Power Man #22
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freePower Man #22 marks the first appearance of Discus (Tim Stuart), the younger brother of Stiletto and a recurring street-level antagonist whose grudge against Luke Cage is rooted directly in Cage's prison-break origin story. By tying the brothers' motivations to warden Tyler Stuart's dismissal after Cage's escape from Seagate, writer Tony Isabella deepened the thematic world of Marvel's first African-American headlining superhero, grounding its villainy in institutional consequences rather than generic evil. The issue also rounds out a two-part arc begun in #21 that introduced the name-rights conflict with Erik Josten, signaling that the newly rechristened Power Man series was actively building a distinct rogues' gallery and a more serialized narrative identity. Taken together, issues #21 and #22 represent one of the earliest sustained attempts in the run to make Luke Cage's street-level corner of the Marvel Universe feel consequentially interconnected.
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Tony Isabella was Marvel's regular writer on the Power Man title through this stretch of the mid-1970s, having come up through the editorial offices after Roy Thomas hired him as an assistant in 1972. The series was operating under editor-in-chief Len Wein during this period, with Roy Thomas also credited as editor on adjacent issues. Penciller Ron Wilson handled the art chores, inked by Vince Colletta and colored by Petra Goldberg — a consistent creative unit that gave the title a recognizable visual continuity across its early issues. The book had only recently shed its Hero for Hire branding with issue #17, and Isabella was tasked with building out its cast and world under the new Power Man banner, a change driven in part by a desire to increase sales.
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- First appearance of Discus (Timothy 'Tim' Stuart), a costumed criminal wielding disc-shaped flying blades and a jet-pack, making his debut as an antagonist of Luke Cage.
- Discus is the younger son of Tyler Stuart, the Seagate Prison warden who lost his job after Carl Lucas (Luke Cage) escaped — giving both Stuart brothers a personal vendetta rooted in Cage's own origin.
- The story title is 'The Broadway Mayhem of 1974'; it was released on September 17, 1974, with a December 1974 cover date.
- Written by Tony Isabella with pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Vince Colletta, colors by Petra Goldberg, and letters by Joe Rosen; Len Wein served as editor-in-chief.
- The issue serves as the second chapter of a two-part arc following Power Man #21, concluding the Stiletto/Discus team-up; their father Tyler Stuart personally arrives at the end of the brawl to convince Cage to stand down.
- Discus went on to appear in multiple subsequent Marvel titles including Power Man and Iron Fist #50, Iron Man #126–127 (in Justin Hammer's employ), and Power Man and Iron Fist #110.
- The story has been reprinted in Essential Luke Cage, Power Man Vol. 1 (2005), Marvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Power Man Vol. 2 (2017), and the Luke Cage Epic Collection Vol. 1: Retribution (2020).
- A French black-and-white reprint appeared in the Arédit-Artima series L'Inattendu #22 (1980), reflecting international distribution of the early Luke Cage material.
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Reprinted in Capitan America #90 (1976), L'Inattendu #22 (1980), Essential Luke Cage, Power Man #1 (2005), Marvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Power Man #2 (2017), Luke Cage Epic Collection #1 (2020), Luke Cage Omnibus #[nn] (2021), Aπάνθρωποι [Inhumans] #6
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