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Mike Power, the Atomic Man, Hasbro's answer to The Six Million Dollar Man (the license to which they lost out on to Kenner). Mike was a late addition to the G.I. Joe Adventure Team, debuting in 1975.

Mike came equipped with a helicopter rotor that he could spin using his bionic arm, allowing him to fly. That was a trick Colonel Steve Austin could not do.

Tragically, one day Mike wasn't paying proper attention to his mission when he flew over a nude beach, and he accidentally chopped his head off.

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In the "Stronger than Steele" episode of Remington Steele, which first aired on January 15, 1985, Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist) confessed that she had based the values of Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) off of the comic book/TV hero Atomic Man played by Maxwell Donahue (Conrad Janis) that aired from 1961 - 1964 (that was narrated by Jackson Beck who in real life narrated things like G.I. Joe, Tom Corbett Space Cadet, The New Adventures of Superman, the Adventures of Batman, The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, The Adventures of Superboy, Steve Canyon and was the voice of Bluto in 1950s Popeye cartoons). It was also learned that Laura was a regular attender of Atomic Man conventions and even cosplayed as him. Donahue, who was forever typecast by the role, was upset that Hollywood was making a new version of Atomic Man without him and threatened the director Steven Spooner (Tom Harrison) during a press conference. Soon after, Laura was upset to hear that Donahue was being accused of murdering Spooner. The episode also saw the return of detective Jarvis (Gary Frank). Surprisingly, the annoying practice of tv shows cutting content for commercial space in syndication helped solve the case. ("Stronger than Steele" Remington Steele, TV Event)

1976 ad for Hasbro's Bulletman, The Human Bullet (who also got a Palitoy release in the UK). Sounds as if they couldn't decide which of the two names to call him so they just called him both.

There was also a DC Comics Bulletman character. He looked similar to this but was unrelated.

Atomic Man also got a UK release around 1977, although they dropped the 'Mike Power' name.

The 'Eagle-Eyes' were invented by a Hasbro employee named James A. King.