Luke Cage is where the worlds of hip-hop and comic books collide
THE NETFLIX SERIES LUKE CAGE DEBUTED in 2016 with some timely symbolism: Its lead, the first African-American Marvel superhero to headline a TV show, wore a hoodie punctured with bullet holes, invoking the fatal wounds of Trayvon Martin. A series marrying one of the most emotionally divisive issues of the day with comic book escapism was a bold statement. But the overall intention of creator Cheo Hodari Coker was not to remind viewers that black men and boys are getting shot by police; it was to offer hope that one day black people wouldn’t have to worry about it.
Luke Cage debuted on the page in 1972, an ex-con imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. Like his fellow Marvel character Jessica Jones (who has her own Netflix show), Cage gained his “bulletproof ” powers through involuntary experiments. And like her, he grapples with the psychological impact of having them, and of the role he feels forced into: “Hero is your word, not mine.”
Season 1 was about Cage reluctantly coming to terms with his abilities. It also established his mission: to protect Harlem—from drug dealers, guns, gangs. In Season 2, he realizes he can’t save everyone. It also raises the eternal dilemma of power and its tendency to corrupt, says Coker: “If you control crime; are you a criminal? These superhuman heroes have very human fallacy.”
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