Hero for Hire #2 Signature Series: Stan Lee and John Romita (Marvel, 1972) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $2,280.00
Sold: Nov 2, 2020
Hero for Hire #2 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1972
About Hero for Hire #2
Origin of Luke Cage retold. First appearance of Claire Temple. Diamondback appearance. John Romita Sr. cover. George Tuska art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Luke Cage; Diamondback
Pencils: John Romita
Inks: John Romita
Letters: Morrie Kuramoto
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Luke Cage; Claire Temple (introduction); Dave "D. W." Griffith (introduction); Diamondback (villain); Gadget (villain; introduction); Dobbs (villain; introduction); Curtin (villain; introduction)
Synopsis: Luke battles the man who framed him and sent him to prison, as seen in issue #1. Flashback of origin from first issue is included.
Pages: 20.000
Script: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: George Tuska
Inks: Billy Graham
Letters: John Costanza
Notes: Page 7 has reference to the lawsuit over Captain Marvel between D.C. and Fawcett: a costume shop clerk offers the famous costume to Luke Cage as he seeks an affordable costumed super-persona.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
|
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 43 | 61 | 61 | 46 | 51 | 85 | 100 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 633 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 44 | 62 | 61 | 48 | 55 | 87 | 102 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 657 |
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