Luke Cage Noir
Marvel · 2009–2010 · 4 issues
About the series
Set in a shadowy 1930s Harlem, Luke Cage Noir reimagines Marvel's bulletproof hero as a former boxer framed for a crime he didn't commit. Written by Adam Glass and Mike Benson with moody, noir-drenched art by Shawn Martinbrough, this 2009–2010 Marvel miniseries strips away the character's usual urban superhero trappings for a gritty, hardboiled crime saga. It’s a stylish, isolated experiment that shows how effectively the "Noir" imprint could transpose classic Marvel figures into a bleak, period-specific underworld.