#BLACK CAPTAIN AMERICA SERIES#

SteveRogers find out about Elijah and his story. The Black Super Soldiers fromВ вЂњThe Truth: Red, White and BlackвЂќД¤.

Sam Wilson asВ Captain America in вЂњSentinel of LibertyвЂќДЈ. IsaiahвЂ™s Bradley as Captain America in вЂњThe Truth: Red, White and BlackвЂќДў. I will talk about their characters in another posting. Subsequently, Isaiah BradleyвЂ™s legacy lives on in his son Josiah X, (a.k.a.- вЂњJusticeвЂќ)В and grandson Eli, who is part of the MarvelвЂ™s Young AvengerвЂ™s.

#BLACK CAPTAIN AMERICA SERIES#

The series was written byВ Robert Morales and drawn by Kyle Baker I give credit to Axel Alonzo and Joe Queseda atВ MarvelВ for even attempting to tell IsaiahвЂ™s story and for defending it when critics, (and racists) tried to tear it to pieces. Other white characters have no idea who he is and the government has sworn IsaiahВ into secrecy, so he can never speak about what or who he is.В Eventually, Steve Rogers finds out and uncovers the truth. He becomes a legendвЂ¦but only in the Black community. A time in which art, imitated a very ugly truth.В In the seven part series of the same name, Isaiah crosses paths with public figures ( Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela ) and other superheroes (Wolverine, Steve Rogers), but only the Black supers (Luke Cage, Goliath, Pulsar)В know who he is and know his importance. It talks about a time that no one wants to talk about when African American men were subjected to a form of institutionalized chemical warfare. THAT is what sets IsaiahвЂ™s character apart from SamвЂ™s in many ways and why his character has meant more to African-Americans (especially Black male comic book readers) in this country. Eventually, with help from his wife he is pardoned. When he finally gets out, the US court marshalls him for going AWOL and trying to impersonate Captain America. He completes his mission, however, he gets captured and becomes a POW, kind of disavowed and almost killed. subtly threaten his family a la Mike Peterson/DEATHLOK AOS) in a secret missionВ to fight them behind enemy lines. Someone had aВ вЂњbastard copyвЂќ of ErkineвЂ™s experiment, and they decided to test it on African-American soldiers at that time, being that they were considered less valuable (read: вЂњless than humanвЂќ) anyway.ДЄfter Isaiah knows heвЂ™s been enhanced, he reluctantly goes after NaziвЂ™s, (the US govвЂ™t. However, Isaiah Bradley was unwittingly injected with theВ the Super Soldier serum while he was a soldier in a program that paralleled the true life story of the Tuskegee Experiment. Sam Wilson was sort of theВ вЂњsidekickвЂќ to Steve RogersвЂ™ Cap (who could speak to his spirit animal RedwingВ telepathically,В who was actually a falcon), and stepped up when Cap was down. What IвЂ™m discussing here is the impact of the archetype of вЂњBlack Captain AmericaвЂќ and why I feel IsaiahвЂ™s character is more important. (1969) And I am not discrediting that fact. But in terms of timeline,В IsaiahвЂ™s storyline in Truth: Red, White and Black (2003) which begins back in World War 2, predates Sam WilsonsвЂ™, whose storyline starts in theВ вЂ70sвЂ™В and for most African-Americans IsaiahвЂ™s storyВ was more meaningful.Д«efore I go any further, I just want to point out that yes, I give credit to Marvel for Sam WilsonвЂ™s Falcon being one of the first Black Comic Book characters printed in a major publication. In terms of publication, yes, Sam was revealed as Captain America about 5 years before Isaiah in Captain AmericaВ #117 (1969). Also, there has been an argument going around the web since then that Isaiah Bradley, not Sam Wilson was the first Black Captain America in the comic verse. In the comic book verse Sam has been Captain America before. The 2014 re-incarnation of Sam Wilson as Captain America is not the first time Falcon has picked up the shield.

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