CAPTAIN ACTION #5, JUNE-JULY 1969.
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Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #183 - Part II
Item numbers 1292-2528 in auction 183
Item Description
This is the last issue of the title’s run. The book had been based on
an action doll that the Ideal Toy Company had been producing. Unfortunately,
Ideal had canceled the doll the year before this issue was published. Still,
nothing can stop the power of Gil Kane and his art. It is his work on the book
that leaves this short, five-issue run with such a strong following. It clearly
matches his work on the Green Lantern and the Atom . The covers he did for the
title’s short run are among the most dramatic that he has ever done. It
was almost as if he was unleashed and could go crazy. The presence of the
rioters on this cover is considered by many to be a veiled reference to the
riotous state of America in 1969. Captain Action can easily be viewed as the
authority figure with everyone looking to rebel against him. For the story
behind the character of Captain Action, please find our solicitation for Captain
Action #3 elsewhere in this auction. The pages are off-white to white. The book
is CGC-certified 9.4 (NM). According to the CGC Census, this copy is tied with
one other as the third-highest graded copy they have seen.
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