Captain Action Comics #1 [Cover B Retro]
([October] 2008)

Moonstone, 2008 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
32
On-sale Date
2008-10-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Moonstone
Brand
Moonstone
Barcode
891847002117 00111
Editing
Joe Gentile (credited) (edits; editor-in-chief); Lori Gentile (credited as Lori G.) (editorial)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Action / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marat Mychaels (credited) (signed as MARAT)
Inks
Marat Mychaels ? (credited)
Colors
Frank M. Cuonzo ? (signed as FMCUONZO)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Action Boy [Sean Barrett]; Captain Action [Miles Drake]; Captain Action [Cole Drake]; Khem (black panther)

Indexer Notes

Cover art is credited to Marat Mychaels on the inside front cover, however there is text under his signature that may indicate a different inker.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Introduction by Jim Shooter (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
? (blue tint)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Captain Action

One Man Army (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Action / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Fabian Nicieza (credited)
Pencils
Mark Sparacio (credited)
Inks
Mark Sparacio (credited)
Colors
James Brown (credited)
Letters
David Rothe (credited as Dave Rothe)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sean Barrett (formerly Action Boy); Captain Action [Cole Drake] (also poses as Savior); the Green Circle [Eric DuPont]; A.C.T.I.O.N. Directorate; The Red Crawl; Kelly; Cohen
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Fant'mas / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg (credited)
Pencils
Romano Felmang (credited as Roy Mann)
Inks
Romano Felmang (credited as Roy Mann)
Colors
Andres Mossa (credited as Andres Josè Mossa)
Letters
David Rothe (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He is fear.
Genre
crime
Characters
Fantùmas [Archduke Juan North] (also as Fant'mas, first appearance); Inspector Juve; Jèrùme; Commissioner Hue

Indexer Notes

Based on the fictitious French criminal, Fantômas.

Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Ideal Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Jewel of Denial (Table of Contents: 6)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Bullock (credited)
Pencils
Samicler Gonçalves (credited)
Inks
Samicler Gonçalves (credited)
Colors
Andres Mossa (credited as Andres Josè Mossa)
Letters
David Rothe (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mandrake; The Brass Monkey (poses as Lothar, The Phantom, and Mandrake's twin brother Derek); mysterious woman (cameo, possibly Aleena the Enchantress)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Action
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Introduction by Jim Shooter
  4. 3. One Man Army
    Captain Action
  5. 4. ["He is fear."]
    Fant'mas
  6. 5. Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil
    Ideal Toys
  7. 6. Jewel of Denial
    Mandrake the Magician
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