And it’s not insignificant, as Sam Wilson’s Falcon was the first African-American superhero in mainstream comics. Sam didn’t debut until Captain America #117 in 1969, a whopping 30 years ...
Introduced in the pages of 1969’s Captain America #117 by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, an issue titled “The Coming of the Falcon,” Sam Wilson met Steve Rogers for the first time on the Red Skull ...