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Heroes For Hire #1-5

  • Misty Knight
  • Colleen Wing
  • Humbug
  • Shang-Chi
  • Tarantula
  • Black Cat
  • Orka
  • Paladin
  • Iron Man
  • Captain America

 

  Heroes For Hire Vol. 1: Civil War TPB


Reprints: Heroes For Hire #1-5

List price: $13.99 (US) • $22.50 (Canada)
ISBN: 0-7851-2362-8
Original Release Date: 04/11/07
120 pages

About This Book:

As CIVIL WAR rages throughout the Marvel Universe, an unlikely group of heroes have gathered together to hunt down and capture criminals who refuse to sign the Registration Act. In response to the overwhelming number of masked fugitives on the loose, Misty Knight and Colleen Wing use their bail-bonds skills, underworld connections and government funding to lead an all-new Heroes for Hire into battle. Action, adventure, crime, beautiful women and Kung Fu chaos come together in this explosive new saga from writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, with art by Billy Tucci! Featuring Black Cat; Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu; Paladin; Misty Knight; Colleen Wing; and the all-new Tarantula.


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HEROES FOR HIRE #1-5:

Writers: Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti
Illustrators: Billy Tucci, Tom Palmer (#1-2), Francis Portela (#2)
Inks: Tom Palmer (#3)
Colors: Studio F's Marte Garcia, Brad Anderson (#2-3)
Letterer: Artmonkey's Dave Lanphear
Cover Art: Billy Tucci & Mark Sparacio
Editor: Mark Paniccia

HEROES FOR HIRE #1: "Taking it to the Streets Part 1"
22 pages + cover • October 2006

Previous to the Heroes For Hire taking on the Mandarin's Avatars, they negotiate with Iron Man, Reed Richards and Spider-Man to help round up violators of the Registration Act, but on Misty's terms that they will only track down villains, and only if she and her team gets "Stark-level" resources. The HFH go after a fake ID ring run by Vienna. The battle goes poorly until Shang-Chi, Paladin and Orka show up, and it turns out the whole operation by Vienna was a setup to draw villains in.

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HEROES FOR HIRE #2: "Taking it to the Streets Part 2"
22 pages + cover • November 2006

Misty excoriates Iron Man for letting the death of Goliath happen, and offers to track down Captain America to try and talk to him. Through the aid of an associate of Shang-Chi's, the HFH make contact with an obnoxious demon named Pixiu, through whom they determine Cap's location.

In the meantime, they uncover a messy, abandoned lab where organ extraction had been taking place. Looking into it, the lab was used to transplant Skrull organs, Reed Richards informs them. The HFH finally find Cap's hideout, and Misty is unsuccessful in getting Cap and Luke to give up. Paladin surprises them and attacks Cap, quickly subduing everyone and calling SHIELD to inform them that mission has been accomplished.

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HEROES FOR HIRE #3: "Taking it to the Streets Part 3"
22 pages + cover • December 2006

Captain America is taken into SHIELD custody, but later it's discovered that, with the help of Shang-Chi, Cap switched places with Paladin in the melee. The HFH talk to Cap, wish him well, but tell him they can't side with him.

The Skrull organ harvesting is being done in a secret laboratory on Hart Island by The Corporation, with the goal of helping super-humans disguise themselves to avoid registration. Misty and the team confer with Reed and Iron Man and tell them they're on the case to track down the organ harvesters. The Golden Dragon headquarters of Heroes For Hire is blown up by a bomb. Ricadonna is busted out of Sing Sing by her Skrull-enhanced compadres.

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HEROES FOR HIRE #4:
22 pages + cover • January 2007

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HEROES FOR HIRE #5:
22 pages + cover • February 2007

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-- synopsis by Gormuu


       
     

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