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Issue: Hero for Hire #5
Publication Date: January 1973
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Issues: #5 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: 10/17/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #89 September 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Black Mariah shoots Luke Cage as he fights and repels gang

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): gang members
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 published January 2005
as Hero for Hire #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Graham's signature has his initials overlaid in a monogram.
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Don't Mess With Black Mariah!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shinytop (villain; introduction)
First Line: Nope, no words of ponderous parallels.
Synopsis: A "Ma Barker" type gang poses as ambulance drivers and rob the dead.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 published January 2005
as Don't Mess with Black Mariah [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: A "special thanks" credit appears on the splash page to original writer Archie Goodwin. Cage's origin is briefly referenced.

Football player Dick Butkis is mentioned.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes an ad for Monster Madness # 1.

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