Nice Mouth
"When Cage gets MAD, he can cut loose with a stream of EXPLETIVES that lasts THREE HOURS and never REPEATS itself!" [Hero For Hire #8, April 1973]
"MOTHER OF--!" [Hero For Hire #1]I love my copy of Essential Luke Cage.
"MOTHERLESS FREAKIN' SCUM!" [Hero For Hire #6]
"Eat DIRT, man!" [Hero For Hire #7]
"JIVE-TALKIN', FREAKIN', MOTHERLESS CANDIDATE FOR THE PSYCHO HATCH!!" [Hero For Hire #8]
"You piece o' CRUD!"" [Ibid.]
"YOU MOTHERLESS MAGGOT-RIDDEN CHUNK OF STEAMIN'--" [Hero For Hire #13]
"Of all the freakin', mother-lovin' CRUD!" [Power Man #17]
"DOUBLE-CRUD!" [Ibid.]
"Holeeee CHRISTMAS!" [Power Man #19]
"SWEET JUMPIN' SISTER!" [Power Man #22]
"HOLY SPIT!" [Ibid.]
"HOLY MAMA!" [Power Man #23]
"CRIPES!" [Power Man #27]
4 comments:
Sweet Sister !
Luke Cage HERO FOR HIRE ( before it became POWERMAN) - was my absolute fave Marvel comic of the schwingin' 1970's ! I was thrilled to hear it had been ESSENTIAL-ised - I finally completed my own essential color collection recently - on a trip to the States ( I'm UK based) - I picked up the elusive issue 7 - kinda nice to buy this remaining issue from the actual country that sired this rockin' blaxploitation title !
HFH had a street cred that other Marvel titles failed to match - it was a down to earth mag - that pitted cage against a bunch of reptilian named villians like COTTON MOUTH and DIAMONDBACK - not to mention the incredible PIRANHA JONES or the supercool MR FISH !
Ade Salmon ( Mr Fish)
ESSENTIAL LUKE CAGE is indeed the finest work of literature known to man. It's hard to pick out a favorite passage, but here's a pair of captions from issue #13:
WHEN DASHIELL HAMMETT POPULARIZED "REALISTIC" DETECTIVES, HE TOOK PAINS TO POINT OUT HOW UNROMANTIC AND FRUITLESS MUCH OF THEIR WORK WAS.
RIGHT ON, DASH!
By the way, I almost injured myself standing on two chairs to reach my copy of ESSENTIAL LUKE CAGE on a high shelf -- just so I could post this. Do I get a special Superfrankenstein "I SUCK" prize?
--Stuart Moore
Stuart,
Not only is your nutty, nonexistent "I Suck" Prize winging its way to you, but your devoted derring-do has earned you the Luke Cage rank of Sweet Sister!
Like the man said... Right On!
Thanks, Superfrankenstein! And now, in the immortal words of (who else?) Luke Cage:
"Look, don't take it WRONG, but I'm BEAT, an' I SURELY do need a BATH!"*
--Stuart
* issue #9
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