Hardcover in 2020

IDW Publishing will release a hardcover collection of the classic 1960s DC Captain Action series, Captain Action Enterprises announced at San Diego Comic-Con. The series, which ran from October/November of 1968 to June/July of 1969, featured work by some of the most high-profile creators of the period, including Wallace Wood, Gil Kane, Jim Shooter, Dick Giordano, Carmine Infantino and Irv Novick. The series included Shooter’s first in-comic credit and the first story that Kane both wrote and drew.Extras will include a Mark Waid introduction and "lost art" from Murphy Anderson, Kurt Schaffenberger and Chic Stone.The character was created in 1966 by Stan Weston for Ideal Toys as an action figure with a variety of costumes that allowed him to become other characters including Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Captain America, Aquaman, and more.Recently added Captain Action partner Michael Polis (see " Exclusive: Michael Polis Buys into Captain Action ") teased other upcoming news. "We’ve got a lot of future projects percolating with Captain Action, but we’re especially thrilled to finally reprint these Silver Age classics," he said.