‘Luke Cage’ Misty Knight gets super strength

There is a new bulletproof black man in Harlem, and it is not Luke Cage.

Netflix and Marvel released a new trailer for the second season of “Luke Cage,” and in it, the titular hero (Mike Colter) is seen doing something you rarely see on this show: being knocked to the ground by someone’s fist.

That fist (which was followed by a swift flip-kick to the jaw) belongs to Bushmaster (Mustafa Shakir), the key antagonist straight out of Marvel’s comic book pages who appears to be the main villain in Season 2 of “Luke Cage.” Harlem’s top political mobster, Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard), returns from Season 1, but it looks as if most of Cage’s attention will be on Bushmaster and trying to figure out how to take down someone who is seemingly stronger than he is.

Still no signs as to whether this series will embrace the “hero for hire” aspect for which Cage is so well-known in his early comic book exploits, but that does not mean Cage will not get to that point.

By his side is Misty Knight (Simone Missick), the tough Harlem cop who lost her right arm in the Netflix/Marvel “The Defenders” crossover and is now equipped with a bionic arm that looks to put her on par with Cage in the strength department. Cage makes it clear he is not looking for a sidekick, while Misty snaps back that if they were a duo, he would be the sidekick.

Classic hip-hop continues to be the blood of this series, with Eric B. and Rakim’s “I Ain’t No Joke” and M.O.P.’s “Ante Up” blasting through the trailer.

“Luke Cage” begins on Netflix June 22.