Saturday, April 2, 2016

Character Profile: Luke Cage


Luke Cage

Aliases: Power Man, Mark Lucas, Hero for Hire, Ace of Spades, others

Citizenship: USA, criminal record, later acquitted

Place of Birth: New York City

First Appearance: Hero for Hire #1 (1972)

Occupation: Adventurer, bar owner, bodyguard, mercenary, private investigator, various odd jobs

Known Relatives: Jessica Jones (wife); Danielle Cage (daughter); James Leonard Lucas (father); Esther (mother, deceased); James Jr. (Coldfire, brother)

Education: High school dropout; self-educated in many areas

Physical Attributes: Height- 6'6; Weight- 425 lbs; Eyes- Brown; Hair- Black

Powers: Superhumanly strong, able to lift/press approximately 25 tons and punch through barriers as thick a 4in steel plate. His skin is steel-hard and his muscles and bone tissue are super-dense; he can withstand conventional handgun and cannot be cut by the sharpest of blades. He can withstand up to 1-ton impacts or blasts of 150lbs of TNT without serious injury, and is impervious to temperature extremes and electrical shocks. Recovery time from injury or trauma is usually 1/3 that of an ordinary human.


Thanks to marvel.com's wiki page for the background info. Click there to read more about him and other characters.

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