POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #51-53 (1978)
Guess who drew this story?
Ignore the stilted dialog and look at the art. Can you place it? It’s by one of the most distinctive artists of the 1980s.
Mike Zeck! But…That doesn’t look like Mike Zeck?!?
It’s probably Ernie Chan’s inks that are throwing you off, or maybe that this is a very early example of his work. It’s nowhere near as classic as Zeck’s later work, but it’s interesting to see how he drew in the beginning.
Nightshade and a group of Harlem criminals have used robots to take Misty Knight captive. Iron Fist and Luke free her. They break through walls a lot (hence the “Hey, Kool Aid!” tag below), and get workouts by fighting thugs…
…And robots.
Robots? Nightshade is supposed to be a werewolf whisperer. Werewolves would have been a lot cooler.
And here, Iron Fist gives Cage a fighting tip….
Uh…I think you mean BELOW the waist, Danny. The weak spot is 8 centimeters BELOW the waist.
It doesn’t matter anyway. Luke doesn’t do the metric system.
Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu #1-6 (2002)
This was a MAX title by what is probably the best creative team ever to work on Shang Chi:Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy. It pits Chi against the heretofore unknown other…
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #43-45 (2002): 1st Luke Carlyle Dr. Octopus
Peter tries to make peace and win back Mary Jane. Aunt May serves as moderator. Meanwhile, Doc Ock builds new arms for a youngster who betrays him. That’s Luke Carlyle….
Weapon X #1-4 (2002-2003): The Hunt for Sabretooth
Over the course of some exceptionally mediocre issues of Wolverine and then some even mediocre-er one-shots, Frank Tieri introduced a revived Weapon X program. Now there’s a series about it….