Luke Cage was part of a cult.
Luke Cage . Once freed , Cage becomes a `` hero for hire '' and teams up with fellow superhero Iron Fist as part of the duo , Power Man and Iron Fist . In 2005 , writer Brian Michael Bendis added Luke Cage to the lineup of the New Avengers , and he has since appeared in various Avengers titles , and became the leader of a group of reformed supervillains called the Thunderbolts . Marvel 's Luke Cage , or simply Luke Cage , is an American web television series created for Netflix by Cheo Hodari Coker , based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name .