#BLACK CAPTAIN AMERICA SERIES#
The finale of the series shows that the responsibility of Captain America gets passed on to Sam Wilson, who takes up the role after a brief hesitation. Anthony Mackie on becoming the first Black Captain America’įalcon and the Winter Soldier had recently premiered on Disney+ and has gained a wide viewership within a short span of time. The actor recently made an appearance in The Daily Show and briefly opened up about becoming the first ‘Black Captain America’. It has been recently announced that Mackie’s character would now be made Captain America in the future Marvel ventures. After appearing in several Marvel films in the past, he had recently starred the new miniseries Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which saw him reprising his role. Meanwhile, the comic book arena has been increasingly making headlines for promoting equality. On Wednesday, the famous red-head Archie Andrews died in the final installment of “Life with Archie,” saving his gay friend.Anthony Mackie has gained a lot of popularity among the masses for his portrayal of Sam Wilson a.k.a. For instance, young women are now the fastest growing audience for comic books, according to Publishers Weekly. Nevertheless, these changes have continued as the traditional comic book reading demographic grows and expands. Similar complaints were lodged when a black actor, Idris Elba, played the traditionally white character of Heimdall in the "Thor" films. The world of comic books hasn’t always been particularly racially diverse or tolerant: The earliest African-American superheroes first appeared in the 1960s and '70s, and many of the characters carried the word ‘black’ in their titles, such as DC Comics’ Black Lighting, or were often subject to stereotypical dialogue and culturally insensitive plot lines.Įarlier this year, comic book fans protested the casting of a black man as the Human Torch, a character originally drawn as a white man, in an upcoming big screen reboot of "The Fantastic Four".
“I think a lot of this stuff is being done intentionally.”
#BLACK CAPTAIN AMERICA UPDATE#
"The inscription on Thor’s hammer reads ‘Whosoever holds this hammer, if HE be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.’ Well it’s time to update that inscription," comic editor Wil Moss in a statement.īack in 2011, Marvel created a new Spider-Man who was half-black and half-Hispanic - a move that drew the ire of Glenn Beck. “The new Spider-Man is really quite great, he looks just like President Obama,” Beck said sarcastically on his radio show at the time. The announcement comes on the heels of the announcement that a woman would be picking up the iconic hammer of Thor.
So he’s got perhaps a greater focus on the plight of the common man, and perhaps a greater empathy for the underprivileged,” editor Tom Brevoort told.
#BLACK CAPTAIN AMERICA PROFESSIONAL#
For most of his professional life, Sam has worked as a social worker, so he’s seen the worst of urban society up close, and how crime, poverty, lack of social structure and opportunity can affect the community. “e’s a modern day man in touch with the problems of the 21st Century. The new Captain, Sam Wilson, will embody the superhero with a different sensibility-one that’s more in touch with the issues people face today-and with new powers, too, of course, as he joins Falcon's wings with the Captain's shield. Captain America has been around since 1941, when the all-American hero, then known as Steve Rogers, was able to capitalize on World War II-inspired patriotic fervor.