(April-May 1969)

DC, 1968 Series
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1969-02-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited as Julie Schwartz) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Action / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane (signed as GIL KANE)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed as GIL KANE)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Job Number
S-104
Genre
superhero
Characters
Action Boy [Carl Arno]; Captain Action [Clive Arno]; Kathryn Arno (replica)
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Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Evil at Dead World's End! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Action / comic story / 7.6 pages (report information)

Script
Gil Kane (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Gil Kane (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Carl Arno; Captain Action [Clive Arno]; Dr. Evil [Dr. Stefan Tracy]; Alpha Centurans; devourodon; blastoid; cyanide-crawler
Synopsis
Dr. Evil is drawn to the planet Alpha Centura, a dying world. There he discovers beings that look just like him.
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 7.6, 9.4, and 5.6 pages.

Evil at Dead World's End! Part 2 (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Action / comic story / 9.4 pages (report information)

Script
Gil Kane (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Gil Kane (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Action Boy [Carl Arno]; Captain Action [Clive Arno]; Dr. Evil [Dr. Stefan Tracy]; Kathryn Arno (replica of Clive Arno's late wife and Carl Arno's mother, created by Dr. Evil); devourodon; blastoid; cyanide-crawler
Synopsis
Dr. Evil finds the "frozen-energy after-essence" of Kathryn Arno, Clive Arno's late wife and Carl Arno's mother, and uses it to create a replica of her.
Reprints

Evil at Dead World's End! Part 3 (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Action / comic story / 5.6 pages (report information)

Script
Gil Kane (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Gil Kane (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Action Boy [Carl Arno]; Captain Action [Clive Arno]; Dr. Evil [Dr. Stefan Tracy]; Alpha Centuran
Synopsis
The Alpha Centurans reject Dr. Evil.
Reprints

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

Action Line / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Dick Giordano (illustration)
Inks
Dick Giordano (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-118
Characters
Captain Action [Clive Arno] (headshot)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Carl Gafford, Harvey Sobel, and Dave Truesdale.

Fact File #6 : Sargon, the Sorcerer (Table of Contents: 5)

Fact File / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero; non-fiction
Characters
Maximillian O'Leary (Sargon's sidekick); Sargon the Sorcerer

Indexer Notes

History of Sargon the Sorcerer.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Action
  2. 1. Evil at Dead World's End!
    Captain Action
  3. 2. Evil at Dead World's End! Part 2
    Captain Action
  4. 3. Evil at Dead World's End! Part 3
    Captain Action
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Action Line
  6. 5. Fact File #6 : Sargon, the Sorcerer
    Fact File
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Steve Jenner
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore