Let’s talk about Isaiah Bradley, the secret super-soldier Sam and Bucky meet in Baltimore.
Warning: Spoilers fromThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierseason 1, episode 2 are discussed in this article.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldieris turning into a Captain America family affair.
Isaiah Bradley on the cover of Marvel comics.Marvel Comics
In the comics, Isaiah was known as the first Black Captain America in the timeline of the 1940s.
Isaiah and his battalion were then shipped off to Germany to fight Nazis.
The show reworks Isaiah’s origins to fit into Bucky’s backstory.
Elijah Bradley from Marvel comics.Marvel Comics
Isaiah took half of Bucky’s metal arm in the midst of a fight in Goyang-si, South Korea.
But Isaiah isn’t introduced in the MCU for a fun commemoration.
His presence is to show how there are secretly many more super-soldiers out in the world than previously thought.
Isaiah says he was put in jail for 30 years where he was subjected to traumatic experiments.
Might there be some connection to Isaiah?
Why is Elijah important?
Billy and Tommy, a.k.a.
Miss America, inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
They just now have to do the work required to build their audience.
In other words, Marvel believes that children are the MCU’s future.
Teach them well and let them lead the way.
