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Javaman

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Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:18 AM Jun 2018

The origin of Superheroes: The Six Million Dollar Man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man

The Six Million Dollar Man is an American science fiction and action television series about a former astronaut, Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by American actor Lee Majors. Austin has superhuman strength due to bionic implants and is employed as a secret agent by a fictional U.S. government office titled OSI.[n 1] The series was based on the Martin Caidin novel Cyborg, which was the working title of the series during pre-production.[2]

Following three television pilot movies, which all aired in 1973, The Six Million Dollar Man television series aired on the ABC network as a regular episodic series for five seasons from 1974 to 1978. Steve Austin became a pop culture icon of the 1970s.

A spin-off television series, The Bionic Woman, featuring the lead female character Jaime Sommers, ran from 1976 to 1978. Three television movies featuring both bionic characters were also produced from 1987 to 1994.

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The origin of Superheroes: The Six Million Dollar Man (Original Post) Javaman Jun 2018 OP
$6 million doesn't buy what it used too. TexasTowelie Jun 2018 #1

TexasTowelie

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1. $6 million doesn't buy what it used too.
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:49 AM
Jun 2018

They would better speed by hooking the guy up to a Segway instead.

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