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Luke Cage, wrongly convicted and unjustly imprisoned, was altered in a failed prison experiment that granted him unbreakable skin and superhuman strength. With his street smarts and unending determination to do right, he fights for the common man! He eventually married Jessica Jones and had a daughter with her.
Dr. Noah Burnstein is a scientist whose experiments for the creation of super-soldiers have created several superhumans, most notably Luke Cage.
David Griffith was a long time associate and friend of Luke Cage when they shared the same apartment-building in a movie theater.
A fierce night nurse who tended to superheroes. She was Luke Cage's love interest from his Hero for Hire days.
Man with power to disappear like the Cheshire Cat.
An American solider who lost his right hand during Vietnam War. He had his hand fitted for a prosthetic mace and began to recruit soldiers into his own personal army to gain revenge on the nation that had mistreated him.
Curtis Carr was a genius scientist who invented the alchemy gun and also the first criminal to take on the name Chemistro. After he was crippled in an accident, he turned over a new leaf as an employee of Stark Prosthetics. He also became the vigilante High-Tech, while his brother Calvin took on the villainous Chemistro identity.
Enemy to Luke Cage
The original Thunderbolt was Bill Carver, an African-American D.A. from Harlem. The current Thunderbolt is Luis Barrett. He uses the same costume as the previous.
Goldbug is a minor villain, who was obsessed with gold. He has faced off against many heroes.
Crime boss and enemy of Luke Cage
Big Brother was born into poverty and turned to a life of crime using his great intellect. After being jailed multiple times he came up with the ability to connect himself to computers. He was an enemy of Luke Cage's.
Luke Cage villain armed with a spear gun.
Archibald Morton was the second Chemistro and an enemy of Power Man.
Brilliant and tough, Goliath fought evil using a variation of the Pym Particles. He was killed during the Civil War by Ragnarok, a clone of Thor. He was succeeded by his nephew, Tom Foster.
Ringmaster (Maynard Tiboldt) is a circus villain who gains control over people by hypnotizing them with his hat.
Super powered crime lord.
A former NYPD cop with a bionic arm, martial arts skills, and an attitude who was involved with the Heroes for Hire operation for years.
Princess Python's trained giant snake.
A former member of the Circus of Crime, Griffin is a gamma-irradiated member of the Gamma Corps.
Live Wire was a member of the Circus of Crime. He uses an electrified lariat as his weapon of choice.
Luigi and his brother Ernesto are the Flying Gambonnos in the Circus of Crime.
Bruto the Strong Man of the Circus of Crime.
Comanche was a man Luke Cage met in prison. He was usually seen partnered with Shades. Between the two, Shades & Comanche, Comanche was the muscle.
Flea was a street informer who Luke Cage turned to when he needed information.
A drug kingpin and enemy of Luke Cage
Spear's brother
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