Sam Wilson

OriginMeeting Red WingSamuel Thomas Wilson was born in Harlem, New York City to Darlene and Paul Wilson, a prominent minister. Sam was his parents' youngest child with older sister named Sarah and older brother named Gideon. Sam's childhood started out a happy one during which he finds he has a natural affinity for birds. He takes up training pigeons, and has the largest pigeon coop in Harlem. In his teens, however, he encounters racism for the first time which leaves him frustrated, jaded, and disappointed.When he is 16, Wilson refuses to go to church, believing his deeply religious parents' faith could be wrong. To his surprise, rather than put up a fight, they provide him with books on different religions and comparative theology. The next night, however, Sam's father is killed trying to break up a neighborhood fight. Two years later, his mother is shot and killed by a mugger one block from their apartment. Consumed by grief and "angry at the world" Sam became a respected community volunteer and social worker to try to better his community.On his way to Rio de Janeiro, his plane crashed and he was later found by the Red Skull. Using the Cosmic Cube, Red Skull gave Sam his telepathic communication with Redwing and created his Snap persona, the Red Skull turned him into the ideal fighter to take on Captain America, but Cap was able to snap Sam out the Skull's control, and together they defeated the Red Skull.Character CreationSam Wilson made his first appearance in Captain America #117. He was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan. He is comics first mainstream African American hero, with the Black Panther being comics first African hero.Major Story ArcsA Hero is BornBack in America, Steve helped Sam become a superhero and they even teamed together on several occasions. Sam even took the identity and costume of Captain America. He worked hard to be a hero for the Harlem community, but a certain section of the African-American populace viewed him an an "Uncle Tom". Eve...