Heroes for Hire Vol 1 2

Heroes for Hire #2
Previous Issue	Heroes for Hire #1
Next Issue	Heroes for Hire #3
Art by: Pasqual Ferry and Jaime Mendoza
Alternate Covers
1 - Ferry Variant
Art by: Pasqual Ferry, Jaime Mendoza and Mark McNabb
Release Date	June 18, 1997
Cover Date	August, 1997
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Bob Harras

1. "Blowup!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	John Ostrander
Penciler(s)	Pasqual Ferry
Inker(s)	Jaime Mendoza
Colorist(s)	Joe Rosas
Letterer(s)	Jon Babcock
Editor(s)	Mark Bernardo

Appearing in "Blowup!"

Featured Characters:

• Heroes for Hire
  • Iron Fist (Daniel Rand)
  • Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (Joins)
  • White Tiger
  • Hercules

Supporting Characters:

• Luke Cage
• Lady of the Lake
• Strider (First appearance)
• Jim Hammond

Antagonists:

• Nitro
• U-Foes
  • ⏴ Ironclad ⏵
  • ⏴ Vector ⏵
  • ⏴ Vapor ⏵
  • ⏴ X-Ray ⏵
• Master of the World

Other Characters:

• Valinor
• Mr. Huntingdon

Locations:

• New York State
  • New York City
    • Central Park zoo
    • Gem Theater
    • Wall Street
      • New York Stock Exchange
• Avalon
  • Niamh's Lake
  • Niamh's Castle (First appearance)

Items:

• Sword of Light (First appearance)
• Shield of Night (First appearance)

Synopsis for "Blowup!"

Iron Fist, Hercules and White Tiger are battling Nitro in the Alantic Coast Rail Yards. Hercules defeats Nitro by throwing a tanker of natural gas, forcing him to disperse, risking his teammates' lives. Iron Fist realizes that Hercules is drunk, much as he was when he attacked the U-Foes.

In Luke Cage's theatre, he is attacked, defeated and kidnapped by the U-Foes. Dane Whitman, once the Avenger known as the Black Knight, has been offered a position at Oracle Inc, by Jim Hammond, both in the team and as a scientist. He is visited by the Lady of the Lake who transports him to Avalon and names him the new Pendragon. She gives him mystical armour and a flying steed named Strider. Dane awakes the next day, unsure if what he experienced was real, a dream or if he's going mad.

Dane arrives at Oracle and is greeted by his former comrade, Hercules, who is drunk again. Hammond offers up the theory that since losing his immortality, Herc may not realize that he can't handle alcohol as he could before. White Tiger reports that Nitro has been spotted again, this time attacking the stock exchange. The team goes off to battle him, leaving Dane at Oracle.

The Heroes confront Nitro while Hammond and Dane watch on. Dane decides to become involved and says "Avalon," his new mystic armour appearing. He calls on Strider and races off to help the Heroes.

Elsewhere...Luke Cage awakens to find himself a prisoner of the Master!

Solicit Synopsis

It's an action blowout as Iron Fist leads his fledgling new super hero strike force into action against the villain who killed the original Captain Marvel - Nitro the Exploding Man! Plus: Luke Cage is ambushed by agents of last issue's shadowy foe, the mystery of the all-new White Tiger continues and the Black Knight receives a strange gift that may determine his fate!

Notes

• Black Knight (Dane Whitman) joins the Heroes for Hire. He first receives the Shield of Night and Sword of Light. He also receives a new winged-horse, Strider.

See Also

• 6 image(s) from Heroes for Hire Vol 1 2
• 1 reprint(s) of Heroes for Hire Vol 1 2