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Issue: Hero for Hire #1
Publication Date: June 1972
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Issues: #1 of 16 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/21/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #82 February 1972.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 8 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagEssential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 published January 2005 as Out of Harlem -- a Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2015
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Sensational Origin Issue!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Power Man #1 published January 1975
as A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]cover banner replaced with A Marvel Masterwork Pin-up
In Content Item: FlagEssential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 published January 2005
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 published January 2005
as Hero for Hire #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHero for Hire No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn] published February 2006
as Sensational Origin Issue! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Hero For Hire [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Out of Hell -- A Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lonny; Quirt; Reva; Tyler Stuart
First Line: Look closely at the figure before you.
Synopsis: While serving time for a crime for which he was framed, Lucas volunteers for a medical experiment in a bid to earn parole. The chemical bath treatment is sabotaged by his nemesis, a violent guard, and the result ends in giving Lucas steel hard skin. He escapes and is presumed dead because his shirt, riddled with bullet holes, is recovered. Lucas vows revenge on Stryker, his former friend, who framed him and also caused the death of Reva, his romantic interest.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperaventuras Marvel #1 published July 1982
as O Herói que Veio do Inferno [Story on Interior Page(s)]Do original falta: Página 3, as 3 primeiras vinhetas; Página 5, as duas últimas vinhetas; Última página toda.
In Content Item: FlagHero for Hire No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn] published February 2006
as Out of Harlem--A Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Out of Hell -- A Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: 863Z
Disclose Notes: Roy Thomas and John Romita are credited with creative contributions on the splash page. Thomas came up with the name Cage and the title Hero for Hire. John Romita, with some ideas from Thomas and Stan Lee, designed the costume.

Fred Snyder suggested that other hands were involved in the art, particularly John Romita. Nick Caputo agrees that Romita provided alterations on a few pages and redrew Stryker's face throughout. Stryker was also heavily redrawn by Romita on the last page which likely included the addition of a costume.

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