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Issue: The Bionic Woman #1

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Publication Date: October 1977

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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues

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Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Charlton

Brand: Charlton Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Charlton Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: 0722469918510

Price: £0.12 GBP
$0.35 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): George Wildman

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jack Sparling

Inker(s): Jack Sparling

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bionic Woman

Character(s): Bionic Woman [Jaime Sommers]

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Pages: 1

Rico, Come Home!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Gill ?

Penciller(s): Jack Sparling

Inker(s): Jack Sparling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jack Sparling ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bionic Woman

Character(s): Bionic Woman [Jaime Sommers];Rico Mills; Anita Mills; Harvey; Jonathan Mills Sr.

Synopsis: Jaime Sommers comes to the aid of one of her students when an attempt is made to kidnap him.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

Job Number: E-101

Notes: This story is credited with establishing the erroneous meaning for OSI, "Office of Strategic Intelligence" (in the TV series it was Office of Scientific Information). Pg. 1 includes a "cutaway" view of Jaime's bionics presented in similar fashion to the image of Steve Austin used in both origin stories published in Charlton's Six Million Dollar Man comic book and magazine.

Weaker Sex?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Gill ?

Penciller(s): Jack Sparling

Inker(s): Jack Sparling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jack Sparling ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bionic Woman

Character(s): Bionic Woman [Jaime Sommers]; Oscar Goldman; Dr. Rudy Wells; Oscar Kaleski; Manuel; Gerda

Synopsis: In order to help keep Jaime's bionics a secret, Oscar orders that they be reduced in power between missions, with potentially deadly results.

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Pages: 10

Job Number: E-101

Notes: Features one of the only times in TV, comics or print that Jaime holds a gun.

Birth of the Bionic Woman

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jack Sparling (illustrations)

Inker(s): Jack Sparling (illustrations)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bionic Woman

Synopsis: Editorial recapping the history of the Bionic Woman TV series and of the character Jaime Sommers.

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Pages: 2

Notes: text w/illos, including one taken from earlier in the issue, but reversed.

They Are Going to Become Collector's Editions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Promo ad for back issues of Charlton's Six Million Dollar Man magazine.

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Pages: 1