Object label
Marvel · Comics · Hero for Hire · 1972
Hero for Hire #1
Hero for Hire · 1972
A wrongfully charged inmate in Seagate Prison named Carl Lucas undergoes a scientific experiment. When a racist prison guard tampers with the machine, Lucas develops some supernatural side-effects! Namely, enhanced strength and bulletproof skin! Luke Cage is born.
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Hero for Hire #1 belongs to a comics graph built around publisher, series, issue number, characters, creators like Archie Goodwin, Billy Graham, and George Tuska, and story context. The important part is not just the issue record, but how it connects into runs, appearances, and adjacent covers.
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Hero for Hire #1 is a comics collectible connected to Marvel and Hero for Hire. Useful collector signals include release year 1972, issue #1, and artist context from Stan Lee, John Romita Sr., and Archie Goodwin. Hero for Hire has 1 catalogued release on GrailHub, making this page a route into completion, variants, and nearby objects.
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Collector notes
Hero for Hire #1 is a comics entry for issue #1 in Hero for Hire from 1972. GrailHub tracks publisher, series, issue number, cover date, creators, characters, and first appearances where that data is available.
Marvel pages connect this issue back to its publisher, series, creators, and related issues. For comic collectors, those links matter because discovery often starts with a character, creative team, first appearance, or a run of issues rather than one isolated record.
Characters associated with this issue include Billy Bob Rackham, Comanche, Doctor Noah Burnstein, Luke Cage, Quirt, and Reva Connors.
Series context
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Hero for Hire groups related comics entries from Marvel, so collectors can move from this object into nearby releases instead of treating it as a standalone record.
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- 1 object
- Release span
- 1972
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Quick facts
- Publisher
- Marvel
- Series
- Hero for Hire
- Issue number
- #1
- Cover date
- Jun 1, 1972
- Characters
- Billy Bob Rackham, Comanche, Doctor Noah Burnstein, Luke Cage, Quirt, Reva Connors +3 more
- Creators
- Archie Goodwin, Billy Graham, George Tuska, John Romita Sr., Stan Lee
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Data source
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- Metron
- Source ID
- 52117
- Source URL
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