We already made the acquaintance of Luke Cage in Jessica Jones, with Netflix and Marvel basically locking us in the room on more than one occasion while he got it on with the titular superhero.

But that wasn't the end of his adventures, sweet Christmas, no. The bartending ex-con with the indestructible skin is getting his own show with some very familiar faces coming along for the ride. Here's everything you need to know about Mike Colter's Luke Cage and just what Netflix has in store for him:

Luke Cage cast: All man, (almost) no tiara

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Luke Cage will be the next new Marvel series to hit Netflix after Jessica Jones, with Colter coming back as the hulking but gentle loverman. We were formerly told that he won't be donning his classic yellow jacket, chain belt and tiara look.

Which was disappointing, but shown to be not entirely accurate by the latest trailer...

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Joining him are film and TV veteran Alfre Woodard as local Harlem politician Mariah Dillard and House of Cards' Mahershala Ali as her criminal cousin, nightclub owner Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes.

Relative newcomer Simone Missick will play blaxploitation-style kung fu detective Misty Knight, with Sons of Anarchy's Theo Rossi as small-time thug Shades.

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Rosario Dawson will be showing up as much-put-upon nurse Claire Temple too, completing her Marvel-Netflix series hat trick after Daredevil and Jessica Jones.

Cheo Hodari Coker will serve as showrunner. His writing and producing credits include Ray Donovan, Almost Human, Notorious and NCIS: Los Angeles.

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Luke Cage trailer: "I guess you guys haven't heard of me"

We had our first teaser for the show, and Luke is already back in the line of fire.

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And a second was unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con 2016, with Luke getting his own take on Daredevil's now legendary corridor fight scene.

The latest trailer gives us a much fuller look at the world of Luke Cage's Harlem. It looks like there will be a big role for Claire Temple.

Dillard is talking big on TV, Cottonmouth is up to no good, and Luke decides it's time to beat some bad guys into line.

Luke Cage plot: It's more than a continuation of Jessica Jones

Colter has given us a rundown of the setup of the show:

"There are politicians and then there are shady characters that function on the other side of the law," he told Entertainment Weekly in two videos. "Who does what? I won't say, but this becomes a situation where there are a lot of people who want to help Harlem and think they have Harlem's best interests, but, ultimately, just because they think or say they have Harlem's best interests, sometimes they're being very selfish or being very short-sighted. So sometimes what they're doing is actually harming the community.

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"So this is where Luke comes in because Luke is a person who likes to, he observes and he listens and he takes in to account what people tell him, and he's a pretty smart guy himself and he understands that some peoples' way may not be the best may not be the best in the big picture so ultimately Luke has to get involved because there are a lot of things that happen, a lot of people get hurt, a lot of lives are lost and unfortunately he's the only one who is capable of actually helping deal with this because sometimes the law enforcement is actually not the best because they're not aware or they're not capable, or maybe they're corrupt. So, without getting into too many details, Luke Cage is gonna have to step up and be the man."

We're also expecting the show to give us some more background about the experiments that left Luke with indestructible skin, as well as the dark past that saw him essentially hiding away from the world inside a Manhattan dive bar.

Colter has promised more than just a direct follow-up to Jessica Jones. "We pride ourselves in all being unique shows, and Luke Cage is definitely not a sequel to Jessica Jones or a spinoff, because it was already originally was supposed to be a show, and it so happens that you can't tell her story without telling Luke Cage's story," he said during the 2016 winter Television Critics Association press tour (via IGN).

"The show that we're filming now, Marvel's Luke Cage as opposed to Marvel's Jessica Jones, is completely different," he continued. "He goes off to uptown and he does his own thing, and there will be some of that.

The time lapse is not that long, and so it's not like Jessica Jones never happened. I think in the world of Jessica Jones, what I enjoyed about being in that world as Luke Cage is that I wasn't front and centre."

It's also been called Marvel's take on The Wire. That's fighting talk.

Luke Cage release date: It's sooner than we thought

This strange tweet had us all expecting Luke to burst onto Netflix some time in November.

So it was a pleasant surprise when it was announced that the show is coming in September – Friday September 30 to be precise.

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Maybe they put it forward to make more time on their increasingly busy schedule. Up next: Iron Fist, Jessica Jones season two, The Defenders and no doubt much, much more.

Luke Cage episode titles

Here are the titles for the the 13 episodes of Luke Cage. Each is named after a song by hip hop duo Gang Starr. Make of that, and them, what you will.

Moment of Truth



Code of the Streets



Who's Gonna Take the Weight?



Step in the Arena



Just to Get a Rep



Suckas Need Bodyguards



Manifest



Blowin' Up the Spot



DWYCK



Take it Personal



Now You're Mine



Soliloquy of Chaos



You Know My Steez





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