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Issue: Captain Action #3
Publication Date: February 1969
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Issues: #3 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/19/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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...And Evil This Way Comes!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Gary (pilot)
Synopsis: All of Captain Action's coins are lost in an earthquake except for the Mercury coin, which he gives to Action Boy, and three others that become fused together. These fused coins grant the powers of Zeus, Hercules, and Heimdall.
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Pages: 9.6
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 9.6, 7.5, and 5.6 pages.
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...And Evil This Way Comes! Part 2

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 7.5
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An Impressionable Young Artist Gets His First Look at "The Big Business"

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of a visit to the offices of DC Comics.
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...And Evil This Way Comes! Part 3

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 5.6
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Action Line
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a letter from Gil Kane thanking Julie Schwartz for allowing him to plot and script the story, as well as a suggestion by Gil that they hold a contest where the winner receives a drawing from him. Plus letters from Gordon Flagg, Jr. and Paul Wikander. The letters page title was contributed and designed by Ricky Sellers.

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