THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN

THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
ABC 1973-1978

For those who didn't tune in yesterday and/or are too lazy to click on “previous post”. In a nutshell, The Six Million Dollar Manis about how Col. Steve Austin (Lee Majors) got in a bad accident astronauting and was rebuilt by the government as a cyborg, costing six million dollars to make him robotic. His origin is explained in the opening credits.

Now as promised, here are more takes from Cracked, and it's still not all.

THE SPECIALIZED BIONIC MAN
Cracked #129, November 1975
a: John Severin

Telly Savalas and Raquel Welch are caricatured on this page.

And Paul Newman with Elvis.

A CRACKED HISTORY OF THE BIONIC MAN
Cracked #136, October 1976
a: Nireves (John Severin)

The Six Million Dollar Man often did crossover episodes with The Bionic Woman, Steve Austin's female counterpart, which was also parodied here.

They also did If The Fonz Became Bionic.

From How TV Shows Could Be Killed Without Cancelling Them in #138, December 1976, drawn by John Severin.

From If King Kong Made Guest Appearances in #140, March 1977, art by Howard Nostrand

From If Frankenstein's Monster Did Guest Appearances on TV, in #151, July 1978, art by Howard Nostrand

And continuing with their cross-pollination, they had Steve Austin fight Darth Vader.

THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN VS. DARK BADAR
Cracked #149, March 1978
a: O.O. Severin (John Severin)

THE REAL ORIGIN OF THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN Bananas #?, c. 1980
w: Jovial Bob Stine
a: Bob Taylor