Marvel's Luke Cage Main Trailer Breakdown: 20 Things You Need To See

19. Origin Story

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After making his entrance, we're then treated to Luke Cage's origin story, something many viewers were left wondering about after meeting the character in Jessica Jones.

As he explains to Pops, he was "put in a tank like an exotic fish," and when he came out, he had abilities. Namely super strength and unbreakable skin. We get to see this play out (in part, anyway), and it fits with his comic origins, which saw him left in an electrical field conducted by an organic chemical compound, and then the experiment sabotaged, leaving Cage (then Carl Lucas) with his powers.

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Also worth noting in the flashback scene are the restraints places around Cage's arms and head, which invoke the images of his Power Man outfit from the comics. We may not see Mike Colter donning the suit, but there will be a few nods towards it.

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