Gee ARVEL COMICS GROUP. | POWE: M1403 ae moe CELLUKE CAGE: Wrongly convicted. and sentenced to-prison—reborn’ ina ek experiment there that gave him steel-hard skin and strength beyond belief—a man who hides his identity as an escaped convict in the role of a HERO FOR HIRE! sta LUKE CAGE, POWER MAN! A SIMPLE ENOUGH 74ZE TOLD IN A SIMPLE-MINDED MANNER BY... BILL MANTLO-GEORGE PEREZ ‘McWILLIAMS COSTANZA, ca7rERce M,.WOLEMAN _writer - ae eee Oates INKER JANE Bi ceLomiey. E2'TOR COME AME, LUCAS! YOU AIN'T N THE HO Z E STOKER Cet TAK OVER THE VACANT BUILDING A NWEXT DPOOe, TURNIN' IT INTO A BLASTED | GYMNAS(Hh, WHATEVER THEM DPUPES ARE POLVOIN ' ON IS DRIVIN ' ME RIGHT OUTTA MY SKCLL MAN #5 23,245 2S. -- MARVELOUS MARY. POWER MAN is published by MARVEL COMICS GROUP, OF FICE OF PUBLICATION: 575 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022. Published bi-monthly. Copyright ©1975 by Marvel Comics Group. A division of Cadence Industries Corporation.- All rights reserved 575 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. Vol. 1, No. 27, October, 1975 issue. Price 25¢ per copy in the U. S. and Canada. Subscription rate $3.50 for 12 issues. Canada $4.25. Foreign $5.50, No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental, Printed in the United States of America.OUL 7 iTAN’ HEAD Our TO THE PARK FOR SOME AIR--CLEAR | MY WEAP A LITTLE’ FIGGER OUT WHAT AN' OUT- aoe PONER HAN DOES MEK, se NT ROUND ON THE CAUSE THEY’ PROB Ly WOULEW T IT OVER ALL THE OSE THEY Oe ___. MAKIN‘! 7 UHHH« SARRY, | MISTERiANP THO HE? --I DIDN'T MM YER Wat NONE! tena MAP FOR?Z GETTIN ‘SO 01 AVE OUTLET WILL DO AT US POINT. me 3 i a LYCTLRE WINDOW IN THAT WALL, I WOULD 'VE PUT ONE THERE MIVSEL FS WHY YOU KEEP CALLIN' ME AAMES, MISTER 7 BERNIE’p SAY YOU GO A CHIP ON YER SAY, PER OR SUMPIN’! _B BERNIE'S ALWAYS SAYIN [2 SMART STUFF LIKE : PHAAT £ cK WHILE "LL COLLECTORS BU Sac THIS OSFICE AIN'T © MEE, FATTY. BUT IT! : AUNE. SMSF OF, MAN! T. NEEDED SOMETHIN’ TO TODAY=- AN YOUR / HEY! WHATCHA POM TAMY OS? — MURTY. MY AN ES, NSTER! CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEI DON'T WANT Vir LAIN'T CA77CE, iM O' BEIN' Wee OF TO THINS a MI6TER--AN'T AIN AG. PUMPEP ON I WANT TO BE — ABOLIT WHAT JUST LIKE THE\ / IM DOIN --JUST REST OF THIS /ACT’ JUST HURT, A STINKIN’ C/7YY LIKE ALL THE OTHE CATTLE WHO WALK ALL OvVEse PEOPLE! 7 AN' ONCE TI PIN YA NOW LOOK “7 DOWN-- MAYBE WE I WANT $5 REMEMBER CAN ZAZA WI? OUT YOU JUST THE WAY YOU ARE AGH’ NOT THE WAY vere ‘RE GONNA AFTER GONNA UBE ¥3¢/ TO STUFF UP THE , RIGHT ~~ BEHIND YOU, PEA - BRAIN | LEAVE 6O OF WILLIE, MISTER! HE DIDN'T MEAN TA BANG UP YER WALL! 'SIDES-- T'LL PAY TA HAVE TAME! HE NEEDS A HES ALWAYS Reena! 70 SAyi WHO'LL PLT HIM MEAN STUFF IN HIS CAGE AN’ / LIKE THAT, WILLIE! AN’ LET'S GO --YOU BUSTED - IN ON AUS TROUBLES! PEOPLE mg GOT THE JAUME TO DEAL WIT' OFAE PEOPLE WHEN THEY SON aes!-» AN! THEN THEY WALK O0/7” LEAVIN’ MNVAGE ME FEELIN’ LIKE A SIZE TEN JUST WALKED OVER AN’ STUCK CAN YOU BEAT FMAT? THEY ITSELE IN MY MOUTH? BUST IN ON ME-- SCREW iP UY OLFICE -- AND THEY'RE RIGHT. 7 COULD “= WHEN ALL "TESS Aesur ane OUT OF MY REACH f a” TI USED TA BE ONE ODA Bear! SURE, WILLIE! AIN'T DAT GS, SURE YA COLILDA! NOW RELAX LIGHT, BERNIE? _INTA THE MAT== KICKED AN' PUNCHED! ITAIN'T NO | ER YOU CAN'T STRAIGHT NO DAT CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEITHAD TC BE Y ‘WORTH SAME- ey TRAV = THE WAY HE WAS GHTIN’ TO KEEP ITAN’ ALL! \ KEPT YELLIN’ SOMETHIN’ ” ABOUT THE AI7= OF AEHHAMIT XS OY WAYBE IF L_STASH THE GOCOPS HERE Cf THE COPS LL AVSS AAA MOTHER : AN GREW MURPHY 'S LITTLE ) MW OW BOY SRUINO & ef < A. JUST FOUND HISSELF AN CLT LEADIN ‘INTO kK SOME KINDA COCKER ROOM f KEEP YOUR MINES FIXED ON FATE, PILGRIMS, 'CAUSE AE. A CO-STAR IN THIS LITTLE LTS FATE THAT SET BRUNO MURPPY TO KILLING OLD 2OC ke EMP, / SIRENS AGAIN! SOUNPS LIKE THEY'RE : RIGHT A FORIULEA THAT WAS FED 10 A CERTAIN : TO PICK UP THE DROPPED Vial CONTAINING A FLU ” THAT CHANGED THE Man Ae. HAN -- WAAT A CERTAIN OF Pe CAE MLLA WOULD HAVE YOU GOT AIM, MARTY! PBuT WHY'D HE TRY 10SHCOT? AREAAET OF AN ABINOONEES NPONEP, "Gale IN THE NEISHEORMECOY LIKE WE SAID, FOLKS... PATE! ANC A WAL STILL. AIPOEN IN A LOCKER...JM THE REAR OF A REFUR- HEY BERNIE! LIKE YOU YOU'RE G/VIN L/P ON ME, BSHEC GY OWNED SY A TINKS IM BERNIE! YOUSE AIN'T NO SHORT WRESTLING MANAGE? SE |S TO, BETTER DEN POSE ANG. HIS AGING STAR. CASHIN’ ; hing ie LACGHEP 4LL Ee! Z TELL YOUSE IM GONNA MAKE A COMEBACK, BERNIE! AS : GET OUTTA "X" DA MARVEL IM GONNA SET jy | HERE, BERNIE, 7, JERK IF DATS + YOU WANT! "SO WHA’ AHEAD, BERNIE STEINGINGER | STOOP! DON'T WEED A HAS: ta4a4 aw) BEEN LIKE vou I ON HIS HANDS! YP I STuck WITH YOU ‘CAUSE YOU WAS L/CKEO.” GO AHEAD! PLAY 'X” THE MARVEL AN' GET WHAT's & LEFT OF THAT G4A7MEAL YOU : CALL BRAINS KICKED OUT OF YOU! SHAKES LIKE PERE'S SUMPIN INSIDE! __. HIOPE YOURE REMEMBERING TO THINK ABOUT FATE... CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEWILLIE DANCE HOLDS Of... i i tee ] wy /BUT WHAT PO ey MEAN-- Wie ee Har eens TiN Ne 72 OVPES,! T HE WALKED BROKE [A PAAR? OUT ON ME, DA BERNIE'S GONNA CRUME! JUST BE REAL ee LIKE ‘ALL DA Ja ep be UP iN Te OF WILLIE DANCES EXT DOOR! HE A/T ME DIS MORNING! } (Ag Pe eee. \ Sa a JHEY, BRO’! 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GET UXT L WANT ay YOU STANOCIN ’ BEFORE | to) Ll KNOCK yOu LOMA X IS GETTIN’ Ge MISTER! | WHAT'RE you YUH CRAZY £ TERA Ff CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEWE TORN SECTION OF THe BRICK WALL FLIES... T AIN'T DONE WITH YOU YE7/[GET THAT STRETCHER ) KEEP YOUR GUNS | OVER HERE! ON THE ERG GUY POUBLE! ae HE S--HE's SHRINKING THE CORS NOP ANP WILLIE Bienes eae pe HS Me COS MAGER. SIRENS WL ING THEY. BOTH VANISA FROM dZv? STREET AND? THE LIFE OF PORE? EVER eae ABOUT KICKIN WOO? AROUND, LUCAS! COMPARED