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Christopher Hastings & David Hahn Reboot the Six Million Dollar Man at Dynamite in March

Published Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:56:05 -0600

Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.

Following his crossover with G.I. Joe earlier this year, The Six Million Dollar Man is getting a reboot, or "reimagining" as they call it, at Dynamite in March. Christopher Hastings and David Hahn will launch a new Six Million Dollar Man series set in the 1970s, a press release from Dynamite reveals:

The time: the 1970s. The place: Japan. Rather than a full team of highly trained soldiers, Japanese secret agent Niko Abe is sent one single man to help her on a mission. Though Steve Austin is not any ordinary man. They must stop a nefarious plan by a madman to exact revenge on the United States for decades-old conflicts.

Things go awry when everyone's favorite atomic powered agent immediately finds his cybernetically altered body failing him. His $6 million enhancements – $23 million adjusted for inflation in 2018 – are dwindling in value and effectiveness. Any minute now he may be the Six Thousand Dollar Man. He must fight through it though, and against both samurai AND the KGB.

The Six Million Dollar Man #1 will feature colors by Roshan Kurchiyanil and letters by Ariana Maher. As well as covers from Michael Walsh (Secret Avengers), Yasmine Putri (Nightwing), Francesco Francavilla (Batman) and Denis Medri (Red Hood/Arsenal).

Siad Hastings:

I know comics is the business of fun, but MAN I had a lot of fun writing this book. I do little dances in my chair when David Hahn's artwork comes in (which is then accompanied by the terrible sense of responsibility of writing words that are good enough to be seen next to it).

And Hahn:

I was not only excited to be working on the Six Million Dollar Man but was doubly thrilled that our story takes place in Steve Austin's original TV era of the mid-70s. That was a time when aesthetics regarding technology were simultaneously clunky and sleek, just like our version of Steve Austin. Chris has also injected a good amount of humor into our story, which is another big plus for me.

And editor Nate Cosby:

Hastings & Hahn are a dang dream team. And they're bringing out the best of Steve Austen, an aw-shucks can-do astronaut that just so happens to have a laser eye

Dynamite invites you to "journey back to an era without Internet, but WITH cyborgs" in March.