When his hero for hire service falls short, luke cage goes looking for an office. Senor muerte is perhaps the best character in the original luke cage. Luke cage, aka power man is a marvel comics superhero, originally created as part of the 1970s blaxploitation craze. Luke cage was the first black superhero to debut in his own comic book in fact, the first to be featured in his own series at all. This reminded me of the importance and value of black heroes and heroes of color. Printed credits give inking credit to billy graham. That meant in the first 16 issues of hero for hire that eventually became luke cage power man, issues 1727 which are included in this volume, cage rarely fought any mainstay marvel villains. Luke cage, hero for hire comic book collections for sale. Heroes for hire is a fictional superhero team appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Power man and iron fist 1972 hero for hire comic books. Hero for hire comic book run, and there is no possible way he will appear in screen in his 70s incarnation. A wrongfully charged inmate in seagate prison named carl lu.
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Luke cage power man is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. And he was the first black character of any genre to hold down a comic book. Luke cage burst onto the comics scene in 1972 as the hero for hire. Written by archie goodwin and drawn by george tuska both white guys, it showed a.
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