Hero for Hire #7 (1973) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Billy Graham; inks: Billy Graham; letters: Danny Crespi	Luke Cage; Marley
1	Jingle Bombs!	comic story	20	script: Steve Englehart; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Billy Graham; colors: David Hunt; letters: John Costanza	Luke Cage; Marley (villain; introduction); Selma Pennington; Claire Temple; Noah Burstein
2	Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! (Or: Those Wedding Bells are Waking Up that Old Bullpen Gang of Mine!)	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
3	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Collection	Year
Marvel Treasury Edition #8	1975	On eBay ›
Essential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-1685-0	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-9180-3	2015	On eBay ›
Retribution ISBN 978-1-302-92831-5	2020	On eBay ›
Luke Cage Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-94496-4	2021	On eBay ›

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