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The
Man From Atlantis comic book from Marvel was actually pretty awesome, with a mix of adapted TV stories and new adventures by writer
Bill Mantlo - including a batshit insane concluding three-parter set in an Arctic lost world that also featured technologically-assisted talking dogs that prefigured the ones in
Up by almost 30 years! Mantlo was always something of a twisted genius. Most issues were illustrated by the veteran team of
Frank Robbins and
Frank Springer.
Heroic aqua-man Mark Harris was pitted against some formidable adversaries - villains included not only the TV show's Mr. Schubert, but a high-tech super pirate named Skorba, as well. It was a really fun series that could tell stories beyond the budgets of the television series. Unfortunately, the show was a ratings flop, and the comic died quickly.
I bought the first two issues when they came out, but no longer have them. I picked up three of the later ones last fall, and hope to complete the set one of these days. I liked the book a lot.
Cover scans courtesy of the
Grand Comics Database.
Bonus: Gene Colan & Frank Giacoia's original art for a Mark Harris pin-up that appeared in the double-sized first issue:
That Gene Colan pin-up made my whole day thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe TV show was a flop? Yet it gets mentioned so often. I guess it's talked about more than it's been seen
ReplyDeleteBy the standards by which networks judge success - ratings - it was a flop. But for many of us who were sci-fi loving kids at the time, it is fondly remembered.
ReplyDeleteCool pin-up, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't a HUGE fan of the tv series, but thanks to this entry, I'll try to get the comics!
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