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1976 saw the debut of the Comic Action Heroes, Mego was looking\u00a0for a way to captilize on the success of the\u00a0Worlds Greatest Superhero license. Mego decided that series of playsets \u00a0and vehicles and “pocket sized” action figures ,would augment the license\u00a0without as Neal Kublan put it “pirating sales from the core (8″ Superhero) business”. According to Mr Kublan, the line sold\u00a0“Good, not great” but it should be made known that from it’s 1976\u00a0debut, Mego produced a 3 3\/4″ Superhero line until it’s demise in\u00a01982.<\/p>\n
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This\u00a0close up pic of the 1976 prototype Comic Action Heroes shows some\u00a0detailed, hand painted features, VERY nice! (scan courtesy of WRM)<\/p>\n
The figures may seem crude by today’s standards but they were a pioneer for the licensed 3 3\/4″ action figure explosion that happend in the late 70’s. Each figure was sat in a crouched position to enable the figure to fit into vehicles and stand on their own.<\/p>\n
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The little blue catalog that appears in carded UK Comic Action Heroes figure has been a mystery to us at the Megomuseum for year. Not one that kept us up at night but a mystery none the less. Thanks to Museum member Clemso, we can finally see the crazy wonderful artwork up close.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The figures may seem crude by today’s standards but they were a pioneer for the licensed 3 3\/4″ action figure explosion that happend in the late 70’s. Each figure was sat in a crouched position to enable the figure to fit into vehicles and stand on their own.<\/p>\n The average retail on the CAH was $9.99 for the large sets, while\u00a0the individual figures averaged $0.99 a piece. 12 Figures in total for the Line: Batman, Robin, Superman, Aquaman,\u00a0Wonder Woman, Shazam, Spiderman, Hulk, Captain America, Joker, Penguin, Comic Action Superman, 1st Version Wonder Woman, Joker.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Comic Action Aquaman and Shazam.<\/p>\n While crude in appearance, the Comic Action Heroes do show a great deal of innovation on Mego’s part. Each part was cast in one solid colour and then connected, gloves and arms on a character such as Aquaman are two pieces to save on using paint ops. The body style was reused for Mego’s 1977 CB McHaul<\/a> line.<\/p>\n The Comic Action Heroes launched in 1976 and Mego added some\u00a0new products to the line in ’77 (only the Batcopter was produced). By 1978, Comic\u00a0Action Heroes were reduced to two offerings, Spidercar and Batmobile\u00a0Giftsets with figures. The line was distributed in Canada by Comic Action Superman, 1st Version Wonder Woman, Joker.<\/p>\n Early Comic Action Wonder woman figures (the one on the right) had a very crude almost Man-like head sculpt! These figures only appeared on the blank cards and were quickly replaced by the more feminine headsculpt on the left (photo also courtesy of Roberto)<\/p>\n 8″ Mego never got the luxury of such nice accessories, Joker’s\u00a0Cane, Wonder Woman’s Lasso, Batman (and Robins) Batrope and of course, Something else. <\/p>\n 1976 saw the debut of the Comic Action Heroes, Mego was looking\u00a0for a way to captilize on the success of the\u00a0Worlds Greatest Superhero license. Mego decided that series of playsets \u00a0and vehicles and “pocket sized” action figures ,would augment the…<\/p>\n![\"Denys](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/heroes\/comicaction\/images\/CAHBookletFront1.jpg\")
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\nand Green Goblin.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nGrand Toys<\/a>, MC toys handled the line in \u00a0Germany<\/a>and \u00a0Denys Fisher<\/a> took care of the UK, each company made creative changes to the line’s
\npackaging. For more information on this consult the \u00a0Carded Comic Action Gallery<\/a> By 1978, the line was retooled into\u00a0the Pocket Superheroes<\/a>
\nbut they have their own gallery…..<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nthe Penguin’s umbrella.<\/p>\nRelated Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"