Luke Cage, Hero for Hire: Difference between revisions

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* [[Babies Ever After]]: Danielle.

* [[Badass]]: Hey, if one of your achievements is beating down [[Doctor Doom|Doctor]] [[Evil Overlord|Doom]] (and not a Doom-bot) by attacking his chest repeatedly, revealing that Doom's armor cannot take continuous sustained damage in a single area, all for the sake of getting back $~~100~~, you gotta BE badass.

* [[Badass]]: Hey, if one of your achievements is beating down [[Doctor Doom|Doctor]] [[Evil Overlord|Doom]] (and not a Doom-bot) by attacking his chest repeatedly, revealing that Doom's armor cannot take continuous sustained damage in a single area, all for the sake of getting back $200, you gotta BE badass.

* [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]: As the leader of the Thunderbolts and New Avengers.

* [[Bash Brothers]]: Cage and Iron Fist.

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* [[Clear My Name]]: Luke Cage's superhero career starts with him being frame for the (surprisingly light for this trope) crime of heroin possession. He eventually clears himself after breaking out of jail.

* [[Determinator]]: Never mind the fact he'll keep fighting, he just would ''not'' stop giving money to a coffee machine that kept screwing up his orders. Ever.

** It's also worth noting that you should never... ever... ever try to run out on a debt to Luke. As referenced under the [[Badass]] entry: Dr. Doom tried and it resulted in Luke bum rushing the Baxter Building to 'borrow' a Fantasticar (clobbering the Thing in the process), flying himself all the way to Latveria and beating Doom like a rented mule. All over a matter of $~~100~~. ''"Where's my money, Honey?"'' has on occasion been referred to as the four scariest words in the Marvel Universe.

** It's also worth noting that you should never... ever... ever try to run out on a debt to Luke. As referenced under the [[Badass]] entry: Dr. Doom tried and it resulted in Luke bum rushing the Baxter Building to 'borrow' a Fantasticar (clobbering the Thing in the process), flying himself all the way to Latveria and beating Doom like a rented mule. All over a matter of $200. ''"Where's my money, Honey?"'' has on occasion been referred to as the four scariest words in the Marvel Universe.

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Many issues of ''Luke Cage: Hero For Hire'' and ''Luke Cage: Power Man'' ended with the villains falling from great heights. Mr. Fish, Steeplejack, and Lionmane all met their end this way. It *almost* happened to Gideon Mace too.

* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Cage used his catchphrase "Sweet Christmas!" in place of profanity because his grandmother didn't like him swearing, and by his account, she was way meaner and tougher than any of the villains he fought.

** Subverted these days...

* [[Greed]]: A rare heroic example. One of Cage's best moment's (and Doom's worst) was to join the Fantastic Four in attacking Doom ''because Doom didn't pay Cage the ~~100~~ bucks he owed''.

* [[Greed]]: A rare heroic example. One of Cage's best moment's (and Doom's worst) was to join the Fantastic Four in attacking Doom ''because Doom didn't pay Cage the 200 bucks he owed''.

* [[Happily Married]]: With Jessica Jones

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Cage and Daniel Rand, aka Iron Fist. Luke even named his daughter Danielle after him.

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* [[The Maiden Name Debate]]: Spoofed in one issue of ''New Avengers'', where Luke tries to convince Jessica to use "Power Woman" as her superhero name. ("You married me. Take the name." "But I'm my own person." "Who's married to me.")

* [[Maligned Mixed Marriage]]: When the new Power Man shows up and is initially antagonistic towards Luke, he suggests that Luke's less of a black man for having married a white woman. [[Berserk Button|Punching ensues.]] See also: [[Author Tract]]

* [[Only Sane Man]]: When the rest of the group either gets a little TOO gung-ho or a little TOO pacifist, he lets his opinion be known that they're acting a mite off. Originally averted, Cage is infamous for chasing Doctor Doom, one of the most dangerous and notorious supercriminals, over a mere ~~100~~ dollar debt.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: When the rest of the group either gets a little TOO gung-ho or a little TOO pacifist, he lets his opinion be known that they're acting a mite off. Originally averted, Cage is infamous for chasing Doctor Doom, one of the most dangerous and notorious supercriminals, over a mere 200 dollar debt.

** Subverted during ''[[Secret Invasion]]'' when Cage willingly took the bait and engaged both Avengers teams in a battle with their Skrull copycats in the Savage Land (while New York was concurrently burning to the ground) because his doppleganger annoyed him. This was despite the fact that Ares, God of War, was very clear that this was a very deliberate waste of time and that they should retreat immediately.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: You put his child in danger, good luck surviving the rest of the day.