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The 8 Best Characters Of Luke Cage

A big part of the success of Marvel's Netflix TV series is due to how great the characters are. It has been said before, but these shows are in effect 13-hour movies, which allows for a deeper look at the main players than in, say, The Avengers films. Think Matt Murdock with his conscience split between his vigilantism and his catholic faith. Or Jessica and her post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Published: Oct 1, 2016 11:00 am

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5) Cottonmouth

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In pre-publicity for the show, Cottonmouth was being talked about as the next great Marvel TV villain, a successor to Daredevil’s Wilson Fisk and Jessica Jones’ Kilgrave. In the result, the talk of him being the show’s main antagonist was just smoke and mirrors. While it resulted in a shocking moment part way through the season, it meant that Cottonmouth wasn’t as strong a character as he could have been.

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Though Mahershala Ali gives a strong performance in the role, as a king of crime whose empire is dwindling before him, he just doesn’t have the fear factor of the previously mentioned villains. Cottonmouth is the Kylo Ren of the Marvel Netflix world – a more impulsive, ill-controlled antagonist who, while being fascinating to watch, does not quite cut it compared to the might of Fisk or the unstoppability of Kilgrave.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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