Seventies cyborg superspy Steve Austin strikes an iconic pose in this terrific
Six Million Dollar Man illustration (artist as yet unknown to me) from issue #8 of Scholastic Publishing's
Dynamite kids magazine, published in February of 1975.
Steve Austin once again graced the cover of
Dynamite a year or so later, battling it out with
The Bionic Woman, Jaime Sommers! The November 1976 issue, #29,sported this illustration - which looks to me like it
could have been rendered by the same artist. Great likenesses of
Lee Majors &
Lindsay Wagner (even if - as a commenter points out below - they're wrestling with their
non-bionic arms)!
Show of (bionic) hands, Star Kids: how many of you had these issues?
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Got 'em somewhere. Loved Dynamite and think I have most packed away at mom's.
ReplyDeleteWow, I haven't thought about Dynamite in years. I would have killed for these back in the day!
ReplyDeleteI've become a fan of Dynamite but in recent years as they remind me of my childhood. I have about 15 issues that I've bought on Ebay.
ReplyDeleteThe issues are from #8 (February 1975) and #29 (November 1976). A was too young for those, but I loved "Dynamite" Magazine. Thanks for the flashback Christopher.
ReplyDeleteUm, thanks? I had the issue numbers and dates in the post. Glad you enjoyed seeing them again.
DeleteArm wrestling left-handed? My money is on Steve.
DeleteHa!
DeleteI got into Dynammite about 1978.
ReplyDeleteThat was the very first issue I ever read. (Feb 1975). It also had Wonder Woman's origin story from the 40s.
ReplyDeleteI had them and a full run from 12-30. Then my female parental unit made me give them to a younger cousin seeing as I was "getting too old for that foolishness". I think she was just jealous of Lindsey Wagner.
ReplyDeleteI begged my parents to let me order DYNAMITE every month. Then I'd scour the local flea market for the handful of back issues I'd missed.
ReplyDeleteI would love to find a digital version of a complete set...ahem.
I didn't have these particular issues, but I did have several others. LOVED Dynamite magazine. I have thought several times over the years about starting to collect them, but I already collect too many things as it is. LOL!
ReplyDeleteThey also published Hot Dog! magazine geared toward a slightly younger audience and Bananas geared toward a slightly older one. I had various issues of all of them "back in the day."
For being basically a "throwaway" magazine for kids, they were all very nicely done. I remember the covers being a heavier card stock and a lot of issues including posters and other cool stuff. They also tended to use a lot of exclusive photography and artwork for the covers (like the examples above) and not the usual generic, promotional photos that were the standard of the day.
Another great post, Christopher. Thanks!
I was going to start looking for the 'Space:1999' cover on eBay, and will grab this one too, love the colors and composition.
ReplyDeleteJust excellent covers for matting/framing for that fun and easy '70s touch.
I was able to grab a pristine copy of the John Denver one with the Fantastic Four poster (separated from the binding but never hung..) on eBay a few months back for $20. Just an awesome deal.
I had these, and a bunch of other Dynamite issues up until about a decade ago. I think I threw them away (but I'm not positive), and now I really regret it. There's still a chance I may stumble upon them tucked away somewhere though.
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