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Marvel's Mightiest Heroes Graphic Novel Collection #49
Luke Cage: Nuevos Avengers + Power Man & Iron Fist
Avenger. Defensor. Héroe de alquiler.
Luke Cage persofinica qué significa ser un superhéroe en el siglo XXI. UN hueso duro de roer y con una galería de villanos a la par, ha pasado de ser un matón a sueldo a un nuevo vengador. Ahora, LUke está a punto de volver a sus raíces, en una misión personal que lo ve retornando a las calles que lo hicieron. Los héroes más poderosos de Marvel: Luke Cage incluye historias clásicas que abarcan todo el recorrido de la carrera de Luke Cage como luchador contra el crimen, registrando cómo el héroe de alquiler se convirtió en un ícono.
Luke Cage persofinica qué significa ser un superhéroe en el siglo XXI. UN hueso duro de roer y con una galería de villanos a la par, ha pasado de ser un matón a sueldo a un nuevo vengador. Ahora, LUke está a punto de volver a sus raíces, en una misión personal que lo ve retornando a las calles que lo hicieron. Los héroes más poderosos de Marvel: Luke Cage incluye historias clásicas que abarcan todo el recorrido de la carrera de Luke Cage como luchador contra el crimen, registrando cómo el héroe de alquiler se convirtió en un ícono.
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Published May 1, 2016
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January 12, 2021
Marvel's Mightiest heroes Book 49.
Two stories starring Power Man AKA Luke Cage. In the first, from the 70s, we see Luke teaming-up with Iron Fist to take on a gang of robot hoodlums controlled by the villainess Deadly Nightshade.
The second story sees Luke, now an Avenger, returning to the streets to take down a heroin ring in Philadelphia.
Created to tap into the market created by the popularity of 'Blaxploitation' and kung fu movies, Claremont's story here is very much of its time and therefore contains a few racial stereotypes, awkward jive-talk and women wandering around in their underwear for some reason.
However, despite all that I actually rather enjoyed it. Perhaps its because I grew up loving things like both 'Shaft' and Bruce Lee movies, so this story hits a very particular nostalgia button for me, but I actually think there's more to it than that. This story is very much of the so-called 'street level' style and both Cage and Danny Rand make excellent protagonists for that.
I'll admit that until the Netflix TV series I had little interest in these two characters, but now I see them in a more appreciative light and enjoyed seeing them in action together for the first time. (Yeah, that's right, that's me saying I didn't hate the Iron Fist Netflix series. Come at me, bro!)
The second story here is very well chosen to compliment Luke's origins. In recent years he has become a leading member of the Avengers, making him an A-list Marvel hero in a way he never was before, but Arcudi cleverly takes him away from all of that and back to tackling a street level criminal ring with little or no back-up.
It's not a game-changing story by any measure, but it is a well-written and satisfying return to his roots for Luke Cage.
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Two stories starring Power Man AKA Luke Cage. In the first, from the 70s, we see Luke teaming-up with Iron Fist to take on a gang of robot hoodlums controlled by the villainess Deadly Nightshade.
The second story sees Luke, now an Avenger, returning to the streets to take down a heroin ring in Philadelphia.
Created to tap into the market created by the popularity of 'Blaxploitation' and kung fu movies, Claremont's story here is very much of its time and therefore contains a few racial stereotypes, awkward jive-talk and women wandering around in their underwear for some reason.
However, despite all that I actually rather enjoyed it. Perhaps its because I grew up loving things like both 'Shaft' and Bruce Lee movies, so this story hits a very particular nostalgia button for me, but I actually think there's more to it than that. This story is very much of the so-called 'street level' style and both Cage and Danny Rand make excellent protagonists for that.
I'll admit that until the Netflix TV series I had little interest in these two characters, but now I see them in a more appreciative light and enjoyed seeing them in action together for the first time. (Yeah, that's right, that's me saying I didn't hate the Iron Fist Netflix series. Come at me, bro!)
The second story here is very well chosen to compliment Luke's origins. In recent years he has become a leading member of the Avengers, making him an A-list Marvel hero in a way he never was before, but Arcudi cleverly takes him away from all of that and back to tackling a street level criminal ring with little or no back-up.
It's not a game-changing story by any measure, but it is a well-written and satisfying return to his roots for Luke Cage.
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June 29, 2024
"Engraçado...salvar o mundo é fácil... mas salvar a vizinhança é bem mais complicado".
Bem vamos pelas duas histórias que há na edição, pois a abordagem de cada uma é tão distinta, mas de qualidade tão igual que me vejo obrigado a falar das qualidades e defeitos de cada uma separadamente.
Começando pelas histórias mais antigas que enquadram o começo da carreira de Luke Cage (Lucas para os íntimos) em sociedade com Daniel "Danny" Rand, primeiro ponto que deve ser dito: Chris Claremont que monstro dos quadrinhos da época misericórdia, virou meu padrinho da Marvel, tudo que eu toco da editora dessa época tem um dedo do canalha, ok tirando o fanatismo os pontos que devem ser abordados começando pelos negativos: A questão da urgência é um pouco deixada de lado, você entende o perigo quando no primeiro embate, nosso herói que é acostumado a ser pouco mais que uma parede inabalável é capotado na porrada e colocado no chão, porém em questão de "precisamos fazer algo se não..." esse se não é muito fraco, mesmo quando há perigo para a vida dos personagens falta um senso de urgência e uma preocupação com o que está acontecendo.
Alguns personagens e atitudes sofrem de um caricatíssimo em pontos específicos que deixa claro que apesar da escrita, para a história, ser brilhante faltava um pouco de conhecimento sobre a cultura abordada (Em resumo era uma empresa de brancos tentando representar comunidades e personagens negros, mesmo bem feito, esse fato ficava evidente em certos maneirismos)
Porém não é de todo mal, como história de apresentação, as duas primeiras páginas passam tudo que você precisa saber sobre nosso protagonista de forma breve, sem muita enrolação e com certa profundidade, esse mesmo protagonista que é o destaque de todo o encadernado, já que é um personagem interessantíssimo, diferentemente do que uma primeira visão faz parecer, o arquétipo do gigante gentil e burro é verdade de forma tão moderada que chega a tornar palpável, o Luke não é alguém particularmente inteligente, porém ele mesmo está ciente disso e não age como tapado ou burro em momento nenhum sendo dotado até mesmo de um dote de planejamento vindo por parte de uma malandragem, aliado a isso vêm sua personalidade desenvolto porém sério tem um toque de humor com boas tiradas mas sem nunca apelar para o bobo e todo esse seu lado humano é reconhecido pela própria história, quando cita que mesmo cobrando para ser um super herói seu povo o aceita e o respeita muito por isso já que é algo totalmente plausível e é nesses detalhes que entram o tremendo coração do homem que além de fazer serviços com pagamentos personalizados pra quem merece mostra, nas suas histórias mais recentes dessa edição, que sabe que agir como ele age é um privilégio mas vêm com os riscos de inspirar pessoas menos afortunadas a tentar ser isso, tirando um pouco de irresponsabilidade com a família (que sinceramente a dinâmica de casal deles em pouquíssimas páginas e um pouco de leitura da sua história juntos me cativou demais) eu achei sua atitude de ir ajudar um garoto que se inspirou nele, apenas pelo fato de que a mãe do mesmo o pediu com gentileza, digna de nota, além de ser uma história fantástica por mostrar com um pouco de realismo que: Diferentemente de problemas físicos, problemas sociais não podem ser resolvidos só com um soco na cara da pessoa certa (apesar de isso também servir para mostrar um pouco mais do lado sagaz do nosso herói).
Bom demais.
Bem vamos pelas duas histórias que há na edição, pois a abordagem de cada uma é tão distinta, mas de qualidade tão igual que me vejo obrigado a falar das qualidades e defeitos de cada uma separadamente.
Começando pelas histórias mais antigas que enquadram o começo da carreira de Luke Cage (Lucas para os íntimos) em sociedade com Daniel "Danny" Rand, primeiro ponto que deve ser dito: Chris Claremont que monstro dos quadrinhos da época misericórdia, virou meu padrinho da Marvel, tudo que eu toco da editora dessa época tem um dedo do canalha, ok tirando o fanatismo os pontos que devem ser abordados começando pelos negativos: A questão da urgência é um pouco deixada de lado, você entende o perigo quando no primeiro embate, nosso herói que é acostumado a ser pouco mais que uma parede inabalável é capotado na porrada e colocado no chão, porém em questão de "precisamos fazer algo se não..." esse se não é muito fraco, mesmo quando há perigo para a vida dos personagens falta um senso de urgência e uma preocupação com o que está acontecendo.
Alguns personagens e atitudes sofrem de um caricatíssimo em pontos específicos que deixa claro que apesar da escrita, para a história, ser brilhante faltava um pouco de conhecimento sobre a cultura abordada (Em resumo era uma empresa de brancos tentando representar comunidades e personagens negros, mesmo bem feito, esse fato ficava evidente em certos maneirismos)
Porém não é de todo mal, como história de apresentação, as duas primeiras páginas passam tudo que você precisa saber sobre nosso protagonista de forma breve, sem muita enrolação e com certa profundidade, esse mesmo protagonista que é o destaque de todo o encadernado, já que é um personagem interessantíssimo, diferentemente do que uma primeira visão faz parecer, o arquétipo do gigante gentil e burro é verdade de forma tão moderada que chega a tornar palpável, o Luke não é alguém particularmente inteligente, porém ele mesmo está ciente disso e não age como tapado ou burro em momento nenhum sendo dotado até mesmo de um dote de planejamento vindo por parte de uma malandragem, aliado a isso vêm sua personalidade desenvolto porém sério tem um toque de humor com boas tiradas mas sem nunca apelar para o bobo e todo esse seu lado humano é reconhecido pela própria história, quando cita que mesmo cobrando para ser um super herói seu povo o aceita e o respeita muito por isso já que é algo totalmente plausível e é nesses detalhes que entram o tremendo coração do homem que além de fazer serviços com pagamentos personalizados pra quem merece mostra, nas suas histórias mais recentes dessa edição, que sabe que agir como ele age é um privilégio mas vêm com os riscos de inspirar pessoas menos afortunadas a tentar ser isso, tirando um pouco de irresponsabilidade com a família (que sinceramente a dinâmica de casal deles em pouquíssimas páginas e um pouco de leitura da sua história juntos me cativou demais) eu achei sua atitude de ir ajudar um garoto que se inspirou nele, apenas pelo fato de que a mãe do mesmo o pediu com gentileza, digna de nota, além de ser uma história fantástica por mostrar com um pouco de realismo que: Diferentemente de problemas físicos, problemas sociais não podem ser resolvidos só com um soco na cara da pessoa certa (apesar de isso também servir para mostrar um pouco mais do lado sagaz do nosso herói).
Bom demais.
December 29, 2020
Na początku warto zaznaczyć, że miałam wiele podejść do tego typu postaci. Nie polubiłam charakteru Iron Firsta, ani motywacji Punishera. A teraz, po raz kolejny, z własnej woli, mierzę się z podobnym człowiekiem- Power Manem.
Oceniając obiektywnie, jeżeli istnieje coś takiego jak obiektywna ocena, duet Power Mana i Iron Firsta jest naprawdę zgrany. Mają podobne charaktery i umiejętnie komunikują się podczas bitwy, co zapewnia im zwycięstwo.
Power Man ma coś jednak w sobie. Nie mówię tu o niezachwianej pewności siebie, albo dążeniu do wynierzenia sprawiedliwości, ale o czymś innym, co trudno jest mi zidentyfikować. Po prostu ma coś, co przyciąga mnie jako czytelnika.
Są jeszcze oczywiście ilustracje, stanowiące istną ucztę dla oczu.
Oceniając obiektywnie, jeżeli istnieje coś takiego jak obiektywna ocena, duet Power Mana i Iron Firsta jest naprawdę zgrany. Mają podobne charaktery i umiejętnie komunikują się podczas bitwy, co zapewnia im zwycięstwo.
Power Man ma coś jednak w sobie. Nie mówię tu o niezachwianej pewności siebie, albo dążeniu do wynierzenia sprawiedliwości, ale o czymś innym, co trudno jest mi zidentyfikować. Po prostu ma coś, co przyciąga mnie jako czytelnika.
Są jeszcze oczywiście ilustracje, stanowiące istną ucztę dla oczu.
August 7, 2021
Tomo que contiene la primera etapa de la ya clásica dupla Luke Cage y Iron Fist. Pasado a 70's, con clichés sobre clichés de personajes negros y karatekas, pero resulta, resulta bien, por algo el éxito extendido casi por más de una década de la dupla
Tambien la miniserie donde Luke se luce como detective para, como dice la introducción al tomo, dedicarse al trabajo más díficil: salvar el barrio
Siendo el segundo tomo de un b-list en esta colección, es bastante bueno
Tambien la miniserie donde Luke se luce como detective para, como dice la introducción al tomo, dedicarse al trabajo más díficil: salvar el barrio
Siendo el segundo tomo de un b-list en esta colección, es bastante bueno
August 26, 2024
3,4 estrelas
January 15, 2025
te amo Luke
October 6, 2015
(This review may contain spoilers).
Ideally, I'd give this book 3.5 stars. I did think Luke Cage sounded like an interesting character from what I read of him previously... but I was a bit disappointed not to see a whole lot of depth to what he was doing even in the second set of comics.
I did think it was good to get something of a feel for Luke's past and although I did feel a lot of sympathy for him, I was confused about why he was persecuted by one of the prison guards.
It was good to see Luke's friendship with Iron Fist and although the first set of comics don't focus entirely on him, I did think he had some good one-liners. Plus, I thought it was really good how he had to face an enemy where his brute strength actually did very little.
The artwork in the first set of comics was more light-hearted than the second set, I felt, but it was a bit disappointing to see that both sets seemed to focus mainly on the fighting and less on the interactions between the characters. I did like seeing Danny with Joy, though, even though I hadn't seen any of their previous interactions.
The second set of comics seemed to have a lot of potential and I did like seeing Luke with his wife and daughter. I had a lot of sympathy for Jess in not wanting to risk anything happening to her husband and for him to come home safely... at the same time, I could understand where Luke was coming from. It was nice to see a glimpse back into his past and that he wasn't as cold-hearted as the 'hero for hire' background made him appear to be.
I was disappointed not to see more of Luke interacting with the other Avengers. It seemed like they weren't a team in the same way they had been in the other Avengers issues I read.
I thought the artwork for the second set of comics fit quite well with the storyline, being quite a gritty arc. I thought it was interesting to see how Leodis was dragged into doing the wrong thing while trying to do the right thing. That's something I would have liked to see dealt with more.
I don't think I'll actively look for more comic books focusing on Luke Cage... but I'd be happy to see him in future comic books.
Ideally, I'd give this book 3.5 stars. I did think Luke Cage sounded like an interesting character from what I read of him previously... but I was a bit disappointed not to see a whole lot of depth to what he was doing even in the second set of comics.
I did think it was good to get something of a feel for Luke's past and although I did feel a lot of sympathy for him, I was confused about why he was persecuted by one of the prison guards.
It was good to see Luke's friendship with Iron Fist and although the first set of comics don't focus entirely on him, I did think he had some good one-liners. Plus, I thought it was really good how he had to face an enemy where his brute strength actually did very little.
The artwork in the first set of comics was more light-hearted than the second set, I felt, but it was a bit disappointing to see that both sets seemed to focus mainly on the fighting and less on the interactions between the characters. I did like seeing Danny with Joy, though, even though I hadn't seen any of their previous interactions.
The second set of comics seemed to have a lot of potential and I did like seeing Luke with his wife and daughter. I had a lot of sympathy for Jess in not wanting to risk anything happening to her husband and for him to come home safely... at the same time, I could understand where Luke was coming from. It was nice to see a glimpse back into his past and that he wasn't as cold-hearted as the 'hero for hire' background made him appear to be.
I was disappointed not to see more of Luke interacting with the other Avengers. It seemed like they weren't a team in the same way they had been in the other Avengers issues I read.
I thought the artwork for the second set of comics fit quite well with the storyline, being quite a gritty arc. I thought it was interesting to see how Leodis was dragged into doing the wrong thing while trying to do the right thing. That's something I would have liked to see dealt with more.
I don't think I'll actively look for more comic books focusing on Luke Cage... but I'd be happy to see him in future comic books.
September 2, 2016
In anticipation for his Netflix series premiering at the end of this month, I felt it was about time to give this a read.
The first four issues are taken from Cage's Heroes for Hire phase, where he and Iron Fist battle vengeful villains and robots working for a crime Lord. These tales do feel dated at times, but they're bundles of fun, with both Cage and Fist getting wonderful moments.
The next three issues are taken from a New Avengers mini-series, where our character goes to Philadelphia, tackling street crime and drug trafficking. The issues are fantastic work, unfortunately marred by abysmal art work.
For a look at the character prior to his MCU debut, this is a pretty good place to start. It even has a decent summarisation about the character history.
The first four issues are taken from Cage's Heroes for Hire phase, where he and Iron Fist battle vengeful villains and robots working for a crime Lord. These tales do feel dated at times, but they're bundles of fun, with both Cage and Fist getting wonderful moments.
The next three issues are taken from a New Avengers mini-series, where our character goes to Philadelphia, tackling street crime and drug trafficking. The issues are fantastic work, unfortunately marred by abysmal art work.
For a look at the character prior to his MCU debut, this is a pretty good place to start. It even has a decent summarisation about the character history.
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June 25, 2016Tomo 9 de Los Héroes más poderosos de Marvel, dedicado a Luke Cage. Incluye la miniserie de Luke Cage: New Avengers y capítulos de Power Man & Iron Fist.
April 26, 2020
Tomo 8 de la colección roja, dedicado a Luke Cage, cubriendo su origen y una de sus series modernas.
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