CAPTAIN ACTION: Forever the Quintessential Superhero Action Figure of the 1960s

ZOWIE WEDNESDAYS!


Welcome to ZOWIE WEDNESDAYS — in which we’re serializing across 13 weeks Mark Voger’s forthcoming book Zowie! from publisher TwoMorrows . Click here for a ton more on this feature — and info on the book itself, a brightly colored history of “the TV Superhero Craze in ’60s Pop Culture.” You can also find there links to previous installments. Right on! — Dan

I’m a Mego guy through and through. Had I been born five years earlier, however, I would have been all about Captain Action, which gets a groovy, colorful spotlight in Zowie!
As well it should.



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Zowie! by Mark Voger, is a 192-page, full-color hardcover that lists for $43.95. It is scheduled to be released July 31 and will be available through booksellers and comics shops. You can also pre-order it directly from TwoMorrows. Click here .
Also check out MarkVoger.com !
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MORE
— The Complete ZOWIE WEDNESDAYS! Index. Click here .
— THE GREEN HORNET: BRUCE LEE Belongs to the World — But Superhero Fans Had Him First. Click here .