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.
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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.
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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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