Captain Action / Green Hornet Winter Special 2011 (Moonstone – Smith / Lee / Baugh / Gentile / Barreto / Timpano)

It may be winter, but the action’s blazing hot in this Winter Special featuring the spy-heroes of the A.C.T.I.O.N. Directorate! For the first time ever, the Green Hornet teams up with Captain Action in a sizzling sixties showdown! Get your buzz on as for this prose adventure featuring these two icons! PLUS: the Original Captain Action must confront a beautiful French Spy, a Communist Yeti and a 3,000 foot drop! And strap on your skis for another escapade with the world’s second favorite British Agent, Lady Action in this fun-filled, pun filled romp by Tony Lee. You know cats don’t like the water, but they really hate the snow! Find out why in another ferocious adventure starring Action Boy’s pet panther, Khem!

Over-The-Top Action! Beautiful Heroes and Villains! Non-Stop Adrenaline! Saving the World!  What else could a pulp fan ask for?

This is a great stand alone issue for long time fans of Captain Action or for someone new to the Action Family.  Chase scenes! Martial art butt-whippin’! hot femme fatales! Monsters! There really is nothing here not to like.  The look of the issue made me very nostalgic, it brought me back to my childhood reading the  realistic Gold Key “action books” – the art is very well done for a pulp book.  This ish is a great deal for the price tag – there are three graphic stories here and one text tale.

The Bottom Line: Tongue-in-cheek drama-action-fun worthy of Sean Connery’s James Bond or Adam West!

Issue Grade: A