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Luke Cage

CTL-W-1202 · Work

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Luke Cage first appeared in 1972's Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 by Archie Goodwin and George Tuska; incarcerated at Seagate Prison, he underwent an experiment that gave him impenetrable skin and superhuman strength and became the Hero for Hire in Harlem.

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