Captain Action #4, April 1969
Our ode to Halloween and the creatures of the comic books continues…
Dr. Evil — a good looking villain with a terribly cheesy name, even by the standards of the 1960s.
The character was the antagonist in the Captain Action “doll” product line, which launched in 1966. (More on that in a future post.)
DC adapted the toys into a short-lived series and Kane drew much of it. Ironically, the toy sales themselves were rapidly waning by the time the comic series launched in late 1968.
In this specific issue, Gil writes, pencils and inks the entire story — a first for him for either of the “big two” publishers.
And speaking of cheesy and the 60s: That amulet. The Nehru jacket. Those sandals. It just doesn’t get any better than this.
One very fashionably mod alien.
