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Luke Cage , also known as Power Man, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972 ) and was created by Archie Goodwin , George Tuska , Roy Thomas , and John Romita Sr. He was the first black superhero to be featured as the protagonist and title character of a comic book . Created during the height of the  blaxploitation  genre, Luke Cage had been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and gained the powers of superhuman strength and  unbreakable skin  after being subjected voluntarily to an experimental procedure. Once freed, he becomes a " hero for hire " and has forty-nine issues of solo adventures (comic title renamed to Luke Cage, Power Man with issue #17). In issue #50, Cage teams up with fellow superhero  Iron Fist  as part of a crime-fighting duo in the renamed title,  Power Man and Iron Fist . He later marries the super-powered private i...

Luke Cage , also known as Power Man, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972 ) and was created by Archie Goodwin , George Tuska , Roy Thomas , and John Romita Sr. He was the first black superhero to be featured as the protagonist and title character of a comic book . Created during the height of the blaxploitation genre, Luke Cage had been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and gained the powers of superhuman strength and unbreakable skin after being subjected voluntarily to an experimental procedure. Once freed, he becomes a " hero for hire " and has forty-nine issues of solo adventures (comic title renamed to Luke Cage, Power Man with issue #17). In issue #50, Cage teams up with fellow superhero Iron Fist as part of a crime-fighting duo in the renamed title, Power Man and Iron Fist . He later marries the super-powered private investigator Jessica Jones , ...