Sam Wilson first debuted in Marvel Comics in 1969, but it took many decades before he claimed the shield of Captain America.

Brave New World does many things right, but it fails to explain a crucial The Falcon and the Winter Soldier plot point.

How important is it that Sam Wilson serves as Captain America without the benefit of the super-soldier serum that gave Steve ...

Sam Wilson's MCU journey from the Falcon to Captain America is a winding road that birthed a new and exciting kind of hero.

Introduced in the pages of 1969’s Captain America #117 by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, an issue titled “The Coming of the Falcon,” Sam Wilson met Steve Rogers for the first time on the Red Skull ...

Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Steve Rogers passed on the torch — in this case his shield with a star in the center and patriotic stripes around the frame — to his righthand man The ...

Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson picks up the shield in "Captain America: Brave New World," the latest film in the MCU.

And it’s not insignificant, as Sam Wilson’s Falcon was the first African-American superhero in mainstream comics. Sam didn’t debut until Captain America #117 in 1969, a whopping 30 years ...

This summary also acts as a watch guide if you want to rewatch all of the Falcon’s exploits. “On your left.” Sam Wilson first appeared in the MCU as an innocuous, good-humored man going for ...