1. Immortal Iron Fist - hot hot hot when it was launched with David Aja but less than 24 issues before it fizzled out2. Moon Knight - similarly sizzling when it was launched with David Finch (hey 2 Davids!) but again ran out of steam after only a dozen issues
Now as to Cage .. well this was an oddball choice as it came out in 1992 during the comic boom. At that time, Cage was the old Power Man with the Afro hair, yellow shirt, chain belt type and then when that series finally ended ... this popped up ... and everyone was surprised because now Luke has dropped his 70s look ... and become someone from the then current R&B crop
Naturally the series launched super-hot with back issues going up the rates but after less than 6 months, you knew it would not survive much longer regardless of guest stars or villains galore!
As for issue 2, we quite like it and have read it a few times over the years. Firstly, the artwork on the cover and interior is nothing to shout at but adequate. So is the colouring. However, what is good is Cage now no longer Heroes for Hire but still needing to make ends meet and trying to live it down. So he does all sorts including body guard
What is another cool point is that while the main character is black or African American, in one of the rare times, the writer manages to balance the tone of the book. Here we have him protecting someone who enjoys going overboard about the solidarity of his black brothers and what-not and naturally stirring the ire of white supremacists which in this case is also anti-mutants i.e. those weird robot like chaps with strange smiley faces which turns out to have real people within
As a more relevant guest star, we have Dakota North, a regular white woman who supposedly dresses fashionably and yet is a PI. Go figure!
A bit of a fight, a bit of tension and some good dialogue ensue with the final pages a lead up to issue 3's next action packed adventure
Overall, nothing to run out and find but if you do, have a flip through
Ratings: 6/10
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