| Connie Lin |  We want to hire you.  |
| Luke Cage | I'm not for hire. But you got my word ma'am: I've got you.". |
Appearances
Featured Characters:
- Luke Cage (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Pop (First appearance)
- Bobby Fish (First appearance)
- Misty Knight (First appearance)
- Rafael Scarfe (First appearance)
Villains:
- Cottonmouth (Mr. Stokes) (First appearance)
- Mariah Dillard (First appearance)
- Domingo Colon (First appearance)
- Hernan "Shades" Alvarez (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Diamondback (Mentioned)
Other Characters:
- Shameek Smith (First appearance; dies)
- Chico Diaz (First appearance)
- Lonnie Wilson (First appearance)
- Michael Jordan (Mentioned)
- Phil Jackson (Mentioned)
- Kobe Bryant (Mentioned)
- Pat Riley (Mentioned)
- Al Pacino (Mentioned)
- Muhammad Ali (Name Only)
- Nelson Mandela (Name Only)
- Richard Roundtree (Name Only)
- Derek Fisher (Mentioned)
- New York Knicks (Mentioned)
- Charles Oakley (Mentioned)
- Patrick Ewing (Mentioned)
- Anthony Mason (Mentioned)
- John Starks (Mentioned)
- LeBron James (Mentioned)
- Kevin Ollie (Mentioned)
- Rick Pitino (Mentioned)
- Doc Rivers (Mentioned)
- Patricia (First appearance)
- Bessie (Patricia's Husband) (First appearance)
- Wilfredo Diaz (Mentioned)
- Chico's mother (Mentioned)
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
- Thor (Mentioned)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
- Hulk (Dr. Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
- Ollie (First appearance)
- Genghis Connie's (First appearance)
- Connie Lin (First appearance)
- Jin Lin (First appearance)
- Jin Lin's Father (Mentioned)
- Raphael Saadiq
- Nate (Luke's boss) (First appearance)
- Mamma Mabel (Mentioned) (Death)
- Pistol Pete (Mentioned) (Mr. Stokes's uncle)
- Salvador (Domingo's brother) (Mentioned)
- Wilson Fisk (Mentioned)
- Hammer Advanced Weapons Systems (Name Only)
- Justin Hammer (Mentioned)
- Dante Chapman (First appearance; dies)
- Dave Griffith (First appearance)
- Candace Miller (First appearance) (waitress)
- NYPD
- Baley (First appearance)
- Unnamed officers
- Dante Chapman's mother (Mentioned)
- Ray Charles (Mentioned)
- Langston Hughes (Mentioned)
- Malcom X (Mentioned)
- Zora Neale Hurston (Mentioned)
- Duke Ellington (Mentioned)
- WJBP-TV (First appearance)
- Megan McLaren (First appearance)
- Zip (First appearance) (Cottonmouth's henchman)
- Sugar (First appearance) (Cottonmouth's henchman) (Unnamed)
- Passion (Prostitute)
- The Notorious B.I.G. (Photo)
- John Riggings (singer) (Name Only)
- M.O.B. and Crew (Name Only)
- Alcott Vernon (Name Only)
- Reva Connors (Only in flashback)
- Benjamin Franklin (Mentioned)
- Shirley Chisholm (Mentioned)
- Crispus Attucks (Mentioned)
- Mayweather (Mentioned)
- Koko (Cottonmouth's henchman) (Unnamed)
- Amos (Cottonmouth's henchman)
Locations:
- Earth-199999 (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Harlem (Main story and flashback)
- Pop's Barber Shop (First appearance)
- Harlem Paradise (First appearance)
- Colon's Gym (Mentioned)
- Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (Mentioned)
- Crispus Attucks Complex (First appearance)
- Harlem (Main story and flashback)
- Fenway Park (Mentioned)
- Green Monster (Mentioned)
- Miami (Mentioned)
- Seagate Prison (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Swear Jar
Vehicles:
Synopsis
With tension building in the streets of Harlem thanks to ruthless club owner Cottonmouth, Luke finds it increasingly difficult to live a quiet life.