For you folks too young to remember (hell, I'm too young to remember), the really cool thing about the Captain Action toy was...
Superman and Sgt. Fury? The Lone Ranger and Batman?!? Holy inter-company crossover!!
Yes, you could buy the basic doll, then purchase kits to make your own League Of Extra-Canonical Gentlemen:
It's hard to picture something like this happening today. DC and Marvel especially are so pissy at each other, they surely have it in the licencing contracts that no one is allowed to make one company's toys interchangeable with anothers.
Which is a damn shame, because a version of Toy Story based on Marvel and DC toys would be the best thing EVER.
Ad appeared in Superman #192 (1967). No, I don't know why Captain America has a gun...
It would be the superhero equivalent of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
ReplyDeleteThere's the miniatures game HeroClix that features both DC and Marvel characters. Some really cool minis, but the game is a freakin money pit along the lines of Magic the Gathering.
ReplyDeleteHeroClix may be the sole exception, though.
Why does Capt America have a gun? I could make some 2nd amendment quip but I think the real question here is...why does Aquaman have a purse?
ReplyDeleteCaptain Action was awesome! He had cool accessories, and a sidekick, and a bad guy, Doctor Evil, who was also wicked cool, with blue skin and a hideous exposed brain! There was a brief DC Comics run which was... okay. More than just a 12" toy soldier, Captain Action was versatile.
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