victreeb3l
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I actually dont know anything about Luke Cage so I hope his Netflix show turns out great.
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Does Luke Cage have like....real fans?
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Coriolanus
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1. Black dont crack
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2. As US police has consistently shown us, 14 and up looks just like 20+.
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Luke's nearing 50
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I'm also willing to bet good money that Danielle Cage will become a teenager before the 616 richards kids.
tkscz
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Luke Cage is a black man who went to jail for a crime he didn't commit and underwent a Steve Rogers-style experience in order to get out early. Once out, he became a hero for hire; he'll help, but you need to pay up. Like a for-hire version of the Equalizer. Then he cleaned up his community. He doesn't take shit from authority. He doesn't care if you know who he is. He cares about the little guy.
Luke Cage is the ultimate black hero. People may think that's Black Panther, but he's the far-off aspiration. Luke Cage is the guy you could be. A black man who doesn't have to fear the issues of the inner city. And Marvel knew it from the beginning.
That shitty first costume? Pure promotion, baby.
Vietnam War? Bro hated that too.
Doctor Doom? Fuck your couch.
Tony Stark is a jackboot now? Cage don't care.
He goes to super jail? No problem, he's got friends.
And Luke Cage doesn't forget about normal people.
Or making a change.
Bro, if you don't love Luke Cage it's because you don't know Luke Cage.
Only Cage run I can't stand.
Pretty much this. If you read his comics, you'll see he's actually an interesting character. He's always "trying" to be such an everyman/family man, but it never ends the way he wants and I honestly like his one liners more the Spidey's. Thought him running the Mighty Avengers was a great idea and I thoroughly liked the series (still iffy on the second run after the Falcon became captain america). He also made me realize that several major black men in marvel are dating blond white women (besides himself there is Blade, War Machine, Cloak)
which I can't complain about as I'm also a black man dating a blond white woman.
soundscream
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Nicolas Cage
That's because Luke didn't have a paternity test done. That girl's a Skrull.
Ya, Luke Cage actually is Marvel's everyman character.
SixMachine
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Real talk, does anyone else find Valeria Richards really creepy? She is suppose to be 3 but she is drawn like she is around Molly Hayes from the Runaway's age. She obviously is a super genius and doesn't act or look like a 3 year old (even though she is suppose to look the part at least), so I just imagine she's been around for 3 years but has a body of a 10 year old or something like some anime character cliche you always hear about.
edot: Back on topic, Luke Cage is the best family man in Marvel. The fact that he can get married and have a kid without it breaking apart or some reality altering fuck up means he had it much better than some other "everyman" characters (coughPeterParkercough)
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That cover is awesomeSerious answer: Yes, Luke Cage is great character, and I would've never thought so if a friend didn't introduce me to him in an unorthodox way a while back -- by handing me issues of Luke Cage: Noir, which depicted the character as a hero of 1930's Harlem. It's a great book.
She's usually drawn to look about 6-7 I'd say, but your point stands.
The simple no prize for that though is the fact that her parents have mutated DNA and her brother is a reality warper.
Spider-man is a horrible every man because he's a super genius who is great looking, funny, and always has gorgeous women falling over him. Never mind the spider-powers.
dripdripsplash
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Almost all the comic characters were a joke on some level. Cage was a grey morality rogue until someone figured he would be a good platform for a character. And they were right. Someone who could be hanging out and calling Dr. Doom a jive turkey for being slow with his paycheck? That's good, but to have him and Iron Fist bring about the Heroes for Hire philosophy? And be ebony and ivory at the same time? Now that's good. That's damned good.
Tokubetsu
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Like people have said, there's a lot of great things they can do with Cage on the small screen. He's family first salt of the earth kinda dude. Family and friends first always. Always a straight shooter. Very #relatable
Some great apperances in Black Panther but New Avengers and Bendis era stuff is probably the Cage we're gonna get it (not a bad thing).
I also like his relationship with Danny Rand.
Some great apperances in Black Panther but New Avengers and Bendis era stuff is probably the Cage we're gonna get it (not a bad thing).
I also like his relationship with Danny Rand.
Luke Cage is a black man who went to jail for a crime he didn't commit and underwent a Steve Rogers-style experience in order to get out early. Once out, he became a hero for hire; he'll help, but you need to pay up. Like a for-hire version of the Equalizer. Then he cleaned up his community. He doesn't take shit from authority. He doesn't care if you know who he is. He cares about the little guy.
Luke Cage is the ultimate black hero. People may think that's Black Panther, but he's the far-off aspiration. Luke Cage is the guy you could be. A black man who doesn't have to fear the issues of the inner city. And Marvel knew it from the beginning.
That shitty first costume? Pure promotion, baby.
Vietnam War? Bro hated that too.
Doctor Doom? Fuck your couch.
Tony Stark is a jackboot now? Cage don't care.
He goes to super jail? No problem, he's got friends.
And Luke Cage doesn't forget about normal people.
Or making a change.
Bro, if you don't love Luke Cage it's because you don't know Luke Cage.
Only Cage run I can't stand.
Bravo
Spider Man aka Mr.Steal Your Boo
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Excellent, thanks.
bengraven
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Spidey is so socially awkward in NA.
MHWilliams
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Huh, Marvel doesn't really have a white guy in the same vein. Hawkeye in the movies is, but Hawkguy is a different dude.
Luke Cage is a black man who went to jail for a crime he didn't commit and underwent a Steve Rogers-style experience in order to get out early. Once out, he became a hero for hire; he'll help, but you need to pay up. Like a for-hire version of the Equalizer. Then he cleaned up his community. He doesn't take shit from authority. He doesn't care if you know who he is. He cares about the little guy.
Luke Cage is the ultimate black hero. People may think that's Black Panther, but he's the far-off aspiration. Luke Cage is the guy you could be. A black man who doesn't have to fear the issues of the inner city. And Marvel knew it from the beginning.
That shitty first costume? Pure promotion, baby.
Vietnam War? Bro hated that too.
Doctor Doom? Fuck your couch.
Tony Stark is a jackboot now? Cage don't care.
He goes to super jail? No problem, he's got friends.
And Luke Cage doesn't forget about normal people.
Or making a change.
Bro, if you don't love Luke Cage it's because you don't know Luke Cage.
Only Cage run I can't stand.
BrokenFiction
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I've only read a few Luke Cage comics but I've always loved the character. I can't wait for Alias to come out on Comixology this summer to read more. I still can't believe we get to see him in AKA JJ fall and his own show next year.
Manmademan
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they're our kryptonite man, what can you do.
At least I broke the cycle
by marrying a brunette
When I was reading New Avengers Luke Cage ended up being my favorite character and was the reason why I read it for so long.
I still ask myself to this day what that was made. Here's the thing though. I didn't hate it. Some friends in school that saw it didn't hate it either. Granted I was a kid at the time but I have watched it since and still don't hate. I kinda like it to a degree. I still don't know why it was made and more importantly made the way it was.
I will say though that Steel is really underused and I want him in the DCCU. Seriously. I don't even care if they introduce him without the Death of Superman story.
First I've heard of him, but he reminds me of a less 90's version of this:
I still ask myself to this day what that was made. Here's the thing though. I didn't hate it. Some friends in school that saw it didn't hate it either. Granted I was a kid at the time but I have watched it since and still don't hate. I kinda like it to a degree. I still don't know why it was made and more importantly made the way it was.
I will say though that Steel is really underused and I want him in the DCCU. Seriously. I don't even care if they introduce him without the Death of Superman story.
bone_and_sinew
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I was skeptical but this thread convinced me
Well, superheroes tend to date other superheroes. 95% of superheroes are white, and when they do pair two non-white characters of the same ethnicity together people bitch about it being contrived. Not many options left!
They were both products of the 70s but they really came into being around the Bendis Avengers era.
MHWilliams
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Yep. Cage, like Iron Fist, is literally "Oh, hey, this trend is popular" we need a character for it. Many early heroes are.
It's why I shrug off most arguments about character creation intent.
SixMachine
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Thinking about it I never seen an Asian male superhero with...........uh, anyone to start a family. I think Shang Chi made out with Tarantula and Ryan Choi Atom dated Giganta. But can't think of much besides that.
edit: Though there does seem to be much better dating options for female asian superheroes, like Hazmat and Mettle.
Messofanego
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Luke Cage is a black man who went to jail for a crime he didn't commit and underwent a Steve Rogers-style experience in order to get out early. Once out, he became a hero for hire; he'll help, but you need to pay up. Like a for-hire version of the Equalizer. Then he cleaned up his community. He doesn't take shit from authority. He doesn't care if you know who he is. He cares about the little guy.
Luke Cage is the ultimate black hero. People may think that's Black Panther, but he's the far-off aspiration. Luke Cage is the guy you could be. A black man who doesn't have to fear the issues of the inner city. And Marvel knew it from the beginning.
That shitty first costume? Pure promotion, baby.
Vietnam War? Bro hated that too.
Doctor Doom? Fuck your couch.
Tony Stark is a jackboot now? Cage don't care.
He goes to super jail? No problem, he's got friends.
And Luke Cage doesn't forget about normal people.
Or making a change.
Bro, if you don't love Luke Cage it's because you don't know Luke Cage.
Sold, thanks MHWilliams!
Tragicomedy
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Where's my money, honey?
Kepow (RIP) loves him, which is ironic in that he's banned for bigotry.
Kepow (RIP) loves him, which is ironic in that he's banned for bigotry.
SixMachine
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Goddamn, didn't he get Cage to Cosmic Prestige? That's some real shit because it takes 25 times the exp to level or something in Marvel Heroes.
excelsiorlef
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Luke Cage is a phenomenal character.
That look when he goes "IN LOVE?!" kills me every damn time.
New Avengers was so good.
Only when it IS contrived. Storm and Panther had basically never interacted.
She COULD have gotten with Forge, but nooooo.
MHWilliams
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Reading it month-to-month, it felt like nothing happened. But Bendis has the "these folks are all friends" stuff down. I'd have him write a Marvel Team-Up where various heroes get together and do normal people stuff.
Most of my comic knowledge comes from a huge stack of 70's-early 90's comics that I inherented from my uncle, so I've been oblivious to his development.
Wow, this thread has been super informative an interesting. I'm....actually finding myself wanting to play as Luke Cage in Marvel Heroes now, hahah. Quite the turn around. This stuff you fans have been posting has been really eye opening. Hell now I'm psyched for the show. This dude is sounding pretty boss, and making much, much more sense to me now rather than just being a boring strong dude I'd much rather substitute for another. He definitely seems as though he has his place.
Tyrant Rave
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Lol, it's kind of funny how you can apply that to a lot of his team books like Guardians of the Galaxy.
Luke Cage is great with a good supporting cast. Whenever him and Iron Fist have a cameo in something, you know you're gonna have a good time.
Black Republican
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Marvel been pushing Luke Cage? i dont see nothing unless its comics which i dont read
I'd liked him in these..
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/551
http://read.marvel.com/#book/3851
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/3852
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/3853
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/3854
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/3855
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2392
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2393
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2394
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2389
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2390
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2391
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/6711
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/6712
The Pulse. 14 issues. Jessica Jones and Luke Cage are major players in this run.
If you're poor or just frugal you can read them for free thanks to Marvel's current promotion:
1 month free ~ http://marvel.com/ultron
I didn't know anything about Luke Cage before reading these but I thought he was fantastic.
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/551
http://read.marvel.com/#book/3851
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/3852
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/3853
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/3854
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/3855
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2392
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2393
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2394
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2389
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2390
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/2391
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/6711
http://read.marvel.com/#/book/6712
The Pulse. 14 issues. Jessica Jones and Luke Cage are major players in this run.
If you're poor or just frugal you can read them for free thanks to Marvel's current promotion:
1 month free ~ http://marvel.com/ultron
I didn't know anything about Luke Cage before reading these but I thought he was fantastic.
He's getting his own Netflix show.
Thatonemoor
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He is in the A.K.A. Jessica Jones show and he will get his own show after that one.
Boss Riovane
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Yes. Luke is a great character.
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