Editing Captain Nice (section)

== Plot ==
Riding the tide of the [[Camp (style)|camp]] [[superhero]] craze of the 1960s, the show's premise involved police chemist Carter Nash ([[William Daniels]]), a mild-mannered [[mama's boy]] who discovered a secret formula that, when he drank it, transformed him in an explosive burst of smoke into Captain Nice.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Television Series of the 1960s: Essential Facts and Quirky Details |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781442268357 |page=45}}</ref>
 
Nash called himself "Captain Nice" in his first appearance when a bystander asked him who he was: his belt buckle was monogrammed "CN," and Nash later admitted, "It was all I could think of!"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Crime Fighting Heroes of Television: Over 10,000 Facts from 151 Shows, 1949-2001 |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9780786484454 |page=42}}</ref> On that occasion the explosion that transformed him blew off most of his clothes, leaving him in long underwear and with the remnants of his shirt suggesting a cape.

Captain Nice didn't behave much differently from Carter. His costume consisted of white [[pajamas]] adorned with gold stars, red stripes on the pants, the words "Captain Nice" (initially misspelled "Captin" until a smaller 'A' was added) in blue across the chest, a red-white-and-blue belt with a gold buckle, and an over-sized red and blue cape, all lovingly sewn by his domineering mother who had basically cajoled Nash into his crime-fighting career.  In some episodes he wore his regular glasses as Captain Nice, but in others he wore a [[domino mask]], but still wore his glasses over the mask.  Despite the kitschy garb, the very sight of Captain Nice somehow struck fear into the hearts of criminals.

His superpowers included superhuman strength, invulnerability, and the ability to fly, although Nash had a great [[Acrophobia|fear of heights]], and his natural clumsiness increased whenever he drank his super serum.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=2009 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9780307483201 |page=219}}</ref>
 
Carter had a would-be girlfriend in the police department, [[meter maid]] Sergeant Candy Kane, although he seemed mostly oblivious to her obvious attentions.