#captain nice

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ACTION COMICS (vol. 1) #354 (September, 1967). Cover by Curt Swan.

Captain Incredible was a robot from the 27th Century with powers and abilities far beyond Superman's. The robot's creator sent it back in time to be a sidekick/assistant for the Man of Steel. However, time travel scrambled Captain Incredible's programming, and the robot ended up trying to kill Superman.

Captain Incredible was a spoof on a CBS television show at the time called Captain Nice, itself a spoof of the campy superhero craze created by the live-action Batman show.

Captain Nice ran 15 episodes from January to August, 1967. It starred William Daniels who, depending on your age, is better known as Dr. Mark Craig on St. Elsewhere (1982-1988); the voice of supercar K.I.T.T. in Knight Rider (1982-1986); or Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World (1993-2000).

Captain Nice was no ratings blockbuster (it was up against The Rat Patrol and The Lucy Show in the same time slot), and by mid-1967 the luster had worn off most of the superhero craze brought on by Batmania.

Ironically, the Action Comics issue above was released in July, 1967, just a few short weeks before Captain Nice was cancelled.

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Series Premiere

Captain Nice - The Man Who Flies Like A Pigeon - NBC - January 9, 1967

Sitcom

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Buck Henry

Produced by Jay Sandrich

Directed by Jud Taylor

Stars:

William Daniels as Carter Nash / Captain Nice

Alice Ghostley as Mrs. Nash

Ann Prentiss as Sgt Candy Kane

Liam Dunn as Mayor Finney

William Zuckert as Chief Segal

Kelton Garwood as Omnus

Arthur Malet as Park Guard

Byron Foulger as Mr. Nash

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The last episode of Captain Nice aired on May 1, 1967. The series only lasted one season of 15 episodes. Even though it was the last episode to air, it was actually the second episode produced. ("Beware of Hidden Prophets" Captain Nice, TV Event)

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1967 Jack Kirby illustration for “Captain Nice” TV show ad. Colours by Roz Kirby.

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Julie Parrish and William Daniels in Captain Nice

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Pistols in Parallel: Paul Prentiss and Her Sister Ann

Paula Prentiss (b. 1938) is often Paired with Popular People (the latter of the day is P, apparently). Chief among them, of course actor Richard Benjamin, to whom she has been married for over 40 years (and about whom we have written several posts already, on Benjamin himself, on his vaudeville uncle, on the tv show Quark, and on the Benjamin-Prentiss sitcom He and She). On screen Prentiss was…

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Six original Captain Nice strips by Wally Wood for an unpublished Topps trading card series, 1967. 

“The Batman TV series was going into its second season when CBS punched back with the Buck Henry-created Captain Nice, which starred William Daniels. The series only lasted one season, but in that time it spawned a single issue of a comic book (from Gold Key), and almost got a trading card set.”