![]() Horrifying stuff.įalcon gets plenty to do in this storyline as well. ![]() Cap tracks a conspiracy all the way to the highest office in the land, and then after making that discovery, witnesses the POTUS commit suicide. "The Secret Empire" ( Captain America and Falcon #169-176)Īrguably the most famous Captain America and Falcon story from the 1970s, Englehart crafts a haunting political allegory that was very heavily based on the very real fall of Richard Nixon's presidency.īut beyond how the storyline was ripped from the national headlines, "Secret Empire" is just a phenomenal tale about how Captain America's faith in the establishment he was created to protect, was destroyed. Meanwhile, Englehart doesn't hide the fact that Burnside's paranoia and nastiness was triggered by how much his country neglected and disposed of him.ġ. That leads to an ugly confrontation between Cap, Falcon and Sharon Carter, and Burnside and his Bucky-lookalike sidekick Jack Monroe. When Burnside reappears in the present day, he's a hateful man who doesn't understand why Cap is going around with an African American like Falcon. However, after the war ended, the country no longer had any use for Burnside-Cap, driving the man insane. While Captain America: The Winter Soldier was undoubtedly inspired by the Ed Brubaker storyline of the same name, the film's high level of political intrigue and paranoid was certainly influenced in part by Englehart's excellent run on Captain America and Falcon in the 1970s.Ĭase in point, this storyline introduces a second Captain America, William Burnside, a man who idolized the original Cap so much, he volunteered for a second Super Soldier program during the Korean War in the 1950s. ![]() "The Other Captain America" ( Captain America and Falcon #153-156) Future creators haven't always embraced Englehart's Falcon retcon, though it was a vital part of the Christopher Priest-penned Captain America and Falcon series from the 2000s.Ģ. However, as an added wrinkle, the final issue of this arc reveals the secret origin of Falcon - that he was once a street urchin named Snap Wilson before the power of the Cosmic Cube transformed him into the more naïve, altruistic Sam Wilson. And considering how Spider-Man and Falcon both had to deal with being perceived as second-class heroes, this story demonstrates some of the similarities the two characters share.īy the time Rogers comes back as Cap, his hatred for the Skull is palatable. It's not the most historically significant story, but it does mark one of the very first Spider-Man/Captain America team-ups, and it's definitely the first time Spidey and Falcon collaborated. The storyline concludes with Cap, Falcon and Spider-Man all working together to defeat Stone Face – enemies becomes friends, and everyone is all the better for it. However, Wilson is unsuccessful in his attempts to capture Spider-Man, and eventually finds himself being held captive by the criminal, Stone Face.ĭespite the hostile introduction, Spider-Man feels deeply responsible for Falcon's predicament, and sets out to rescue him. Even outside the confines of his own book, Spidey could just never catch a break when it came to his public perception. In this 1971 story from Stan Lee and Gene Colan, Falcon decides the best way to prove his worth is to take down the masked vigilante Spider-Man. An ongoing theme once Falcon began his tenure co-headlining a book with Captain America was his insecurity about his ability to measure up to his iconic partner.
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