"They will never let a Black man be Captain America." Isaiah also stresses that he is legally dead and knows that if his survival were common knowledge, he and his family would be in danger from anyone coming after the serum in his blood. "Those stars and stripes don't mean nothing good to me," Isaiah warns him. Toward the end of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam confers with Isaiah about what it would mean for him to take up Captain America's shield. Unfortunately, they did not do right by Isaiah, and the reason is one ridiculous statue. Introducing Isaiah to the MCU was a ballsy move for a franchise that avoided showcasing heroes of color for nearly a decade, and if they had gotten him right, it would have been a slam dunk moment that recontextualized Blackness and heroism in the MCU. Isaiah was later thrown in prison for disobeying orders to rescue prisoners of war - the exact same act of heroism that turned Steve Rogers into a legend - and tortured by further experiments for decades until he faked his own death to escape. He is the sole survivor of unethical experiments the government performed in an attempt to recreate super-soldier serum, experiments performed exclusively on Black men who were either murdered by the process or sent on suicide missions in the Korean War. Isaiah Bradley is a living reminder that Steve Rogers' Captain America may have been a good man, but America is a country capable of systemic evil. One of those characters was Isaiah Bradley, the kind of complex comic book deep cut who could only appear in a medium that gives his very existence enough screen time to really sink in. WandaVision elevated Wanda and Vision from "only in the team-up movie" players to two of the most anticipated (and most romantic) leads in the MCU, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier introduced a slew of fascinating new characters who will impact the franchise for years to come. #THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER SERIES#With just two complete series aired, the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe's foray into serialized TV has already expanded the Marvel universe in ways the movies couldn't. Welcome to Fix It, our ongoing series examining projects we love - save for one tiny change we wish we could make.
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