*Marvel: Although often touted on his own front cover as ‘Marvel’s First Black Super-Hero’, Luke Cage, later Power Man, was the second such, after the Black Panther. But whereas T’Challa was a sophisticated, urbane monarch of a highly technological society, Luke Cage was All-American, and All-Cliché. Inner city ghetto? Check. Swear words amended to pass the Mother-Freakin’ Comics Code? Check. Unjust jail time? Check. Fat racist corrupt prison guard with a vendetta? Check. Said guard-with-a-grudge sabotaging an experiment so that it unexpectedly gives Luke super-powers? Oops. Liberated from prison, our hero goes ‘underground’, by setting himself up as a highly visible ‘Hero For Hire’, decked out in an attention-getting outfit of leather pants, bracelets, tiara, chain belt and fetching yellow chiffon blouse. (Look, it was the 1970s… ) After a lengthy career solo and in tandem with Iron Fist, Luke languished in limbo for a few years, before being revived in Netflix’s Jessica Jones TV series, then spinning off into his own eponymous show and a co-starring role in the Defenders series. Now riding higher than ever in the public eye, his first appearance in this issue less common than many of its contemporaries, as we suspect Marvel’s experimental #1’s didn’t print high numbers – is in very high demand. This copy is a CGC blue label, denoting no restoration, graded by them as 6.5, an equivalent to FN+, on sale at £200. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD