Random Back Issue #97 - Power Man and Iron Fist #59

First time for Power Man and Iron Fist on this feature! We open on Luke and Danny's pictures next to a slumlord's on the front page of the Daily Bugle. Luke is none-too-pleased, pointing out that while he and Danny did work for the guy, they also ended up busting him. Luke figures Jonah Jameson is still peeved at that time he hired Luke to bring in Spidey over Gwen Stacey's death, and Luke ultimately fed him the money. Also, Danny calls the Bugle a 'reputable paper'. Still so naive.

Looking on the bright side, their secretary Jennie figures this will help business, as 'shady firms' will offer them jobs because they worked for this guy. I mean, as long as the check clears before Luke and Danny send them to jail. . .

Colleen Wing shows up, fresh off a job for her and Misty Knight, because Danny's taking them to dinner at some fancy high-rise place and he's gotta get cleaned up. Except as soon as they get to his apartment, Danny's under attack! The fight goes on for a while, Danny reflecting he's gotten sloppy fighting street thugs alongside Luke, right as he loses his footing. I feel like that came up a lot, Danny feeling he was slipping because he wasn't fighting other martial artists very often. Or maybe he just sucks. Colleen rushes to help (without actually drawing her sword), and gets disarmed by - Bob Diamond. Uh, sure.

Bob helpfully explains he was part of the Sons of the Tiger, but because he acted like a macho, jealous prick, he's been keeping his distance lately. He and Danny spar because it's good practice for both of them. Considering Bob dismisses the possibility Colleen could have cut his leg off, and Danny implies he lets Bob win, they both need more training on keeping their own egos in check.

Anyway, fancy dinner. Colleen's kind of spoiling it by worrying about the cost, or more accurately, that Danny doesn't worry about the cost. Danny admits he just likes the view. In the midst of that, a man with very red, very curly hair shows up, wanting to wait for the ambassador of Halwani. The staff are about to throw him out, when Danny comes up because it's someone he met back in his solo book. Someone Misty is not happy to see, because Alan Cavenaugh was a bomber in the I.R.A., and Misty, of course, lost her arm to a bomber, albeit not Alan or anyone from the I.R.A.

Alan, picking up on the vibe from across the room, gets the hell out of there. Danny proceeds to see whether he can jam his foot in his mouth defending Alan before Misty lodges her bionic fist there instead when a bomb goes off. The explosion blocks off the only exit and starts a fire, so Colleen, Danny and Misty have their work cut out trying to keep people from jumping out a 16th story window rather than wait for rescue. Misty's also not loving that the explosion is bringing back memories of losing her arm, so, bad day all around for her.

What's Luke Cage up to? He's losing at poker to his pal D.W. when the report comes over the radio. Luke hustles over and is able to override the controls on the elevator enough to reach everyone, but it won't be able to take them back down. So Luke hefts a big old fountain and dumps it on the fire so they can exit through the floor. Once on the street, Misty immediately accuses Alan (who stuck around and begged Luke to help his friends) of being the bomber. Without reading the next issue to double-check, I'm going to say Alan is not the bomber.

{8th longbox, 90th comic. Power Man and Iron Fist #59, by Jo Duffy (writer), Trevor von Eeden (penciler), Al Gordon (inker), George Roussos (colorist), Diana Albers (letterer)}