Marvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Hero For Hire Vol. 1 HC

Reprints: Hero For Hire #1-16

(Vol. 222 in the Marvel Masterworks Library)

First Print
Release Date: August 19, 2015

REGULAR EDITION ISBN: 978-0-7851-9180-3 • List Price: $75.00
VARIANT EDITION ISBN: 978-0-7851-9181-0 • List Price: $75.00
VARIANT PRINT RUN: 800

Printed by R.R. Donnelley Asia Printing Solutions, China

336 Pages

Written by Archie Goodwin & Steve Englehart with Tony Isabella, Gerry Conway & Billy Graham

Penciled by George Tuska & Billy Graham 

Cover by John Romita Sr.

Introduction by Steve Englehart

Collection Editor: Cory Sedlmeier
Color & Art Reconstruction: Michael Kelleher & Kellustration

BONUS CONTENT:
• May 1972 Bullpen Bulletins page promoting Luke Cage’s debut
• Hero for Hire #33 unused cover sketch by Billy Graham
• Hero for Hire #4, pg. 3 record negative photostat
• Hero for Hire #3, pg. 14, 16 & 17 record negative photostats
• Bios: Archie Goodwin, Steve Englehart, George Tuska, Billy Graham, Tony Isabella, Gerry Conway

ON SALE:
• REGULAR MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT
• VARIANT MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT

DISCUSS AT THE COLLECTED EDITIONS FORUMS:
• LUKE CAGE, POWER MAN MASTERWORKS VOL. 1 DISCUSSION

PREVIEW IMAGES

SWEET CHRISTMAS! LUKE CAGE MAKES IT TO MASTERWORKS!

Luke Cage burst onto the comics scene in 1972 as the “Hero for Hire.” Equal parts Marvel Method and Blaxploitation boldness, he was a new kind of hero for a new era. Now, the Marvel Masterworks proudly present the complete Luke Cage, Hero for Hire—the historic first title to headline an African-American super hero—in one hardcover volume. Cage’s adventures depicted New York City’s 1970s grit and the plight of its people unlike any other, all while incorporating larger-than-life villains including Black Mariah and Dr. Doom. From Cage’s origin story to his first exploits as the hard-as-steel hero, each issue has been painstakingly restored and collected here in color for very first time.

ISSUES REPRINTED
Hero For Hire #1-16

Marvel Masterworks: Black Panther Vol. 1 HC

Reprints: Jungle Action #6-24

(Vol. 141 in the Marvel Masterworks Library)

First Print
Release Date: June 16, 2010

REGULAR EDITION ISBN: 978-0-7851-4198-3 • List Price: $64.99
VARIANT EDITION ISBN: 978-0-7851-4199-0 • List Price: $64.99
VARIANT PRINT RUN: 1029

Printed by R.R. Donnelley Asia Printing Solutions, Dongguan, Guangdong, China

368 Pages

Written by Don McGregor

Penciled by Rich Buckler, Billy Graham, Gil Kane and Keith Pollard 

Cover by Gil Kane

Introduction by Don McGregor
Afterword by Dwayne McDuffie

Collection Editor: Cory Sedlmeier
Color & Art Reconstruction: Michael Kelleher & Kellustration

BONUS CONTENT:

ON SALE:
• REGULAR MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT
• VARIANT MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT

DISCUSS AT THE COLLECTED EDITIONS FORUMS:
• BLACK PANTHER MASTERWORKS VOL. 1 DISCUSSION

PREVIEW IMAGES

A MASTERWORKS FROM THE HEART OF WAKANDA!

Collected for the first time ever, the Marvel Masterworks bring you the ground-breaking, trend-setting Black Panther from Jungle Action! In 1973, comics’ first African super hero took the headlining slot in an ambitious ongoing series, beginning a 13-issue epic unprecedented in its time.

Writer Don McGregor teamed with artists Rich Buckler and Billy Graham to tell “Panther’s Rage,” a story so huge it ranges across the savannah, into the deepest jungles and up to the snow-topped mountains of Wakanda. Over its course McGregor & Co. would define T’Challa, give full depth and life to the Wakandas and their culture, while pitting the Panther against the murderous Erik Killmonger for control of the kingdom.

Not one to rest on his laurels, McGregor then set out to raise the bar once again, sending T’Challa to the American South to investigate the murder of Angela Lynne and its connection to the Klan and the history of the Soul Strangler. A challenging storyline by a challenging storyteller, you’ll read it and so much more in this much anticipated hardcover classic!

ISSUES REPRINTED
Jungle Action #6-24