CATALOG RECORD

Hero for Hire #4

Marvel · Series began 1972 · December 1972

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Phil Fox — first appearance
Phantom of 42nd Street (Armand Loring, Marvel) — first appearance
Phantom of 42nd Street (Jacques, Marvel) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date: December 1972
On sale: September 12, 1972
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Billy Grahaminks: Billy Graham, Syd Shoresletters: John Costanzascript: Archie Goodwin, Stan Lee

Stories

Cry Fear... Cry Phantom! · 20 pages
A decade-long inter-family feud over business erupts, with one of the antagonists posing as a phantom. A participant's suicidal plunge to the death also brings the other to his doom, exacting revenge in a homicidal leap from a high office in a tall building.

Publisher’s description

A supernatural being dubbed the 'Phantom of 45th Street' creeps into the Gem Theater! Luke Cage wakes to a fight he cannot win. The following day, Cage is hired to investigate the Phantom by someone else who has also been haunted. Can Luke uncover the secret of the Phantom before another night of midnight mischief?

Characters

Luke CagePhil FoxPhantom of 42nd Street

Reprinted in

Essential Luke Cage, Power Man (2005), Marvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Hero for Hire (2015), Luke Cage Epic Collection (2020), Luke Cage Omnibus (2021)