Luke Cage, also known as Power Man, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 and was created by Archie Goodwin, George Tuska, Roy Thomas, and John Romita Sr. 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 had been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and gained the powers of superhuman strength and unbreakable skin after being subjected voluntarily to an experimental procedure. Once freed, he becomes a "hero for hire" and has forty-nine issues of solo adventures. In issue #50, Cage teams up with fellow superhero Iron Fist as part of a crime-fighting duo in the renamed title, Power Man and Iron Fist. He later marries the super-powered private investigator Jessica Jones, with whom he has a daughter.
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972) |
| Created by | Archie Goodwin, George Tuska, Roy Thomas, John Romita Sr. |
| Alter ego | Carl Lucas |
| Species | Human Mutate |
| Team affiliations | Avengers, New Avengers, Heroes for Hire, Defenders, Fantastic Four, Marvel Knights, Thunderbolts |
| Partnerships | Iron Fist, Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Jessica Jones |
| Notable aliases | Power Man |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength and durability, Unbreakable skin, Skilled street fighter and hand-to-hand combatant, Accelerated healing |
About Luke Cage
This Marvel show follows the adventures of a man living in Harlem who has super strength and unbreakable skin. The show was created by by Cheo Hodari Coker. It was cancelled in 2018.
Achievement of Luke Cage
The character of Luke Cage was featured in the Netflix cross-over miniseries The Defenders. The show won its first Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2017 for Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie.
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