Luke Cage is back in action in Mighty Avengers #1. The superhero turned super dad left Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in the finale of the Brian Michael Bendis era.
As Infinity rocks the Marvel Universe – The Avengers are in space and Earth needs defenders. Luke Cage and some new and old heroes rise to the challenge. Writer Al Ewing explains Cage’s return with Marvel.com:
“Luke is, obviously, the hub around whom all this revolves,” Ewing explains. “When we rejoin him at the start of #1, he’s back at Heroes for Hire, working with a pair of Avengers Academy graduates in the shape [of the new] Power Man [Victor Alvarez] and White Tiger, but Ava has her doubts about the setup, and Luke finds they mirror his own. He’s not the same person he used to be, and the low-key, day-to-day Hero for Hire work doesn’t feel enough anymore.”
“He wants to make bigger changes to the world, the kind he can only make with the social and cultural cachet of The Avengers at his back. So when Thanos [attacks] NYC, it acts as the catalyst for something that’s already brewing: Luke stepping up to form his own Avengers, following his vision and dedicated to his goal of helping people who need it, when they need it, how they need it, on whatever scale they need it.”
Luke, White Tiger and Power Man will be joined by the Blue Marvel, Superior Spider-Man, She-Hulk and the former Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau. The big mystery is who is the new Ronin?
By Editor