6M$M Logo 'Population: Zero'
(Story Code '40013')



by Elroy Schwartz
Steve Austin

When a motorcycle cop discovers the twenty-three inhabitants of the small town of Loomis lying in a death-like state, Steve Austin is called in to investigate. Donning a contagion suit, Steve enters the town limits, but is astonished to see the supposedly dead the townsfolk suddenly come alive before his eyes. Shortly after, Oscar Goldman is contacted by Doctor Stanley Bacon, a bitter scientist who was dismissed from his work for the government due to unethical practices. Now determined to gain his revenge, Bacon demands the sum of $10 million – otherwise he will use his deadly sonic device to attack another town, only this time, he vows to kill every one of the inhabitants…

Lee Majors (Colonel Steve Austin), Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman), Don Porter (Doctor Stanley Bacon), Penny Fuller (Chris Forbes), Colby Chester (Joe Hollister), Walter Brooks (General Harland Tate), Paul Fix (Joe Taylor), Paul Carr (Paul Cord), Virginia Gregg (Mrs. Nelson), John Erlerick (Colonel Ed Presby), Morgan Jones (Major Phillips), Mike Santiago (Frank), Stuart Nisbet (Harry Johnson), Bob Delegall (First Technician), David Valentine (Teletype Operator)


Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
Produced by Donald R. Boyle and Sam Strangis
Executive Producer Harve Bennett
Based on the novel by Martin Caldin


TX (US): 18th January 1974

Notes:
*Featuring Colonel Steve Austin and Oscar Goldman