Luke Cage Hero For Hire 13

eat: LUI CAGE HERO PO HARES. panne aroma ZEEE THEN, OVER THE RATTLE OF. Ale Taga ee Lae aeoenien PUI lie ba = (8d ale He cores AGAIN, EVEN THROUGH THE RUSH OF BLOOCL THAT SPILLS INTO HIS THROAT! HE CRIES, AND TRIES TOWARD OFF RAZOR TEETH AND CLAWS WITH HiS SOFT, FLESHY HANDS / ( HERO FOR HIRE is published by MARVEL COMICS GROUP. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 575 MADISON AVENUE, NI Ie ese, Conn 127 hy Masel Comic Grup A Dh of Cateare bei Cpeaiin, Ad ‘Avenue, New York, N.Y. 1, No. 13, September 1973 issue. Price 20¢ per copy in the U: Can ada $3. o similarity between any of the names, characters, s prsons, an ing or deadRL Ge : je aN a \ “TURNED UP ANYTHING: Weeds i” ae as a a \INTELLIGENT TIGERS ? W782i THAT's COME ON, MY MAN-- I BEEN 8008 TUBE BULL! THAT ROUTE WITH SUGAR GOTTA BE FROSTED FLAKES AN’ UIVINT WITH AN EXK OFF =THE-WALL ‘ONn-- RAP LIKE THAT! =- BUT THEY WOULDN'T HAVETA TAKE ORDERS FROM YOU-- RIGHT? AIN'T THIS A BLIPS IF THE COPS KNEW WHO I REALLY WAS, THEY'D. GET THE AVENGERS TOTAG MES BECAUSE, MR. CAGE, I DON'T LIKE Z] INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED IN MY TOWN BY PEOPLE NOT DIRECTLY ANSWERABLE TO OUR OWN )\._ LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES! IT'S NOT THOT LT WOULON'T TRUST THE AVENGERS-*+ WELL, MR. MAYOR, YOU CAN ‘TAKE YOUR OROERS AN’ ‘YOU HIRE LUKE CAGE, YOU HIRE MY TERMS! I ONT NEED POL/= TICIANS TO NUT UP MY THING / HE COULD HAVE SAIDWO, OF COURSE-- PERHAPS HE SHOULD HAVE SAID NO... P= Okay, As seacrest’s SECRETARY--\WHAT'S HE UPTO WORTH CHILLIN! 'M FOR? HE ONLY AUDITED: (DUCATIONWHEN DASHIELL HAMMETT POPULARIZED. "REALISTIC" DETECTNES, HE TOOK PAINS TO POINT OUT HOW UNROMANTIC AND FRUITLESS MUCH OF THEIR WORK WAS. pos “ PF ciue's Gor 2 BE IN THAT OFFICE... I'LL GO CHEC ANNABELLE: ith 7% SEE LAST ISH,--ROY, |"THE POWER OF AGIANT CAT IS INCREDI ieee AWESOME / NASSIVE MUSCLES Si MATCHED BY A FELINE'S NATURAL GRACE, PRODUCE A VUGGERNAUT OF SHIARLING DEATH! THEY POUND HIM INTO THE “CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEBRAN NuMB Wr | HORROR AND PAIN , | CAGE CONVULSES HIS ODY IN AN | ERUPTION OF FORCE! | TALKIN'--GROWLIN' \ OUT WORDS! 4 DISTRACT-- a SCS Le ‘YET SUDDENLY, INI ICABLY, THE BRUTES EXCHANGE A SINGLE L00K,ANO THEN aorr AWAY! | ; ~S \ i, ? wat A = ee x CAGE VENTURES ONE FAULTY STEP AFTER THEM . 3 ea) rs fe: Ze Li MUMBLIN:..CAN'T GET IT TOGETHER... GOTTA GET TO DOC BURSTEIN... Ae at ‘ Nl SSTEIN.,.FEEL | " Gy A FREAKIN’ 6c Fe FALLING « WITH Oe FEEL LIKE..: (RNIN INSI... GONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEAND WHEN LUKE CAGE SAYS HE CAN BO SOME- THING, HE DARN WELL WiLe/ RELAX, ELAX, NOAH, L'M WORRIED ABOUT \ CLAIRE. A HERO LUKE. THE OTHER DA FOR HIRE |S BOUND To MAKE ENEMIES. N HE... NASTY LACERAT/OMS, LUCAS, BUT HE DID,Y SAY, | THOUGH THEY'LL HEAL IN TIME NOAH! HELL | TO MEAR IT/MOSr : r ; RECOVER? THAT THESE BEASTS YOU MENTIONED,,. HAD THEIR CLAWS COATED WITH POISON / IF YOU HADN'T RECEIVED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION... EASY, LUCAS, EASY! YOU'LL START. SPURTING CRIMSON AGAIN, ANO THAT MAYBE AT THE RACES. WOULG JUST RUIN MY COUBL E- \ WITH 6 DARK HORSE. % tas = THEN I'D HOVE - TO BUY & NEW ONE--CALLIN! ME BY T soymove % MY REAL NAME IT, JOKER ! ="TRUNTINGNE aS AN iF I WASN'T SO WEAK, I'D REMOVE YOUR HEAD LIKE I PROMISED LAST & a TIME ! Lex ‘YES, HE'S GIR/M NOW, AND CURT, BUT ONCE HE TURNED HIS PRISON- WALLED WORLD TOPSY-7URVY, AND HE FOUND A NEW LIFE---A NEW CHANCE TO BE A MAN---IN SO DOING. BUT IF HIS WORLD TURNS OVER AGAIN, IT WOULD AGAIN RETURN HIM TO HIS STARTING POINT...1O ZERO...1O NOTHING: Ey aul BEER | MAVBE--DUNWO Yer. FOR HIRE--- FR | FoR POWTS THAT ANOHE DOES ff THAT KILLED A FEW HIS JOB! - EXPERIMENTAL EOUCATION PROJECTS. MR. CORTEZ IS A TEACHER--HE'D BEEN PROMISED A GRANT | ie f LOOKIN! FoR YOUR foe BG HUSBAND, ALEVANDRO, | Bie regal PASSED. A STOLIDCAGE NOW LEANS ON THE BELL OF A BRONK TENEMENT. Pe CA IT ALL FITS SO WEATZY. COULD IT REALLY HAVE TASEN CAGE SO LONG TO FINO THIS CONNECTION? HE WONDERS, IF ITISN'T; PERHAPS TOO NEAT... wa alIT I DIDN'T ‘SPECT IT LOOKED SO BIG WHEN EMPTY!eZ / || _ S ma I }} 7 mis LAAs) j Ma be \/ iy rs A f DUDE--FoR NG REAL THIS TIME-. - “BUT HE FIGHTS LIKE THE TIGERS CAT'S EVER: GONNA RIP ME OFF! YOU'VE SEEN THE END NOW! ily yy Pa Vif, CA Vea | a) ON 5 CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEHOW MANY PAINFUL (QUSN1 RETURN ? THE MAN CALLED CAGE ee HE WASN'T THE CRACK OF THE WHIP FOCUSES MEMORIES BEHIND RY \\, CAGE'S EYES--MEMORIES OF OTHER TORTURES IN THE PAST, HE HOISTS HIS HEAD TO HATE THE MAN HOLDING THE WHIP---ANO SEES A SIGHT TO CHILL HIS SPINE! SURELY YOU SEE THE TRUTH BY WOW, SENOR! T WAS ALEVAN- PRO CORTEZ, SCHOOL TEACHER: NOW CALLED LIOWFANG! R I INVENTED. A MACHINE, THE KNOWLEOGE OF THEIR: PROFESSORS-- REJECTED, I COMBINEDI GAVE MY FELINE STUDENTS : “BUT ACTIONS SPEAK SOME OF MY KNOWLEDGE -- LOUDER THAN WORDS, SENOR:~ IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR } AS YOU SHALL SEE WHEN THEY FEROCITY AND \ 7 PLAY WITH YOU! FEARLESSNESS! z oY ogi TERRORIZED BY THE GIANT CATS~*HE IS NOW EXPERIENCED =} IN COMI ING THEIR ATTACK=~ el A Me 2 &\ =) HE IS NO LONGER: RO \ HE (S STILL ENED FRON\ DIPPED THIS TIME, SINCE WE DID. EXPECT YOU-- ‘i CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEBY iyi WP g \ Seer VEN) " 1 nw ? é 2 ae Wax hy NOT ss 4 a .You IRON- (ec, FOOL! IU REVEAL MY THOUGHT- JRANGEER eLAAar AND RENDER USELESS aT THE SAME 7/ME/! HIS FLAMING NERVES ERUPT SUDES: Ailey u uP ATHROAT TURNED TO SHARDS OF GLASS-- -- DEEP WITHIN LUKE CAGE THERE LIVES A LIVELY LAUGH OF TRIUMPH £ y I CAN NO LONGER b DRAW FROMTHE MINDS OF WY BoAe Tee YOU HAVE OESTROYED THEM --ANO SOON TWILL REVERS, 7) WY NORMAL STA "HAD TIME FOR THE NECESSARY ADUUSTME! Mh 7S, T WOULD SIPHON YOUR FPEROCITY+~ WHATEVER GAVE YOU YOUR POWERS Has \ SERVED YOU WELL J TODAY! 4 BH yer, E id SHALL’ STILL rest ESCAPE ‘AND LIONFANG SHALL STRIKE AGAIN!YOU CANNOT eee LUKE CHANCE! (ho, tf ig U *G ey BETTER MOVE OUT, TABBY-TOOTH! YOU'RE HAVIN' COMPANY UP THERE !Ww lf ™ Nol iT © CANNOT BE! © ZWAD WoW! 2 Bw CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGETHOUGHT HE'O FALL. STRAI Tv 17 SO Peat COULD CATCH ‘iM-- CORTEZ! CHRISTMAS, MAN, TI WAS UUST TRYIN! TO STOP YOU! I NEVER FIGURED-->OH, HADN'T HE BEEN PROUD, SWINGING HIS SUPER-POWERED FORM THROUGH LIFE AS IF GOD HIMSELF HAD CHOSEN HIM FOR HIS MISSION. “LUKE CAGE |S NUMBER ONE!" ‘LUKE CAGE ALWAYS WINS!" , MA te THIS E, TOO. eS eee INKS ABOUT IT FOR ANOTHER WEEK....BUT LIFE MUST GO.ON (FOR card ONLY SW WAS ACTIN! WITHOUT REALLY THINKIN... | FORGETTIN' HOW MUCH POWER I HAVE... "T ONLY WISH I DION'T:- FIND TROUBLE EVERYWHERE I TURNS = IGAIN;...AND I SURELY DIDN'T WANT TO KILL IM. 3 I JUS' FELT I [ OUGHTTA FEEL GUILTY--IT SEEMED Rea. THING: AMEN... BUT STILLNEXT ISH, NEMESES FROM THE PAST REAR THEIR HEADS TO IST RIBUTION auers 28

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