On Wednesday night, Marvel announced that the new Captain America is going to be Sam Wilson, aka the Falcon. Wilson first appeared as winged superhero Falcon in 1969 and was one of comics’ first black superheroes.
Marvel Comics’ chief creative officer, Joe Quesada, says superhero Sam “The Falcon” Wilson will take over as the patriotic Avenger in an upcoming installment of the long-running comic book series. The change of character is only set to affect the Captain America comic book series.
Chris Evans, who has played him in “The Avengers” film, will also play the role in “Avengers: Age of Ultron” which is set for release in 2015.
The change takes effect in November in “All-New Captain America” No 1. The news about Captain America comes a day after Marvel announced that Thor, the God of Thunder, would now be portrayed as a woman in that comic book series.
Marvel comic editor Tom Brevoort says “We’re not anywhere near finished.”
“Change is one of the watchwords of the Marvel Universe, so there are even more startling surprises to come.”