Luke Cage is Marvel's most vital hero yet Luke Cage is Marvel's most important ****** to date; that fact is undeniable. Much has already been written, eloquently and incisively, about the emotional and cultural significance of a bulletproof black hero in the time of #BlackLivesMatter, and there's ** denying the visceral visual impact of an African-American man in a hoodie striding through a hail of gunfire and emerging unscathed.*
But "important" is **t always the same as "good." Relevance and quality often go hand in hand, but sometimes they're mutually exclusive — and with the proliferation of superhero shows springing up across the TV landscape, every new ****** arrives with the onus to prove why it deserves to exist.* Read more...