Charlton never made much headway with their comic book magazine line (ironically, since it was magazines that were their bread and butter), but they kept trying. In the 1970s, they produced several license-based comic mags like Emergency!, Space: 1999, and of course The Six Million Dollar Man:
I didn't really need to post the table of contents, but I just love that little shot of Steve hot-footing it.
After some pin-ups of Steve and Jamie, the first story is "Witch Hunt for an Alien", by...well, we don't know exactly who did what, other than this whole magazine was put together by Neal Adams' Continuity Associates. And you can definitely see Adams' influence all over this magazine:
Steve is forced to crash-land his super-secret, high-tech jet in the middle of Pennsyltucky, where the locals of course don't take too kindly to strangers, especially robot ones:
After some pin-ups of Steve and Jamie, the first story is "Witch Hunt for an Alien", by...well, we don't know exactly who did what, other than this whole magazine was put together by Neal Adams' Continuity Associates. And you can definitely see Adams' influence all over this magazine:
After fighting some armed goons off (as well as a mountain lion--Steve always seemed to fighting wild animals), Steve befriends a local woman who defends him long enough for him to call the Air Force to pick him up. Moonshine all around!
There's a text article called "Meet The 'Real' Steve Austin", followed by "The Rubber Ball Project", written by friend of the blog Nick Cuti:
In the snowy wastes of Alaska, Steve Austin has to save himself and an Eskimo girl from various dangers, including spies and--again--wild animals!:
There's a text article called "Meet The 'Real' Steve Austin", followed by "The Rubber Ball Project", written by friend of the blog Nick Cuti:
Steve Austin, not a member of PETA.
There's a fun scene where Steve punches a guy in the face, drawn in excruciating detail:
There's a fun scene where Steve punches a guy in the face, drawn in excruciating detail:
That guy's nose was later found on the ground, having gone through the hole in his head.
Following another text piece, "Steve & Oscar: What Makes Them A Great Team!", is a third story, "The Destroyers!", written by Joe Gill and drawn by someone who went a little wild with the zip-a-tone:
Following another text piece, "Steve & Oscar: What Makes Them A Great Team!", is a third story, "The Destroyers!", written by Joe Gill and drawn by someone who went a little wild with the zip-a-tone:
This story has a really grim ending, grimmer than anything the show would have done (or even attempted, with its limited budget). Set mostly in space, Steve didn't have the chance to fight any animals. And that wraps the issue up.
The Six Million Dollar Man magazine lasted seven issues, and we hope to cover all of them!
The Six Million Dollar Man magazine lasted seven issues, and we hope to cover all of them!
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