premise: Luke Cage is the name of a book.
hypothesis: Luke Cage , also known as Power Man ( real name Carl Lucas ) , 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 , John Romita , Sr. and George Tuska . He was the first black superhero to be featured as the protagonist and title character of a comic book . Actor Mike Colter played the character in the first season of Jessica Jones , a live-action television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , and headlined his own series , which premiered in September 2016 on Netflix . 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 .