| Issue | #1 |
| Published | April 1992 |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Cover Price | 1.50 USD; 1.80 CAD; 1.00 GBP |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Kelly Corvese |
| Notes | Purple metallic ink enhanced cover. |
| Characters | Luke Cage |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Dwayne Turner (signed) |
| Inks | Chris Ivy (signed) |
| Notes | Purple metallic ink enhanced cover. |
| Characters | Luke Cage; Dakota North; Micky Hamilton (introduction); Analisa Medina (introduction); Hardcore (introduction, villain); Jeryn Hogarth; Elio "Angel" Angelopoulos III (introduction, villain); Mr. Drewston (introduction, off-panel) |
| Synopsis | Luke Cage is hired by a Chicago newspaper as their resident superhero with Cage getting to take down bad guys for money and the newspaper getting the story. When Cage goes after a mobster, he ends up fighting Hardcore, a villain with an agenda that includes Cage. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Marc McLaurin |
| Pencils | Dwayne Turner |
| Inks | Chris Ivy |
| Colors | Mike Thomas |
| Letters | Chris Eliopoulos |