A new era begins for the Sentinel of Liberty.
Joe Quesada announced Falcon will become the new Captain America last night on The Colbert Report.
Steve Rogers no longer has the Super Soldier Serum in his body and has reverted to a frail mortal man in his 90’s.
Steve’s longtime friend Sam Wilson will pick up the shield and carry on the legacy in All-New Captain America #1 by Rick Remender and artist Stuart Immonen (All-New X-Men.)
It’s the next chapter for the Star-Spangled Avenger and part of the master plan by Remender.
“This is the fireworks factory we’re arriving at, and now everything’s going to blow up and be very pretty and exciting to look at. It leads into an evolution of Steve Rogers’ character that I had very early when I was given the job. I think that it’s important with these stories to do things that are natural and make sense and have an inherent logic to the universe, but are also constantly shifting and exciting, keeping the drama high. In order to do that it really comes down to creating new dynamics.” Remender told Marvel.com.
“I’ve been having a lot of fun writing Sam. It’s a completely different attitude. The fact that he’s not a soldier shifts things up a bit. Sam’s not going to be Steve. Steve can be very rigid. That can be kind of joyless at times, whereas Sam is absolutely not that.”
“While Sam shares many of Steve’s beliefs in a general sense, he’s also a very different person with a very different background,” adds editor Tom Brevoort, “He didn’t grow up in the 1930s, he’s a modern day man in touch with the problems of the 21st Century. For most of his professional life, Sam has worked as a social worker, so he’s seen the worst of urban society up close, and how crime, poverty, lack of social structure and opportunity can affect the community. So he’s got perhaps a greater focus on the plight of the common man, and perhaps a greater empathy for the underprivileged than maybe even Steve himself. He’s also not a military man, so he’s more apt to be instinctively skeptical of any situation that calls for just following orders. Sam, like Steve, will be led by his personal morality and beliefs as to what is right and what is wrong—and where his beliefs may differ in their shading from those of the previous Cap are where the interesting stories will be found.”
Falcon was Captain America’s sidekick in the 70’s before becoming an Avenger and solo hero. Wilson will have a partner: Ian, the son of Arnim Zola adopted by Rogers, who will have the code-name Nomad.
Don’t think Rogers is completely retired. Steve will use his sharp mind to act as an ally and strategist in Wilson’s war on terrorism.
All-New Captain America #1 arrives in October as Wilson, Rogers and Nomad fight the reborn Red Skull, Arnim Zola and Hydra.
By Editor