Luke Cage
Summary
word of advice : pillager for Luke Cage : Gang War # 1!The raw masked identicalness forLuke Cagedrastically shift how he catch masked identities . Traditionally , Cage has been against the idea of having a privy identity , not just for himself , but for anyone . The newest developments in his life within the Marvel Universe are forcing him to have a change in attitude .
His outlook officially changes inLuke John Cage : Gang War#1 by Rodney Barnes , Ramon F. Bachs , Andrew Dalhouse , and VC ’s Travis Lanham . The issue marks the introduction of Luke Cage ’s young costumed identity , something that neither himself nor referee ever thought he ’d have .
In a time when it is close to impossible to be a vigilante in New York , especially forLuke Cage as the mayor , he ’s slowly learning how much of a necessary secret identities are .
Luke Cage pretends to be a politician rather of the champion he was always mean to be - and he is guess for it by the God of Celestials .
Luke Cage Debuts a New Masked Identity
Ever since winning the seat for Mayor of New York City , Luke Cage has struggled to navigate the anti - superhero police contain by previous mayor , Wilson " Kingpin " Fisk . He turn over the tiptop of those frustrations in this issue when Mayor Cage tries to stop a bank stickup , but a police military officer threatens to pip and arrest him because doing so will go against those anti - vigilante natural law . Mayor Cage has reached his simmering distributor point , and to work around them without threatening his tush in office , he adopts a new mask indistinguishability with a costume create by Miss Estelle .
What ’s interesting about Luke Cage adopt up a masque and a secret identity is that it goes against the ethic that the theatrical role has stand by for so many years . It ’s voiceless not to look at where Luke Cage is now and not think of dialog box from the past like those inDaredevil#43 by Brian Michael Bendis , Alex Maleev , Matt Hollingsworth , and Cory Petit . Here , Cage can be watch not only bear on his anti - mask rhetoric on Matt Murdock , but he ’s venomously criticizing him for the lying he ’s severalise to keep his temerarious identity a secret .
Luke Cage Understands Now How Complicated Secret Identities Are
Luke Cage is n’t so much going back on old words as much as he ’s realizing now how the conception of a secret identity operator is n’t as black and blanched as he made it seem in the past . He was always sure that refuse a dissemble individuality was his way of life of being true , giving his vicinity a front - facing paladin they could desire . Being such a front - face poster kid now puts both himself and other submarine in risk . He even acknowledges how complicated this is after on inLuke Cage Gang War#1 in his encounter with Cloak and Dagger . Cloak acknowledges he never love Cage to fatigue a costume , to which John Milton Cage Jr. says,“The moment require me to color between the lines . “Luke Cageunderstands now that the conflict lines between superheroes and the populace have been drawn , and until he can better navigate those lines , he must operate in secret as the form of vigilante New York hatred .
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