Solarman was created in the late 1970s by David Oliphant and Deborah Kalman. Oliphant was the founder and CEO of Pendulum Press, a children’s educational publishing company responsible for the Illustrated Classics and Contemporary Motivators series, as well as licensed titles such as Star Wars. The character Solarman was created in response to the 1970s energy crisis as part of an energy awareness program to educate children about alternative fuels. Solarman was Davos, an alien from the Sun. Pendulum’s Pendulum Illustrated Original series produced three issues of Solarman: Solarman #1: The Beginning (1979) written by David Oliphant and M. Barbara O’Brien; “adapted” by Linda A. Cadrain and an uncredited artist Solarman #2: Day or Nite (1980) written by David Oliphant and illustrated by Dick Giordano Solarman: At the Earth’s Core (1980) Out Of Print. Condition: Very Fine.