Hero for Hire #2

From the cover by John Romita, Luke Cage launches himself through the air across a city rooftop, yellow shirt billowing, on a collision course with an armed figure and the man the cover copy ominously bills as "Danger! Death! The man called Diamond-Back!" The street-level grit and kinetic action — broken glass lines slashing the composition, armed adversaries scattering across the urban backdrop — capture exactly the kind of raw, street-smart energy that made this 1972 series feel unlike anything else Marvel was publishing at the time. "Vengeance Is Mine!" promises a story with serious stakes, with Archie Goodwin writing and George Tuska on interior art.