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Luke's original name was Carl Lucas, and he grew up on the streets of Harlem. Convicted of a crime he didn't commit, he was offered a chance at parole if he'd participate in a prison experiment on cell regeneration. The experiment was sabotaged by a prison guard with a grudge against Lucas, granting him [[Super Strength]] and [[Nigh Invulnerability]]. Traumatised by the experiment, Lucas lashed out at the guard, then, fearing that his lash-out would see him losing parole, made a break for it. Returning to New York, he was inspired to become a 'hero for hire', helping out anyone who could pay his price, and adopted the pseudonym "Luke Cage".
The character is latter used by Brian Bendis's ''[[Alias (Comic Book)|Alias]]'' [[In Name Only]], as well as following works. Divorced from his original characterization and appearance he's now largely used as Bendis's self insert. This was [[Take That|satirized]] by [[Dwayne McDuffie]] with the "Brown Bomber", an alternate universe version of [[Black Lightning]] [[Mythology Gag|based on]] Black Lightning's scrapped prototype the Black Bomber <ref>a white racist who [[Involuntary Shapeshifter|turned into a super powered black man]] when he said Nigger. It was canned for a reason</ref>, who looks like Bendis and transforms into a man who looks like modern Luke Cage by saying Black Power.
He originally had his own solo title, known as ''"Hero for Hire''" for 16 issues (June, 1972-December, 1973), then as ''"Power Man''" for issues #17-49 (February, 1974-February, 1978). In issue #50, Luke was teamed up with [[Immortal Iron Fist|Iron Fist]]. The series continued as ''"Power Man and Iron Fist''" for issues #50-125 (April, 1978- September, 1986). With its cancellation, Luke was left with no regular series for a few years. He returned to stardom with ''"Cage''" vol. 1, which ran for 20 issues (April, 1992-November, 1993). ''"Cage''" vol. 2 was a 5-issue miniseries (March-September, 2002) by Brian Azzarello. In 2005, Luke joined the [[New Avengers]] and has been a regular ever since. In this period Luke married [[Alias (Comic Book)|Alias]] star Jessica Jones. They have a daughter, Danielle. After [[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign]] Luke has also become the man in charge of the new generation of [[Thunderbolts]].▼
▲He originally had his own solo title, known as ''"Hero for Hire''" for 16 issues (June, 1972-December, 1973), then as ''"Power Man''" for issues #17-49 (February, 1974-February, 1978). In issue #50, Luke was teamed up with [[Immortal Iron Fist|Iron Fist]]. The series continued as ''"Power Man and Iron Fist''" for issues #50-125 (April, 1978- September, 1986). With its cancellation, Luke was left with no regular series for a few years. He returned to stardom with ''"Cage''" vol. 1, which ran for 20 issues (April, 1992-November, 1993). ''"Cage''" vol. 2 was a 5-issue miniseries (March-September, 2002) by Brian Azzarello. In 2005, Luke joined the [[New Avengers]] and has been a regular ever since. In this period Luke married
The character appeared in Netflix's [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] set ''Alias'' adaption ''[[A.K.A. Jessica Jones]]'' with his own series in production.
Luke and his Hero For Hire days have inspired a number of other heroes - one has taken up Luke's old "Power-Man" name, and several others have created an entire team devoted to this way of heroism, ''Heroes For Hire''.
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* [[Likes Older Women]]: A gag in ''New Avengers'' was that he and Ann-Marie Hoag of Damage Control once had a fling.
* [[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.
** 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.
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