Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $9.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1973-12-01 |
| 6.0 | $11.31 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1973-12-01 |
| 8.0 | $64.54 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1973-12-01 |
| 9.2 | $92.42 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1973-12-01 |
| 9.4 | $84.98 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1973-12-01 |
| 9.6 | $515.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1973-12-01 |
| 9.8 | $468.06 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1973-12-01 |
| RAW | $9.75 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1973-12-01 |
| 10.0 | $608.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1973-12-01 |
| 9.6 | $30.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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The table includes 9 guide observations and 1 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 85 graded copies for Hero For Hire #16 (1973). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Shake Hands with Stiletto!
Continued from last issue...
Being brought to Comanche and Shades by Flea, Luke Cage learns of how they escaped from Seagate to get revenge against Rackham and also to set themselves up as costumed criminals in New York. He also learns of Phil Fox getting a hold of Noah's notebook, and his failed partnership with Rackham that left Fox dead, Mrs. Jenks in Rackham's clutches and Claire framed for Fox's murder. The four men agree to work together to stop Rackham, unaware that they are being stalked by a costumed man named Stiletto.
Tracking Rackham to a home in New Jersey, the fight causes the house to collapse when Stiletto gets himself involved. Both Mrs. Jenks and Rackham are seriously injured in the collapse. While Cage is busy battling Stiletto on the property, Rackham tries to escape and is struck and killed by an arriving ambulance. Cage is stunned by Stiletto long enough for the attacker to escape, and the police arrive with Big Ben Donovan.
Donovan, a lawyer, gets a confession from Jenks that Rackham was the real murderer of Phil Fox, clearing Claire's name before she died of her injuries in the ambulance. The police arrests Shades and Comanche, and Luke returns to New York with Donovan where he reunites with the just-released Claire.
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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * Englehart stated he and Graham co-plotted this story. Isabella stated he wrote this story without assistance from Englehart or Graham. * Page one credits "Special Thanks to Len Wein and Marv Wolfman". * After this issue, and as announced on the last story page, the title changes its name from *Hero for Hire* to *Power Man* to reflect the shift to Cage becoming more of a conventional super-hero book. * Additional writer references from [http://SteveEnglehart.com SteveEnglehart.com]. * No letters page is published in this issue.
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Creative credits
Writers: Tony Isabella
Interior art: William Graham Jr.
Color: Linda Lessmann
Source records & attribution
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COMICBASE: comicbase:528804
GCD: 26978
PANEL PROFITS: 2410787