Luke Cage appeared on a newsreel.
Luke Cage , also known as Power Man ( real name Carl Lucas ) , is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Luke Cage first appeared in Luke Cage , Hero for Hire # 1 ( June 1972 ) and was created by Archie Goodwin , John Romita , Sr. and George Tuska . 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 . Actor Mike Colter played the character in the first season of Jessica Jones , a live-action television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , and headlined his own series , which premiered in September 2016 on Netflix . 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 .