And Johansson progresses the allure of the cunning and multifaceted Black Widow, while bringing a splendid and lively balance to Rogers' straight and narrow. Evans plays the earnestness of Captain America's black and white morality with convincing finesse in an age of grey that he has yet to find a comfortable middle. Captain America is stronger, faster, and a more refined soldier, equipped with better fighting skills and understanding of current technology. Sam Jackson has a stronger presence this time around, validating Nick Fury as a main staple in the MCU among the big boys. Still, considering the casting of actors like Kathryn Newton, Hailee Steinfeld, and Iman Vellani to play the next generation of MCU heroes, we likely won’t have to wait too long before Eli takes up a shield too.With Rogers, Fury, and Romanoff previously established, directors Joe and Anthony Russo do a magnificent job at expanding these characters – along with some secondary characters we've seen before – providing more depth to understanding their actions and how they will affect future stories. We’ll have to wait and see how much Eli is involved moving forward. This Isaiah is a forgotten soldier of America’s forgotten war, living out the rest of his days in anonymity. Instead of fighting in WWII, he battles Hydra during the Korean War, where he’s eventually captured and subjected to Hydra experimentation, which is why Bucky knows who he is. The MCU version of Isaiah isn’t too different from his comics counterpart. After serving 17 years in solitary, he’s eventually pardoned, but the toll of the janky super-soldier serum manifests as dementia. Eventually rescued by German resistance fighters, Isaiah returns home to the US - only to be court-martialed and sentenced to life in prison for stealing Cap’s costume. He dons the costume and sets out on a suicide mission to destroy the Nazi’s own super-solider serum factory, but is captured and tortured. Isaiah is the lone survivor of forced experimentation on 300 Black army soldiers, essentially becoming the second Captain America. government attempts to re-create Captain America’s legacy with a new version of the super-soldier serum (a recurring event that rarely turns out well) while invoking the Tuskegee Experiments. Isaiah Bradley’s story, told by Robert Morales and Kyle Baker in Truth: Red, White, & Black, is one of the saddest tales ever told at Marvel. Comic book fans know Eli as the superhero Patriot, a Young Avengers member who serves as the team’s version of Captain America, gaining super-soldier powers in a blood transfusion from his grandfather Isaiah. While we don’t get his name specifically, it’s revealed in the credits of the second episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier that Eli Bradley answers the door when Buck and Sam arrive to talk to Isaiah Bradley. Between his girlfriend and his partner having to give him pep talks at the beginning of the episode and his more menacing threat to Sam and Bucky, it’s not too far crazy to think Walker could lose his mind and go full Homelander before all is said and done. In his so-far brief appearance, the Wyatt Russell version of Walker nails the jerkish nature of his comic book roots, while hinting at something darker. Let’s unpack the comic book origins of each of the Captains and examine how the show interacts with the storied history of those characters. In other words, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier might as well be called Captains America instead. And the most recent episode also introduces us to Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly), whose tragic backstory represents a grim, racially charged take on the Captain America ethos. For John Walker (Wyatt Russell), who the government installs as the new Captain America, it’s about trying to do right with a role forced upon him. For Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), who’s working through the trauma of becoming a mind-controlled assassin in the form of the Winter Soldier, it’s about trying to find his true self. Essentially, showrunner Malcolm Spellman ( Empire) is exploring what the Cap mantle means for the identity of a handful of MCU men, both new and old.įor Sam Wilson, aka the Falcon (Anthony Mackie), who decided to reject Steve Roger’s parting wish for him to become the next Captain America, it’s about what it means for a Black man to potentially become a symbol of America. We’re only two episodes into Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier-the next Marvel Cinematic Universe/Disney+ series after * WandaVision-and it’s already focused on big ideas.
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