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===Comics=== [[Charlton Comics]] published both a color [[comic book]] and a black and white, illustrated magazine, featuring original adventures as well as differing adaptations of the original TV movie. While the comic book was closely based upon the series, and geared toward a young audience, the magazine was darker and more violent and seemed to be based more upon the literary version of the character, aimed at adult readers. Both magazines were cancelled around the same time the TV series ended. Artists [[Howard Chaykin]] and [[Neal Adams]] were frequent contributors to both publications. Steve Kahn, who had previously published magazines on the Beatles and the teen fan magazine FLiP, worked with MCA and Charlton in overseeing and publishing these books.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} A British comic strip version was also produced, written by [[Angus P. Allan]], drawn by [[Martin Asbury]] and printed in TV comic ''[[Look-In]]'' (around the time both TV series ended in 1978, it and ''Look-In's'' ''Bionic Woman'' strip merged into one title called ''Bionic Action''). A series of standalone comic strips was printed on the packaging of a series of model kits by Fundimensions based upon the series. In Colombia, a black and white comic book series was published in the late 70s, with art and stories by Jorge Peña. This series was licensed by Universal studios to Greco (Grupo Editorial Colombiano), then known as Editora Cinco, now part of Grupo Editorial Televisa. In France, ''Télé-Junior'', a magazine devoted to comic book adaptations of all sorts of TV series and cartoons also featured a ''Six Million Dollar Man'' comic (under its French title, ''L'Homme qui valait trois milliards'', i.e. ''The Three Billion Dollar Man'') with art by Pierre Le Goff and stories by P. Tabet and Bodis. A tradepaperback reprinting several episodes from the magazine was released in October, 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danslagueuleduloup.com/GENPAGES/DSE_CTV4.HTM |title=Publishing details about "L'Homme qui valait trois milliards" French comic (In French) |publisher=Danslagueuleduloup.com |access-date=2012-03-30}}</ref> In 1996, a new comic book series entitled ''Bionix'' was announced, to be published by [[Maximum Press]]. The comic was to have been an updated version of both the ''Six Million Dollar Man'' and the ''Bionic Woman'' and feature new renditions of the two characters. Although the magazine was advertised in comic book trade publications, it was ultimately never published.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rozakis |first1=Bob |title=Batman's Emblem, Company Policies & More |url=http://comicsbulletin.com/batmans-emblem-company-policies-more/ |website=[[Comics Bulletin]] |date=August 26, 2002 |quote=Maximum was also supposed to do a Steve Austin/Jamie Sommers revival called "Bionix," but based on the short preview in the "Asylum" anthology, it was probably better that it never came out.}}</ref> On August 24, 2011, [[Dynamite Comics]] published the first issue of ''[[The Bionic Man (comics)|The Bionic Man]]'', an adaptation written by [[Kevin Smith]] based upon a screenplay he'd written for a never-produced 1990s motion picture version of ''The Six Million Dollar Man''. After concluding the adaptation in the spring of 2012 the comic series moved on to original stories, as well as a re-imagining of the original TV series' ''Secret of Bigfoot'' storyline. A spin-off comic re-imagining ''The Bionic Woman'' followed a few months later, and in January 2013 Dynamite launched a crossover mini-series, ''The Bionic Man vs. The Bionic Woman''. The artwork in these series, covers and interiors, varies between Austin being rendered in the likeness of Lee Majors and not. As 2014 began, Dynamite discontinued its reboot titles and replaced them with a new ongoing series, ''The Six Million Dollar Man Season 6'', continuing the adventures of Austin from the conclusion of the 1977–78 season and featuring not only the likeness of Lee Majors, but also other recurring actors such as Richard Anderson, as well as Darren McGavin as Oliver Spencer from the first TV movie. Jaime Sommers was reintroduced from issue 3, with a spin-off comic series, ''The Bionic Woman Season 4'', announced in June 2014 with a scheduled launch in the fall of 2014. Dynamite has since published crossover titles pairing Jaime with characters from ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' and the [[Lynda Carter]] version of [[DC Comics]]' [[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]], and a crossover featuring Steve encountering characters from ''[[G.I. Joe]]''.
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