Willis Conard SHARON SPRINGS, N.Y. — Willis Stryker Conard passed on peacefully at Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, N.Y. on Nov. 12, 2011, after a valiant battle with prostate cancer. He was 77.

Is Willis Stryker Really Luke Cage’s Half-Brother? In the Netflix series? Yes. We are led to believe that’s the case. In the comics, nope. They are just best friends torn apart by jealousy.

Willis Conard SHARON SPRINGS, N.Y. — Willis Stryker Conard passed on peacefully at Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, N.Y. on Nov. 12, 2011, after a valiant battle with prostate cancer. He was 77.

Willis Stryker doesn’t have a big history in the “Luke Cage” comics, but he may soon be taking a new path in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Jeremy Fuster. October 2, 2016 @ 8:43 PM.

As it turns out, Diamondback, né Willis Stryker, was Luke’s half-brother — and unlike Luke, his time in prison transformed him into a trigger-happy psychopath, intelligent enough to craft ...

And in Episode 8, that history gets even more personal when it's first suggested that Diamondback, aka Willis Stryker, and Luke Cage are brothers, a claim from the villain that only gains more ...

Luke’s dad and Willis Stryker: Luke Cage was born Carl Lucas, son of Georgia preacher James Lucas.James, through an affair with his secretary, also had an illegitimate son named Willis Stryker ...

The episode takes its time revealing this, but Diamondback, a.k.a. Willis Stryker, is the one who shot Luke with the Judas at the end of the last episode.