Luke Cage, The “Power-Man” is released from Riker’s Island back into his Harlem life in this gritty serial.
Of all the Marvel titles that are doing Noir minis, Luke Cage seems the most obvious to adapt. Setting Cage in the Prohibition-era Harlem after a ten year sentence in prison, the environment and texture of noir seems comfortable for this character first seen in 1972. The Noir series will deliver the appropriate amount of murder and street brawling. Cage can’t wait to return to the arms of his woman and to the familiar surroundings of Lil Walt’s Barbershop for the local gossip. To the locals, he’s a hero; to Willis Stryker, the Godfather of Harlem and El Barrio, Cage is just trouble that needs to be eradicated. Trouble - that’s all Cage believes he was born for.
LUKE CAGE NOIR #1
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Mike Benson and Adam Glass
Artist: Shawn Martinbrough
Colorist: Nick Filardi
Letters: VC’s Cory Petit
Cover: Tim Bradstreet
August 4th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Eh, I seem to be staying away from these “Noir” books. Some of them are okay, but are they all even noir?