HERO. ee alS MARVEL COMICS GROUPStie.te6. [UIE CAGE HERO ee Ly GRA; CEABELLA | STEVE ENGLENART ff 8, LEFTERMAN LETTERER ROY THOMAS |afecooree Paarer ft "07 Scorer CANE COUNSELLOR |STAN GOLDBERG, COLORIST | EDITOR NSS TOE AIN'T GLWAYS TING FOG REITING, CHLDRSN” TAKE Wks CAae = STUATION: APTER ontne oe SLOCEESFLILLY CONCEAL ING HIS PAST, Hi ARE RETURNING IN EORCE, LINKING Wit Spatehce VESTEROAYS ANO TODANS TO THRERTEN His MREECEMN IE NOT HIS VERY cima? FoR EXAMPLE. 1B, BABY, Ti So WHAT IP HES FoUae KONAP HIG GAL... AN duet WATCH THAT BLACK Boy Shine THROUB me Heo FoR as} 5, andor Institutions In this magazine withSUMAAY MORNING. 5:57 4.1.7 Qa i 74 B are ‘ WIE ELGG OTS OLDE PANT BPM CAS Te MOTHER OF--! WHAT KINDA GARBAGE WAS THAT PUBLIC- DEFENDER TYPE TRYIN’ TO FEED MEP CALLIN’ ME FROM THE TOMBS 70 TELL ME THAT PHIL FOx'S BEEN --BY CLAIRE TEMPLES REVENGE --IF ONLY FOR THE NONEE. THEY PLAN TO STAY AROUND THE BIG APPLE FOR ALONE Tints, WD EVEN NOW: THEY APPROACH A MEANS 10 THAT ENO h i __ THIS 16 WHY T SAID RACKHAM COULD MAIT FOR A WHILE, MY FELLOW! WE GOTTA THINK OF OUR FUTURE IN THIS BIG CIty WE HIME 12 I TURMOIL AS NE RACES FROM 1/5 THIRD FLOOR WaLk-UP YOU BEB, ME AND CLAIRE HAVE NEVER SPOMEN OF LOVE EXACTLY. OUT WHEN SHE WEEDE DP MELE; SHE CALLED Mint NA ao eeewars roar RAN e025 vecevey 70 ws STEPS. — t e0uT SEAGATE. MeBoE NW_HE EVEN TOLO CLAIRE... "ANP THE PROFITS FROM THIS LITTLE VENTURE WILL a BED TO START OUR OW BUSINESS. THIS 1S MORE THAN A HEIST-- IVS AN MVESTMENTS THIS 1S ONE OF HARLEM LARGEST ALL THE OTHERS WILE FALL RIGHT IN STEPS CROSSTOWN: CLAIRE TEV PLE LOOKS AT THE BANS FIRST | RAYS AND TRIES TO SORT THINGS OUT. SHE'S LEARNED A THAT A MAN SHE LOVES /S COURSE, FOR LURES SAKE, BUT DOES THAT MEAN SHELL AVE TE. PAY KOR HS FREEDOM WITH HER? BIE EO13 ALMOST DESERTED AS RACKHAM, WERE FONG EAR, SPEEDS OUT tar TECSEY. HE'S. RUNNING SCARED! MEAN TO THAT WEAK-KNEED IDIOT HADPA GRAB THE GUN WHEN T WAS TEACHIN' MAMA HERE TO BE COOPERATIVE! T PION T KILL HIM? EVEN IF SHE AAT CAGES GIRLFRIEND! SHES THE OLY ONE WHO KIN CONNECT ME TO THE SHOOTING BLAST THE CHICKEN FEEP LUCK 1 BEEN HAVIN’ IF THAT BOY LUCAS IG STILL AS MARD-NEADED AS HE WAS AT SEAGATE rt 1+HE'S GONNA BE AFTER MY TAIL BUT @ivene? NAITAMINNL Mapoe NT ME (s Ir ae TF GgT THIS HERE Boo ON'M! MEGBE T'Ad THE ONE WHO'S GOT MAE BY THE “TAIL NOW! YE@ Hi! ME AINT SEEM ME SINCE 2 CAME G9 TO NEW YORK...PON'T EVEN KNOW. IM OUTTA SEAGATE! HE PROBABLY PONT EVEN KNOW I GOT HIG OTHER WOMAN MERE? \\ al FRIEND OF MINE SAYS HE GOES OVER THE THAT'S IT, COMANCHE * WITH THis BACEMENT GRATING | uGoN Sui Manne, OFF WE CAN WAIT FOR WR. | SG Guare When We FRIEDMAN-= THE GWAR Give HIM OUR PROPOSITION, »» YEAM...WE ROUGH "IM UPA BIT, RELZEVE Vim OF SOME OF THAT BEAUTIFUL MONEY, AND LET IM KNOW WE'LL BE BACK =~ ‘CUZ I GOT ME SOME PLANS. TO aS THAT BOY! YEAH! 1 HOPE HE BOES COME AFTER ME_ HEH, HEH, HEH. WHEN WE DO COME BACK, TLL BE AT EVERY SIORE HE'S GOT! OUR BOYS'LL OFFER HIM PROTECTION GalnsT OTHER DUCES RIFPIN OFF A BIG. IMPORTANT BUSINESSMAN THINGS WE PO 1S PASS SENTENCE ON A FAT: JOWLED PIECE O BIRT NAMED RACKHAM SLPOLICE HEADGUARTERS WF OTEMPLE’ CL ARE TEMPLE! HAS A VISITOR.» WHERE DOT FIND HER > PUBLIC PEFENPER GAID SHE'S BEEN BOOKED HERE ON At FLAKY CHARGE O' MOMMICIDE ! WELL. SKE DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY! LUKE, CAGE, NERO FOR Hiktis! YOU MIGHTA HEARD OF ME IF YOU EVER POUNDED BEAT! NOW, STOP STALL You CAN WALK RIGHT OUT THE B00R YOU BUSTED IM. CAGE! SHE'S NOT GETTING ANY VISITORS UNTIL AFTER ARRAIGNMENT! AND WHO THE BLAZES Do ‘OU THINK YOU ARE TS come BUSTIN’ IN LIKE YOU OVPMED, THE JOINT? AND LVE HEAR OF YOU~-4 FREE-LANCE BHAMUS WITH OUT ANY LICENSE, LET ME GIVE YOU LIF TEM YOU PUMB Bre SENS OKAY, 50 YOU CARE ABOUT THAT GIRL i Five! 1 WISH MORE OF YOU PRIVATE EYES CARED ABOUT YOUR CLIENTS, ‘STEAD OF BEING OUT FOR THE FAST BUCK ALONE! BUT YOU START BOGARTIME AROUND POLICE HG AND YOU'LL END UP HURTING IN TROUBLE, TOO! NOW GET OUT OF HEE! T'tL SEND YOU A GEL FOR THE DOOR? AND CAGE--SEE ABOUT GeTTina 4 LICENSE! MAYBE YOURE RIGHT. MAN, BUT T CAN'T STOP WOW! T GOTTA GET SOME INFORMATION! AND L THINK f KNOW MOM!THE CRAYTON Bia DING 18 ACROSS THe STREET ROM THE TOMBS. 17S SIXTEEM FLOORS RISE OMY SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE THELVE OF ITS, MEIGHEOR. BUT THE DIFFERENCE 1S SVGMIFICANT == T AIN'T USED 70 READING UPSICE POWN, BUT THE DESK BOOK SHOWED ‘CLAIRE SIGNED IN ON THE SRETH FLOOR. BUILDING'S OL BUT THE ROOF SHOULD HOLD MY WEIGHT. OTHERWISE, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SURPRISED {OPS WHEN T COME CRASHING THROUSH ON THEM! WELL, HERE GOES... 2 += THREE HUNDRED POUNDS dirs Te Rar OF Mauice We SHU DOERS ROOF. AND CRACK E-—| - 2: CAGE SACKS UP THEN RACES, TOWARD THE EDGE OF THE Wa / ie uw FMREE HUNDREO POUNDS LEAPS FRO THE SIX TEEN= STORY Fer SE eES STRUCTURE ACROSS THE WIDE EXPENSE. == Manta, 17 HOLPSS TT MIGHT RAVE BEEN AN EXPLOSION BUT WEVE GOT NO TIME TO STAND. UP, TT SOUNDED LiKE A PLANE HIT THE ROOF! O'CONNOR! LEVITZ! GET THE BOMB sQUAaD MAKE IT FAS TS TO THE ROOF. ane GIL ARY! vou AND PAUL ROUND UP THE GUARDS! THIS MAY BE SOME KINP OF Tides BREAKSEAPAUAR TERS, G52 AMY WHE A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY GOES ON, THE oe 5. OE SQUAD es 7) =F MY WEIGHT. POESN'T PULL “¥ THESE BARS RiGH TEC TIVES AMD SPECIALIGIS HAVE REACHED THE OKAY IE 1 HAVEN'T 10ST COUNT, THIS 1S LUCAS, YOU'RE LUCKIER THAN ANY.SEVEN DUBES YOU KNOW. THOSE COPS WAS LOOKED OVER THE EDGE?! 4 & NOW ALL I GOT To fs PG 1s CLIMB DOWN JU10 ie LADY'S Celt| BUIET, WOMAN! YOU WANT TO BRING THE COPS IN MEREP T NEED OME INFORMATION. HOW'D YOU GET SUCKERED INTO THIS MURDER FRAME? - ‘MON, HERE ALL | DULCE! 1 CAN'T HANG OUT so MORNING! TVE GOT 1O KMOW LUKE...16 IT TRUE YOURE AN £SCAPED T DIDNT BEiIEVE HIM, BUTT HAP IWENT To HER APART MENT. 5 OVERHEARD Fox TALEING To SOME ‘One-- HS YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THE RAP FOR THIS! TLL FIND THAT OTHER GUY! PONT WORRY ABOUT IT, BABY! y TGOTA LAWYER PAL NAMED BIG BEN" DONOVANS THLE \s HIM A CHANCE TO PROVE Went boo WE ETO TA OOP HE IS! pivn| “ORGET 17, CLAIRE! IT'S NOT IMPORTAN, Hl BUT, LUKE... HE KNOWS! WHO YOu ARE! WHO, CLAIRE? WHO WAS FOX TALKING TOF San you TAL MiNS: Fo VOURSELR GILT WHAT'S THE AM. MEY! WHO'S THAT THERE? our T WENT IN. FOX WAS DEAD... 1 PICKED UP THE GUN... THEN, THE POLICE BURST IN! THAT was DUMB! Wud WAS THE OF WER ‘GuY? BID YOU GET A tow Non T, THINK HE VERT BY THE FORE ESCAPE,,.THE WINDOW WAS OPEN... ATT.1» CAUSE IF IM GONNA i CLEAR CLAIRE, TVE GOT A LOT OF GuM- SHOEW TO CO! 5 Eure calls i THE RESERVES. "IS BEN DONOVAN. JUST IN CASE, A THIS HAS TO TIE UP WITH Sera meee Sean je ANSWER. GET S0r4 FROM. = at 1 DION'T TELL FOX, LUCAS! T HAD A BG0x,,. A RECORT OF Fhe EXPERIMENT. He Aver Have’ STOLEN it! 715 AM “EID THE MAN WITH THE SOUTHERN AES THATS. THe THOUGHT THAT KEEPS: POUNGING AT CAGES BRAIN. TMIEN T+ g THE OTHER MAN Got ancy GOWN THE FIRE BS- are. Bur WHAT WERE HE AND Fox DOING HERE INS THE PRST PLACE AND WHERE IN BLAZES 16. MAS. TENKS? ‘SHOULDNT HAVE PONE THAT To POC IT AIN'T HIB. FAULT FOX LETEO THE BOOK! THE OTHER MAN MUST HAVE IT, IVE AROUNP, MISTER... aor RUBE IF you WD FOUL ME UP bing. AGAIN-= NICE GOING. oc! WRITE ME OPE ANY. OTHER BOOKS. YOU'VE GOT ToULL a are, Mee ‘MAYBE IT'S TET TALKED To FLEA,LEY, BROTHER? = was TKINDA FIGURE ITS) [DONT PLAY GAMES HOPIN' YOU'D DROP BY EVER SINCE T HEARD ABOUT OUR WOMAN Joe! coe BEING PICKED UP FOR o OFFIM' THAT FOX DUDEL iy , MEBBE t s¥OW tT YOU ME-- — [> ‘ ws ' eesone. j i we, seoTwer, eens Syl irs derrer ie, = seu wuy BON’ } Just FOLLOW SOME ERIE, OF YOURS, & es ee > =