The Secret History of Isaiah Bradley, The Black Captain America

On this episode of History of the Marvel Universe we're looking at the story of Isaiah Bradley, the black Captain America!
Sources:
Captain America Comics #1 (1940)
Tales of Suspense #63 (1965)
Captain America 109 (1968)
Captain America 255 (1981)
Truth: Red, White & Black (2003)
The Crew #5 (2003)
Young Avengers Special (2006)
Black Panther #18 (2006)
Young Avengers Presents #1 (2008)
Additional information from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
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[@ernestholloway9436]

The sad thing is what was done in comics was done in real life.

[@robkenner5456]

Were it not for him being introduced in Th e Falcon and Winter Soldier, casual fans would not know about this character. I have the issues for that story and was fascinated how it was presented. Thanks for posting.

[@jasonwashington8697]

I knew of him but not the full story. This episode made me research into the character.

[@ManWiThOutFEAR1982]

This has fast become one of my favorite channels. Keep up the great work my friend!

[@thomasfriday1]

MerryMarvelite, thank you very much for detailing this story. As a Black American, to me it has so many connections to the present day.

[@mrtdg]

I cosplayed as Black Captain America once at Baltimore Comic Con. I don't think alot of people realize who I was.

[@GothamKnight84661]

One Hydra member disliked it.

[@RockBottomLLC]

Lol... or nazi..

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

Now 4 of them

[@trexadvent4726]

Are you going to do history of Elijah Bradley AKA Patriot in your next video since you already did the history of two of the Young Avengers who are Speed and Wiccan?

[@GoliathWarfare]

That would be dope, I know nothing about Elijah Bradley

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Many of Are Brothers Never got the recognition They deserve for preserving Are Freedom I wish I could Shake every one of there Hands And Say Thank you So much you Are my Hero

[@vincentfranklin17]

This channel is great. I have such respect for this character! 'Nuff said!

[@guillermomichelgonzalez4824]

Another great narration for a very interesting story, thank you for making more obscure character origins, love this story its dark and cruel but ended up kinda wholesome, it would be cool if you explore the origin of Eli Bradley as a sequel for this video. Great job again!

[@NintendoPrincess1012]

Patriot and more young avengers stuff would be cool!!! I picked up a couple comics recently like Wiccan and Hukling: King in Black one shot after your Speed and Wiccan video

[@teeterharris]

That’s such a sad story.

[@ManWiThOutFEAR1982]

Heart breaking. 😥

[@TheTiger2311]

I'm glade you touch on this character , he on Falcon and the Winter Soldier Disney channel now . Keep up the good work!

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the info. Great video. Much ❤

[@yk007beats8]

Wow I have never heard of this thank you 💯🖤 the story was compelling

[@BloodRaven47]

Great video. Your channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I'd love to see a Blue Marvel video.

[@benlandis]

Excellent.

[@trexadvent4726]

What is the difference between the Isaiah Bradley from the comics and the one we saw in the second episode of the Falcon and Winter Soldier TV show?

[@ManWiThOutFEAR1982]

He fought in Korea instead of WW2.

[@foldabotZ]

And his mind did not regress into a child like state.

[@Puka04]

I love these random videos. So much knowledge. Now I hope they make a marvel legends of him

[@outerspacing9207]

Very well done

[@lawrencemcmillian4685]

You are awesome I love the breakdown have you done The Hive?

[@JSV-pr4qo]

I love this channel thank you for the education. I'm getting into comics later in life. I'd love for you to cover Hulkling and Wiccan. Maybe for Pride month?

[@simonmann4922]

He does hulkling and Wiccan then he’ll have to the rest of the young avengers

[@quentinfogger5755]

When are you going to do history of Red Skull, Arnim-Zola, Kobik AKA the Cosmic Cube, Namor the Submariner, Baron Zemo, US Agent, Batroc the Leaper, Power_Broker, Ogun and the Flag_Smasher? Are you going to do one of them in your next video?

[@adriannemendoza7895]

Very good story telling . 100/100

[@devonjohnson3549]

Can you do the origin of sabertooth now I know that Wolverine and Sabertooth have an intertwined history but if you could just do Victor Creed's origin that could be just swell

[@martinezloves1]

Beautiful and tragic story thank you

[@beachboi6196]

Love it didn't his back 😭story but great channel Mann they do movie on this one

[@Kingofthesigmas]

As a black American that served this story hits home.

[@princealbertnermal5026]

Can u do a video about the two patriots pls😅

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of the Elementals, Cyclone, Hydro Man, Molten Man, the Spot, Sandman, Century, Lore and Technovore?

[@trippytimesjosh355]

Can u please do history of Agents of Atlas original & New lineup????

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do history of Inferno, Victorious, Gambit, Moondragon, Phyla_Vell and Genis-Vell along with the Supreme Intelligence, Mole_Man and Exodus and Ex-Nhilo?

[@sithsoldier98]

Damn so jacked up......

[@TheRealBeauDiddlie]

See? It doesn’t matter what color skin you have. You are a hero no matter what race or color u are. You are Captain America

[@maxmcgee3636]

Did anyone take notice that cap. Gave dude a torn up uniform. Atleast give dude a new uniform. (Just incase gotta reactivate service)

[@carmen_says_hi]

Right? Or somehow repaired it to be a full uniform?

[@alphabears7339]

Can we please do an origin of mysterio or sandman

[@avaranabraham8507]

Will smith would play the young Isaiah Bradley

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of Ironheart, Jane Foster Thor, Amadeus_Cho, Nova the Human Rocket, Pepper Potts AKA Rescue and the Agents of Atlas along with Crescent, Morgan_Le_Fey, White Fox and Luna Snow?

[@antwan2378]

Please

[@Vernonu9]

I would love this to be turned into a movie (or series on Disney+), but it would be heart wrenching. (and it might be partially boycotted as 'woke')

[@quadrefriday4919]

I hope isaiah gets justice in the mcu

[@isidorebranham5327]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@Artisan1979]

7:12 not entirely true. Steve did track down Isaiah through first identifying those responsible for what happened and made certain ONE of them was punished. Price, the man who shot the army major. He became CEO of Koch industries after the Cold War. Koch was the scientist experimenting on the Nazis version of the serum in that death camp Isaiah broke into. He was also in phenomenal shape for a man his age thanks to some obvious use of their serum. Steve used the back payments that he had received following his resurrection from the ice to buy majority stock in that company to get access to prices military records. He got them declassified and his stooge was willing to verify his culpability because he was a Captain America fan. Unfortunately, he chose to commit suicide rather than face justice. But at least in that small regard Steve made certain that these horrendous actions could never be repeated to anyone again. He may not have been able to help the Bradley family or Isaiah directly, but he did ensure his brothers in arms were avenged.

[@Chucc25witC.C.]

Bout time

[@mattsherlock9636]

I thought that Erskine and reinstine were separate characters.

[@MerryMarvelite]

Nope. Reinstein was just a code name! Although the Reinstein that appears in Truth: Red, White, & Black isn't Erskine, but another man using the same code name.

[@mattsherlock9636]

@@MerryMarvelite oh, ok thanks!!!

[@joegahan7055]

I had thought they experimented on said black soldiers before choosing Steve Rogers as read on Wizard magazine back then. Guess I read wrong.

[@ManWiThOutFEAR1982]

It was after Professor Erskine was killed during Steve's origin not before. They had lost most of his work because it was in his head so they had to basically start from scratch.

[@micpar2]

Your correct Wizard stated that I know I remember reading it.

[@SuperBadspeller]

The new patriot ryan shan lukies

[@scottdoesntmatter4409]

There's only ONE Captain America, and his name is Steve Rogers!

[@trexadvent4726]

What would have happened if we saw Steve Rodgers teamed up with Isaiah Bradley in both the comics and in the MCU?

[@xstation6445]

I don't know about that, but I would love to see a flashback in Falcon/winter soldier showing Isaiah in full Cap set-up kicking buckies ass. I'm glad they got rid of the mental degradation.

[@tommybenitez3319]

Not a fan of the art but great story

[@quentinfogger5755]

What would have happened if we saw Isaiah Bradley fought against villains like Red Skull, Arnim-Zola, Iron Nail, and Baron Blood?

[@xstation6445]

Red skull probably would have killed him. He has a habit of killing people he doesn't think is worthy of being Captain America. Any other of Caps rogues he would have mopped the floor with them especially Zola. But Red skull is in a league of his own, he's like the joker mixed with lex luthor but worse because he's a nazi.

[@hudsonbartley2493]

So now hold tour anger when Captain America turns up on your screen as Black. Loooool.

[@yeti9049]

He's more ripped than Steve rogers

[@dawg065]

:'(

[@petebutler5139]

No matter how hard I look, I can’t find anything about the controversy this comic series created. It turned the world of Marvel on its head and the many racist/purists were infuriated that their beloved Captain America was defamed by a black guy in the same red white and blue. It was so bad even the media covered it. However, the funny thing about it all is, had there really been an experiment such as this, it would have been performed on poor Black people first before whites, especially during that time in American history as witnessed through the Tuskegee experiment. So it really is more believable that the original Captain America is black, and way more convincing and more truthful to have realized a black Captain America first. “Truth” is my most coveted comic series.

[@lynns189]

He should have taken hitler upon his offer

[@siren7452]

America definitely doesn't deserve either of them.

[@jordansmith9743]

Yet we recieved and we got a whole new generation of children that will fill the ranks. We needed everything we could ever get.

[@bronzeageancientone4844]

First!

[@wyldshot666]

First !!!!!!!!!

[@trexadvent4726]

What do you think makes Isaiah Bradley better than Steve Rodgers? What do you think he would have been like if he was never arrested?

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

Ugh the art style is terrible imo but an interesting hero

[@joe3019772008]

i'm a white guy and even i was upset about how isaiah was treated. it makes me angry that after all the black community has gone through and still going through and when it comes who continue to treat them all like they are still property or like they are nobodies. this is supposed to be the land of the free and not someone's idea of a neo nazi supporting country. optimus prime once stated even to captain america himself that freedom is the right of all sentient beings. something over time and the 4 years trump was in office and created all the chaos and allowed it to continue, it seems people forgot that we are supposed to be the united states of america, not russia, not north korea, not iran. the MF USA. we are supposed to be looking out and taking care of our own no matter what ethnicity or religion they are. even now, between the so called american values we are supposed to be proud of are being used to take away the rights of those who are black, latino or of asian culture by continuing to allow Retrumplicans voting restriction laws all so they can keep their positions of power. we lock them up because they come to our country to escape the horrors of war or being sold into sex traffic shit or how because some fucking idiots who really to blame for the virus getting out of hand deciding to blame china for it all and now people of asian communities are being targeted and told to go back to china by idiots who know nothing and follow what morons like trump, fox news and others say and do. brainwashed fucking idiots. we have to come back together strong and united against all of the racist bull shit and show the world and places russia, iran, north korea and among others that we not like them, we are own people free to vote, free to choose what we do in our lives. show them all we still believe in freedom and let them all know that we are still THE MOTHER FUCKING USA.

[@dannyknightblade4592]

Wow. Your statement didn't age well at all. You "progressives" really love to re write history and pretend to help blk people while you use blk people as pawns for your sicko agendas. No country treats blks as well as America does; and no other country offers blk people as many rights as America does- including any country in Africa. The fact that you have such an extreme case of TDS proves that you bought into the lies of the lamestream media. Fake "revolutionary" groups like blm and antifa destroy blk neighborhoods and blk owned businesses while pretending to fight for blk people against some imaginary, all powerful oppressor. If blk people wanna have better lives, blk people need to work hard, not commit crimes, not resist arrest, not support fake groups who use blk people for their own immoral goals, take care of their families and focus on being successful in life.

[@battlefieldace5400]

Captain Africa?

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do history of Dormammu, Clea, Brother_Voodoo, Nightmare, Baron Mordo, Wong, the Ancient One, Agamotto and Pkzkrfmknna along with Firestar and Vance_Astrovik AKA Justice?