Solid enough, but the only character to really shine is Shang-Chi (and how he ended up in the series is never fully explained). A reasonable off-shoot of Marvel’s now infamous Civil Wars saga told from the point of view of non-superhero crime fighters ( minus Orka The Killer Whale and other also-rans with powers ). I enjoyed it, and looking forward to finishing Volume 2 over the holiday break.

I miss the days of Luke Cage and Iron Fist but this incarnation is cuter and it's good to see Black Cat and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu still working in the Marvel Universe.

Set during the train wreck that was marvel's 'Civil War' story, the lady detective team of Misty Knight and Colleen Wing get a job as freelance operatives, picking up jobs for the new government agency that monitors and polices the super hero community.Basically, they are bounty hunters for Tony Stark's little neo-fascist agency.They recruit a rag tag team including a lady thief, a master of kung-fu, an ex-government killer and a guy that can talk to bugs.Despite my hatred for 'Civil war', this

It's okay. I don't think this will run for long. But it's okay.

In this iteration of Heroes for Hire, both Luke Cage and Iron Fist are out, and more obscure characters (Orka! Paladin! Hum Bug!) round out the superhero team that's out there to make some money. This time, they're working for the government/Iron Man, to round up villains. These first five issues don't do a great job setting up the team, and seem to mostly echo Civil War's main events (Iron Man facing off against Captain America, what happens to Bill Foster). Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti are

I really liked the artwork in the first issue.That's about it...

Definitely not the greatest but certainly not the worst. I’d give this a pass if you’re not familiar with Misty Knight.

The art is bad. The anatomy and poses are often so wrong that it goes beyond funny into insulting, and even the leading character’s faces change from one panel to the next. This would have been a hard to read and low rated book even if the story had been perfection… Something that it definitely is not. While it does contain some strong elements when it comes to showing how non-powered heroes are reacting to the Registration Act, the plot is a mess of elements that barely get to the point. A vill...

I quit reading after the first three Civil War tie-in issues. Just terrible, top to bottom.

I probably would have given this more stars because I like the characters and I thought the story was pretty good, but there were a few moments where a female character said something that I felt was borderline sexist, or at the very least not something a strong female character would say. I can't think of the specifics right now, maybe when I'm feeling less lazy I'll update this review with what specifically bothered me.

I'm not sure what to make of this. It's a lot of characters I don't know. And no Iron Fist and only a little Like Cage.CIVIL War also suffers from the problems of a lot of Marvel events where the principles spend a lot of time in side books that can't be reconciled with the main story.It's definitely good enough on its own, but the only character with their own story is the Deathstrike character.

Not for me, I guess. Feels like a vast departure from the main story in every sense of the word and I’ll leave it at that.

Fun civil war tie in

Heroes for Hire, Volume 1: Civil WarThe Marvel Graphic Novel “Heroes for Hire, Volume 1: Civil War”, by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, Billy Tucci and assorted inkers and support staff, is a great example of why I used to enjoy collecting comics – and also of why I broke away from the hobby.This graphic novel fits into Marvel's “Civil War” story arc from around 7 years ago – in which the government required all super-powered entities to register. Some saw it their civic duty to comply, while othe...

I don't like the idea of Heroes for Hire but they had a pretty cool storyline in this volume. I really didn't like the push for "Diversity" though, do I really want to hear about Misty being all ghetto on your ass? I don't think so.

I dunno who thought a Heroes for Hire comic without Luke or Danny was a good idea. But even beyond that, it's just not very good.The team is a combination of second-stringers and I-never-heard-of-them-ers. The worst is Orka, who seems to randomly appear and disappear, and who has no reason to be here. Or maybe the worst is Humbug, who is laughably horrible. Or maybe the worst is the rest of them, who get almost no characterization over five long issues (except in the couple of pages where assass...

For the Civil War series, it wasn't that bad, it was actually entertaining. And I was expecting it to be quite bad considering how disappointing the Civil War series is in general. If you're not familiar with what the Civil War is in the Marvel Universe, check out the Wikipedia page.The book follows a group of "heroes" who have taken the side of the US Government but are not necessarily committed to their cause. The introduction of the group is well narrated, you get a sense of who each of the c...

The main plot was kind of dumb, but there was enough of Misty, Colleen and Luke wise-cracking and snarking to make me happy, plus a bonus side of Captain America angst.

I didn't know who any of these characters were and I found their take on the Civil War and the Marvelverse in general refreshing. Although the frank discussion of race, class and gender is refreshing, the art is ... not so much. Every single character is standing en pointe on virtually every single page (including Iron Man, when he puts in an appearance). Apparently the artist uses Barbie dolls in place of more traditional artists' models.

Plot holes/problems:1. Why did captain America go through all of the trouble of pretending to be Paladin and then going into the Helicarrier when he just wanted to escape in the first place? He didn't even need to go into the Helicarrier after knocking out Paladin he should've just ran away.