![]() ![]() This culminates when Sam renounces being Captain American and Falcon, off-panel, breaks ties with Sam. Broken Pedestal: Falcon's perspective of Sam deteriorates from being a Wide-Eyed Idealist, awe-struck Hero-Worshipper to feeling disillusion at Sam's aloof attitude and being critical at Sam's, in Falcon's eyes, overly cautious and fearful choices.His body is part-symbiote now and it doesn't look pretty. Body Horror: Karl Malus, who was eaten and then, well, ejected from Carnage. ![]() Blonde Republican Sex Kitten: Rage and Falcon go to protest a lecture being given by one of these, and end up having to save her from left-wing radicals.įalcon: Can you believe what that psycho witch is saying about me?! And the fact that she's hot just makes it way worse.Big Bad: Viper, of Serpent Solutions, in the first arc.Bedmate Reveal: In Captain America: Sam Wilson #9, it's revealed that Sam slept with Misty Knight.At first, it's not revealed how he came back, but eventually in Secret Wars Too, it was revealed a kid was trying to summon a demon and instead got D-Man. Back from the Dead: Dennis Dunphy, who was killed in the previous run due to mind-control.Arc Villain: For the first arc, it's Viper and Serpent Solutions.Affirmative-Action Legacy: Not just Sam as Cap, but also Joaquin Torres as the new Falcon.Issue #17 basically shares the limelight between Falcon and Rage. A Day in the Limelight: Misty again, in Sam Wilson #16.It was followed by Ta-Nehisi Coates' run.Ĭaptain America: Sam Wilson provides examples of: In it, Hydra has overtaken the United States, and it's up to both Caps to pull Earth's heroes together to stop them. Secret Empire, which serves as the Grand Finale to Spencer's run.It focused on the growing threat of a resurgent Hydra. In the aftermath of Standoff, Steve Rogers' youth was restored and Steve and Sam decide that it's okay if there are two Captain Americas, even if Sam finds himself compromising on his ideals somewhat. Captain America: Steve Rogers, which ran alongside Sam Wilson.that brainwashes criminals into forgetting their previous lives, instead setting them up in the American small town of Pleasant Hill. Avengers Standoff, which focuses on a prison run by S.H.I.E.L.D.So Sam has set up a public hotline for people to call him and he works with Misty Knight, Dennis "D-Man" Dunphy, and new Falcon Joaquin Torres to do all he can, even in this divided political landscape. The problem is that after expressing his political opinion in a press conference, the public has a massive dislike for him, and after he protected a whistle-blowing hacker (called "the Whisperer") from SHIELD, he's not on their good side either. Captain America: Sam Wilson, with art by Daniel Acuña, is about Sam Wilson trying to do good as Captain America.Spencer's run is comprised of several series. While Ed Brubaker's run focused on espionage and Rick Remender's run had a weird science-bent, Nick Spencer's run has been more explicitly focused on political issues as part of its main plot, with Sam dealing with things such as immigration and racism directly as he tries to use his position of Captain America to help the disenfranchised. Then writer Nick Spencer ( Morning Glories, Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Astonishing Ant-Man) came on board, and decided that since the character was Captain America, then it just made sense for the book to have more political themes. They fought against Hydra and the Red Skull until Secret Wars and the All-New, All-Different Marvel initiative happened. Due to this, he handed over his shield and the title of "Captain America" to his best friend and long-term fighting partner Sam Wilson, who became the new Captain America. Prior to Secret Wars (2015), Steve Rogers, the original Captain America, had the Super Soldier Serum drained from his body and he reverted to his original age. ![]()
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