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Hero for Hire #1

Jun 1972 · Marvel · 0.20 USD
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“Out of Hell -- A Hero!”

"Out of Hell — A Hero!" introduces Lucas, a man wrongfully imprisoned who undergoes a dangerous experiment that transforms him into a man with steel-hard skin after a sabotage by a violent guard. Escaping with a shattered past and a dead lover’s memory, he returns to seek justice against Stryker, the man who framed him and destroyed his life. Written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by George Tuska with inks by Billy Graham and John Romita, the cover by John Romita captures the intensity of a man reborn in fury.

writer Archie Goodwin · artist George Tuska · artist, inker John Romita · inker Billy Graham · letterer Skip Kohloff · cover John Romita

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artist, inker John Romita
letterer Skip Kohloff
cover pencils, 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.

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