Date uploaded: 2022-02-18 21:10:14

Finding a book with a Black superhero on the cover was a defining moment. Luke Cage wasn’t the sidekick or supporting character in a white superhero’s adventure. Cage was front and center. The “Hero for Hire” graced shelves in June 1972, the first Black superhero to get his own comic book, according to experts who spoke with USA TODAY. #blackhistorymonth