Hero for Hire

    (Marvel, 1972-1973)
™ and ©1973 Marvel Entertainment Group
Series continues as Power Man #17

Lucas was a small-time loser, sent to Seagate Prison for a crime he didn’t commit. While there, a sadistic prison guard named Rackham made it his business to make Lucas’ life miserable. Lucas’ one hope for salvation was to agree to take part in an risky cell regeneration experiment conducted by Doc Burstein. The experiment had proved fatal to all the previous subjects, but if Lucas survived, he would be granted parole.

Lucas took the gamble and was locked into a bio-bath full of strange chemicals. Rackham hated Lucas so much that he turned up the electricity flowing to the bio-bath hoping to electrocute him. The power overloaded, but instead of killing Lucas, it gave him incredible power and steel-hard skin. He broke out of his tank, then escaped to New York where he set up shop as Luke Cage, Hero for Hire. Later, he would adopt the moniker Power Man and team up with Iron Fist in a continuation of this, his first title.
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Hero for Hire #1

June, 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $1,025.00 		Archie Goodwin, Roy ThomasGeorge Tuska, John Romita Sr.
Hero for Hire #1 - 2nd printing

June, 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
2 copies available from $8.00 		Archie Goodwin, Roy ThomasGeorge Tuska, John Romita Sr.
Hero for Hire #2

August, 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
7 copies available from $17.00 		Archie GoodwinGeorge Tuska
Hero for Hire #3

October, 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
7 copies available from $11.50 		Archie GoodwinGeorge Tuska
Hero for Hire #4

December, 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
10 copies available from $7.50 		Archie GoodwinBilly Graham
Hero for Hire #5

January, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
12 copies available from $8.40 		Steve EnglehartGeorge Tuska
Hero for Hire #6

February, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
10 copies available from $13.50 		Gerry Conway, Steve EnglehartBilly Graham
Hero for Hire #7

March, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
8 copies available from $14.00 		Steve EnglehartGeorge Tuska
Hero for Hire #8

April, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
9 copies available from $21.00 		Steve EnglehartGeorge Tuska
Hero for Hire #9

May, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $38.00 		Steve EnglehartGeorge Tuska
Hero for Hire #10

June, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
9 copies available from $6.80 		Steve EnglehartGeorge Tuska
Hero for Hire #11

July, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
7 copies available from $3.50 		Steve EnglehartGeorge Tuska
Hero for Hire #12

August, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
12 copies available from $12.00 		Steve EnglehartGeorge Tuska
Hero for Hire #13

September, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
16 copies available from $7.00 		Steve EnglehartBilly Graham
Hero for Hire #14

October, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
10 copies available from $4.75 		Billy Graham, Steve EnglehartBilly Graham
Hero for Hire #15

November, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
10 copies available from $10.00 		Billy Graham, Steve Englehart, Tony Isabella, Bill EverettBilly Graham, Bill Everett
Hero for Hire #16

December, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
16 copies available from $6.00 		Steve Englehart, Tony IsabellaBilly Graham