New Captain America Will Be African-American

Captain America's mantle will be taken over by his long-time ally, the Falcon, the high-flying African-American hero from Harlem, Marvel Comics announced late Wednesday.

"It's about time," says Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort of the change. "In 2014, this should be a thing that we shrug off, it shouldn't be seen as revolutionary, but it still feels exciting."

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Black Falcon is probably going to get the Super Soldier Serum because of Affirmative Action.

[PH2050]

Ha, nice.

[Vulgar Madman]

So exciting! Not.

[mad.casual]

Nick Fury turning black is something we should shrug off. Captain America turning black is a crime just as if The Hulk were to turn pink with rainbow hair or Shaft were to suddenly be played by Chao Yun Fat.

[Andrew G.]

Goes well with the new female Thor. I'm waiting for a male Wonder Woman though.

[NotAnotherSkippy]

No way. Tell me you're joking.

[LessIsMore]

"Thor Girl" is an actual pre-existing character in the Marvel Universe, so - as lame as "[name of male superhero]-Girl" characters are - that's a different situation than Black Captain America.

I still don't like Nick Fury being black - the same way I wouldn't like Falcon being changed to Chinese or Professor X having hair - it's just NOT THE CHARACTER. Characters are an identify, not an outfit, and changing fundamental aspects just turns them into something/someone entirely different.

Guess I'm a comic "Extremist" and "hard liner".

[C. S. P. Schofield]

The problem with serial narratives is that they never really come to any conclusions. Captain America was/is Steve Rogers. If he dies, that should be the end of the story. But he isn't a character in a novel, he's a property on a spreadsheet. Why should The Falcon subvert his own identity to be the "next" Captain America? Because some suit decided that it would broaden their reader demographics.
Foo.

[Suicidy]

Bucky was Captain America when Rogers was supposed to be dead a few users ago. He will be brought back t some point to jack up sales. This is no big deal.