We could also call this step (with all do respects to Mojo Nixon),  "Elvis really is everywhere" or "Bring me the head of Captain Action"

It appears that a former disgruntled owner with a black "Sharpie" has given this Captain Action a hefty set of Mutton Chops, as well as a more youthful hairline.  While this may meet a certain hippie aesthetic,  as a purist I prefer the clean cut look.  You might resort to just putting a mask on this guy, but it turns out that these are even visible with most masks on.  Even worse, you run the risk of having the marker run onto the mask.

Remove Zit comes in a 2 oz container, is white is color. and seems to have roughly the same texture as shaved ice.  At least that what it looks like, judging by the chemical smell and the "Caution: Avoid contact with eyes, lips and skin" I am not going to touch it to verify this.  Anyway,  the directions are fairly straightforward: "Apply Remove-zit with a toothpick or a needle and allow it to remain in place for a day or two".  It turns out that you really can apply it with a needle.  Just pick up a little chunk with the end of your needle and place it on the affected area.  It sticks fairly well, and spreads out without too much trouble.

Here is a close up of the Captain Action head showing the application of Remove-Zit.  Remove-Zit cautions that you should test it first on an inconspicuous area before proceeding with the application, since it reacts with some plastics like polystyrene.  However, since we know that Captain Action's head is vinyl, we should be safe.  Since paint will also be removed, be careful not to get any on painted areas.  For now I am concentrating on the side burns and avoiding his hairline. 

After a day or two the Remove-Zit looses its potency and has to be removed.  The stain is still there, but it does appear to have lessened.  As their website says "Removing a stain may take as long as a month or even longer. The stain did not develop overnight and it usually does not come out overnight. " 

Well, it looks like we are in for the long haul.

While the results of the first application do show some promise, its clear we are still far from where we want to be.  For the next application I am going to use even more Remove-Zit than last time...

The Captain's cranium has been on the back burner for 
a little while, and the latest application of remove-zit has been on for a week or two.  It has long since dried up and lost its potency, but scraping it off also reveals that it has been very effective in its second application.  Compared to the results of the first application (step 4) the stain has clearly been lessened to a great degree.
 

Before applying the next treatment I wanted to show the right side of the head.  As you can see I was a little careless in the second application and it removed a bit of the original paint from the side burns area.  The paint loss is limited to the area of contact and is not too bad. 

As you can see, the third time's a charm.  The deep rooted staining is pretty much completely gone, and the Captain's head is ready to take its rightful place on his shoulders.  The bottom line is that Remove-Zit does the seemingly impossible just as advertised.  So I give it our highest recommendation, and a 5 out of 5 aliens rating.

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