Luke Cage Hero For Hire 1

About Luke Cage Hero For Hire 1

Although Marvel had already introduce the Black Panther the comic book and wider entertainment industries began to embrace and reflect more diverse cultures which in-turn led to many more African-American superhero introductions.

What's interesting

This was also an origin issue that revealed how prison inmate Lucas (Luke Cage) developed superhuman-strength and invulnerable skin after participating in a rigged science experiment. Lucas would use his new found abilities to break out of prison and as the title suggest become a superhero for hire, taking up the alias, Luke Cage and it would be 15 more issues before the title was changed to Power Man

Details

Category

Mercenary

Publisher / Manufacturer

Marvel

Date

1972

Rating

6