''Captain Action'' was, primarily, an action figure concept meant to sell toys by the dozens - as he could literally become dozens of different characters! The sky was the limit indeed; as the potential was there and if he had had any greater success, it is certain that we would have seen this good captain impersonate many more characters than the select few that he did!
(Hey - wasn't that DC's Unknown Soldier's schtick, anyway?)
The good Captain passing himself off as The Ghost Who Walks - aka The Phantom!
The good Captain pretending to be the King of the Seven Seas now - Aquaman!
Things have changed very little since those good ol' innocent days - see now; the good Captain's arch enemy was a dead ringer for... Osama Bin Laden? (Or OBM is a Dr. Evil clone...? "Dr. Evil" --? Hmm... Any relation to that silly Austin Powers foil? Or to Ming The Merciless? Hmm? Guess not...)
AHH - FINALLY - THE TRUE CAPTAIN;
in all of his bland 1984ish glory! ;)
(Verily, we tell you today... É vero... Sim... No finer Captain has ever been seen since...
Captain Nemo perhaps?)
... but we digress!
(Nota Bene: in order to remedy to that, surely, the good Captain kept dressing up as other, FAR more, ah, charismatic heroes shall we say - for the whole time that his (extremely, really) ephemeral tenure lasted! I do believe that his other "borrowed roles" were, in no particular order: Superman, Batman, Captain America, Zorro and maybe even Lone Ranger, Sinbad and Tarzan...? No - skip that last one! Although it would have been tremendously easy to fill the requirements of the role, Tarzan properties probably asked for too much moolah for Cheetah...! Same goes for Zorro properties! Instead, there is an astronaut role there - I cannot tell which one that is; but it could not be Matt Mason, I imagine; he was the competition! Maybe Buck Rogers? And there was an army man there too - Sgt. Fury or the better man, Sgt. Rock; either way, you get your cannon fodder! ;)
Oh - there is another blond guy there too; Brick Bradford, could it be?
... er... wrong Bradfords found!
Aquaman's near twin bro! From that damnable "surface world" - but still!
With hindsight, and its 20/20 tainted glasses, one can be fairly perplexed though that the easiest disguises of all were not included here, at all: Spider-Man and Snake-Eyes!)
Ah - a close-up, Mr. De Mille! :)
Yes - Captain Action was, in fact, a very sad man in his private life - not gay at all! ;) And he was no G.I. JOE either!
Hmm... He actually looks like
some character-actor time has forgotten
that we used to see on TV aaaall the time -
but not anymore.
Not since circa 1979 I'd say! (no - not the guy showcased in the above video; rather thisjoe...! *Alfred Ryder* But I couldn't find any video of him!)
NO - you didn't see this guy hang out with Barbies like all those inane G.I. Joes would do, "after (playtime) hours" - no sir you wouldn't!
Captain Actionwas ALL BUSINESS - ALL THE TIME!
And so were
Captain Scarlet...
Captain Marvel
(whichever one you truly want...!) (we're betting on this one!)
Capitaine Flam...
Capitaine Haddock...
Capitão Planet
Captain America...
Captain High Liner
or...
But I digress... again!
...
And those are other stories ____ - for other posts! ___ And other blogs! ;) . +++
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