The character was portrayed by Erik LaRay Harvey in the first season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Luke Cage.

Willis Stryker was created by Archie Goodwin and George Tuska and first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972).

Carl changed his life and found an honest job while Willis became a skilled gangster but they remained good friends.

When the attack failed, Diamondback has his inventor Gadget-Man create new gimmicked switch blades to deal with Cage and kidnapped Claire Temple.

During the fight, Diamondback fell through a skylight and was blown up by one of his own trick switchblades, ruining any hope Luke had that Stryker could clear his name.

Upon having his men arrange for a meeting with the crime lords at Club Ultimate, Diamondback planned to have waving network of influence.

After being defeated by Jessica Jones and Iron Fist, Diamondback was arrested by the police and transferred to a prison, as he was deemed too dangerous to be placed in the county lockup.

[11] Diamondback is among the crime lords that compete with Mister Negative to obtain the Tablet of Life and Destiny in order to win the favor of Mayor Wilson Fisk.

As Diamondback speaks to a bunch of thugs at a nightclub in the Financial District, it is crashed by Spider-Woman who tries to get answers on why Hydra is backing him.

When Spider-Woman raided a building that was one of their fronts, she pursued Diamondback, Viper, and Green Mamba to a helicopter demanding answers on where her son Gerry Drew is.

[20] Willis Stryker / Diamondback appears in Luke Cage, portrayed by Erik LaRay Harvey as an adult[21] and by Jared Kemp as a teenager.

As youths, Willis and Cage were arrested for grand theft auto, resulting in the latter joining the Marines while the former served in juvenile detention, later jail, where he was forced to kill in self-defense.

This, coupled with Dana being abandoned by Lucas and dying from cancer led to Willis swearing revenge on Cage, who he successfully framed and sent to Seagate Prison.

[22] By the present, Willis went on to become an arms dealer, trafficking Hammer Industries weapons to Harlem crime boss Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes and his cousin Mariah Dillard.

[23] Upon learning Cage is alive, Willis comes out of hiding and utilizes Judas bullets, exploding hollow-point bullets developed by Hammer Industries from salvaged alien metal that can penetrate Cage's impenetrable skin, in a failed attempt to kill him,[24] though his partnership with Stokes and Dillard falls through and Shades defects to them.

[25] Willis dons a Hammer Industries battle-suit and challenges Cage to a street fight,[26] only to be defeated and arrested by Misty Knight.