Marvel comics, who has announced a new Captain America, has revealed that he will now be a black man.
Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada announced on The Colbert Report that Sam Wilson, also known as The Falcon, will take over Captain America's shield in Captain America no.21, the New York Post reported.
Captain America writer Rick Remender told Marvel.com that according to him different characters across the Marvel Universe were going to respond to Wilson's appointment in different ways, but he was not a beginner in his long history as the Falcon and he earned a reputation for integrity and honesty and backbone that most of the super hero community have a respect for.
In the comic series, the star-spangled superhero had suffered a brutal defeat at the hands of the newly minted villain Iron Nail and lost his special powers that gave him super-strength and youth last month.