Captain Action’s Nemesis Dr. Evil!
Dr. Evil was introduced in 1968 with the third wave of Captain Action releases, and as “the sinister invader of Earth,” he was dead-set on undoing all the good that our pal Captain Action worked so hard to uphold.
Dr. Evil, was the picture of terror and EVIL incarnate – with bulging, red blood shot veiny eyes, pointy ears, an exposed, CREEPY brain and ghastly blue skin. To add to the insanity, Dr. Evil came with a satin hippy like costume with a Nehru collar, a starburst medallion attached to a chunky gold chain, and a pair of dark blue sandals – all of which gave him a lounge-lizard sort of vibe that was a huge hit at the time.
But like Captain Action, Dr. Evil could easily disguise himself – making him all the more wily. His two favorite alter egos were Dr. Thorpe and Dr. Ling – one Western persona and one Asian. The Dr. Thorpe face mask featured a benevolent-appearing, bearded gentleman utterly opposite from the grotesque alien. The Dr. Ling mask came with a white lab coat that could be used when masquerading one of the good doctors.
Dr. Evil had many evil evil evil EVIL things – including a thought sensor, a laser gun, a sonic reducer, a large, horrific hypnotic eye, and an ionized hypo – a ray-gun like hypodermic needle that could incur all variety of evil damage.
As a kid, I couldn’t get enough of Captain Action (who could, with the change of a mask and costume become any one of a bunch of Super Heros. like The Green Hornet, Spiderman, Aquaman, Batman etc etc…) You could also get the insanely cool Silver Streak Vehicle! IT ROCKED! And the BEST part was Dr. EVIL! I soooooooo Love an Evil Doctor that spreads EVIL at every turn!
