Why it's Hot:
- Cover art by John Romita Sr. and George Tuska
- 1st Appearance and Origin of Luke Cage (Power Man), the first Black superhero to headline a title in mainstream comics
- Luke Cage gains his powers through Project Power (Weapon VI), a variant of the Super-Soldier serum
- 1st Appearance of Diamondback (Willis Stryker)
- 1st Appearance of Shades and Comanche
- Luke Cage appeared in the MCU Netflix series Luke Cage (2016–2018) and The Defenders (2017)
- Record sale: $102,000 (CGC 9.8)
Synopsis:
Carl Lucas, unjustly imprisoned at Seagate Prison and subjected to brutal guard abuse, volunteers for a Super-Soldier experiment conducted by Dr. Noah Burstein. A sabotaged procedure transforms him into a man with steel-hard skin and superhuman strength — and after breaking out of prison, he reinvents himself as Luke Cage: Hero for Hire. Story titled 'Out of Hell — A Hero!'
