Exclusive: Misty Knight To Appear In Neflix’s Luke Cage

Marvel’s Mercedes “Misty” Knight, the police officer-turned-superhero, will make her live-action debut on Netflix’s Luke Cage.

Sources for ComicBook.com have confirmed that Misty Knight will appear in Netflix’s Luke Cage television series. When we meet her, she’ll be a New York City police detective, who reluctantly partners up with Luke Cage (Mike Colter).

We reached out to Marvel for confirmation and were told the company has no comment.

In the comics, Misty Knight was a decorated New York police officer whose life dramatically changed when her right arm was seriously injured during a bomb attack. Her act of bravery did not go unnoticed as Tony Stark supplied Misty with a bionic arm. However, the NYPD wanted to assign Misty to a desk-job so she resigned instead. At this point, her best buddy Colleen Wing talked Misty into starting a private investigation firm together, Nightwing Restorations. She then encounters Heroes For Hire, a superhero partnership consisting of Luke Cage/Power Man and Danny Rand/Iron Fist, who would eventually become the love of her life.

Misty is a highly-skilled martial artist who is proficient in hand-to-hand combat and has near perfect aim. Her bionic arm made of Vibranium is super-strong, giving her a vice-like grip, but because the rest of her body is ordinary she does have limitations as to how much she can lift.

The cast includes Mike Colter as Luke Cage, Alfre Woodard as Minetta, Theo Rossi as Shades Alvarez and Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple.

Luke Cage is filming in NYC now, for a likely 2016 release.