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The Bionic Man Vs The Bionic Woman
Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers, the iconic heroes of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, are together again... and at each other's throats! The FBI recruits Austin to investigate a rash of brutal murders, and the Bionic
112 pages, Paperback
First published October 29, 2013
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September 9, 2013
The Bionic Man Vs. The Bionic Woman and it's great cover seem to promise one of those epic battles that you used to find in comics in the 1970s in giant sized comics (anyone remember Muhammad Ali Vs. Superman?). In those stories, 2 heroes were pitted against each other, and through some sort of misunderstanding found themselves fighting against each other. There is a little of that here, but it might have been better to advertise the book for what it really is.
Trench, a hulking bionic villain, must survive on harvesting live organs from victims. This puts him on a killing spree where his victims are left with body cavities open and their hearts missing. When Steve Austin, aka The Bionic Man, is sent in, the cops with him are killed and he goes missing. Enter, Jaime Sommers, the Bionic Woman, who is on the trail. It turns out Trench, besides being cruel, is also radioactive. Steve and Jaime are forced to fight each other to save their lives.
Art by Jose Luis was good, but I just didn't care about the story. Bionic limbs are ripped off and replaced so easily, that I wonder why there aren't a whole army of Bionic people in this iteration of the story. If so, why are there only 2 to fight this hulking menace. That was another problem. Trench is so huge and oversized while everyone else isn't. He just doesn't fit in with the rest of this world. He moves around a lot, but it seems like a vehicle large enough for him to travel in would be awfully conspicuous. I know I'm being petty, and that probably tells you how uninterested I was in the story.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Trench, a hulking bionic villain, must survive on harvesting live organs from victims. This puts him on a killing spree where his victims are left with body cavities open and their hearts missing. When Steve Austin, aka The Bionic Man, is sent in, the cops with him are killed and he goes missing. Enter, Jaime Sommers, the Bionic Woman, who is on the trail. It turns out Trench, besides being cruel, is also radioactive. Steve and Jaime are forced to fight each other to save their lives.
Art by Jose Luis was good, but I just didn't care about the story. Bionic limbs are ripped off and replaced so easily, that I wonder why there aren't a whole army of Bionic people in this iteration of the story. If so, why are there only 2 to fight this hulking menace. That was another problem. Trench is so huge and oversized while everyone else isn't. He just doesn't fit in with the rest of this world. He moves around a lot, but it seems like a vehicle large enough for him to travel in would be awfully conspicuous. I know I'm being petty, and that probably tells you how uninterested I was in the story.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
March 3, 2018
Nice companion series to the Bionic man series. Nice art and story. Good read. Recommended
November 17, 2015
In the 1970's, in the mind of a pre-teen boy, there was no better show on television than The Six Million Dollar Man. I absolutely loved the show and Colonel Steve Austin, Oscar Goldman, and Dr. Rudy Wells. Then, two years later, along came The Bionic Woman, starring Jaime Sommers. This shows was also on the top of my list for shows I had to watch. I even liked the bionic German Shepherd, Maximillion, that was on Jaime's show. So, I have quite a history with these shows and have been waiting for a movie to made for the last twenty years. What is taking so long? Come on, Hollywood! Well, at least someone was smart enough to make some comic books on these wonderful characters.
The Bionic Man vs. The Bionic Woman Volume One: Artificial does a great job of portraying these 1970's characters in our modern world. If you look back at the television shows today, you will find them to be pretty cheesy. But the concepts of the shows were strong, which is why it has come out in comic book form today. The artwork by Jose Luis is quite well done, although I thought it improbably that there would be a twelve-foot giant running around with a nuclear reactor in his chest. I didn't have a problem with the reactor, I just didn't like that Trench was so big.
As for Steve and Jaime, I really liked some of the upgrades that the writer, Keith Champagne, came up with. The story was quite entertaining and the pace of the book was quick. These are characters that I will always love and I feel like the writer did a great job of portraying them. Even to this day, I get excited when I see Lee Majors, the actor that played Steve Austin, on TV, which isn't often. And the when I see Lindsey Wagner, the actress that played Jaime Sommers, with a cameo on Warehouse 13, I wonder why they don't make her a regular character. These character will always reside in a warm place in my heart and I found it quite wonderful to read a new story about them.
Overall, The Bionic Man vs. The Bionic Woman Volume One: Artificial is a highly entertaining graphic novel starring two of television icons from the 1970's. The story is well-told and the artwork rocks! I highly recommend this book to anyone that loved the original television series or someone looking for a different kind of superhero.
I rated this book an 8 out of 10.
The Bionic Man vs. The Bionic Woman Volume One: Artificial does a great job of portraying these 1970's characters in our modern world. If you look back at the television shows today, you will find them to be pretty cheesy. But the concepts of the shows were strong, which is why it has come out in comic book form today. The artwork by Jose Luis is quite well done, although I thought it improbably that there would be a twelve-foot giant running around with a nuclear reactor in his chest. I didn't have a problem with the reactor, I just didn't like that Trench was so big.
As for Steve and Jaime, I really liked some of the upgrades that the writer, Keith Champagne, came up with. The story was quite entertaining and the pace of the book was quick. These are characters that I will always love and I feel like the writer did a great job of portraying them. Even to this day, I get excited when I see Lee Majors, the actor that played Steve Austin, on TV, which isn't often. And the when I see Lindsey Wagner, the actress that played Jaime Sommers, with a cameo on Warehouse 13, I wonder why they don't make her a regular character. These character will always reside in a warm place in my heart and I found it quite wonderful to read a new story about them.
Overall, The Bionic Man vs. The Bionic Woman Volume One: Artificial is a highly entertaining graphic novel starring two of television icons from the 1970's. The story is well-told and the artwork rocks! I highly recommend this book to anyone that loved the original television series or someone looking for a different kind of superhero.
I rated this book an 8 out of 10.
September 10, 2013
Alright, I admit it, the only reason I wanted to read this was because on the Bionic Woman reboot TV show Katee Sackoff played the bad 'guy'. But, no matter the reason, I'm glad that I did read it, because it wasn't too bad a TPB.
There's a bionic serial killer stealing hearts (and therefore killing the people who used to have the hearts in their chests). Steve Austin, the six million dollar man gets assigned to go after him, but, he goes missing. So, Jaime Sommers gets to go after both Steve and the serial killer that's called Trench. But, Trench still somehow gets the upper hand on these two and makes them fight each other to see whose body he will study and who he will leave 'alive'.
I thought that there was just a bit too much Bionic Man/Bionic Woman romance for my liking, not to mention I thought that the bickering that they did didn't really sound like two former lovers or a girlfriend and boyfriend, but more like the bickering of two siblings, which I don't think the authors were going for.
I did like when they did a bit of a Lois/Superman 'Who's got you' from the first Superman movie. That was humorous. And, I really, really liked Chris Eliopoulos' covers as well, they were very cute.
I got this advanced galley through Netgalley on behalf of Dynamite Entertainment and Diamond Book Distributors.
There's a bionic serial killer stealing hearts (and therefore killing the people who used to have the hearts in their chests). Steve Austin, the six million dollar man gets assigned to go after him, but, he goes missing. So, Jaime Sommers gets to go after both Steve and the serial killer that's called Trench. But, Trench still somehow gets the upper hand on these two and makes them fight each other to see whose body he will study and who he will leave 'alive'.
I thought that there was just a bit too much Bionic Man/Bionic Woman romance for my liking, not to mention I thought that the bickering that they did didn't really sound like two former lovers or a girlfriend and boyfriend, but more like the bickering of two siblings, which I don't think the authors were going for.
I did like when they did a bit of a Lois/Superman 'Who's got you' from the first Superman movie. That was humorous. And, I really, really liked Chris Eliopoulos' covers as well, they were very cute.
I got this advanced galley through Netgalley on behalf of Dynamite Entertainment and Diamond Book Distributors.
February 7, 2019
Mini-series bringing together fully the new Bionic Man and Bionic Woman. It's not bad, certainly much better than the Bionic Woman series, but I didn't love it.
October 14, 2024
It closes with the words "Not the End"
Those words are a lie.
The story is never picked up in another series or in the original Bionic Man line, and frankly, that's not a bad thing. Watching the two leads bicker and fight among themselves the entire time is tiresome and certainly not entertaining, and the fiction that the Bionic Woman could ever be stronger than the Bionic Man is insulting.
Those words are a lie.
The story is never picked up in another series or in the original Bionic Man line, and frankly, that's not a bad thing. Watching the two leads bicker and fight among themselves the entire time is tiresome and certainly not entertaining, and the fiction that the Bionic Woman could ever be stronger than the Bionic Man is insulting.
December 16, 2022
How are you going to call it a Vs series if they only fight once in 5 issues? And not even that being the climax, they just have to fight at one point
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