Luke Cage
Luke Cage is a Marvel Comics superhero, a Black man from Harlem with superhuman strength and unbreakable skin.
Created in 1972, he was among the first Black characters to headline a comic book series.
The character gained wider recognition through the Netflix television adaptation: Have you watched Luke Cage yet?
Resistant to gunfire
- unbreakableImpossible to damage
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- indestructibleImpossible to damage permanently
- imperviousUnable to be affected
invulnerable · super strength · experiment · sabotaged · hoodie · bullet holes · durability · resistant
Protective caretaker of another
- defenderOne who guards another
- heroOne admired for courage
- vigilanteExtralegal justice-seeker
- championTop competitor, or advocate
community · justice · reluctant hero · savior · advocate · sentinel · watchman · crusader
- NetflixSubscription streaming service
- comicsSequential art medium
- comic bookBound illustrated story publication
- superheroPowered champion against evil
Stan Lee · Avengers · S.H.I.E.L.D. · MCU
Legendary Harlem performance hall
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- African-AmericanU.S. ethnic identity category
Langston Hughes · Malcolm X · uptown · community · streets · neighborhood
bulletproof
Resistant to gunfire
- unbreakableImpossible to damage
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- indestructibleImpossible to damage permanently
impervious · invulnerable · super strength · experiment · sabotaged · hoodie · bullet holes · durability · resistant · protected
guardian
Protective caretaker of another
champion · community · justice · reluctant hero · savior · advocate · sentinel · watchman · crusader · warrior
Jessica Jones
- NetflixSubscription streaming service
- comicsSequential art medium
- comic bookBound illustrated story publication
superhero · Stan Lee · Avengers · S.H.I.E.L.D. · MCU
Apollo Theater
Legendary Harlem performance hall
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
African-American · Langston Hughes · Malcolm X · uptown · community · streets · neighborhood
- MarvelIron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, Avengers, Thor
- superheroesSuperman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Thor
- antiheroesDeadpool, Punisher, Wolverine, Venom, Catwoman
- Marvel TVLoki, Jessica Jones, The Punisher, Moon Knight, She-Hulk
- Spider-ManSpider-Man, Peter Parker, Venom, Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin
- Masked HeroesBatman, Spider-Man, Zorro, The Phantom, Robin