Mike Colter is the first African-American superhero to anchor his own franchise as Luke Cage

Mike Colter tells Ed Power about bringing the first mainstream black Marvel superhero to the screen with new Netflix series Luke Cage

LUKE CAGE is the latest stylishly gritty comic book drama from Netflix and Marvel. But the 13-part series also represents a significant television moment, with its eponymous main character the first African-American superhero to anchor his own franchise. In the year of Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter, that’s a big deal.

“I could sit around thinking about what all this means — how it’s a privilege and an honour,” says the show’s low-key star, Mike Colter, when the Irish Examiner meets him in Paris.