Luke Cage burst onto the comics scene in 1972 as the Hero for Hire.
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Cage\'s adventures depicted New York City\'s 1970s grit and the plight of its people with a realism that was gripping in its time, all while incorporating larger-than-life villains including Black Mariah and Doctor Doom.
Equal parts Marvel Method and Blaxploitation boldness, he was a new kind of hero for a new era, the historic first African-American character to headline his own series.
Luke Cage burst onto the comics scene in 1972 as the Hero for Hire