So does that count as, say, 36 kills, or does that just mean he killed the same two people 18 times?
The Adventures of Captain Marvel, 1941, starring Tom Tyler.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033317/
It surprised me, too, the first time I saw it. You couldn’t do that in a childrens’ movie today!
Considering that the victims didn’t seem to care that much about self-preservation until they were in danger of running out of replacements, but surrendered before they could be wiped out, it might count as zero kills.
According to this article…
…Johnny Cage’s name was inspired by Nicolas Cage, whose surname was originally inspired by Luke Cage
Yes - most if not all of his stuff is worth a read, from his work on Swamp Thing, to books like Top Ten (my personal fave), V for Vendetta, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell, etc…