There was a time in the 80s when the Power Man/ Iron Fist series was failing in terms of sales and Marvel made these cute house ads with one version having Fist whispering to us readers to try their mag and the other has Cage telling us to buy
Anyway, so what did they do to ramp up the sales? Well instead of giving us guest star after guest star, for some weird reason, the writers and editors didn't. They did give us stories with a bit of continuity every now and then sort of letting you buy the next couple of issues but that's it and I have to wonder why Spidey didn't drop by or the X-Men? Hehehe!
For me, I started this series with 108 and found myself actually enjoying the straightforward storytelling that stresses more on the human angle and this issue is no different. Here we have Power Man hanging out at the community church as apparently a kid was in there with a gun. Sad story is that the kid is no druggie or thieve. And he ... well ... you have to read the story okay?
While at the office, Iron Fist is approached by a beautiful, sad woman to find her husband as apparently he is ex-forces who has gone off the deep end in trying to bring justice to what he perceived as a world lacking and who he kills along the way including innocents do not bother him
Naturally thanks to TV coverage, Fist's search and Luke's stake out ends up intertwined and in the same place (cool storytelling) ... and the ending is more sad and tragic rather than a simple fist fight
Ratings: 8/10
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