Captain Nice(1967)

Captain Nice is a 1960s comedy series following Carter Nash, a mild-mannered police chemist who discovers a special liquid that transforms him into a reluctant superhero. Dominated by his overbearing mother and plagued by a fear of heights, Captain Nice fights crime in tattered leotards—not out of heroic conviction, but because his mother insists on it. The show mines humor from the contrast between the superhero genre's typical bravado and Captain Nice's neurotic, submissive nature. His mother's interference and his own anxieties undermine every attempt at crime-fighting, creating a satirical take on the superhero formula that was popular during the era.