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FREE LUKE CAGE, IRON FIST, & THE HEROES FOR HIRE VOL. 1: VOL. 1 PDF John Ostrander,James Felder,Jaimie Campos | 312 pages | 20 Dec 2016 | Marvel Comics | 9781302902292 | English | New York, United States Luke Cage, Hero for Hire () #15 | Comic Issues | Marvel Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Chris Claremont. Kerry Gammill Illustrator. John Byrne Illustrator. Trevor Von Eeden Illustrator. Marvel's stronger-than-steel man of the streets, Luke Cage, partners with the mystic kung fu master Iron Fist in the beginning of one of the greatest teams in comic-book history! Together Power Man and Iron Fist are heroes for hire, taking any on any job, any challenge, so long as their clients can meet the price. But both heroes have long & the Heroes for Hire Vol. 1: Vol. 1 and old foes out to destroy Marvel's stronger-than-steel man of the streets, Luke Cage, partners with the mystic kung fu master Iron Fist in the beginning of one of the greatest teams in comic-book history! But both heroes have long pasts and old foes out to destroy them. Between those menaces and making ends meet, it's a life short on downtime and long on action! Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published August 25th by Marvel Comics first published August 18th More Details Other Editions 1. Friend Iron Fist. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jun 27, Malum rated it liked it Shelves: marvelgraphic-novelsheroes-for-hire. Pretty fun collection of bronze age comics. If you are looking for any kind of depth you will have to look elsewhere, but if you are looking for a bunch of fighting montages, you have come to the right place. Iron Fist divide this into the portion written by Claremont and then the portion written by Mary Jo Duffy. One note: this entire book suffers from the time period. It's very dated; not just in terms of art and style but in terms of language. I hate, hate, hate the way Luke's Iron Fist was written. There are several words here that made me cringe, especially towards Asian characters. The "g" slur is used and Jeryn refers to an Asian character as "oriental". All of this in a book co-starring a white cha I'll divide this into the portion written by Claremont and then the portion & the Heroes for Hire Vol. 1: Vol. 1 by Mary Jo Duffy. All of this in Luke Cage book co-starring a white character who's an expert in martial arts But again, this is stuff that was deemed totally ok by s standards. Doesn't make it right but I would be remiss to not mention it. Claremont: This is a much more likable Danny Rand. This is a much more humble and respectable Danny. Danny worries about Luke a lot and, surprisingly, there's a lot of Luke being damsel'ed and Danny saving him. I guess, when the female characters aren't here, the men have to save someone. Luke feels machismo style sympathy for women which is quite annoying to be honest. A lot of "sugar", "darling", etc. Nightshade was a surprisingly progressive villain. She was a woman that built robots to be her henchmen and tricked the men into thinking she was just a pawn. Black female genius. I can dig it. Luke gets to use his brain. It was quite progressive for the time. Danny seems to actually try to understand where Luke's coming from. Several times throughout this portion, Danny & the Heroes for Hire Vol. 1: Vol. 1 to buy their way out of trouble and give Luke money and Luke turns him down. The sparring scene was genius! It was all about their different styles. Luke uses his strength and is a lot more straight forward. When he needs information, Luke goes to people on the street for information. He even lives above a theater in Harlem so that the people always know where to reach him. Danny is much more stylistic, stealthy and he goes through official channels for information. It felt a lot more even towards Luke's skills. His bombs killed people so, excuse me for not feeling any sympathy for him because Misty's being mean to him. Yeah, maybe it's not his fault that Misty Iron Fist her arm but he still killed people. He's still a bad guy and the arc makes it seem like Misty's just being a meanie pants for not welcoming him into the fold. They refer to the boys as "superheroes" and act like they're lesser than even though they seem to have been doing their jobs more efficiently. There are a couple 2-bit heroes & the Heroes for Hire Vol. 1: Vol. 1 villains I'd never heard of here like La Acquino and Muerte. There's a point where Luke is buried alive. Luke is a famous super hero. If you were planning on burying him to get rid of him, why would you go through the trouble of making a fake tombstone? I had a lot of questions and I kind of wanted more of them. I'm interested in Luke's life outside of cases. Issue 65 is the least feminist in the bunch. Summary : So, this was pretty much like most older Marvel comics. The stories are a bit meh, the characterization is okay and the art was fine. It's not something I can see myself re-reading a Luke Cage but I enjoy Luke and Danny's partnership. I liked seeing more of the background characters that pop up in later series. It's easy to see that David F. Walker pulled a lot from the early books for his Power Man and Iron Fist series. I think that one is a lot better, not just because it's a lot more recent but because the writing was a lot stronger and Luke and Danny were more evenly matched. So, it's not quite a recommend. If you have Marvel Unlimited and feel like checking it out, just skim it some and see if you like it. Nov 07, Sophia rated it really liked it. I enjoyed the partnership between Danny and Luke however, for a lot of the time they seemed to be doing their own thing before coming together by the end of the story. The best parts for me were Misty and Colleen; their partnership and team work was always the highlight of the comic. Something I did not like and was a little surprised about was how Luke spoke about or interacted with women. Yes, its the 80s, what can you do? Except Danny showed more respect to the women he interacted with! I alw I enjoyed the partnership between Danny and Luke however, for a lot of the time they seemed to be doing their own thing before coming together by the end of the story. I always have a soft spot Luke Cage origin stories but when a collected edition has multiple updates to an origin for the SAME character every few comics, it gets a bit old. Sep 29, Shadowdenizen rated it really liked it Shelves: Luke Cage. I admit it. I have a soft-spot for "Heroes for Hire", especially in their goofy 70's heyday! Hero for Hire Vol 1 (–) | Marvel Database | Fandom Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. James Felder. Jaimie Campos. Joe Bennett Illustrations. Pasqual Ferry Luke Cage. Stephen B. Jones Illustrator. Gabe Alberola Illustrator. And they're just in time to relaunch the expanded Heroes For Hire! A super-villain prison break inspires Iron Fist to fi ll the void left by the Avengers and Fantastic Four - but his ex-partner Luke will take some convincing. Hercules and White Tiger are eager recruits, but is the Hulk a joiner? Maybe She-Hulk would be a better fi t. But will he stay after Power Man battles Iron Fist? Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jan 20, David rated it it was amazing Shelves: comic-books. Totally loved this Iron Fist. Maybe my favorite of the Heroes for Hire titles that I've yet read. Which is not saying a whole lot. I've missed quite a few of them. Love the current Power Man and Iron Fist This book would come in second place after that one. & the Heroes for Hire Vol. 1: Vol. 1 the 70's material coming in 3rd. I've read quite a bit of comics by John Ostrander over the years. But I don't know him as well as I'd like to know him. I can tell he's having a blast with this title.