Luke Cage
Lucas "Luke" Cage, born Carl Lucas and also known as Power Man, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Archie Goodwin, George Tuska, Roy Thomas, and John Romita Sr., the character first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972). He is one of the earliest black superheroes to be featured as the protagonist and title character of a Marvel comic book.
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| First appearance | Luke Cage, Hero For Hire #1 (June 1972)
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- "Hero for hire" Luke Cage is the superhero from which actor Nicolas Cage took his last name. Cage is the nephew of renowned director Francis Ford Coppola, and didn't want any special treatment when coming up in the movie business so he chose the name from one of his favorite comic books.
- Mike Colter recently got the part of Luke Cage in the Netflix TV shows A.K.A. Jessica Jones (2015) and Luke Cage (2016)
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