A new poster and image from Marvel’s Luke Cage display two different sides of the newest Netflix hero.
The photo from the upcoming first season of Luke Cage shows Mike Colter as Cage, looking almost unfairly terrific as he tends a bar. (Fans of Jessica Jones will know that Luke has plenty of experience both tending a bar and looking unfairly terrific.) Judging by that smile, something has caught Luke’s attention… but what, or who, could it be?
This new still comes as something of a contrast with the only other promotional image fans had seen from Luke Cage. The earlier shot portrays the man with unbreakable skin in a moment where that ability serves him very well indeed.
(And he still looks super good.)
A refreshingly funny clip sets the image above in some very Cage-y context.
Finally, a new poster for Luke Cage has also just been released on TV Insider in the lead up to this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con. Like the poster for Jessica Jones, the art for Luke Cage clearly calls on the visual style of the comic books where he originates. Luke himself is mostly in darkness, his prominent features (like those muscles) highlighted in a very ’70s kind of yellow.
Oh, those muscles.
Luke Cage is created by Cheo Hodari Coker and also stars Simone Missick as detective Misty Knight, Alfre Woodard as Harlem politician Mariah Dillard, and Mahershala Ali as the shadowy Cornell Stokes. A Luke Cage panel will be held on Thursday at San Diego Comic-Con, where more information about the latest Marvel/Netflix collaboration should be forthcoming.
Marvel’s Luke Cage drops on Sept. 30 on Netflix.