Samuel Wilson: Captain America / Falcon Appreciation 2023

[ZuLuLu]

Previous Appreciation Thread:
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...on-Thread-2019
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2020
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2021
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2022

Notable relationships:
Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Misty Knight, Sharon Carter, Gideon and Sarah Wilson, Redwing
Legacies:
Falcon (Joaquin Torres), Patriot (Rayshaun Lucas)

Recommended Reading: credit to Psycwave
Captain America v.1 #117 (first appearance)-222
Avengers v.1 #183-196
Falcon v.1 #1-4
Captain America and The Falcon v.1 #1-14
Captain America v.5 #1-14, 31-50, 600-601
Heroes for Hire v.4 #1-12
Mighty Avengers v.2 #1-14
Captain America and the Falcon One-shot
Captain America v.7 #16-25
All New Captain America #1-6
Captain America & The Mighty Avengers v.1 #1-9
Sam Wilson: Captain America #1-24
Secret Empire #1-10
Falcon v.2 #1-7
Falcon & Winter Soldier v.1 #1-5

[ZuLuLu]

Upcoming Event 2023
Captain America: Cold War

[Frontier]

Happy New Year to Sam and his fans .

[Marvell2100]

Upcoming Event 2023
Captain America: Cold War

Looking forward to this. I hope that Sam gets new villains created strictly for him.

[Will Evans]

Not counting Red Skull, who would you call Sam’s arch enemy?

[Frontier]

Not counting Red Skull, who would you call Sam’s arch enemy?

Hydra Cap?

[ed2962]

Sam and Steve sorta share rogues. There's probably a few old school villains who could be repurposed to be more Sam specific...Nightshade ( I know she reformed but I like her better as a villian), Fastus, Ghost, etc....

[Hypestyle]

Has Sam been quietly retconned to have southern roots, maybe his grandparents? Since the MCU Falcon is from Louisiana.

[Frontier]

Sam and Steve sorta share rogues. There's probably a few old school villains who could be repurposed to be more Sam specific...Nightshade ( I know she reformed but I like her better as a villian), Fastus, Ghost, etc....

Fully agree there .

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Not counting Red Skull, who would you call Sam’s arch enemy?

Maybe Crossbones?

[Hypestyle]

who were some of the Harlem gangsters that were active in the 70s era that Sam went up against?

[Frontier]

who were some of the Harlem gangsters that were active in the 70s era that Sam went up against?

I remember one story where he fought one but the name escapes me.

[Emperorjones]

I've come around to Wilson slowly over the years. He had to have been the first Black superhero I ever saw on a comic book cover, but I never really warmed to him until reading some of Nick Spencer's Captain America run and then some of Rodney Barnes's Falcon run. I'm subscribed to Tochi Onyebuchi's current run, but I've gotten behind. I have gone back and read Christopher Priest's Captain America and Falcon run and I appreciated Priest's take on the character for the most part.

From the current run, I do like the use of the White Wolf (even though it he should be more in the Black Panther comic, and I wish that Marvel was doing more to tie Wilson and Black Panther together than they have thus far as long as the White Wolf arc lasts). I would like to see Wilson get more original villains, but also using some of the ones that aren't getting much attention in the Rogers books. I think Crossbones and Batroc are good fits, as is Sin, and I could see the Grand Director playing a role as a nice big bad. David Liss's American Panther could also be brought back. Someone mentioned Nightshade and I think she would work too.

I am behind on the current run, but hopefully Wilson's love life is getting attention as well. It's something that's very lacking in the MCU, though I would not be surprised if Wilson ends up with Sharon in Captain America 4.

[Frontier]

I've come around to Wilson slowly over the years. He had to have been the first Black superhero I ever saw on a comic book cover, but I never really warmed to him until reading some of Nick Spencer's Captain America run and then some of Rodney Barnes's Falcon run. I'm subscribed to Tochi Onyebuchi's current run, but I've gotten behind. I have gone back and read Christopher Priest's Captain America and Falcon run and I appreciated Priest's take on the character for the most part.

From the current run, I do like the use of the White Wolf (even though it he should be more in the Black Panther comic, and I wish that Marvel was doing more to tie Wilson and Black Panther together than they have thus far as long as the White Wolf arc lasts). I would like to see Wilson get more original villains, but also using some of the ones that aren't getting much attention in the Rogers books. I think Crossbones and Batroc are good fits, as is Sin, and I could see the Grand Director playing a role as a nice big bad. David Liss's American Panther could also be brought back. Someone mentioned Nightshade and I think she would work too.

I am behind on the current run, but hopefully Wilson's love life is getting attention as well. It's something that's very lacking in the MCU, though I would not be surprised if Wilson ends up with Sharon in Captain America 4.

I think that was basically killed by the Power Broker thing.

There might be a chance he ends up with Sabra.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Sabra could be cool but I'm hoping for Misty Knight.

I agree with Emperorjones, Sam should get his own villians at some point.