Luke Cage is hired by Catherine Forsythe, a young woman who believes someone is trying to kill her wealthy grandfather. But when Cage travels to the Forsythe mansion in the country, he runs into deadly robots wearing suits of armor!

On Christmas Eve, Luke Cage puts the kibosh on criminal activity, all of which has been orchestrated by a mad man named Marley! And this Scrooge plans on detonating a nuclear bomb on Christmas morning! Can Cage prevent this detonation? Or will the blast steal Christmas and millions of lives?

Luke Cage is hired by a mysterious businessman to track a couple of thugs who have stolen technology from the client’s personal cache. Cage accepts the job, but quickly finds out the ‘thugs’ are actually robots! Caught off-guard, Cage struggles put up a fight! Plus, the appearance of a surprise super-villain!

Luke Cage is fed up with fending off thugs on the late Frank Jenks account, so he decides to dig deeper into Frank’s personal affairs. An illegal casino operator named Señor Suerte learns of Cage’s probing, and decides to silence Cage no matter the cost!

While Luke Cage was off fighting Spider-Man, a new villain emerged in New York City! Enter Chemistro, the inventor behind the alchemy gun! Cage is hired to defeat this new foe, but Chemistro won’t retire easily!

When a man is mauled to death by abnormally intelligent felines, the mayor of the city hires Luke Cage to investigate the crime! Cage follows a lead and gets attacked by wild cats. With their claws and fangs coated in poison, will the Hero for Hire survive this encounter to solve the mystery? A cat fight unlike any other!

Two of Cage’s old cellmates from Seagate Prison break out! At the Gem Theater, Big Ben Donovan pays Cage a violent visit. The two duke it out while Cage’s old cellmates make advancements towards exposing the hero as a felon!

Rackham has taken Mrs. Jenks hostage! To make matters worse, Claire Temple has been accused for the murder of Phil Fox! Luke Cage sets out to learn the truth and speaks with Claire, who assures him of her innocence. Cage vows to find the real killer, and clear Claire’s name!

Flea delivers Luke Cage to Comanche and Shades! After the convicts tell Cage how they escaped from prison, the four of them team-up to take down Rackham! Little do they know they are being stalked by a costumed man named Stilletto!

Look out world, here he comes - Luke Cage, Hero for Hire - and bullets won't stop him The early adventures of comics' first and foremost black superstar of the seventies are collected for the first time in one volume as Power Man defends his home turf against the likes of Diamondback, Mace, Black Mariah, Dr. Doom, Senor Suerte, Chemistro, Lionfang, Steeplejack, Cottonmouth, and more Guest-starring the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and Iron Man Collects Hero For Hire #1-#16 and Power Man #17-#27