space1970: THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN #3 (Charlton Comics)

Friday, February 11, 2011

THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN #3 (Charlton Comics)

Here's another cool piece of original Space: 1970-era comic art, in this case, the cover to the third issue of Charlton Comics' Six Million Dollar Man black & white comics magazine. The Grand Comics Database credits this cover to veteran comics illustrator Jack Sparling.

For some reason, I always dig covers with red skies, I don't know why. I also love how his right pants leg - and artificial skin - is torn open to reveal his exposed bionics!

As with Space: 1999, Connecticut publisher Charlton put out both a regular color comics series and a B&W, magazine-sized series with different contents and interior art by the Continuity Studios crew (apparently, Sparling was part of Continuity at the time).

I don't have this particular issue, but I do still have a couple of them, beat-up and ragged, tucked away in a longbox somewhere. I know I have #2, with its gorgeous Neal Adams cover illo.

Hmmm... how does the Six Million Dollar Man stay in shape, anyway? Inquiring minds want to know....

1 comment:

David ThielFebruary 11, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Is this story set in a post-apocalyptic future in which Steve Austin's head was set atop the Statue of Liberty?
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