The program has more than it's share of villains, as Luke Cage attempts to bring law and order to the streets of Harlem, often times running afoul of the police when his enemies conspire to frame him for crimes he didn't commit. For this viewer, that's what makes these shows all the more interesting, never knowing who or when they will pop up in the story line. It has an almost entirely black cast, with characters that appeared in other series, like nurse Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson) from 'Daredevil' and a single appearance in 'Jessica Jones' and Detective Misty Knight (Simone Missick) from the 'Iron Fist' series. I found the program to be fairly compelling over it's first season run of thirteen episodes. I'm only just getting around to this program, having never read the series back in the Seventies, though it appears to find it's story line from the pages of the comic like all the other Marvel based super-hero shows from Netflix. That's how Nicholas Coppola became Nicolas Cage. Luke Cage had a significant impact on a comic book fan who eventually became an actor, who wanted to make it on his own instead of relying on his family name. From there, Luke Cage was incorporated into other Marvel titles and team-ups, after becoming the first black superhero to be featured as the protagonist and title character of a comic book. It was renamed 'Luke Cage, Power Man' with the 17th issue, and had a forty nine issue run as a sole adventure, super-hero title until the character's teaming with Iron Fist in 'Power Man and Iron Fist #50'. The character of Luke Cage burst upon the comic book scene in June, 1972 with the publication of Marvel's 'Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1'. The cancellation is honestly just as sad as the cancellation of Daredevil. It also brings Luke and Misty in an interesting new direction we may never see the full result of sadly due to the cancellation of the show. Along with the villains, the show improves the character Iron Fist/Danny Rand tenfold in a singular episode. They are all better than Diamondback was in Season 1. Even without Cottonmouth, they continue to innovate and flesh out each of their villains. The show is no doubt helped by the plethora of super entertaining villains, from Black Mariah and Shades to the new addition of Bushmaster. Mike Colter's performance is fantastic and seeing Luke struggle keeping everyone happy in a world where the villains control is a very fascinating storyline. A real African American superhero story that is realistic and doesn't sugarcoat anything. It continues to perfectly incapsulate MCU's Harlem, analyzing the area's crime and culture in an unbiased way. Season 2 picks right back up the music-filled, crime-oriented storytelling of Season 1 and does it just as well. Want to watch the Marvel movies after making your way through the Defenders Saga? Here's our guide on how to watch the Marvel movies in order.I finished this show recently and it's one of the best super hero shows I've ever seen. But the rest of the series is well worth watching too. So, if you're going to do a major watch of all the shows, then be sure to check out Spider-Man: No Way Home (annoyingly not yet on Disney Plus), the Hawkeye series and that solitary episode of She-Hulk. Those last three may seem a little bit out of place, but – mild spoilers – they each feature appearances from characters from The Defenders Saga.
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