Released February 1973
Action Comics #421
Key Issue
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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
Details
- Series
- Action Comics
- Cover Date
- February 1973
- Pages
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- UPC
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- Cover Price
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- Final Order Cutoff
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Creators
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ArtistNick Cardy
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WriterCary Bates