Issue(s): Power Man & Iron Fist #96
Cover Date: Aug 83
Title: "Some kind of hero!"
Credits:
Kurt Busiek - Writer
Ernie Chan - Penciler
Mike Mignola - Inker
Denny O'Neil - Editor

Review/plot:
The new Chemistro gets a rematch against Power Man & Iron Fist, after putting Lt. Rafael Scarfe in the hospital.

Building on the developments a few issues ago where the people of Times Square are souring on Luke Cage, Chemistro operates freely in the Square and the people there actually root against Cage.

Cage and Danny still win the fight...

...(with some help from the original Chemistro again)...

...but when it's over Luke declares that he's moving out of his Times Square office.

We find out that Danny bought the Himalayan gem that he encountered at the wedding last issue.

The fact that he just straight up bought the gem from the wealthy family triggers a conversation between him and Luke, which serves as a contrast to the later scene where the people from Cage's Time Square stomping ground turn against him.

Ernie Chan's art is definitely an improvement over Denys Cowan's, but it's still not fantastic. This issue is inked by Mike Mignola, but there's no hint of Mignola's future style.

Quality Rating: B

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References:

• Luke Cage and Claire Temple broke up in Power Man & Iron Fist #50, but they've been running into each other a lot lately.
  

• The original Chemistro, now working at Stark Industries, mentions that things are currently a little weird there. It's due to Tony's alcoholism and Obadiah Stane's takeover, as seen in "the current Iron Man", which would be Iron Man #173.

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A