Action Comics #421 (1973)
Action Comics #421 is an issue of the Action Comics series from DC, released February 1, 1973. Written by Cary Bates with artwork by Nick Cardy. Notable appearances include Captain Strong. This page represents the regular first-print edition.
THE FANTASTIC FEATS OF CAPTAIN STRONG! / THE HEADLINE MAKER! Superman encounters Captain Strong, who becomes super-powerful by eating seaweed grown from alien spores. After saving patrons from a burning theater and trading bon mots with a press agent, Green Arrow switches to Oliver Queen and helps Dinah Lance open her new flower shop in Star City; Since he needs a job, he is inspired to become a press agent, and promises to get Dinahs shop in the headlines; Not long afterward, he spies hitman Lucas Branson, learns he is about to perform a killing, and phones the city newspapers saying that Green Arrow will take down Branson in front of Dinahs shop.
Key Facts
- 1st appearance of Captain Horatio Strong, a character reminiscent of Popeye who gains his strength from an organic seaweed called Sauncha
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