History of The Falcon

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Today on Variant, we explore the History of The Falcon in Marvel Comics, as the character lands on Disney+ in the new MCU series, "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier"!
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[@dwaynem.1194]

That Falcon opening scene was just 🤯🤯🤯

[@shaunstudios163]

Ikr awesome

[@shubhanjandash5017]

Batroc needs a buff lol🤣

[@damianstarks3338]

Fucking A yes you read my mind here bro this is a new mcu iconic moment !

[@Tactic2099]

It wasn’t that crazy

[@quentinfogger5755]

I couldn't agree more. It was awesome

[@kalebdickerson268]

Remember seeing him on Super Hero Squad on TV. He was so cool. I remember he used to spin in the air and fire his feather blades in all directions.

[@tyresebellamy606]

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[@schmokehng]

yeahh he definitely is part of my childhood

[@sasukesfan]

yep, that was my first introduction to him, as a black kid it was amazing to see a black character in marvel, same with blue marvel but i was introduced to him way later

[@AngiraBlu]

@@sasukesfan Same here. That show's actually how I found about him, *Reptil* , *Uatu the Watcher* , *M.O.D.O.K.* , (what) *Abomination* (really looked like, outside the MCU), *Ms. Marvel* (Carol Danvers, who's currently Captain Marvel, now), *Adam Warlock* , *Thanos*, *the Infinity Gauntlet* , *the Negative Zone* , *Dr. Egghead* , *Moon Boy* , *Devil Dinosaur* , (what) *High Evolutionary* (really looked like, outside of Spider-Man Unlimited), *H.E.R.B.I.E.* , *Ronan the Accuser* , *Loki* , *Mystique* (her actual codename; at the time, the only X-Men movie I'd ever watched was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which [aside from any other superhero movies and shows I'd seen, at the time] is what really kickstarted and cemented my love for all things Marvel...as well as my infamous Wolverine phase), *the Wrecking Crew* , *Doctor Strange* , *Baron Mordo* , *Wong* , *Dormammu* , *Werewolf By Night* , *Songbird* , *Annihilus* , *the Stranger* , and a bunch of other people I can't even think of, at the moment.

[@sasukesfan]

@@AngiraBlu yep, the superhero squad show was the first marvel show to dig deep into its mythos of characters, its one of the main reasons i love that show and marvel as a whole, the next show, earth's mightiest heroes, was a kid-teen focused show

[@limpingmartyr2483]

I like how from the series, looks like falcon has improved hand to hand combat fighting tactics ever since endgame

[@RockTrooper87]

Cap was training him ever since the Winter Soldier movie

[@fromanDg]

“...that’s because, comics!” This is why we love this channel.

[@extonjonas6820]

isnt that comic drake's catchphrase, I am not trying go create drama just asking if he came up with that saying?

[@prexp9026]

@@extonjonas6820 I think Drake made it his tagline but Idk if he's the one who coined it.

[@applepie1272]

Iron Man died,but he's gonna be ok because,comics

[@peytons3422]

I hope with Falcon throwing the shield at the trees isn’t the last scene of the series 😂

[@rayray9865]

Knowing how marvel did something like that with Ralph bhoner its probabel

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Last scene is the tree falling on Zemo, calling it. And that’s how Zemo 😵.

[@AliMohamed-yd3wx]

Yes unfortunately it is the second last episode where Falcon claims back the Shield from US Agent

[@Vathananable]

@@AliMohamed-yd3wx U mean episode 8 right?

[@AliMohamed-yd3wx]

@@Vathananable i mean episode 5 because the series is only 6 episodes

[@TrivonikaQuintrellDemary]

The falcon is becoming my favorite he is such a underrated superhero

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

Yo, that new show is doing him justice.

[@TrivonikaQuintrellDemary]

@@walangchahangyelingden8252 it really is with Bucky to I like both

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

@@TrivonikaQuintrellDemary The lines "If he was wrong about you then he was wrong about me" and so my other lines hit me.

[@donjoel6754]

The Falcon is by far my favorite super hero of all time. His comics are the first Marvel comics I ever read. I love that Variant is giving him some love.

[@ericnancy4385]

I love the falcon he's badass. His wings are amazing!

[@knytewing3107]

Well it’s about time.Falcon is my first black marvel superhero. I really wish he and T’Challa interacted more before Chadwick’s death.I’m first

[@BozheTsaryaKhrani]

No 3

[@knytewing3107]

@@BozheTsaryaKhrani ok fair enough

[@1mnot4rrogant90]

They don’t even have anything to do with each other they were just both born black

[@knytewing3107]

@@1mnot4rrogant90 That's not the point. T'Challa is responsible for giving Sam's wings in the comics. He thanked him for it and gave him credit or else he wouldn't be what he is.

[@ttttt5072]

ikr, at least we get war machine interactions

[@AaravSingh241]

Can you do a history on flag smasher and baron zemo because they both are a big part in the series

[@kpranay247]

It's crazy how seemingly normal characters in Marvel have such complex and detailed character arcs.

[@quentinfogger5755]

It's about time you did the Falcon since he made his MCU debut in Captain America the Winter Soldier.

[@vincarro5078]

They make videos according to what is popular at the time so they can feed their videos into KZbin algorithm. It isn’t because they forgot or didn’t want to.

[@lacklusterbusterdiggy9966]

Shade 😂

[@johnpittsii7524]

Falcon and winter solider show is awesome.

[@dbamadeo825]

isn’t only the first episode out

[@thebigd6687]

Idk bro, I need more before I make my calls

[@hound6171]

Chill man it's only one episode it's good but chill

[@1mnot4rrogant90]

@@dbamadeo825 And still better than civil war

[@1mnot4rrogant90]

@@thebigd6687 It’s marvel. They’ve never disappointed. At least not this side of marvel.

[@leedoyle363]

Still waiting for that history of arris quinones episode 😂🤣

[@blkpanther11]

@Dr. Lunch Lmao 🤣 Nice!!

[@blkpanther11]

@Dr. Lunch Now Alternative Version Of Arris Quiones

[@damianstarks3338]

The opening of falcon and winter soldier with falcon in action was fucking iconic/beyond epic.

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of Alfred Pennyworth, Batwing, Flame Bird, Batwoman, Azrael, Signal (Duke Thomas), Bluebird, Stephanie Brown and Carrie Kelly?

[@veronicageorge3825]

I would love to see a video on Alfred !

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Carrie Kelly? Her history is in The Dark Knight Returns.

[@skeletor4436]

I wish redwing was a actual falcon in the mcu

[@evade1x731]

After just watching the first episode falcon is starting to become my favorite avenger

[@izdatbOi]

Seriously? They ruined him for me.

[@x-manfam705]

@@izdatbOi Eloborate? Just curious

[@aadn.]

💀💀 People Who have known and loved this character since before the show: 😑

[@izdatbOi]

@@x-manfam705 Well, first of all he's racist, and he was pretty annoying.

[@x-manfam705]

@@izdatbOi lol huh? in what instance was he outwardly racist? And saying a character is pretty annoying without actually specifying what you found annoying about him/her in particular doesn't really elaborate on anything

[@riujithetechnician]

The MCU Ant-Man can control ants through a device on his ear What if MCU introduces the same tech to falcon? But only this time for birds?

[@dafaqu694]

Possible!!

[@xavierwhitcraft1310]

Falcon's red wing is his new drones. I like the MCU Falcon idea more tbh because a guy who can summon birds sounds kinda nuts

[@cjcomia4168]

i really wish that in the final episode. bucky can unlock his "winter soldier mode" willingly like a super saiyan. like what happended in the civil war, when he heard that code he unleashed hell

[@BunnyChamberX]

I hope so too, the brainwash code has already been wiped off in Wakanda but I sure as hell hope that they bring it up again and see that it doesnt work anymore

[@treyvonwilliams]

Falcon made his first appearanceAs Falcon: Captain America #117 (September 1969) As Captain America: All-New Captain America #1 (November 2014)

[@JoshCabatuando]

Nice

[@treyvonwilliams]

@@JoshCabatuando thanks

[@KingOfThaDead64]

He was also captain in 1999. I have the comics. Captain America:Sentinel of Liberty. He didn't have wings during that time.

[@Nzosaba_Matenge]

@@KingOfThaDead64 he didn't need to lose the wings

[@Nzosaba_Matenge]

@Chuck Haggert he does that in All new Captain America when he was still a werewolf

[@xshadowxless8906]

Love your vids they keep me up to date with all these character profiles

[@Anyone690]

Honestly the comic Falcon’s origins are kind of hokey. I like the military version in the MCU better and usually I like the comics version better

[@sahdirellis4901]

They definitely fleshed him out better. His comic origin just doesn't really work especially since they couldn't use mutants til now.

[@CarolusMagnus2501]

It was very progressive for the time. Making him a generic tough military man with a jetpack is pretty lame.

[@eem2wavy133]

@@CarolusMagnus2501 not really. I like it because we have a easy way for Sam to meet cap and cap being his inspiration to join the militia is a neat idea. It’s also still better than this origin

[@DDarkestKnight]

@@sahdirellis4901 Well he's fleshed out now thanks to the show. In the movies, not so much

[@dantheman8193]

Love the vids Variant, keep it up 😁👌🔥🔥

[@adityasikarvar4599]

Man they changed so much in the MCU like he literally a different guy 😳

[@krisscanlon4051]

yeah ridiculous 🙄

[@chinline1289]

@@krisscanlon4051 nah

[@jeremybarnes3698]

For the better. His story in the comics seems a bit far fetched, specifically the telepathic link to birds.

[@adityasikarvar4599]

@@jeremybarnes3698 yeah this one is more acceptable

[@KingShibe]

@@jeremybarnes3698 yet Spider-Man got bit by a spider and Wanda can warp reality? Yeah ok.

[@anubusx]

Love this show already.

[@phxntomnv7610]

Rent?

[@seanmurphy7183]

Love your episodes, not able to catch comics these days, thiscis the next best thing

[@dymond66]

Love your character histories. One thing that I would like to see is the nemesis of each character, whether hero or villain. The best characters all have interesting rivals that make them more interesting.

[@dhruvinshvaishnav]

I love his new suit in series amazing

[@buffbeenstuffed]

For anyone else who want's more reading material for Falcon I suggest Ultimate Nightmare 1-5... this has the Ultimates version of Falcon in and serves as an introduction (costume and outfit is what his mcu appearance is based on Ultimates Annual (2005) issue 2 and captain america allies which has a good side story for Sam Wilson. In addition to that any of ed brubaker's run with Sam and bucky teaming up I also suggest

[@knowthyself8233]

So far so great. I can't wait for the next ep.

[@kcollier2192]

Uh- RED jump suit? Just nitpicking though, Sam's origin was a product of its time but as a character The Falcon has a great and well earned history.

[@Nzosaba_Matenge]

The first one was green

[@halam899live8]

Great video today keep it up your doing amazing job

[@dumpster_mcgee_96]

My dad and I watched Falcon and Winter Soldier today (Captain America is my dad’s favorite hero) and he was happier than I think I’ve ever seen him.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

You have Wandavision and Sam name-dropping Doctor Strange: Falcon is gonna have a mystical spirit falcon** (named Redwing*).I mean he should. *(Edited: not Falcon I meant Redwing! 😄☕️) ** (Re-Edit: no wait, I DID mean a spirit animal falcon he names Redwing!)

[@genghisgalahad8465]

@Life Happens 😆😂

[@ChaosInferno101]

Another character history already that's great my bro

[@donaldclay9535]

Thanks for Reminding Me.

[@carloslopez-er2yj]

Falcon was one of my favorites growing up because of captain qmerica. Cap was 2nd to Batman for me and seeing Falcon and cap team up was awesome

[@NadiaPB0714]

nice shirt as always good sir! i envy all your shirts :( I hope we have those merch here in the PH.

[@taitaisparks]

Thank you for the great video

[@Klik-Klak83]

you should do a history of the Jack Monroe Nomad after u do usagent and falcon and the other characters in the new show.

[@amandareed2700]

There's also rikki Barnes nomad as well she's bucky Barnesfemale counterpart from counter earth the world behind the sun

[@Klik-Klak83]

@@amandareed2700 yea that would b cool too!

[@amandareed2700]

@@Klik-Klak83 yea best part is she's cannon to being on earth 616 so they could do it as like buckys unknown great great granddaughter in the mcu

[@Klik-Klak83]

@@amandareed2700 yo thats true! thats a really cool idea bro

[@ammarnizar5217]

Thanks for the video 📹

[@marvinsanderson8904]

Amazing show!!

[@zenerstorm95]

Falcon talks to birds? Yeah, I can see why this wasn't implemented into the MCU 😂

[@Philosophical24]

Wanda using Hex magic and witches existing? Giant purple aliens? A cyborg raccoon with a talking humanoid tree? And you can’t see this?

[@Arkyuu]

@@Philosophical24 to be fair birds aren't the most threatening creatures out there let alone being able to talk to one.

[@bluebottle1449]

What are you guys talking about. He always talks to redwing in MCU lol

[@1mnot4rrogant90]

In tribal African tribes they communicate with birds to lead them to honey from bee hives so it wouldn’t be impossible with all the skills in the mcu

[@dantewilson182]

@@Arkyuu Its not really about being threatening. Having the ability to communicate with birds means he essentially has his own massive spy network as he can relay and gain information through the birds in the world.

[@laderricpiner2748]

With Falcon and Solider maybe taking a deeper meaning but Kevin Fiege really going with a almost mental health awareness with wanda based of losing vision going through grief and falcon struggle with real life thinking being a super hero gives a privilege and bucky struggling with ptsd still love it though

[@THEdudeproductions]

9:03, this is very interesting, especially considering episode 5. I can't wait for that final episode.

[@jackieanderson9408]

Thank you bro.👍

[@NichHustler]

10:32 I look at images like that and I start to believe that basically anyone could have been an artist for Marvel in the 90s.

[@sahdirellis4901]

@Nich Hustler yep, that's why I stopped looking at comics in the 90's bc the art was so ATROCIOUS! And don't even get me started on how they would use some of the best artist just to do covers and the inside art was trash just to get you to buy it.

[@sirCRASHtheGreat]

I love watching these

[@snipee9655]

Nice video keep it up

[@piplup10203854]

Woah he’s a better aerial combatant than even Iron Man and Miss Marvel! 😦 I would have loved to seen that! Very cool. Hopefully the show does him more justice than the movies then cause it’s hard to know how great a character he is from just the movies.

[@donaldsmith8648]

His wings are like Dr Ock arm's

[@Axeloy]

falcon's a childhood favorite of mine

[@stavrosguitarist2378]

You should make a video about Jason Rusch Firestorm

[@henry_crossley]

I would have like it if marvel kept Falcon as a mutant

[@rayray9865]

Great vid again 👌 can you also do juaquin Torres falcon

[@quentinfogger5755]

What do you think is the best thing about the Falcon in both the comics and in the MCU, which do you think he was the best? Are you going to do history of the Flag Smasher, Baron Zemo, US Agent, Batroc the Leaper and Ogun who are all going to appear in the Falcon and Winter Soldier TV Show?

[@AlejandroGarcia.]

I didn't think much or was very excited for falcon and winter soldier but I realized when I was watching it that we can see more of planet earth after the blip like how are people reverting back to life

[@stoagymahalo5268]

honestly black panther inspired me so much especially since my Tribe name (Tlingit/ AK native) is black tobacco, T'uch Ganch However the mcu and actor really inspired me with his efforts as a regular guy keeping up with the many super heroes, where he could have just had a suit like war machine but instead utilizes the saying "wars are fought with weapons, but are won with men"

[@dustin3596]

That's a pretty interesting childhood backstory. Not sure why they didn't explore that

[@iamatn3317]

I hate that the MCU nerfed his ability to see through the eyes of birds damn that shit is cool.

[@djwarrior1413]

Can you do a history of Krakoa?

[@jorgecarbajal8076]

The most shocking thing that I learned from this video was the part about Red Skull simply wearing a mask. Also, I got an ad for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier just before you started explaining his history.

[@moonman473]

Can u do "The History of the Kabuki Twins"?

[@NameNotNumbers]

Stan Lee was so amazing.

[@TheMoises1213]

“If any of that is confusing that’s because……..comics” 😂😂 I die laughing all the time cause it’s so true

[@stoagymahalo5268]

like how everyone is calling it lethal weapon with bucky being too old for this

[@collinsdarkwa281]

Very Interesting

[@Nayops23]

10:45 ^ The best one👏🏼

[@dragdragon23]

One thing I like about the movie version of the Falcon is that he was a soldier and I felt better that he got the shield. The comic version is a badass, But I felt That a civilian was going to order troops around, I was in the armed forces for six years and It would bother me.

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

He should get the shield but I do not get why he would change his name to Captain America.

[@dravenvandross8281]

Great video can you do a history of the original white tiger from Marvel Comics he's the first Puerto Rican superhero that would be cool.

[@nickbayer6839]

Do a top 10 best falcon suits.

[@euariaeu8873]

i hope winter soldier get some higlights on second episode the first one is falcon's stage

[@alexanderchase6795]

Hey Arris, when will you and Variant will do episode on the history of The Shadow?

[@HariOmRadhaKrishna]

Falcon is such a cool character- great comics & movies. Also, it's time for an updated Top 5 DCEU

[@Spideygaming2987]

@Variant Comics Are you guys gonna do a Movie review for the Snyder cut?

[@champjames2869]

The comic book version seems much cooler than the MCU version

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

Different. I think Mackie's version is great as well.

[@snapclub8751]

Still waiting for the origin of Soloman Grundy.

[@TheTimberlin96]

I hope we get to see some of “snap” in the show

[@RampKing22]

I remember reading falcon back in the day and I thought he was taking a small container of the super soldier serum I believe I’m correct on this when did they start having him take take it????

[@Highline_29_Designs]

It's like school when i want to learn about a character I just tune into variant comics

[@Akkatlah]

In current continuity is said that social worker Sam was the original bsckground for Sam and Snap Wilson was the personality created by the red Skull

[@batman369able]

So to sum it up Original Lee/Colan origin: Sam is just a social worker/good dude who gets caught up in the Exiles shenanigans and is inspired to become a hero by Steve Engleheart retcon: Sam was a pimp who got trapped and ran into the Red Skull who gave him powers and a new personality/memories to make him a perfect partner (and later weapon against) Cap. Dematteis Retcon: Sam's heroic personality is his true personality and "Snap" is a result of mental trauma from his parents deaths Priest Retcon: largely the same as Dematteis but Falcon gets his powers from a mutant gene and not the cosmic cube Busiek Retcon: Back to Dematteis Remender Retcon: Snap Wilson was never a thing. Just false memories and lies/reality warping courtesy of the Red Skull.

[@inistark]

It's so stupid that Marvel isn't recasting T'Challa.. So much potential for awesome crossovers and that's literally what the fans and most importantly Chadwick would have wanted. Cos he wasn't planning on stepping down as the character

[@garyAjames]

exactly

[@sherwinpinugu]

2:14 to skip and go directly to the point

[@caplinGrey]

Falcon is super dope. Just got the 4 inch figure.

[@mcsuchnsuch]

Please touch up on the Midnight Sons for us casual comic fans. 🙏🏽

[@Supersmashmike101]

Epic characters here baby

[@ismaelluqman4745]

Can you do a video on invincible because the new show is coming out next week.

[@jonathanswinny5680]

8th :) ~Love ya' Ares, my girl thinks your knowledge is scary! ~History of Omega Red plz!

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of the villains of the Stargirl TV show like Dragon king, Brainwave and Icicle? When are you going to do history of the Flash Villains Mirror Master and Top since the second half of season 6 of the Flash has finished? Can you do history of the Blackhawks and Plastic Man along with the history of the Villains Dr Alchemy and Abracadabra?

[@leninaparicio9535]

Awsome

[@MrOvadose101]

Black Cap getting his recognition. Salute.

[@youtubeviolatedme7123]

All I knew about Falcon before watching this video is that at the end of Endgame when he gets cap's shield, he missed the chance to deliver the line: "Look at me. I am the captain now."

[@izdatbOi]

Bro that joke is borderline racist. Or am I racist for thinking it's racist? 😅

[@happy_mask_salesman]

Regardless of race he does have them big ol' bug eyes like the dude in captain Phillips

[@channelname4331]

@@izdatbOi I'm black and i don't the phrase or you are racist

[@izdatbOi]

@@channelname4331 do you even get the reference?

[@channelname4331]

@@izdatbOi not at all, I'm inept apparently

[@jbarnard2000]

Plz do a history of quake , poison ivy or the hellfire club

[@johnadger6699]

Falcon should take on Vulture since Vulture was never really in Spiderman's league. Angel, Peregrine, Condor, and Wingless Wizard would also be good challenges.

[@beyonder851]

Do how powerful is gladiator

[@masonmartin7822]

You should do the history of the green hornet and kato

[@radrno7]

I'm so glad Sam has become Falcon again. It just felt like such a detriment to the character to force him to be Captain America, because he is Falcon, that's his title and only his. It's like Marvel didn't value the character, just as other POC characters. Falcon deserves better than to be seen as a knock-off or a sidekick.

[@stevengibson9768]

May you please do a history of origin episode of Flag-Smasher and U.S Agent