Captain Action: The Classic Collection #[nn]

In a tale spanning eons, ancient cosmic beings known as the Elders of Apsu once shaped hidden outposts on Earth, their presence mistaken for divinity by early humans. Now, in the modern age, the legacy of those beings resurfaces when Professor Clive Arno and a man named Krellik uncover mysterious coins left behind—coins that hold power beyond imagination. But not all who seek them are meant to wield them, as Krellik learns when the coins reject his grasp.

In "Part II: Where the Action Is!", Krellik is drawn to the evil coin’s dark allure, sensing its power could finally give him the edge he needs to seize the remaining coins. Clive Arno, still wielding his own coin as Captain Action, teams up with his son Carl—now known as Action Boy—to stand against the growing threat. With the balance of power shifting, the race to control the coins intensifies, and the fate of the city hangs in the balance.

When a sudden earthquake steals all of Captain Action’s coins, leaving only the Mercury coin—passed to Action Boy—three others fuse into a single, mysterious power source. Now wielding the combined might of Zeus, Hercules, and Heimdall, the fate of the city hangs in the balance as new threats emerge from the chaos.

In "Evil at Dead World's End! Part 2," Dr. Evil harnesses the frozen-energy after-essence of Kathryn Arno—Clive Arno's late wife and Carl Arno's mother—to craft a chilling replica of her, blurring the lines between memory and menace. The story unfolds with eerie precision, as the past rises in unsettling form, testing the bonds of family and the cost of resurrection.