HEROES FOR HIRE! Appreciation 2019

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HEROES FOR HIRE traces its roots back to the one-man "Hero for Hire" business founded by Luke Cage,

which offered superhuman security and investigation services for a fee.
Cage later went into business with the martial artist Iron Fist as Heroes for Hire,

a profitable partnership that lasted for years until circumstances forced the duo to break up,
though they remained good friends.

Nowadays, Heroes for Hire is a group of (mostly) superpowered mercenaries who hire out their aid in exchange for money.

Link to previous thread: https://community.cbr.com/showthread...!-Appreciation

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After 16 issues Luke Cage, Hero for Hire decided to adopt the super-hero name:
Power Man

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Power Man #17 Feb 1974
"Rich Man: Iron Man, Power Man: Thief!" Guest-starring Iron Man.
Angry that other super-heroes get all the headlines, while he doesn't get so much as a mention,
Luke Cage decides that perhaps he should adopt a super-hero name to put him in the same field as Captain America and Spider-Man.
That day Luke is approached by a gentleman named Orville Smythe, who claims to be an employee of Stark Industries

and who has come to hire him to test out the security in place at the Stark Industries building.
Cage is instructed to try to break into Stark Industries and steal an experimental suit of armor built for deep-space exploration.

Luke agrees to the job and starts by breaking into Stark Industries.
Luke is able to deal with most of the of the security in place until Iron Man enters and battles Luke one on one.

During their fight, Luke learns from Iron Man that Orville Smythe is not an employee of Stark Industries.
Realizing that he's been tricked, Luke teams up with Iron Man in tracking down Orville,
who has succeeded in stealing the armor and a ship to escape in.
Chasing after Smythe in the ship, he confronts his foe.

During the fight, Orville is accidentally kicked out of the ship and plummets to his death.
After, Luke returns the ship to Stark Industries where he bids Iron Man farewell,
and tells him to address him under his new name: Power Man.

Story by Len Wein. Art by George Tuska and Billy Graham.

[Michael Watkins]

my favorite era will always be John Ostrander's 90s group. it felt like a promotion for Luke and Danny + the addition of several underutilized Avengers. wish it were still ongoing.

[K7P5V]

Always been a fan of Heroes for Hire. Can't wait until Danny, Misty & Colleen show up.

[Steroid]

my favorite era will always be John Ostrander's 90s group. it felt like a promotion for Luke and Danny + the addition of several underutilized Avengers. wish it were still ongoing.

Loved that series, especially the developments for Black Knight.

[Nomads1]

my favorite era will always be John Ostrander's 90s group. it felt like a promotion for Luke and Danny + the addition of several underutilized Avengers. wish it were still ongoing.

Same here.

Loved that series, especially the developments for Black Knight.

I actually prefer Dane with the elf armor and weapons and minus the blood curse.

Peace

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my favorite era will always be John Ostrander's 90s group.

I enjoyed said era.

it felt like a promotion for Luke and Danny

Promotion? How do the comicbook characters Power Man & Iron Fist promote from heroes to...

+ the addition of several underutilized Avengers.

Loved the comicbook character Black Knight with his winged steed Strider...

LOVE the line: Turn the page! Turn the page! Turn the page! QUICK!

wish it were still ongoing.

Wish Heroes for Hire will either be the title of a series or the title of one of the MCU movies post Phase 3!

[Michael Watkins]

I enjoyed said era.


Promotion? How do the comicbook characters Power Man & Iron Fist promote from heroes to...

easy. they were promoted from struggling street level heroes to having a say within a corporate environment. they weren't taking jobs based on the pay. because they didn't have to. even Danny's house looked bigger.

[K7P5V]

I enjoyed said era.

Me too. A very underrated series.

Loved the comicbook character Black Knight with his winged steed Strider...

LOVE the line: Turn the page! Turn the page! Turn the page! QUICK!

Nothing against Strider, but I was rather partial towards Valinor.