Noah Burstein

Noah Burstein
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972)
Created by Archie Goodwin and George Tuska

Noah Burstein is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

The character, created by Archie Goodwin and George Tuska, first appeared in Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972).

Fictional character biography

Noah Burstein is a scientist who worked on recreating the super soldier serum that created Captain America, and in the process created Warhawk. Years later, Burstein would hire Luke Cage to capture Warhawk.[1] He landed a job at Seagate Prison experimenting on inmates one of them being Carl Lucas. He left Lucas in a "Electro-Biochemical System" when racist guard, Billy Bob Rackham, came to sabotage the experiment only for it to increase Lucas' strength and durability.[2] He later gets a job at the Storefront Clinic with Claire Temple as his assistant. He reunites with Lucas, who had changed his name to Luke Cage, and asks him to rescue Claire when she is kidnapped by Willis Stryker who now went by Diamondback.[3]

Burstein and Claire are later kidnapped by John McIver and demanded that a similar treatment be done to him as was done to Luke Cage, becoming Bushmaster. He and Claire are later rescued by Cage.[4] At one point Bushmaster returns to force Burstein to work for him even kidnapping his wife, Emma, as leverage. Both he and his wife are saved by Iron Fist this time. He would continue to be kidnapped by criminals only for Luke Cage and Iron Fist to come and rescue him.

In other media

Noah Burstein is a recurring character in Luke Cage, portrayed by Michael Kostroff.[5] He fulfills the same purpose as his comic book incarnation. After Luke Cage escapes from Seagate, Burstein goes into hiding, living in a farmhouse with all of the experimental equipment he was able to salvage. Claire takes Luke to see him after Diamondback shoots him with a Judas bullet.[6] He removes the pieces of the bullets only to reveal that he plans on using the information gleaned from him to improve on his experiments. He even so far as to tell him that Reva Connors, who was his assistant at the time, was also in on the plans. Enraged by the deception, Luke destroys his equipment before he and Claire leave. However, Burstein is able to retrieve some of the information from his files.[7] In the season 1 finale, Burstein is seen in Diamondback's hospital room following his defeat, though his intended plans for Diamondback are unknown.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Power Man and Iron Fist #83. Marvel Comics.
  2. ↑ Avengers Origins: Luke Cage #1. Marvel Comics.
  3. ↑ Hero for Hire #2. Marvel Comics.
  4. ↑ Power Man #48-49
  5. ↑ Zalben, Alexander (September 30, 2016). "Marvel's Luke Cage: Every Easter Egg and Reference". TV Guide. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ Shankland, Tom (director); Christian Taylor (writer) (September 30, 2016). "DWYCK". Marvel's Luke Cage. Season 1. Episode 9. Netflix.
  7. ↑ Surjik, Stephen (director); Jason Horwitch (writer) (September 30, 2016). "Take It Personal". Marvel's Luke Cage. Season 1. Episode 10. Netflix.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Clark (director); Aida Mashaka Croal & Cheo Hodari Coker (writer) (September 30, 2016). "You Know My Steez". Marvel's Luke Cage. Season 1. Episode 13. Netflix.
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