About this title: Look out world, here he comes - Luke Cage, Hero for Hire - and bullets won't stop him! The early adventures of comics' first and foremost black superstar of the seventies are collected for the first time in one volume as Power Man defends his home turf against the likes of Diamondback, Mace, Black Mariah, Dr. Doom, Senor Suerte, Chemistro, ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780785116851ISBN:0785116850
Description: John Romita Sr., George Tuska. Very Good. 0785116850 NOT Ex-Library Pages clean, unmarked. Binding square and solid. Mild wear. Direct Edition. 544 pages. Collects Hero For Hire #1-#16 and Power Man #17-#27. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780785116851ISBN:0785116850
Description: Romita, John, Sr., and Tuska, George, and Graham, Billy. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 544 p. Contains: Illustrations. Essential (Marvel Comics). Audience: Young adult. Used Trade paperback edition. Book VG condition; DJ = VG condition read more
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Look out world, here he comes-Luke Cage, Hero for Hire-and bullets won't stop him! The early adventures of comics' first and foremost black superstar of the seventies are collected for the first time in one volume as Power Man defends his home turf against the likes of Diamondback, Mace, Black Mariah, Dr. Doom, Senor Suerte, Chemistro, ... read more
"Reprints Hero for Hire #1-6 and Power Man #17-27. Luke Cage escapes prison after gaining bulletproof skin through an experiment and sets up a business to rent himself out as a hero. The whole "Hero for Hire" concept has never worked (which is brought up). Cage always seems to feel guilty and just does the hero thing regardless of what happens. The stories aren't bad but they get a little repetative."
"This is a great volume for nostalgia. The storytelling, however, often leaves something to be desired, and too many issues follow exactly the same dramatic arc.
In the 1970s, Marvel Comics introduced a number of black superheroes, such as The Falcon, Blade, Black Panther, and Brother Voodoo. Luke Cage, a.k.a. "Power Man," was perhaps the most obvious attempt to capitalize on the burgeoning blaxploitation wave in Hollywood. Created by a pair of white guys (Archie Goodwin and John Romita), Cage first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 eleven months after Shaft first appeared in theaters. Like John Shaft, who himself was created by a white writer, Luke Cage was a big, imposing black man who worked as a detective and general helper of the downtrodden. His powers were prosaic--super strength and indestructible skin--so the better stories in this volume are driven by gritty storylines and colorful Harlem villains with names like Cottonmouth, Diamondback, Señor Suerte, and Black Mariah, not universe-altering superheroics. The less-exciting stories are cookie cutter plots that could have featured any Marvel hero. (Interestingly, like Shaft, Luke Cage did not spend 24 hours a day in Harlem. Shaft's office was uptown, but he laid his head in Greenwich Village. Cage's adventures often took him to Harlem, but his office/home was above a grindhouse movie theater in Times Square.)
This volume collects the first 27 issues of Luke Cage's adventures, published from 1972 to 1975. Originally called Luke Cage, Hero for Hire, the name of the series changed to Luke Cage, Power Man with issue 17. This book is worth reading for comics fans, for historical value if nothing else."
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