![]() ![]() When Charlton Comics adapted the character for both a regular comic series and a black and white magazine, additional changes were made. Austin's eye is given abilities for TV not featured in the books, in which it is little more than a glorified camera. ![]() In the novels it's Austin's left arm that is bionic and it includes a concealed gun that fires deadly poison darts, and Austin also has numerous other replacements such as a steel skullplate that are not mentioned in the TV series. His bionics were also depicted differently. His tendency to kill people was downplayed and ultimately eliminated from the series. Numerous changes were made to Austin when translating him from book to TV series. Rudy Wells remained constant throughout the series, played initially by Martin Balsam in the TV movie, followed by Alan Oppenheimer and finally Martin E. The literary relationship between Goldman and Austin was much less friendlier than the TV version's relationship. ![]() In the original TV movie, however, the character was replaced by Oliver Spencer, played by Darren McGavin. In the novels and weekly TV series, Austin's superior was Oscar Goldman played by Richard Anderson. Lee Majors portrayed Austin in the movie and subsequent TV series. Steve Austin was created by Martin Caidin in his 1972 novel Cyborg, which depicted Austin as a more cold-blooded character than that depicted in the TV version, which debuted as a made-for-TV movie entitled The Six Million Dollar Man in 1973. After Austin's accident, the OSI recruits Wells into replacing Austin's missing limbs with bionics, in hopes of creating a super-agent who is a cyborg. Meanwhile, the secret US government spy agency the OSI has been looking for a way to reduce agent casualties. Rudy Wells is a doctor and scientist who has been experimenting in the science of bionics - the replacement of damaged human body parts with mechanical prosthetics capable of not only replacing the lost function, but enhancing it to superhuman levels. The aircraft (an M2-F2 "flying wing") malfunctions causing a crash, which severely injures Austin, who loses his right arm, both legs, and his left eye. ![]()
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