{"id":5084,"date":"2010-12-27T12:57:55","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T16:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2010-12-27T12:57:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T16:57:55","slug":"hero-dynamite-and-henchman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=5084","title":{"rendered":"Hero, Dynamite and Henchman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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That’s the cover above to Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1<\/strong>.\u00a0 I can remember buying the first issue off the stands [cover date June 1972<\/strong>].\u00a0 Lucas<\/strong> was sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit.\u00a0 In an effort to get early release, Lucas<\/strong> agreed to an experimental treatment designed to boost a person’s immunity to illness.\u00a0 Instead it gave him super-strength<\/strong> and steel hard skin<\/strong>.\u00a0 Lucas<\/strong> used his new powers to escape prison and take on the identity of Luke Cage, Hero for Hire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I loved the idea of a hero who took on cases like a private eye. \u00a0\u00a0 And although Cage<\/strong> was a “Hero for Hire” <\/strong>he often took on cases for no pay when the cause was right.\u00a0 I really got into the comic.\u00a0\u00a0 In “shop” class we had to create business cards, so while other kids were creating cards as lawyers, plumbers and the like, I created cards that read “Blackjack Joey, Hero for Hire.”<\/strong> I explained to the teacher that “Blackjack Joey” <\/strong>was my secret identity [taking the moniker of my favorite professional wrestler, Blackjack Mulligan<\/strong>, and combining it with my middle name Joseph<\/strong>].<\/p>\n

That was over 38 years<\/strong> ago.\u00a0 So you can imagine my amusement when looking through the December<\/strong> issue of Previews<\/strong> to see these<\/em> two comics coming out in the early months of 2011<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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That’s the cover to Black Dynamite: Slave Island<\/em> <\/strong>coming from Ape Entertainment<\/strong>.\u00a0 It’s a 48 page full color graphic novel<\/strong> based on the “Black Dynamite”<\/strong><\/em> movie which starred Michael Jai White<\/strong>.\u00a0 Black Dynamite: Slave Island<\/strong><\/em> was written by Brian Ash <\/strong>with art by Jun Lofamia<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 The book is suggested for mature readers<\/strong> and will set you back $5.95<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Harry Walton: Henchman for Hire<\/strong><\/em> is a 62 page full color graphic novel<\/strong> [$9.95] from Arcana Studio<\/strong>.\u00a0 Written by Zak Sherman<\/strong> with art by Tom Martinek<\/strong> and Jason Worthington<\/strong>, it is the story of a “disenfranchised ex-super-hero sidekick” who decides to “work his way up the ranks” and become a super-villain.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure either of the two books are my cup of tea, but they did make me want to go back and re-read Luke Cage, Hero for Hire<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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