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Hero for Hire#1
Cover: John Romita & John Romita
Hero for Hire #1
“Out of Hell -- A Hero!”
writer Archie Goodwin · artist George Tuska · artist John Romita · inker Billy Graham · inker John Romita · letterer Skip Kohloff · cover John RomitaJohn Romita
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Cast · 7 characters
Full credits
writer Archie Goodwin
artist George Tuska
artist John Romita
inker Billy Graham
inker John Romita
letterer Skip Kohloff
cover pencils John Romita
cover inks John Romita
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While serving time for a crime for which he was framed, Lucas volunteers for a medical experiment in a bid to earn parole. The chemical bath treatment is sabotaged by his nemesis, a violent guard, and the result ends in giving Lucas steel hard skin. He escapes and is presumed dead because his shirt, riddled with bullet holes, is recovered. Lucas vows revenge on Stryker, his former friend, who framed him and also caused the death of Reva, his romantic interest.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).