Luke Cage
| Luke Cage | |
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Luke Cage
Art by Stuart Immonen |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Luke Cage, Hero For Hire #1 (June 1972) |
| Created by |
Archie Goodwin (writer) John Romita, Sr. (artist) George Tuska (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Carl Lucas |
| Team affiliations |
Avengers Heroes for Hire Fantastic Four Defenders "Marvel Knights" Thunderbolts |
| Partnerships |
Iron Fist Misty Knight Colleen Wing Jessica Jones Power Man (Victor Alvarez) |
| Notable aliases | Power Man |
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Luke Cage, also known as Power Man (real name Carl Lucas), is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Luke Cage first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972) and was created by Archie Goodwin, John Romita, Sr. and George Tuska. He was the first black superhero to be featured as the protagonist and title character of a comic book.
Created during the height of the Blaxploitation genre, Luke Cage is an ex-convict imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, who gains the powers of superhuman strength and unbreakable skin after being subjected involuntarily to an experimental procedure. Once freed, Cage becomes a "hero for hire" and teams up with fellow superhero Iron Fist as part of the duo, Power Man and Iron Fist. He later marries the super-powered private investigator Jessica Jones, with whom he has a daughter. In 2005, writer Brian Michael Bendis added Luke Cage to the lineup of the New Avengers, and he has since appeared in various Avengers titles, and became the leader of a group of reformed supervillains called the Thunderbolts.
Actor Mike Colter played the character in the first season of Jessica Jones, a live-action television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and headlined his own series, which premiered in September 2016 on Netflix. Colter is set to reprise his role in The Defenders.
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