisements released during the Ideal era

• El HalcÓn De Oro

  
  See the cover to the Mexican translation of DC's Captain Action #1.