Issue(s): Power Man & Iron Fist #103, Power Man & Iron Fist #104
Cover Date: Mar-Apr 84
Title: "Doombringer" / "The Armageddon game"
Credits:
Archie Goodwin - Writer
Greg LaRocque - Penciler
Andy Mushynsky - Inker

Review/plot:
Kurt Busiek's run on PM&IF is spotty, with lots of fill-ins. This is a two-parter by Archie Goodwin, then we'll get one more Busiek issue, and then more fill-ins until Jim Owsley/Christopher Priest's begins. I don't know if there's an explanation for all the fill-ins, but the book certainly takes a downturn when it's not Busiek, even at this early point in his career.

Case in point, these issues by Goodwin. It's another story where Luke & Danny are brought in on a political intrigue case, and frankly with all the political stereotypes and fictional countries, it's a bit of a slog.

The villain of the piece is Doombringer, a cyborg assassin trying to set off a war between the two fictional countries as revenge for his wife and daughter getting killed.

Kind of boring, which makes it too much effort for me to follow the plot in great detail. Just bring on the kung-fu fighting.

On the plus side, Colleen and Misty have a decent amount of involvement in the story.

And Luke fights an ATM.

Quality Rating: D+

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: This has been pushed forward a bit in publication time just because i did the same for issue #102. The issue is really entirely self-contained.

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A