captain action Archives

Scott Dunbier, Director of Special Projects at IDW Publications has been showing off an upcoming Captain Action collection, as well as a solution to something from the comic books that he wasn't able to reprint. The Captain Action collection is coming in May The comics, five of them, were published in the late 1960s Jim Shooter[...]

With the 50th anniversary if modular action figure Captain Action next year, here's an advance look at the packaging for the 2016 Zica Toys figure… Just one of the many events being lined up for 2016… With the 50th anniversary if modular action figure Captain Action next year, here's an advance look at the packaging for[...]

Jai Nitz caught up with Roberson to talk about Captain Action, iZombie, and the future for the series. JN: Did you have a Captain Action figure growing up? CR: I was born in 1970, just a couple of years after the Captain Action heyday in the late 60s, so I missed that window But I discovered him[...]

To put that in perspective, the next-biggest stated attendance for a first-time show was New York City at 33,000 — over all three days — in 2006. What If A Sketchbook… Looked Like A Colouring Book? The Captain Action Convention Sketchbook/Coloring Book will debut at New York Comic Con, a 44 page book will feature "Action Artwork"[...]

For a while, Ed Catto and Joe Ahearn have been trying to revive the Captain Action property, publishing comics, starting a toyline, doing deals with other licenses to use their owned costumes to dress up Captain Action as other characters. And now he seems to have signed a deal with Dynamite, for a new series Codename:[...]

Joe Jusko is the artist for the new Captain Action toy packaging designs Apparently he was a fan from a kid, and now gets to make his mark on the rent-a-costume doll. Here's how it al looks! Joe Jusko is the artist for the new Captain Action toy packaging designs Apparently he was a fan[...]

The Captain Action toy/comic revival has been going great guns the last couple of years A toy character you can dress up as other characters – and then get a spinoff series out of Back in the day, in more innocent licensing times, the character was sold with all manner of branded costumes But that[...]