Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1
- Maker
- Marvel Comics
- Year
- 1972
- Rank
- 68 of 100
Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1
Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 by Marvel Comics (1972) is ranked 68 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It sold for $49,200 in January 2025. First appearance of Luke Cage; the first Black superhero to headline his own ongoing series.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
First appearance of Luke Cage; the first Black superhero to headline his own ongoing series.
Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1, CGC 9.8
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $49,200
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- January 2025
CGC 9.8 realized $49,200 at Heritage (lot 7399-91011), Jan 15 2025 (a second 9.8 sold $48,000 Dec 2024). The often-cited $102,000 was a one-off 2022 record, not current value.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08