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Captain Action

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Captain Action was an action figure created in 1966, equipped with a wardrobe of costumes allowing him to become Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Captain America, Aquaman, the Phantom, The Lone Ranger (and Tonto), Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Sgt. Fury, Steve Canyon, and the Green Hornet. [1]

53 relations: Acronym, Action figure, Action Man, Aquaman, Back Issue!, Batgirl, Batman, Buck Rogers, Captain America, Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Clayton Moore, DC Comics, DC Comics Presents, Don Markstein's Toonopedia, Espionage, Fabian Nicieza, Flash Gordon, G.I. Joe, George Lucas, Gil Kane, Green Hornet, Hasbro, Ideal Toy Company, Jim Shooter, Kato (The Green Hornet), King Features Syndicate, Lone Ranger, Lucasfilm, Marines, Marvel Comics, Mera (comics), Michael Eury, Ming the Merciless, Moonstone Books, Nehru jacket, Nick Fury, Raygun, Spider-Man, Stanley Weston (inventor), Steve Canyon, Supergirl, Superhero, Superman, Taschen, The Lone Ranger (TV series), The Phantom, Tonto, TwoMorrows Publishing, United States, Vietnam War, ..., Wally Wood, Wonder Woman, 4Licensing Corporation. Expand index (3 more) »

Acronym

An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word, usually individual letters (as in NATO or laser) and sometimes syllables (as in Benelux).

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Action figure

An action figure is a poseable character figurine, made of plastic or other materials, and often based upon characters from a film, comic book, video game, or television program.

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Action Man

Action Man is an action figure launched in Britain in 1966 by Palitoy as a licensed copy of Hasbro's American "movable fighting man": G.I. Joe.

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Aquaman

Aquaman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Back Issue!

Back Issue! is an American magazine published by TwoMorrows Publishing, based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Batgirl

Batgirl is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as female counterparts to the superhero Batman.

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Batman

Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers is a fictional space opera character created by Philip Francis Nowlan in the novella Armageddon 2419 A.D., subsequently appearing in multiple media.

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Captain America

Captain America is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Captain Marvel (DC Comics)

Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Clayton Moore

Clayton Moore (born Jack Carlton Moore, September 14, 1914 – December 28, 1999) was an American actor best known for playing the fictional western character the Lone Ranger from 1949–1951 and 1954–1957 on the television series of the same name and two related movies from the same producers.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher.

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DC Comics Presents

DC Comics Presents is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 which ran for 97 issues and 4 annuals and featured team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters of the DC Universe.

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Don Markstein's Toonopedia

Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge) is a web encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation, initiated February 13, 2001.

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Espionage

Espionage or spying, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information without the permission of the holder of the information.

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Fabian Nicieza

Fabian Nicieza (born December 31, 1961) is an American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, Cable and Deadpool, and Thunderbolts, for all of which he helped create numerous characters.

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Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon is the hero of a space opera adventure comic strip created by and originally drawn by Alex Raymond.

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G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced and owned by the toy company Hasbro.

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George Lucas

George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur.

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Gil Kane

Gil Kane (born Eli Katz; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character.

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Green Hornet

The Green Hornet is a fictional masked crime-fighter created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell.

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Hasbro

Hasbro, Inc. (an abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy and board game company, It is the largest toy maker in the world in terms of stock market value, and third largest with revenues of approximately $5.12 billion.

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Ideal Toy Company

Ideal Toy Company was an American toy company founded by Morris and Rose Michtom.

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Jim Shooter

James Shooter (born September 27, 1951) is an American writer, occasional fill-in artist, editor, and publisher for various comic books.

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Kato (The Green Hornet)

Kato (加藤) is a fictional character from The Green Hornet series.

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King Features Syndicate

King Features Syndicate, Inc. is a print syndication company owned by Hearst Communications that distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles, and games to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide.

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Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto.

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Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Marines

Marines, also known as a marine corps or naval infantry, are typically an infantry force that specializes in the support of naval and army operations at sea and on land, as well as the execution of their own operations.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, a publisher of American comic books and related media.

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Mera (comics)

Mera is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Michael Eury

Michael "Mike" Eury is an editor and writer of comic books, and of reference works pertaining to comic books and their history.

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Ming the Merciless

Ming the Merciless is a character who first appeared in the Flash Gordon comic strip in 1934.

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Moonstone Books

Moonstone Books is an American comic book, graphic novel, and prose fiction publisher based in Chicago focused on pulp fiction comic books and prose anthologies as well as horror and western tales.

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Nehru jacket

The Nehru jacket is a hip-length tailored coat for men or women, with a mandarin collar, and with its front modelled on the Indian achkan or sherwani, a garment worn by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964.

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Nick Fury

Colonel Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Raygun

A raygun is a science fiction particle-beam weapon that fires what is usually destructive energy.

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Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Stanley Weston (inventor)

Stanley Weston (April 1, 1933 – May 1, 2017) was an American inventor and licensing agent who created the G.I. Joe toy line in 1963, as well as the very concept of the action figure.

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Steve Canyon

Steve Canyon was an American adventure comic strip by writer-artist Milton Caniff.

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Supergirl

Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Superhero

A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero or Super) is a type of heroic stock character, usually possessing supernatural or superhuman powers, who is dedicated to fighting the evil of his/her universe, protecting the public, and usually battling supervillains.

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Superman

Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Taschen

Taschen is an art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany.

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The Lone Ranger (TV series)

The Lone Ranger is an American western drama television series that aired on the ABC Television network from 1949 to 1957, with Clayton Moore in the starring role.

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The Phantom

The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip, first published by Lee Falk in February 1936, now primarily published internationally by Frew Publications.

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Tonto

Tonto is a fictional character, the either Potawatomi or Comanche companion of the Lone Ranger, a popular American Western character created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker.

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TwoMorrows Publishing

TwoMorrows Publishing is a publisher of magazines about comic books, founded in 1994 by John and Pam Morrow out of their small advertising agency in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Wally Wood

Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work on EC Comics's Mad and Marvel's Daredevil.

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Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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4Licensing Corporation

4Licensing Corporation (formerly known as Leisure Concepts, Inc. and 4Kids Entertainment) was an American licensing company.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Action

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