I feel like the biggest issue with Luke Cage foes is that they kept killing off any of the potential good villains while keeping alive the lame ones. They brought back Stryker at least.
1. Diamonback (Willis Stryker) - The reason Carl Lucas went to jail and you can't beat the classic best friend turned archenemy beef.
2. The Bushmaster family (John and Cruz). Caribbean Mob bosses who had the intellect, resources and power to match Cage. Father and son had the potentially to be major foes for Cage if they quickly killed off.
3. Chemistro. Powerful yet really small time in ambitions.
Honourable mention for Nightshade who is now reformed. Not too many super genius black women villains. Hardcore was a pretty cool assassin/enforcer and was killed off too quickly.
I can’t believe I forgot about Hardcore -_-
Aside from Jessica Jones who do y'all think make an interesting love interest for Cage? I always thought the idea of Luke and Colleen Wing could be interesting.
I read some OG Defenders books with Luke in it and I think it would have been fun to see Luke date Valkyrie! Even if it did not last long, just going out on a few dates. Val had respect for him and called him "Mr Cage" more than once, perhaps funnin with him. I think Luke would appreciate a strong woman who could protect herself --and him too, if need be. They could both learn a lot from each other.
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[Quote Originally Posted by Thor-El 10-15-2020 12:32 PM]
"Jason Aaron should know there is already a winner of the Phoenix Force and his name is Phoenixx9."
Like a Red Dragon, The Phoenix shall Soar in 2024!
Agreed. The first 50 issues of the Defenders are truely awsome. After that, is drops the ball a bit, but, IMHO, it becomes good again after #90, when J.M. DeMatties becomes the writer. No more Luke Cage, though.
Peace
PS: By the way, #90 - 152, the final issue of the series, already have come out in the Epic Collection, and the start of the series will come out in November. No Cage yet, though.