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The latter wrote an original song for the series, which he performs in the season finale. The season also includes music from Nina Simone and Mobb Deep. Following the death of Captain Ridenhour, high-ranking detective Brigid O'Reilly is mentioned as having recently moved to New Orleans, in reference to that character's role in the series "Cloak & Dagger". The second season of "Luke Cage" was released on June 22, 2018, on the streaming service Netflix worldwide, in Ultra HD 4K and high dynamic range. An advanced screening of the season was hosted by Spotify, Netflix, and the Kennedy Center on
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were met with positive reviews. In December 2016, Netflix renewed "Luke Cage" for a second season, which was released on June 22, 2018. Following creative differences between Netflix and the series' writers during the development of a third season, Netflix canceled the series on October 19, 2018. When a sabotaged experiment gives him super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage becomes a fugitive attempting to rebuild his life in Harlem and must soon confront his past and fight a battle for the heart of his city. After clearing his name, Cage becomes a hero and celebrity in Harlem, only to
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The latter wrote an original song for the series, which he performs in the season finale. The season also includes music from Nina Simone and Mobb Deep. Following the death of Captain Ridenhour, high-ranking detective Brigid O'Reilly is mentioned as having recently moved to New Orleans, in reference to that character's role in the series "Cloak & Dagger". The second season of "Luke Cage" was released on June 22, 2018, on the streaming service Netflix worldwide, in Ultra HD 4K and high dynamic range. An advanced screening of the season was hosted by Spotify, Netflix, and the Kennedy Center on
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began portraying the role of Agent Jameson Locke in the "Halo" franchise. Colter starred in the series "Halo: Nightfall" and provided the motion capture for Agent Locke in "" while the voice acting is performed by Ike Amadi. He also co-starred as Luke Cage in "Jessica Jones", on Netflix. The entire first season was released online on November 20, 2015. This was followed by the character's individual series, "Luke Cage", with the first season being released on September 30, 2016, and the second season being released on June 22, 2018. In between the two seasons, Colter also played Luke in
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mentioned by her former New York colleagues in the second season of "Luke Cage". Loeb noted the "Luke Cage" references were "not by mistake", with the potential for them to become something more, such as having Simone Missick, who portrays Misty Knight, appearing in the series. Tony Stark and Danny Rand are also mentioned in the series. The season premiered on Freeform on June 7, 2018, consisting of 10 episodes and concluding on August 2. It was originally intended to premiere in 2017 when it was first ordered to series. ABC Spark aired the season in Canada, also starting on
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June 19, followed by an after-party featuring musical performances by KRS-One, Younge and Muhammad, and surprise guests. The season had its red carpet premiere in New York City on June 21, 2018. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 84% approval rating, with an average rating of 7.15/10 based on 54 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Marvel's Luke Cage" surpasses the successes of its debut season with a satisfyingly complex narrative and a solid ensemble cast led by Alfre Woodard's standout performance as the archvillainess Black Mariah." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 64
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Luke Cage (season 2) The second season of the American web television series "Luke Cage", which is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, sees Cage become a hero and celebrity in Harlem after clearing his name, only to face a new threat. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films and other television series of the franchise. The season was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, with Cheo Hodari Coker serving as showrunner. Mike Colter stars as Cage, alongside returning principal cast members Simone Missick, Theo Rossi,
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out of four. CNN's Brian Lowry was more critical of the season, feeling the season was "weaker" than the first, noting it was "not bad, overall, but still experiencing the equivalent of a sophomore slump." Similar to Lowry, Alan Sepinwall at "Rolling Stone" gave the season two stars out of four, noting the 13-episode season had "only three or four episodes' worth of story at best". Luke Cage (season 2) The second season of the American web television series "Luke Cage", which is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, sees Cage become a hero and celebrity
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on Twitter for the season's depiction of Rand as an "insufferable college hippie". On March 15, 2017, the season held its premiere at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City. Netflix does not reveal subscriber viewership numbers for their series, but Parrot Analytics determined that the season generated over 63 million "Demand Expressions" at its peak, behind only "Luke Cage"s 69 million in terms of all the Marvel Netflix series, with Parrot calculating expressions "by evaluating streaming video, P2P-sharing, social chatter, and more." 7Park Data, which measures the number of streams on subscription video services, determined "Iron Fist"
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Set in Harlem, rather than the Hell's Kitchen of the previous Marvel Netflix series, Colter described the season as "a completely different world". Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief Joe Quesada said that unlike the fictionalized version of Hell's Kitchen depicted in "Daredevil" and "Jessica Jones", which was more inline with how it was when the comics were first written, the Harlem of "Luke Cage" represents the Harlem of "today", and is truer to the real-life modern New York. However, Colter admitted that the show's version of Harlem "does resemble Harlem of maybe ten years ago." Coker said that Harlem was a world
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were first introduced through their Nevada chapter in the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." episode "Yes Men", and Roxxon Energy Corporation, a company featured throughout the MCU. It also mentions the vigilantes Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, the death of Oscar Clemons, and the law firm Hogarth, Chao, and Benowitz, which are all references to the first season of "Jessica Jones". When Claire Temple first appears in the season, she has "a cut in her eyebrow", which Cox was told would be explained in "Luke Cage", saying, "the timeline had been thought through and worked out so that whatever’s going on in
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the end of September, the second part of the "Street Level Hero" series was released, focusing on Harlem, with commentary from Coker, Colter, A$AP Ferg, Method Man, and Harlem style icon Dapper Dan. On September 28, 2016, a premiere for the series was held at the AMC Magic Johnson in Harlem. The season was released on DVD in Region 2 and Blu-ray in Region B on November 27, 2017, in Region 4 on December 6, 2017, and in Region 1 and Region A on December 12, 2017. In Region A, the season featured packaging designed by Quesada, and the bonus
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Wing frequently work with Heroes for Hire: Luke Cage and Iron Fist. In 2013, Knight became co-leader of the Valkyrior with Valkyrie in "Fearless Defenders" #1 by Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney. Simone Missick portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series "Luke Cage", "The Defenders", and the second season of "Iron Fist". Misty Knight was first mentioned in "Marvel Premiere" #20 (January 1975) and was created by writer Tony Isabella with artist Arvell Jones. A later retcon in "Marvel Team-Up" (1st series) #64 by Chris Claremont and John Byrne would reveal she had previously appeared as an
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ballyhooed shared-world premise so poorly, it's jarring when it even happens," and also took issue with elements of the season's logic, paceing, and "thinly stretched plot". Reviewing the entire season, Terri Schwartz of IGN awarded it an 8.4 out of 10, saying, ""Marvel's Luke Cage" doesn't reach the heights of "Daredevil" and "Jessica Jones", and its flawed second half ends up diminishing what was otherwise a fantastic season. But with something important to say and interesting new characters, "Luke Cage" is another win for Marvel's Netflix shows." Keene highlighted the use of race in the season, and how it did
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figuring that "Jessica Jones" and "Luke Cage" would have paired up more, given that Cage was introduced on "Jessica Jones". The data also revealed that fans of "Stranger Things" and other series that explore "the dark side of society" such as "Black Mirror", "The Walking Dead" and the documentary "Amanda Knox" led viewers to starting "Luke Cage". In October 2018, Crimson Hexagon, a consumer insights company, released data that examined the "social-media buzz" for the series to try to correlate it with potential viewership. The data showed that when the first season premiered in September 2016, the season had over
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out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Awarding the "excellent" season four stars out of five, Olly Richards of "Empire" said, "Most of Marvel’s superhero series suffer a mid-season sag, without enough plot to fill their episode quota. This season never succumbs to that because it’s not rooted in plot but character. There are episodes where little happens in terms of event, but characters deepen and crack, becoming less who they want to be and more who they have to be, even Luke. "Luke Cage" could now remove any superhero elements almost entirely and still function
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feature "Offstage at Harlem's Paradise", a roundtable discussion with Colter, Woodard, Rossi, and Missick discussing their time during filming on the season. As Netflix does not reveal subscriber viewership numbers for any of their original series, Symphony Technology Group compiled data for the season based on people using software on their phones that measures television viewing by detecting a program's sound. According to Symphony, "Luke Cage" opened stronger initially than the Netflix original series "Making a Murderer" and "Stranger Things", but its performance over its first month fell short of both, comparatively. Symphony estimated that 6.34% of viewers age 18–49
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gonna double down on that stuff, so look forward to a very exciting and very relevant and pop culture-heavy show." He added that after the first season and the crossover miniseries "The Defenders", Cage would have "a whole new outlook on life" and would not be dealing with the judicial system anymore. Coker explained that the storyline for the season did not come from any particular iteration of the comics, and instead was based on the characters that appear: "who is Luke Cage and getting much deeper into that, but also finding out different things about Mariah Dillard, also finding
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Herm Edwards, since Edwards had one of Coker's "favorite coach meltdowns of all time", but Edwards also could not coordinate an appearance, resulting Coker approaching Bowles. Writer, author, and educator Jelani Cobb also cameos in the season, appearing as himself on a talk show speaking to Luke Cage's ability to fix Harlem. Cobb, who has "an ambivalent relationship" to the character of Luke Cage, "went back and forth" on whether he would appear in the season. He noted, "I really like the show and thought it’d be a fun thing to do, but I also think that sometimes it’s important
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and joined the creative team that launched Marvel's "Luke Cage, Hero for Hire", inking the premiere issue (June 1972) over pencilers John Romita Sr. and George Tuska. He either inked or himself penciled every issue of the book's 16–issue run under its original title, and the first as the retitled "Luke Cage, Power Man" (Feb. 1974). One reviewer of the reprint collection "Essential Luke Cage, Power Man" wrote, "The majority of the art is by George Tuska, initially inked by Billy Graham (with several solo pieces by Graham [that] give an intriguing record of his progression as an artist: His
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out things about Misty Knight," including getting her mechanical arm "and what that entails from an emotional standpoint." In particular, the new villains introduced for the season and their abilities impacted the story in terms of "what that represents against Luke". Each episode of the season is named after a Pete Rock & CL Smooth song, just as Coker named each episode of the first season after a Gang Starr song. Colter returns to star as Cage, along with Simone Missick as Misty Knight, Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple, Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard, and Theo Rossi as Hernan "Shades"
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decided to give to the fans of the "Heroes for Hire" instead by having Cage and Rand team up for part of the season. He added that Finn Jones "will bring some fresh blood in the new season". Jessica Henwick also reprises her "Iron Fist" role, appearing as Colleen Wing. Following the death of Reg E. Cathey in February 2018, Marvel revealed that his final performance was as Luke Cage's father James Lucas in this season. The character appeared briefly in the first season portrayed by an unnamed actor. In March 2018, Annabella Sciorra was announced to have been cast
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as a series." David Betancourt of "The Washington Post" felt the season was "spectacular, full of unforgettable performances, and has not one but two top-notch villains". Though he felt the season started slow, the later episodes are "where the magic happens". Alison Keene at Collider felt the "last few episodes are fantastic — it just takes a lot to get there." Keene also felt "There are plenty of things this season does well, really well, but there is so much filler and narrative dragging of feet in between that it’s hard to recommend it outright," awarding the season three stars
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TV Shows of 2016 lists, ranking on the African-American Film Critics Association's (5th), NPR's (6th), and Hidden Remote's (7th). It was also included on un-ranked lists from "The Huffington Post", "The Plain Dealer", TheWrap, and Yahoo! Comic Book Resources named "Just to Get a Rep" as the 9th best episode in 2016 among comic book-related television series. Additionally, "Luke Cage" was the third most trending television series search on Google for 2016, and the second highest rated science-fiction/fantasy/horror series on Rotten Tomatoes for the year. Luke Cage (season 1) The first season of the American web television series "Luke Cage",
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Luke Cage (season 1) The first season of the American web television series "Luke Cage", which is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, follows a former convict with superhuman strength and unbreakable skin who fights crime in Harlem, New York. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films and other television series of the franchise. The season was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, with Cheo Hodari Coker serving as showrunner. Mike Colter stars as Cage, reprising his role from the series "Jessica Jones". He is joined
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have the bystanders tell Luke Cage that they have a score to settle when Ward Meachum regains consciousness. Luke Cage and Iron Fist tracked Shades and Comanche to the George Washington Bridge where they learned about their employer. Luke Cage and Iron Fist managed to defeat the two of them as the police arrive. When the police fail to remove Shades' visor, he used one more blast to knock Luke Cage and Iron Fist off the George Washington Bridge. Shades and Comanche were later sprung from prison. The two of them tried to hold off Luke Cage when he attacked
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into multiple seasons for sure" and Netflix would look at "how well [they] are addressing both the Marvel fanbase but also the broader fanbase" in terms of determining if additional seasons would be appropriate. In July 2015, Sarandos said some of the Defenders series would "selectively have multiple seasons as they come out of the gate." Regarding a second season, showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker stated he had "a few ideas", including possibly exploring the "Hero for Hire" aspect of Luke Cage, though noted he was not taking "any of this for granted" in terms of feeling a second season renewal
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is sold to a brothel. The movie was screened in New York City in 2014. Lucy Liu's other directorial credits include 4 episodes of "Elementary", an episode of "Graceland" and the second-season premiere of "Luke Cage". Liu had previously presented her artwork under a pseudonym, Yu Ling (which is her Chinese name). Liu, who is an artist in several media, has had several gallery shows showcasing her collage, paintings, and photography. She began doing collage mixed media when she was 16 years old, and became a photographer and painter. Liu attended the New York Studio School for drawing, painting, and
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a seriously injured Luke Cage (who has impenetrable skin) is brought in; Temple takes care of Cage for Jessica Jones. In the second season of "Daredevil", Temple quits her job at the hospital, when it tries to cover up the death of her coworker following an attack by The Hand, and leaves Hell's Kitchen; she arrives in Harlem, where her mother runs a diner, in "Luke Cage". Temple reconnects with Cage there, and helps him defend the neighborhood. She falls for Cage, but before they can act on their feelings he is arrested. Temple begins taking lessons at Colleen Wing's
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Avenger" #2, D-man attends a picnic at Avengers Mansion and competes in a pie-eating contest, besting The Thing, Protector, and Valkyrie. D-Man made an appearance in "New Avengers" #7, while various heroes are being interviewed to be a nanny for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. He appears to be spontaneously weeping and his only lines are "I am so lonely...", "I think I came off desperate before--" and "Does Captain America ever talk about me?". When Jessica Jones says her mind is made up on a nanny (Squirrel Girl), Cage quips "D-Man it is." to which she responds "Cute." Wonder
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general style. Its pacing and some writing were viewed as some of the season's shortcomings. The series' approach to racial issues was discussed by many commentators. The season won several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award. A second season of "Luke Cage" was ordered on December 3, 2016. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> In October 2013, Marvel and Disney announced that Marvel Television and ABC Studios would provide Netflix with live action series centered around Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage, leading up to a miniseries based on the Defenders. In December 2014, Mike Colter was cast as Cage, which was
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were watching "Luke Cage" in an average minute in the first 32 days following its release, with "Making a Murderer" and "Stranger Things" seeing 9.1% and 9.81% of viewers, respectively. Symphony also estimated that 3.388 million viewers age 18–49 were watching an episode of "Luke Cage" over the average minute in its first weekend of release. The marketing analytics firm Jumpshot determined the season was the fourth-most viewed Netflix season in the first 30 days after it premiered, garnering 27% of the viewers that the second season of "Daredevil" received, which was the most viewed season according to Jumpstart. Jumpshot,
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envisioned as a recurring role on "Jessica Jones" before headlining his own series. Netflix and Marvel announced that Cheo Hodari Coker would be the showrunner for "Marvel's Luke Cage" in late March 2015, after he pitched the series to Netflix as an examination of Harlem, "like what "The Wire" did for Baltimore." The season consists of 13 hour-long episodes. Each episode of the season is named after a Gang Starr song, with Coker wanting the full season to feel like an album of music, explaining, "When Prince put out an album, you would shut things out and listen to the
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2 reprints "Power Man and Iron Fist" #76-100 and "Daredevil" #178. Power Man and Iron Fist Power Man and Iron Fist (originally Luke Cage, Hero for Hire then Luke Cage, Power Man) was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the superheroes Power Man and Iron Fist. The series debuted as "Hero For Hire" #1, and became "Power Man" from #17 onwards. The cover logo included Luke Cage's name, so from #1–16 the cover logo read "Luke Cage, Hero For Hire" and from #17 onwards "Luke Cage, Power Man". The series was initially written by Luke Cage's
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Maslansky noted one of the differences with the season compared to the other Marvel Netflix series, was the neighborhoods it spent time in ("the wealthier neighborhoods; Midtown, Upper East Side, that sort of thing") compared to Hell's Kitchen for "Daredevil" and "Jessica Jones" and Harlem for "Luke Cage". As such, Rand wears more suits than the other heroes, and given the amount of fighting he does in the season, a lot of spandex was added to increase the suits' flexibility. Rand's look evolves throughout the season, with Maslansky noting, "When we first meet him he's clearly traveled a long way.
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the male characters in the season, and how it questions the "toxic black male stereotypes" of masculinity and criminality, using the examples of Cage's intelligence and vulnerability, Pop's philosophy of peace and deescalation, and Stokes' love of music and unwillingness to become a criminal. However, Berlatsky felt the season failed to follow through with these questions, as "from the moment [Pop] first appears on screen, it's clear the ideology he represents is going to be discarded. "Luke Cage" recognizes young Cornell's gentleness and vulnerability. But it still has to turn him into Cottonmouth." "Luke Cage" was included on multiple Best/Top
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Luke Cage (soundtrack) Luke Cage (Original Soundtrack Album) is the soundtrack album to the 2016 first season of the web television series "Luke Cage", featuring music composed by Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. The soundtrack was released on October 7, 2016, digitally and with a vinyl release by Mondo. Younge and Muhammad were asked to join the series by showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker, and strove to write a score inspired by hip hop. They were given a full orchestra to record the score with. In addition to their music, the soundtrack includes songs from various artists that gave onscreen
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David Griffith (comics) David "D.W." Griffith is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is depicted as an ally of Luke Cage. The character, created by Archie Goodwin and George Tuska, first appeared in "Hero for Hire" #2 (August 1972). He operated the Gem Theater and rented out a room for Luke Cage when he needed a place to stay. Despite the theater being a constant source of destruction, Griffith remained a faithful friend to Cage mostly because he considered him his only friend. Griffith was also a film student and wanted to produce
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inform him about the goings on. Despite some reluctance, Dave gave in, acting as an informant. He appears in the episode "You Know My Steez," filming the street fight between Cage and Willis Stryker. He returns in season 2 where he has set up a Luke Cage merchandise store within Pop's Barber Shop, much to Cage and Bobby Fish's chagrin. He follows Cage around by using the "Harlem's Hero" app and films his many exploits. Following Cage's defeat at the hands of Bushmaster, Griffith begins selling tapes of the fight, despite still admitting support for Cage. Griffith is also present
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for Hire. Mr. Fish has enhanced strength and a fish-like appearance and a gun. This version of Mr. Fish was about to enact his master plan only for him and his henchmen to encounter the Fantastic Four. Human Torch used his flames to dehydrate Mr. Fish, enough for a police officer to knock him out and arrest him. A variation of the Mortimer Norris version of Mr. Fish appears in season 2 of "Luke Cage", portrayed by Hakim Callender. While he still has the nickname "Mr. Fish," he does not possess any superhuman abilities and resembles a normal man. He
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just comic relief. I mean, he is some of those things. He does have comic relief, but it was exciting to know that these other characters would have their own path and their own things that they're dealing with." In addition to "Daredevil", Henson has also portrayed Foggy in the crossover miniseries "The Defenders" and a cameo appearance in season 2 of "Jessica Jones" and "Luke Cage". Elden Henson Elden Henson (born Elden Ryan Ratliff; August 30, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Fulton Reed in "The Mighty Ducks" trilogy, Foggy Nelson in "Daredevil" and
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Cage". A month later, Dawson was revealed to also be reprising her role in the crossover miniseries "The Defenders". Dawson also expressed interest in making a cameo appearance in "The Punisher", a spin-off series from "Daredevil", but was unable to due to a scheduling conflict. After appearing in the second season of "Luke Cage", Dawson explained that she was reluctant to continue making appearances in the many series due to having to travel away from her family when working on the New York sets. She did think that she would return to "Luke Cage" if it was renewed for further
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after an ill-advised attack on Luke Cage. While Mangler distracted Luke Cage, Spear sent another message to Dr. Burnstein and once again decided to let him live. He left a message for him to meet him at the East River pier. When Dr. Burnstein did so, he was speared by Spear in front of Luke Cage's eyes. Two young adults witnessed Spear escaping the pier. Spear then attempted to rescue Mangler from police custody which was thwarted by Luke Cage. Not wanting to lose another son, Spear's mother tipped off Luke Cage and Quentin Chase as to his whereabouts. Luke
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lengths 30″, 2′23″ and 1′40″, as does the Kremen manuscript, and presumably the original manuscript had the same indications. However, in the "First Tacet Edition" Cage writes that at the premiere the timings were 33″, 2′40″ and 1′20″. In the "Second Tacet Edition" he adds that after the premier a copy has been made for Irwin Kremen, in which the lengths of the movements were 30″, 2′23″ and 1′40″. The causes of this discrepancy are not currently understood, the original manuscript being still lost. In 1962, Cage wrote 0′00″, which is also referred to as 4′33″ No. 2. The directions
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he is convinced to fight injustice. Coker further compared the characters Cottonmouth and Misty Knight to the resident villain and local law enforcement, respectively, of the Western genre, and described the Harlem's Paradise nightclub as the town's saloon. The season picks up "a few months" after "Jessica Jones", with Luke Cage trying to stay off the radar. The end of the second episode "get[s] this series into forward action mode [by making Cage] see that he couldn't just sit back and do nothing." Coker said the arc for Cage in the season was 'hero', and felt this was a more
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unlike any previous films or television series and had done so with "a compelling vision and atmosphere". David Betancourt, for "The Washington Post", concluded that "Luke Cage" is "Netflix's best Marvel show to date. When given the chance to bring to life one of the most well-known heroes of color around, Marvel and Netflix produced something that is undeniably and unapologetically black and beautiful." "TV Guide"s Alexander Zalban called the season one of 2016's "most vital, important" and "timely" television series, saying it had "incredibly layered and iconic performances" from the cast. Matt Webb Mitovich of TVLine, who gave the
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300,000 Twitter and Instagram posts regarding it, and when the second season was released in June 2018, the posts had declined dramatically to under 50,000. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 94% approval rating with an average rating of 8.03/10 based on 68 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "An immersive, socially conscious narrative and a confident, charismatic lead performance make "Marvel's Luke Cage" a stellar sampling of the new Marvel/Netflix universe." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 79 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The second season has
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imprisonment on Utopia, he decides, following a conversation with Daredevil, to resign from his Avenger duties to ensure the security of his wife and child. After the X-Men are defeated, Cage, Jessica, Squirrel Girl, and Iron Fist resign from the Avengers. In volume 2 of "The Mighty Avengers", Luke Cage wears a costume reminiscent of his yellow Bronze Age outfit, with a yellow top and blue jeans. During the series "The Superior Spider-Man", Cage assembles an incarnation of the Mighty Avengers, and officially declares the new assembled group to be Avengers. As part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel," Luke Cage
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Eisenberg felt "Luke Cage" "has a unique flavor that could very well lead it to being called the best Netflix/Marvel series so far by the time its first season is over," a sentiment also shared by Helen O'Hara of "The Daily Telegraph". Eisenberg also praised the members of the supporting cast, including Missick, Whaley, Frankie Faison as Pop, and Rossi, as well as Ali and Woodard as the main villains. Despite "weak exposition delivery in the pilot, repetitive narrative structures, and individual arcs that are cut short too soon," Eisenberg concluded that "Luke Cage" presented an area of the MCU
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by principal cast members Mahershala Ali, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Erik LaRay Harvey, Rosario Dawson, and Alfre Woodard. "Luke Cage" entered development in late 2013, and Colter was cast, to appear in "Jessica Jones" and star in "Luke Cage", in December 2014. Production took place in New York City from September 2015 to March 2016, with the season exploring race and politics while looking to replicate the atmosphere and culture of Harlem. Coker especially emphasized the use of music: Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad composed a "90s hip-hop" score; various artists give onscreen performances in the fictional nightclub Harlem's
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and Iron Fist come into conflict with Jennifer Royce when she has been corrupted by an ancient African artifact. During the "Civil War II" storyline, Luke Cage hears about the talents of and the fight over him. After thinking this through, Luke tells Iron Fist that he is sitting this fight out. During the "Secret Empire" storyline, Luke Cage became a member of the Defenders alongside Daredevil, Iron Fist, and Jessica Jones. They alongside Cloak and Dagger, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Woman fought the Army of Evil during Hydra's rise to power where they were defeated by Nitro. Luke Cage and
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Industries weapons to counter Cage's abilities. Justin Hammer and his company were introduced in "Iron Man 2", and Hammer was last seen incarcerated in Seagate Prison in the Marvel One-Shot "All Hail the King"; Seagate is depicted in "Luke Cage", as the prison where Carl Lucas was sent and where there are rumored "millionaires hidden in the basement". The series references the events of "The Avengers" and members of that team, as well as the future Defenders and their own series. Specific mentions of the latter include Madame Gao's operations in "Daredevil", the widely known villains Wilson Fisk and Frank
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whole thing" similarly to modern binge-watching of television series. Coker was inspired to name the episodes based on music by television producer Shonda Rhimes, who names each episode of "Grey's Anatomy" after a pop song. Coker chose the Gang Starr songs ahead of his first pitch meeting with Marvel Television head Jeph Loeb, to help organize his planned story arcs. He chose the songs based on their titles only, so each episode's events does not necessarily reflect the respective song's lyrics. Loeb described the season as "a fugitive story", and "a story of redemption", and said it was about Luke
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Alvarez. In July 2017, Marvel announced the casting of Mustafa Shakir as John McIver, and Gabrielle Dennis as Tilda Johnson. Thomas Q. Jones reprises his role as Comanche in the season, along with Danny Johnson as Benjamin Donovan, and Justin Swain as Mark Bailey. In October 2017, it was revealed that Finn Jones would be reprising his role as Danny Rand / Iron Fist in the season. Colter explained that there had been interest from fans to see more of the previously established relationship between Cage and Jessica Jones, but for this season they "went out on a limb" and
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association with Luke Cage, Shades and Comanche indicated that they would kill him if they are ordered to. Sometime later, Shades and Comanche were hired by Ward Meachum where he gave Shades a visor that shoots energy blasts and gave Comanche some Trick Arrows. The two of them knocked out Ward Meachum where they have the bystanders tell Luke Cage that they have a score to settle when Ward Meachum regains consciousness. Luke Cage and Iron Fist tracked Shades and Comanche to the George Washington Bridge where they learned about their employer. Luke Cage and Iron Fist managed to defeat
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from Netflix was guaranteed. Actor Mike Colter also felt "Heroes for Hire" could be explored in future seasons, as well as further exploring Cage's lifestyle change regarding his relationship with Jessica Jones and introducing the couple's daughter. In December 2016, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, of 13 episodes. Coker compared the season to A Tribe Called Quest's second album "The Low End Theory" saying, their first album "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm" "was great, but then "Low End Theory" was the record that everyone says ... when they think of A Tribe Called Quest
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exposure. In the alternate future of Earth X, most of humanity has gained superpowers, but it still needs policing. An older Luke Cage is a cop, complete with uniform, and he recruits Peter Parker. In this reality Luke Cage is Power Fist, a mix between the 616 versions of Luke Cage/Power Man and his friend Iron Fist. He is also this reality's leader of the Avengers. He leads them to eradicate the Vi-Locks and his life is saved by Sunfire when she is stuck on his world. He later moves to Quentin Quire's reality to replace one of his selves
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the two of them as the police arrive. When the police fail to remove Shades' visor, he used one more blast to knock Luke Cage and Iron Fist off the George Washington Bridge. Shades and Comanche were later sprung from prison. The two of them tried to hold off Luke Cage when he attacked the Meachum building only to be defeated when Luke Cage knocked a pillar on them. Shades was among the several gunmen that were employed by Viktor Smerdilovisc. He and the others came in conflict with the Marvel Knights. Shades was taken down by Cloak and Dagger.
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Claire Temple Claire Temple is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. An African-American doctor, she is primarily affiliated with the superhero Luke Cage and is one of his early love interests. Starting in 2015, a version of the character, portrayed by Rosario Dawson, has appeared in multiple episodes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe web television series, such as "Daredevil", "Jessica Jones", "Luke Cage", "Iron Fist" and "The Defenders". She is a composite of Claire and the comic character Night Nurse. Claire Temple first appeared in "Luke Cage, Hero for Hire" #2 and was created
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set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and headlined his own series, which premiered in September 2016, along with a second season, which released in June 2018. Colter also reprised his role in the miniseries "The Defenders", which premiered in August 2017. Luke Cage was created by Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin and John Romita Sr. shortly after blaxploitation films emerged as a popular new genre. He debuted in his own series, with the cover trademark "Luke Cage, Hero for Hire" and the title "Hero for Hire." The series initially was written by Goodwin and pencilled by George Tuska. The character was
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Wing becomes the leader of The Nail, a splinter group of The Hand ninja clan. Jessica Henwick portrays the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the character in the television series "Iron Fist", "The Defenders", and the second season of "Luke Cage". Colleen Wing first appeared in "Marvel Premiere" #19 (November 1974), created by writer Doug Moench and artist Larry Hama. Colleen was born in the mountains of Honshu, Japan, to Professor Lee Wing (a teacher of Asian history at Columbia University) and a mother whose ancestors were samurai and "daimyōs". After her mother's death, Colleen's late maternal grandfather Kenji Ozawa
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so when it comes together it's seamless." McGuigan was inspired by the works of photographers Gordon Parks, Tony Ray-Jones, and Jack Garofalo. Billeter looked to differentiate the look of "Luke Cage" from "Jessica Jones", using modified gels on lights, and saturating and warming colors in color correction to give Harlem a more glowing look. Coker noted that the series' has a color scheme of yellow, brown, amber, and gold, in contrast to the violet tint Billeter gave "Jessica Jones" to reflect that series' villain, the Purple Man. The series was shot on Netflix's standard 4K cameras, with Billeter pairing them
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21 out of 100 (based on 8 critics), indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Luke Y. Thompson of Forbes gave it a fresh rating, writing “I can’t begrudge you waiting until 211 shows up on a Blu-ray at Walmart that also contains ten other Cage movies...But I can tell you that when it does, you shouldn't skip over this one.” Other reviewers were not as complimentary. Jacob Knight from "Birth Movies Death" declared it rotten, writing, “Nic Cage’s latest DTV action endeavour is a bizarre slog.” Richard Roeper of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave it 2/4 and wrote, "A muddled, overcrowded, trigger-happy heist
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or coercive human experimentation, it can be inferred that Luke Cage's story influenced some of the aforementioned public opinion. Luke Cage Luke Cage (Power Man) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Luke Cage first appeared in "Luke Cage, Hero for Hire" #1 (June 1972) 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 is an ex-convict imprisoned for a
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a lot of people in law enforcement" and on the street. Loeb said on the issue, "Luke Cage, when he came on the scene in the early 70s was for all intents and purposes the first black superhero. Given what's going on present day, it just resonates." Coker stated that Cage is "someone that the community can touch and go to", adding, "There's never been a time in history where having a bulletproof black man" has been so important. "Luke Cage" was also the first MCU property to use the word "nigger" or "nigga", with Marvel having complete trust in
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dressed as a butler and brings it home, but Gloria does not like it at all. Mitchell and Cameron try to help their Spanish gardener who seems upset but the lack of understanding his language, causes confusion. The episode got a Nielsen rating of 3.2/8 in the 18-49 demographic. Ratings fell around 2 million viewers from the previous episode, a drop attributed to heavy competition from the season premiere of "American Idol". It received mixed reviews from television critics. Claire (Julie Bowen) discovers a photo on her computer of a topless woman on a tractor, and she assumes that Luke
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Germann as Richard Fish, Peter MacNicol as John Cage, Jane Krakowski as Elaine Vassal, Lisa Nicole Carson as Renée Raddick, Gil Bellows as Billy Thomas and Courtney Thorne-Smith as Georgia Thomas, all returned to the main cast. Former recurring star Vonda Shepard was upgraded to series regular after appearing in nearly every episode of the previous season. Lucy Liu and Portia de Rossi premiered as new characters, Ling Woo and Nelle Porter, in the season premiere and appeared on recurring status until episode "Making Spirits Bright", when they were also upgraded to series regulars. Lucy Liu originally auditioned for the
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those with him were trapped in the Darkforce dome by Blackout when his powers were enhanced by Baron Helmut Zemo using the Darkhold. During the "Hunt for Wolverine" storyline, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones assist Iron Man and Spider-Man find Wolverine when his body has gone missing from his unmarked grave. When the four of them arrive undercover at a submarine in international waters upon hearing that a genetic material will be auctioned off, Luke and Jessica are shocked to find that the genetic material that will be auctioned off belongs to their daughter Danielle. When Mister Sinister crashes the
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an approval rating of 83% with an average rating of 7.15/10 based on 54 reviews. The website's critical consensus states, "In its second season, Marvel's Luke Cage delivers a satisfyingly complex narrative and a solid ensemble cast led by Alfre Woodard's standout performance as the archvillainess Black Mariah." On Metacritic, it has a score of 64 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". By the end of July 2018, work in the series' writers room was believed to have begun on a third season, though Netflix had yet to make a decision on whether the season
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Castle, and a flier for Colleen Wing's martial arts class, to then be introduced in "Iron Fist". The first season of "Luke Cage" was released on September 30, 2016, on the streaming service Netflix worldwide, in Ultra HD 4K. The season was enhanced to be available in high dynamic range after its initial release by post-production vendor Deluxe. The 13 hour-long episodes were released simultaneously, as opposed to a serialized format, to encourage binge-watching, a format which has been successful for other Netflix series. The first trailer for the series debuted exclusively on Netflix, autoplaying after the final episode of
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9, 2017, season 5 was premiered and the sixth season premiered on July 27, 2018. In November 2013, Netflix and Marvel Television announced a five-season deal to produce live action Marvel superhero-focused series: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage. The deal involves the release of four 13-episode seasons that culminate in a mini-series called "The Defenders". "Daredevil" and "Jessica Jones" premiered in 2015. The "Luke Cage" series premiered on September 30, 2016, followed by "Iron Fist" on March 17, 2017 and "The Defenders" on August 18, 2017. In April 2016 the Netflix series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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them at Lonnie Carver's funeral only to end up orchestrating the event that turned Bill Carver into Thunderbolt. Then Big Ben Donovan hijacked a Maggia shipment that was under the supervision of Caesar Cicero. When Big Ben Donovan turned to Luke Cage for help, they defeated Caesar Cicero's men before being defeated by Man Mountain Marko who brought them to Caesar Cicero. Before Caesar Cicero's men could bury Luke Cage alive, Iron Fist and Thunderbolt arrived to help Luke Cage and Big Ben Donovan. Upon Thunderbolt realizing that Big Ben Donovan had Lonnie Carver killed, Thunderbolt removed his mask and
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of doing that? That's one of the things I wanted to explore on the show". He did caution comparisons to recent headlines involving racial tension given when they had begun working on the show, stating that his focus had been on "identity", which he saw as a common element in all black art. The main cast for the season includes Colter as Cage; Mahershala Ali as Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes; Simone Missick as Misty Knight; Theo Rossi as Hernan "Shades" Alvarez; Erik LaRay Harvey as Willis Stryker / Diamondback, whose involvement was not officially announced by Marvel prior to the season's
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by a technology user named Gadget that would prove his innocence for the crimes that Luke Cage was initially framed for. To make sure that Power Man followed his offer, Bushmaster sent Shades and Comanche to follow them. Power Man ended up fighting Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, and Iron Fist. When Luke Cage was seemingly defeated by Iron Fist, Shades and Comanche reported this to Bushmaster. At Seagate Prison, Bushmaster coerced Noah Burnstein into utilizing the "Power Man" process on him to an even greater extent that was used on Luke Cage. Power Man, Iron Fist, Misty Knight, and Colleen
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it to jail. They are freed from a prison wagon on its way to the penitentiary by Live Wire who then joins the group. But she ends up back with the Circus when the group captures Luke Cage. Zelda finds herself attracted to Luke which doesn't please Luke's girlfriend Claire Temple. With the help of Black Goliath, Luke Cage defeats the Circus. Zelda is stopped when Luke's pal D.W. Griffith hypnotizes her with the Ringmaster's hat. With the Circus of Crime, Princess Python captured the sea-nymph Meriam, and fought the Hulk. The Circus reaches its lowest point when it tries
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Iron Fist (comics) Iron Fist (Daniel "Danny" Rand) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, Iron Fist first appeared in "Marvel Premiere" #15 (May 1974). The character is a practitioner of martial arts and the wielder of a mystical force known as the Iron Fist, which allows him to summon and focus his "chi". He starred in his own solo series in the 1970s, and shared the title "Power Man and Iron Fist" for several years with Luke Cage, partnering with Cage to form the superhero team
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taking it to the next level. That’s my hope for season 2, is that we have some of the similar sounds, but we go in a deeper direction." Coker also noted that music would continue to be an important element for the season and that Harlem would still be "at the heart and its center" for the series. In July 2017, Colter said the writing for the season was different from the first, because "we know the show now. We know the world that we’re in and we know sort of what works and what doesn’t work and we’re just
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action series centered around Luke Cage, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist, leading up to a miniseries based on the Defenders. Marvel began their search for a showrunner in 2014, and in late March 2015, Netflix and Marvel announced Cheo Hodari Coker in that role and revealed the title of the series to be "Marvel's Luke Cage". Coker was inspired to become the series showrunner "when he realized the ramifications of a series about a black man with impenetrable skin and how that might empower him to take on both criminals and crooked authority figures"; he pitched the series to
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Knights merchandise program was created to support the series, which creates new opportunities for individual product lines and collector focused products. Licensing partners wanted to pair up with Marvel, despite this not being a film project, given its previous successes. As Netflix does not reveal subscriber viewership numbers for any of their original series, Karim Zreik, senior vice president of original programming at Marvel Television, provided some viewership demographics for "Luke Cage" in August 2017, noting that the series has attracted "sort of a mix" of viewers between gender and age. Also in the month, Netflix released viewing patterns for
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Cage" was prepping to begin filming, and by September 2015, production had begun under the working title "Tiara". Filming concluded in March 2016. Filming took place in Harlem, including Lenox Avenue and areas where "American Gangster" was shot, the Mount Olivet Baptist Church, St. Nicholas Park, Jackie Robinson Park, Riverside Park, and the Riverside Drive viaduct; in Washington Heights, including at the United Palace; Cortlandt Alley in Chinatown; in areas of Queens for when Cage escapes Seagate Prison and puts on the classic Power Man costume; the Roosevelt Island steam plant and Queens Detention Facility for interiors of Seagate; the
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America, the Falcon, and Iron Fist (posing as Daredevil), and joins Captain America's "Secret Avengers". He fights alongside them in opposition to the act until Captain America surrenders to U.S. authorities. Cage does not comply with the amnesty offered to the Secret Avengers, going underground and reforming the New Avengers alongside Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Fist, and Spider-Woman. Luke assumes leadership of the New Avengers after the assassination of Captain America, with the team now operating underground and provided with secure accommodation by Doctor Strange. Following a Skrull invasion, Captain America (James "Bucky" Barnes) organizes a meeting with the New Avengers
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revenge. Luke Cage was attacked by hitmen hired by Diamondback. When the attack failed, Diamondback has his inventor Gadget-Man create new gimmicked switch blades to deal with Cage and kidnapped Claire Temple. Tracking Diamondback to his lair, Luke was surprised to find that it was his old friend Stryker. Diamondback battled Cage who hoped to clear his name. During the fight, Diamondback fell through a skylight and was blown up by one of his own trick switchblades, ruining any hope Luke had that Stryker could clear his name. Just then Claire arrived with Noah Burstein (the man who conducted the
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breakout role in "Luke Cage" as Misty Knight. Missick reprised the role in "The Defenders". She reappears as Misty in the second season of "Iron Fist". Missick married actor Dorian Missick in February 2012. He starred alongside her in the second season of "Luke Cage" as Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton, an ex-con put away by Misty who has been released due to Misty's late partner Scarfe tainting his conviction. Simone Missick Simone Missick (born Simone Cook; January 19, 1982 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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to an experimental procedure. Once freed, Cage becomes a "hero for hire" and teams up with fellow superhero Iron Fist as part of the duo, Power Man and Iron Fist. He later marries the super-powered private investigator Jessica Jones, with whom he has a daughter. In 2005, writer Brian Michael Bendis added Luke Cage to the lineup of the New Avengers, and he has since appeared in various "Avengers" titles, and became the leader of a group of reformed supervillains called the Thunderbolts. Actor Mike Colter played the character in the first season of "Jessica Jones", a live-action television series
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the original deal between Marvel and Netflix for the series, the characters cannot appear in any non-Netflix series or films for at least two years following the cancellation of "Luke Cage", as reported by "Variety". Kevin A. Mayer, chairman of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International, noted that, while it had not yet been discussed, it was a possibility that Disney+ could revive the series. Luke Cage (TV series) Marvel's Luke Cage, or simply Luke Cage, is an American web television series created for Netflix by Cheo Hodari Coker, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is
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Luke Cage (TV series) Marvel's Luke Cage, or simply Luke Cage, is an American web television series created for Netflix by Cheo Hodari Coker, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise and is the third in a series of shows that lead to "The Defenders" crossover miniseries. The series is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, with Coker serving as showrunner. Mike Colter stars as Luke Cage, a former convict with superhuman strength and unbreakable skin who
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for the second season. In July 2017, Mustafa Shakir and Gabrielle Dennis joined the cast, as John McIver and Tilda Johnson, respectively. Stephanie Maslansky, the costume designer for "Daredevil" and "Jessica Jones", serves as costume designer for "Luke Cage" as well. The series sees Cage have a wardrobe evolution from his initial look of T-shirts, jeans, leather jackets or an army jacket that was introduced in "Jessica Jones". Maslansky took inspiration from the comics illustrations, as she did on the other Marvel Netflix series, but also looked to the "rich and colorful history" of Harlem, and Coker's own vision. In
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a day by seizing control of strategic points throughout the city. Mace secretly intended them to be decoys, diverting police away from Wall Street while his elite troops looted it. When one veteran, Owen Ridgely, learned of Mace's true goals, he sought help from Luke Cage, Hero for Hire, but Ridgely was murdered by Mace's men. Luke Cage found and attacked Mace's base, when Mace fled in a helicopter, Cage caused it to crash into the Hudson River. Gideon then established Security City, an isolated planned community where paranoid ultra-conservatives could live away from the rest of America. Mace trained
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where appropriate in new projects. Several effects shots were created to show Cage's abilities, including a slow motion shot of a thug's fist collapsing into a compound fracture while punching Cage in the face. A standout effects sequence for the season was when Stokes fires a missile at a building, which took FuseFX 130 days to complete. It involved creating a CG building and integrating it into footage of a real New York City block, matching up with different camera angles and sources of light throughout the sequence. The effects team then had to digitally destroy the building, and create
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which "analyzes click-stream data from an online panel of more than 100 million consumers", looked at the viewing behavior and activity of the company's U.S. members, factoring in the relative number of U.S. Netflix viewers who watched at least one episode of the season. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 94% approval rating with an average rating of 8.03/10 based on 69 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "An immersive, socially conscious narrative and a confident, charismatic lead performance make "Marvel's Luke Cage" a stellar sampling of the new Marvel/Netflix universe." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned
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"the most active role in a superhero production since "Guardians of the Galaxy"", and was equally impressed with the original score by Younge and Muhammad. However, Cecchini felt the season repeated some issues from previous Marvel Netflix series, such as the use of archetypes and monologues. "Deadline Hollywood" Dominic Patten called "Luke Cage" "one of the most socially relevant and smartest shows on the small screen you will see this year... the series reaches both back and forward into the culture of heroes and an America looking for a true game-changer." David Milner for Digital Spy was also positive about
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not just study crime but also "the beleaguered police, sleazy politicians, and the young people in the community who see guns and drugs as an easy way to make money." Zalban felt that, just like "Jessica Jones" "sucked fans in by being a superhero detective story set in the Marvel Universe, while actually being one of the most powerful and thorough explorations of sexual assault ever committed to film," so too would "Luke Cage" with the racial aspects it covered. Lorraine Ali at the "Los Angeles Times" praised the season for giving an alternative perspective on "black America" to that
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who had died when he shouldn't have. After gaining his powers, Luke forms a crime syndicate in Hell's Kitchen, which he later turns into a Human Resistance Movement and recruits several human heroes to his side, including Cloak, who looks up to Luke as a father figure. He is the first person that Layla Miller comes to 'awaken' from the House of M reality and joins the force that takes down Magneto and his children in Genosha. In the Marvel Noir universe, former criminal Luke Cage uses his bulletproof reputation to clean up his life and neighborhood after a stay
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Power Man and Iron Fist Power Man and Iron Fist (originally Luke Cage, Hero for Hire then Luke Cage, Power Man) was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the superheroes Power Man and Iron Fist. The series debuted as "Hero For Hire" #1, and became "Power Man" from #17 onwards. The cover logo included Luke Cage's name, so from #1–16 the cover logo read "Luke Cage, Hero For Hire" and from #17 onwards "Luke Cage, Power Man". The series was initially written by Luke Cage's co-creator Archie Goodwin, pencilled by George Tuska, and inked by Billy
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had chosen a "certain type" of music for the season after listening to it at a birthday party and agreeing that there had "not been one bad song" played. Coker later explained that the season would explore the roots of hip-hop with blues and reggae, after the first season introduced hip-hop to the MCU. He added that the season would explore "the entire diaspora of black music" along with different cultures. Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad again composed the score for the season, working out of Younge's studio Linear Labs. Their music for the season included a "50-minute epic"
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dojo, through whom she meets Danny Rand in "Iron Fist". Temple helps Rand in his fight against The Hand. In "The Defenders", Temple is reunited with Cage, who is let out of jail early thanks to Foggy Nelson, and resumes a relationship with him. She then introduces Cage to Rand. In the second season of "Luke Cage", Temple continues her relationship with Cage, but suddenly grows cautious of his personal issues, particularly with his father and the way he handles justice. After an argument, Temple asks that they "take a break" from each other. By the end of the season,
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call in a lot of favors from his time as a music journalist to get the performers who did appear. For the second season, he was able to show footage of the first season performances as well as point out where musicians who performed on the show received "immediate streaming bumps" from fans discovering them through the series. With Coker subsequently having his "choice of acts", the season includes live performance from Faith Evans, returning from the first season, along with Joi & D-Nice, Gary Clark Jr., Esperanza Spalding, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Ghostface Killah, Stephen Marley, Jadakiss, KRS-One, and Rakim.
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they would know that he is safe from harm. Tomi Obaro specifically highlighted the season's women of color for BuzzFeed, finding the season to be a rare example of nuanced women of color who were not the main character. Obaro gave especial praise to the complex depictions of Dillard, Knight, and Temple, but noted that even the minor female characters were given exposition to add depth to their portrayals, and found many of these characters to be even more interesting than Cage and the other leading men of the season, feeling that Cage was boring and most of the male
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Stephen Rider reprise their roles of Benjamin Donovan and Blake Tower from the second season of "Daredevil". Costume designer Stephanie Maslansky returned from the same role on "Daredevil" and "Jessica Jones". Like the main characters of those shows, Cage has his own wardrobe evolution throughout the season after his initial look of T-shirts, jeans, leather jackets or an army jacket was introduced in "Jessica Jones". The series opted to depict Cage in a Trayvon Martin-inspired hoodie, but introduces the character's classic costume for a brief flashback. Colter said that the costume, designed in the blacksploitation era, "is not made for
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is never referred to as "Luke Cage". In this universe, the Defenders consist of several people who want to be superheroes but have no useful superpowers, and appear to be more interested in the celebrity aspect of being heroes than actually doing anything heroic. This version originally never had any powers. However, in "", he and the Defenders all appear with powers, given to them by Loki. Luke Cage was ranked as the 34th greatest comic book character of all time by "Wizard" magazine. IGN also ranked Luke Cage as the 72nd greatest comic book hero of all time stating
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