Luke Cage

Mike Colter
Mike Colter
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Cinematic

Cinematic

Carl Lucas, a Savannah police officer framed by his half-brother Willis Stryker, was sent to Seagate Penitentiary, where a corrupted experiment gave him unbreakable skin and superhuman strength. As Luke Cage he settled in Harlem, brought down Cottonmouth, Diamondback and Bushmaster, joined the Defenders against the Hand, and later ran Harlem's Paradise. He became a father with Jessica Jones and worked for the CIA before returning home.

Timeline 8 events

  1. 1980 · Cinematic: Carl Lucas is born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of preacher James Lucas and Etta Lucas, and is called the miracle baby.
  2. 1997 · Cinematic: Caught joyriding with Willis Stryker, Lucas is spared jail by his father's influence and joins the Marines, then becomes a Savannah police officer.
  3. 2013 · Cinematic: Framed by Stryker and sent to Seagate Penitentiary, Lucas is forced into prison fights, nearly killed, and left with unbreakable skin by a sabotaged experiment, then escapes as Luke Cage with help from Reva Connors.
  4. 2015 · Cinematic: Cage runs his bar, Luke's, in New York, mourning Reva Connors, and by this year meets Jessica Jones.
  5. 2016 · Cinematic: Freed after several months through evidence gathered by Bobby Fish and Foggy Nelson, Cage returns to Harlem and Claire Temple.
  6. 2017 · Cinematic: In August, Cage enjoys Harlem celebrity while fighting heroin sold in his name, quarrels with his estranged father James, and captures Arturo Rey III.
  7. 2018 · Cinematic: Cage visits Jessica Jones in Hell's Kitchen after seeing her on the news and warns her to rein in Trish Walker.
  8. 2027 · Cinematic: By now a father to Danielle with Jessica Jones, Cage is pressed into CIA work overseas for Mr. Charles, and is released once Bullseye replaces him.

enemy of

Proxima Midnight, Elektra, Kilgrave, Cottonmouth, Diamondback, Mariah Stokes, Shades, Bushmaster, Madame Gao, Bakuto, Sowande, Alexandra Reid, Murakami

allied with

Monica Rambeau, Daredevil, Karen Page, Foggy Nelson, Stick, Jessica Jones, Hellcat (Trish Walker), Malcolm Ducasse, Claire Temple, Misty Knight, Danny Rand, Colleen Wing

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