Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada revealed Sam Wilson will be the new Captain America on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report.
Steve Rogers recently had the Super Soldier Serum sucked out of his body by the Red Nail. Without the serum, Rogers is now a frail man in his 90’s.
Quesada revealed Rogers will reach out to his former sidekick to take over as the Sentinel of Liberty.
Sam Wilson is known as the Falcon. Wilson was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan in 1969 and is the first African-America super hero in mainstream comics. Wilson joined the Star-Spangled Avenger in 1972 in the renamed book: Captain America and Falcon.
Falcon would become a member of the Avengers on and off while playing a supporting role in Captain America’s solo book. Anthony Mackie played Wilson this year in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Wilson will assume the role in Captain America #25 by Rick Remender this October and play a huge role in AXIS (also by Remender) as Avengers and X-Men unite against a mutant powered Red Skull.
Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, assumed the role in 2007 when the world thought Rogers has been assassinated.
History note:
While Black Panther debuted four years earlier than Falcon, T’Challa was an African Prince from the fictional nation of Wakanda.
Wilson is the first African-America super hero of mainstream comics.
Isiah Bradley could be called the first black Captain America. In Truth: Red, White and Black from 2003, it was revealed Bradley was the survivor of secret experiments on African-America soldiers to recreate the formula and results that produced Steve Rogers. Bradley’s missions were classified so the world never really knew the truth but his legend. Isiah’s grandson, Eli, took on the code-name Patriot and helped formed the Young Avengers in his honor.
By Editor