8) His Powers Came From An Experiment to Recreate Captain America
While serving time in Seagate Prison, Carl Lucas is the favourite target of corrupt and brutal guard Billy Bob Rackham, until he’s demoted – a fact he blames Lucas for.
Meanwhile, Carl is recruited into an experimental cellular regeneration procedure by a Dr. Noah Burnstein, who is working on recreating the Super-Soldier process that gave Steve Rogers his abilities. However, Rackham crashes the experiment and accidentally increases the treatment past its limits. The outcome: Lucas is reborn as Luke Cage, a man with impenetrable skin and enhanced strength.
As it happens, this isn’t unique to Cage. Half of the Marvel universe is obsessed with recreating Steve Rogers’ super-serum, it seems, as various other heroes like Hulk, Deathlok, Warhawk and the Ultimate Spider-Man derive their powers from Cap-related experiments gone wrong.