Issue(s): Power Man & Iron Fist #109
Cover Date: Sep 84
Title: "I am the Reaper"
Credits:
Alan Rowlands - Writer
Greg LaRocque - Penciler
Dan Bulanadi - Inker

Review/plot:
I haven't thought much of these Alan Rowlands fill-in issues of Power Man & Iron Fist, but this is the best of the bunch. I like it because it plays with expectations; we keep finding out that the bad guy in the story isn't really a bad guy. First the kid who supposedly takes a priest hostage is actually doing nothing of the sort. Then the Punisher-like character out for "vengeance" on the kid turns out to be just a damaged and confused man, and he realizes it.

I also love the rather subdued reaction the Punisher-ish character's wife has when she first sees him in costume.

In the real world, that might require more comment, but in the Marvel Universe, it's just "Oh, i see. You're going super-vigilante on me. Well, i always knew this would happen."

Quality Rating: C+

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A