Luke Cage (7 episodes) As the meeting continued, Luke Cage arrived to deliver champagne to the table alongside Candace Miller. Cornell Stokes was born to Jazmine Stokes and her boyfriend Malik, who was delighted to have a son. When they were eventually confronted by Knight and Priscilla Ridley, Donovan made it clear that there was no evidence presented against Cottonmouth other than Knight and Scarfe's testimonies, both of which could easily be questioned due to one being personally affected by the other's death. Cottonmouth is threatened by Domingo Colon. Cottonmouth tries to kill Luke by blowing him up in Genghis Connie's with a rocket launcher, but Luke survives the building collapse. Cottonmouth ordered Spurlock to deal with Tone's corpse in the usual way, by creating it and leaving no remains to be found. Mahershala AliElijah Boothe (teenager)Jayden D. Brown (young). As he stepped into the car, Cottonmouth caught eyes with Luke Cage who was watching him from across the street. Cottonmouth tried to recruit Cage to his organization, but was ultimately knocked out and turned over to police by Cage. Mama Mabel however made it clear that she did not support his talent and instead told him to keep quiet so that Mariah Stokes could continue with her studies. [2], Upon changing his name to Luke Cage, Carl decided to track down the drugs that were used to frame him. Before he left, however, Cottonmouth stood face to face with Detective Knight and made an insulting remark which did compare her to a dog, at which point Knight promised that she would sooner or later see that Cottonmouth found himself in prison where he belonged, a statement which made Cottonmouth laugh out loud as he walked out and leaving Knight furious at his victory. Cottonmouth atacou Luke, enquanto seu ajudante Slick assistia tudo. As he sat down in the chair, he requested Pop use a razor rather than his clippers, as he felt that a razor would prove Pop to be skilled at what he did as they discussed the luxury of free time. Changing the subject, Dillard asked about Cage, although Cottonmouth insisted she should be focusing on her interview with Thembi Wallace. Cottonmouth then became pleased when Nightshade had set up Power Man to fight Iron Fist. The villain in Marvel ‘s Luke Cage is Cornell ‘Cottonmouth’ Stokes, played by Mahershala Ali. [4] His corpse was later beaten even more by Shades to frame Cage for the brutal murder of Cottonmouth. Needing to find them as quickly as possible, Cottonmouth ordered Tone to send a message out to their allies to find them, with eventually led to Smith being tracked down to a strip club within the city where he was spending all Cottonmouth's stolen money on lap-dances with the various strippers who had called Tone to inform on him. When a sabotaged experiment gives him super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage becomes a fugitive attempting to rebuild his life in Harlem and must soon confront his past and fight a battle for the heart of his city. One of Cage's informants, Flea, eventually discovered this information, but was killed by Cottonmouth's men. Cottonmouth then noted young people wanted everything too fast and would lie, cheat, and steal to get what they wanted, clearly referencing Shameek Smith's recent robbery. ", Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz (w), Ron Frenz (p), Sal Buscema (i), Bruno Hang and Impacto Studios (col), Dave Sharpe (let), Molly Lazer (ed). Despite Cottonmouth's death, his presence is not forgotten in season 2. Luke Cage murdered my cousin, and I am not afraid to speak out about it. Cottonmouth then asked Shades how, now that he had sorted out his issues, he could get his own hands on the Judas Bullet, although Shades then informed him that he could not which only angered Cottonmouth more as he insisted that he could get no criminal work done as all his men ran in fear as soon as Luke Cage came close to them. During this time, Cottonmouth overlooked the quality of Harlem's Paradise, ensuring that they kept the best quality of service and the best music acts they could find. His nickname "Cottonmouth" comes from an incident in his childhood when several of his teeth were knocked out. Becoming one of the biggest crime bosses in Harlem, Cottonmouth established relations with multiple criminal organizations, such as Yardies, Macoute, Korean Mob and Cuban Mob, and befriended weapons dealer, Diamondback who even gave Cottonmouth the Biggie Smalls poster as a present. One night Cottonmouth was visited by Mariah Dillard, who commented that the performing Raphael Saadiq was very impressive. Stokes preparing to fire his rocket launcher, Stokes and Mariah Dillard upstairs of his club. Cottonmouth attempts to destroy Luke Cage, With the information given to him by Detective Scarfe, Cottonmouth tracked down Cage to his home above Genghis Connie's, which was owned by Connie and Jin Lin. Not intimidated, Cottonmouth made it clear that he knew Cage was really Carl Lucas and used this information to blackmail his enemy as he threatened to send him back to Seagate Penitentiary, laughing in his face as Cage considered his options and questioned Cottonmouth's commitment. The responsibility of raising up the young Cornell had then fallen onto Mariah Stokes, who believed that she was too young to be looking after this young child, but was forced into this by Mabel. They were interrupted by the arrival of Pop and Donnie who brought cash and a stolen watch to Mabel, inviting Stokes out to join them on the street to continue their work, only for Pete to insist that he stay and continue to practice on his piano instead. Ben Acker and Ben Blacker (w), Danilo Beyruth (p), Danilo Beyruth (i), Cris Peter (col), VC's Joe Sabino (let), Jordan D. White (ed). However, Mabel told Pop he could leave but confronted Donnie on the fact that he had been selling drugs on the streets of Harlem, the one aspect of a crime she refused to get involved with. Cottonmouth is informed about Pop's death. The character was portrayed by Mahershala Ali in the first season of the Netflix television series Luke Cage set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As Cottonmouth looked over the money collected by Zip and his men, which included wads of cash and various other expensive items that were stolen, Shades recommended that he let this whole situation go as it was making him look weak and recommended that he instead sell the club, which Cottonmouth refused as he felt the club was far too important to himself and Harlem. Cottonmouth (Cornell Stokes) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Scarfe dies that night, but not without first telling Luke and Claire everything he knows about Cottonmouth's operation. Cornell Cottonmouth, or just Cottonmouth, started out as a drug kingpin in New York City. Stokes usually said to her that she must to follow her own interests and choose her way by herself.[8]. And now, Blade for Marvel Phase 4… here's the announcement in … ", "Marvel's "Luke Cage" Adds "House Of Cards'" Mahershala Ali In Villain Role", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cottonmouth_(Cornell_Stokes)&oldid=997777479, Marvel Comics characters with superhuman strength, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 January 2021, at 05:04. However, when Malik died of his drug overdose while Cornell was still just an infant, Jazmine could not cope with the pressure of being this single parent, as she then resorted to dropping Cornell off at Mama Mabel's home, leaving Cornell wrapped up in his blanket in a basket. Cottonmouth then spoke with Mariah Dillard who claimed he was wasting his life by living as this gangster, although Cottonmouth argued that such power as he had obtained was exactly what their ancestors had died for. Thinking his legacy to be measured in either blood or power, Stokes demanded the respect he felt entitled towards, seeking to gain this by either reputation as the reputable owner of the most successful club or the most feared crime lord. Cottonmouth, still distraught from learning of Pop's death, threw Tone from the roof onto a car, killing him and ordered Barrett to collect his money from Tone's corpse. Scarfe then explained that he had now discovered that the person responsible for attacking the safe houses and stealing all of Cottonmouth's money was, in fact, Cage and due to a tracker on his partner Misty Knight's phone, he had been able to discover Cage's home address within Harlem. [14] While dealing with the fallout, Cottonmouth gets into a heated argument with Mariah about their upbringing, in which Cottonmouth shames Mariah for her rapes at the hands of their uncle Pete. Marvel's Luke Cage ist die dritte Serie des Marvel/Netflix-Deals und handelt von dem bereits in Marvel's Jessica Jones eingeführten Charakter Luke Cage.Für die erste Staffel wurden 13 Folgen vom Online-Anbieter Netflix geordert. Cottonmouth met with Dillard in the park as she expressed her own hatred for the situation. Once they were alone, Cottonmouth explained that Pops would not have wanted any drama between them, but Cage argued that Pops really would not have wanted blood money to pay for his casket. Because of his former desire to become a music artist, Stokes played jazz in his office quite frequently, as he himself implied that that was his true desire and was forced into crime by his family. While Stokes looked at the corpse of his uncle in horror, Mabel took the gun away from him and reminded him that family always came first with them, leaving Stokes as a cold-hearted killer. Cottonmouth is informed of the inside job. Außerdem ist sie komplette With Smith now dead, Cottonmouth ordered Tone to dispose of his corpse and locate Diaz in order to recover the money. Luke agreed to join Cottonmouth's organization (to learn where his records were kept). His club is doing well, but he wants more money. Shades continued to remind Cottonmouth that if he did not make the right decision now, he would soon lose everything, but Cottonmouth just insisted that the club was his own reputation, blood, and legacy and for that reason, he would never sell it no matter what. Cottonmouth mocks all Luke Cage's efforts, While back at Harlem's Paradise, Cottonmouth and Dillard enjoyed drinking together when they were confronted by Cage, so Cottonmouth ordered Tone to check him for weapons. [4], Stokes was in good relationships with his niece Tilda. As the Stokes and the McIver's attempted to find their solution to their conflict, the entire Stokes family had come into Jamaica for the meeting, with the young Cornell viewing it purely as a vacation while Mama Mabel met with Gwen McIver. He also hated his criminal alias, "Cottonmouth" and was warned by many to not call him by that in his presence as it would lead him to become more violent and even kill whoever did. Cottonmouth enjoys music with Mariah Dillard. While Cornell played in the swimming pool, he splashed water at Mariah Stokes as he had told her to get in the pool, who complained about him getting her hair wet while she was still attempting to read her book. Looking at the image of himself and Pop as young men growing up together in Harlem, Cottonmouth openly wept as he mourned the death of one of his oldest and closest friends who he had spent so many years protecting from the criminal underworld that Pop's had managed to escape from and build himself a new life helping all of those in need. The 42-year-old actor, who was born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore, … Tone explained that he had gone to Pop's Barber Shop to find Diaz and fired into the shop to kill him and collect the money that had been stolen. Cottonmouth then returned to Tone and Shades, who noted that Dante Chapman was correct that the heist was planned with Shameek Smith and Chico Diaz's assistance. [7], During the 2011 "Spider-Island" storyline, Cottonmouth alongside Nightshade and Flashmob (consisting of Chemistro, Cheshire Cat, Commanche, Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton, Mr. Dillard, however, told Cottonmouth that he should reconsider selling Harlem's Paradise as the people of Harlem were still talking about what had happened at Pop's funeral. He planned to secretly fund the repair of his barber shop after his hit on it and killed Tone when he discovered that Pop was killed in the shooting. As Cage reminded him that their attempts at parlay had not previously worked out so well, Cottonmouth insultingly called Cage a dishwasher once again before laughing out loud and hanging up the phone, leaving Cage to make his mind up as quickly as possible. [7], Stokes grows up on the street alongside Pop. Als Luke Cage auftaucht und ihm den Kampf ansagt versucht er ihn zusammen mit Shades zu töten. With Smith now tied up in his office, Cottonmouth confidently walked up to him and began a conversation about the poster of Biggie Smalls that he had hung up in his office, noting that it was the crown that drew people's attention. Shades questioned if they were any closer to finding their targets but Tone claimed they were not. He told her about musicians like Nina Girado, Stevie Wonder, Sly Stone, and Curtis Lee Mayfield, and bought her her first Casio. One day, Smith went to Pop's Barber Shop to get a haircut by his friend, Chico Diaz. Appearances Cornell Stokes, a.k.a. The character first appeared in Luke Cage, Power Man #18 (June 1974) in a story written by Len Wein and drawn by George Tuska. When Bobby Fish called out to the attendees and invited anyone to speak, Cottonmouth stood up and took the stand. At first, Cottonmouth was surprised when Nightshade offered Power Man to become her enforcer. Cottonmouth asked if Cage worked there as well and mocked him for doing so before getting up. [1], Cottonmouth and Mariah Dillard discuss crime. Just outside of New York City, Cottonmouth met up with Rafael Scarfe to take back the Hammer Industries guns promised to him. 1976 He fought the rival gang the Diablos and comm… When Tone and Shades returned to Harlem's Paradise, Cottonmouth invited them onto the roof to explain what had happened, with Dillard joining them all. The pair argued about using her office as the main base and if Dillard was really a criminal or legitimate politician as she had convinced herself she was, with Dillard arguing that the only way to save Harlem was to do it all legally, noting all the work Mama Mabel had done to serve a greater good of their dear city which they were dedicated to. Il a toujours une allure impeccable, sa barbe taillée au millimètre près. While he was being held by the police, Benjamin Donovan arrived to defend him. Cottonmouth suggested to Cage that they arrange a parlay to sort out their differences, requesting that he come to the club so that they could speak in private. Cage then called the police to come pick up Cottonmouth. Shades warned this would not work and attempted to remind him why Diamondback had sent him to the Paradise in the first place, but Cottonmouth ignored him and told his men to tell people that Cage was robbing them before telling Zip to contact Joel Spurlock to dispose of Koko's corpse. Mike Colter explains why the decision was made to kill Mahershala Ali’s Cottonmouth halfway through the Luke Cage season 1. Luke managed to take out the snakes and defeat Mike and Ike. In spite of that Stokes had no concern referring to himself and other black people as the n-word, inferring he does not care so much about black rights as his cousin did but rather gaining power and dominion over everything. With the people back on Cage's side, Cottonmouth then left the church with Shades, only to become face to face with Cage, who mocked Cottonmouth for failing to unite the people, only for Cottonmouth to tell him that the war was still going and laughing at Cage's many insults. In the wake of the eventual death of Mama Mabel, Cottonmouth took control of the Stokes Crime Family and Harlem's Paradise. November 2015 When Cottonmouth arrived he found Luke Cage was already speaking to Joel Spurlock about buying a coffin and was explaining that he did not really have the funds to buy the coffin he felt that Pop deserved. Colon explained the concept of a plover bird and compared Cottonmouth to the plover picking food out of his teeth before asking how Diamondback felt about the new situation. Mitchell then noted that the people of Harlem were talking about how Cottonmouth had lost his power and were supporting Luke Cage, who had managed to survive the earlier bombing of Genghis Connie's. Cottonmouth then returned to Harlem's Paradise where he took his usual seat in his office and watched as Charles Bradley performed on the stage. Cottonmouth and Dillard discuss Luke Cage. She is seen laying a rose at his grave prior to working with Bushmaster to help him take out Mariah at Harlem's Paradise. Cottonmouth, however, only laughed and noted that he could now hit him like a man. [3], Cottonmouth meeting up with Rafael Scarfe. Cottonmouth intentó reclutar a Cage para su organización, pero finalmente fue noqueado y Cage lo entregó a la policía. He appeared in 1974. Now, I know what brought us here tonight: the police putting their hands on yet another young black man. Seeing Scarfe downstairs, Cottonmouth pointed his baseball bat down towards the Detective and then questioned what was the use of having a police officer on his payroll if he could not get any new intel in time. Deceased But with Mama Mabel basically running the neighborhood of Harlem and being head of the family crime business, she wanted something different for Stokes. It is revealed that Cottonmouth was close with Mariah's daughter Tilda. The attempt fails, and Misty is able to arrest Mariah for Cottonmouth's murder among other crimes, although she's poisoned in jail by Tilda before she can be tried. Together with Pop and Bobby Fish they discussed a basketball players, like New York Knicks. The second and final season of the American streaming television series Luke Cage, which is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, sees Cage become a hero and celebrity in Harlem after clearing his name, only to face a new threat.It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films and other television series of the franchise. He despises this nickname, snapping with rage at its merest mention, and insists upon being addressed as by his legal name. He also has sharp teeth that he had sharpened to resemble fangs; combined with his jaw-strength they are capable of piercing Cage's "unbreakable" skin. Let’s keep our snakes straight, e… Refusing to allow this to happen, Cottonmouth decided that he would return the Hammer Industries guns back to Domingo Colon's people and sort out that situation so Diamondback would lend him the money he needed to get the Judas and finally kill Cage once and for all and go back to his work in Harlem. [3] Upon learning who sent Flea to infiltrate his organization, Cottonmouth got the idea of recruiting Cage to his organization. While playing his piano, Cottonmouth was visited by Mariah Dillard, who ordered him to finally finished the Luke Cage situation as her political career was in serious risk of falling apart due to the actions of Cage. Hence his “period blacksploitation meets vintage James Bond” style. Cottonmouth invites Luke Cage over to talk, Seeking to sort out the business, Cottonmouth called Pop's Barber Shop where he spoke to Bobby Fish before the phone was handed over to Cage. [15] Similar to Wilson Fisk, Cottonmouth also has several corrupt police officers on his payroll including Lt. Perez and Misty Knight's own partner Rafael Scarfe.[16]. "A Matter of Trust! However, he did have enough sensitivity towards transgender people to not misgender Sister Boy even though Mabel had. Shades noted that Tone should have waited for Diaz to come outside and to his horror, Cottonmouth learned that not only had Diaz survived but Pop had been killed in the crossfire, which Tone showed no remorse for as he viewed it as a casualty of war which needed to happen to reclaim the cash. Cottonmouth Dillard made it clear that she was horrified that the police had come there, but Cottonmouth was not concerned as he already had Scarfe on his own payroll. Cottonmouth is subsequently arrested and perp-walked out of Harlem's Paradise, but the Stokes' family lawyer Benjamin Donovan bails him out. Cornell Stokes was a calculating individual who firmly believed that power came through money and violence. Once Luke Cage had left, Cottonmouth spoke with Tone who then volunteered to track down and assassinate Chico Diaz as he had been informed of his location by Turk Barrett, but Cottonmouth ordered him not to, promising to deal with the situation himself in the morning. When Power Man was apparently beaten and defeated by five corrupt police officers, Cottonmouth prepared to bite off a part of Power Man's face only to be leashed by Nightshade. Außerdem ist Cottonmouth der Cousin von Black Maria. Colon demanded a full refund and then declared war once Cottonmouth refused him. Despite some of his female workers being afraid of him such as Candace Miller, he spent some time playing music for his female models to entertain them. Actors/Actresses Die Serie ist Teil des Marvel Cinematic Universe.Später soll die Serie in die Mini-Serie The Defenders münden.

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