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Issue: Hero for Hire #2
Publication Date: August 1972
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Issues: #2 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: (not set)
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)
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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
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He's Danger! He's Death!! He's -- The Man Called Diamondback!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Luke Cage; Diamondback
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 published January 2005
as Hero for Hire #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Vengeance Is Mine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Luke Cage; Claire Temple (introduction); Dave "D. W." Griffith (introduction); Diamondback (villain); Gadget (villain; introduction); Dobbs (villain; introduction); Curtin (villain; introduction)
First Line: Dobbs, it's him!
Synopsis: Luke battles the man who framed him and sent him to prison, as seen in issue #1. Flashback of origin from first issue is included.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 published January 2005
as Vengeance Is Mine [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
Job Number: 944 Z
Disclose Notes: Page 7 has reference to the lawsuit over Captain Marvel between D.C. and Fawcett: a costume shop clerk offers the famous costume to Luke Cage as he seeks an affordable costumed super-persona.

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