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Issue: Hero for Hire #8
Publication Date: April 1973
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Issues: #8 of 16 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Cover, Front
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A Surprise Super-Villain

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Luke Cage; Dr. Doom
First Line: First, the androids-- duded up like...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Empire Strikes Back Weekly #129 published August 1980
as Action Packed Superhero Adventure! In Every Issue of Rampage Magazine [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 published January 2005
as Hero for Hire #8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Crescendo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Luke Cage; Primus (robot, introduction, death); Secundus (robot, introduction, death); Tertius (robot, introduction, death); Quartu (robot, introduction, death); Dr. Doom; Frank Jenks (flashback); Julius; Claire Temple; Terry; General Manntoff; Georgie Simms
First Line: Luke Cage is one mad citizen right about now--
Synopsis: Luke Cage is hired to track down some thieves that have stolen company secrets from Dr. Doom. Upon completing the job, Luke finds out that Dr. Doom has intentionally skipped town and stiffed him on a $200 payment.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 published January 2005
as Crescendo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: 1276Z
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Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! (Or: Those Wedding Bells Are Waking Up That Old Bullpen Gang of Mine!)

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed); ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comments to Cage
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from William E. Hayden, Ms. Andra Thorpe, Brian Earl Brown.

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