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Len Wein got the “Christmas!” part right, but other than that his run on Luke Cage was bad. But blissfully short—just four issues.
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We meet Cottonmouth. He offers Cage a job protecting his illegal drug operation. Of course, Luke is just faking–trying to get evidence to shut him down.