Issues 1-5 of 'Cage'
Max Comics/Marvel, 2002
Written by Brian Azzarello
Illustrated by Richard Corben
Colored by Jose Villarrubia
An adult take on Cage is presented in the Marvel MAX imprint simply titled Cage, working as a freelance detective of sorts in the Harlem ghetto. In this gritty miniseries, Cage is investigating the death of a young teenage girl who was killed in an attempted hit on a criminal. The urban-themed storyline depicts Cage as a hardened ex-convict with the suggestion that he underwent a medical experiment that allowed him to deflect bullets