(January 1973)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-10-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #89 September 1972.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[Black Mariah shoots Luke Cage as he fights and repels gang]
Luke Cage / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Billy Graham (signed as B G)
- Inks
- Billy Graham (signed as B G)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Luke Cage; Black Mariah; gang members
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Gli Albi dei Super-Eroi (Editoriale Corno, 1973 series) #29 -
in Seriemagasinet solohæfte (Interpresse, 1972 series) #11 -
in Essential Luke Cage, Power Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005) -
in Luke Cage : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2018 series) #1972-1973 (novembre 2018) - in Luke Cage Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 - Retribution (2020)
- in Luke Cage Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Graham's signature has his initials overlaid in a monogram.
Don't Mess With Black Mariah!
Luke Cage / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Steve Englehart (credited)
- Pencils
- George Tuska (credited)
- Inks
- Billy Graham (credited)
- Colors
- Mimi Gold (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nope, no words of ponderous parallels.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Al (antagonist); Bob (antagonist); Carl (antagonist); Flea (supporting); Phil Fox; Frank Jenks (death) (first appearance); Mimi Jenks (supporting) (first appearance); Luke Cage (featured); Black Mariah (antagonist) (first appearance); Shinytop (villain; introduction)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- A "Ma Barker" type gang poses as ambulance drivers and rob the dead.
- Reprints
- in L'Inattendu (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #4 (4e trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #12 (Junho de 1983) - in Essential Luke Cage, Power Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in Luke Cage : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2018 series) #1972-1973 (novembre 2018)
- in Luke Cage Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 - Retribution (2020)
- in Luke Cage Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
- Keywords
- 42nd Street; Gem Theater
Indexer Notes
A "special thanks" credit appears on the splash page to original writer Archie Goodwin. Cage's origin is briefly referenced.
Football player Dick Butkis is mentioned.
[no title indexed]
Comments to Cage / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino; typeset
- Feature Logo
Comments to Cage- Reprints
- in Luke Cage Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes an ad for Monster Madness # 1.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Black Mariah shoots Luke Cage as he fights and repels gang]
Luke Cage -
1.
Don't Mess With Black Mariah!
Luke Cage -
2.
[no title indexed]
Comments to Cage
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bromley
- Nick Caputo
- João Clérigo
- Steve Coates
- Del Gruber
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Richard Thomson
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