LUKE CAGE, HERO FOR HIRE #16
LUKE CAGE, HERO FOR HIRE #16
Volume 1 · 1972-1973
Published
December 1973
Cover price
$0.20 USD
Edition
Era
Bronze
UPC
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Key issue
No

Creators

Writer
Tony Isabella
Penciler
Billy Graham
Inker
Frank McLaughlin
Letterer
Tom Orzechowski
Cover artist
Billy Graham, Gaspar Saladino
Editor
Roy Thomas

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Synopsis

Shake Hands With Stiletto! 1st APPEARANCE "STILETTO" (Thomas Stuart) Being brought to Comanche and Shades by Flea, Luke Cage learns of how they escaped from Seagate to get revenge against Rackham and also to set themselves up as costumed criminals in New York. He also learns of Phil Fox getting a hold of Noah's notebook, and his failed partnership with Rackham that left Fox dead, Mrs. Jenks in Rackham's clutches and Claire framed for Fox's murder. The four men agree to work together to stop Rackham, unaware that they are being stalked by a costumed man named Stiletto. Tracking Rackham to a home in New Jersey, the fight causes the house to collapse when Stiletto gets himself involved. Both Mrs. Jenks and Rackham are seriously injured in the collapse. While Cage is busy battling Stiletto on the property, Rackham tries to escape and is struck and killed by an arriving ambulance. Cage is stunned by Stiletto long enough for the attacker to escape, and the police arrive with Big Ben Donovan. Donovan, a lawyer, gets a confession from Jenks that Rackham was the real murderer of Phil Fox, clearing Claire's name before she died of her injuries in the ambulance. The police would arrest Shades and Comanche, and Luke would return to New York with Donovan where he would be reunited with the just released Claire.