By the end of the series, it’s revealed that Bucky has crossed every name off his list. Things appear less certain for Bucky, who not only spends the six-episode series helping Sam calm John Walker and stop the Flag-Smashers but attends therapy and make amends for his wrongdoings as the Winter Soldier. When the screen reads “Captain America and the Winter Soldier” in the finale, he’s truly the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s star-spangled man. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier drops new episodes on Fridays on Disney+.The Falcon and the Winter Soldier explores Sam Wilson’s struggle to inherit the shield left to him by Steve Rogers. If both of them do get super-serum from Power Broker, however, we could be looking at another full-on civil war between the Marvel superheroes. Will Hoskins and Walker buy some super-powers off of Power Broker in a future episode? So far, Battlestar and New Cap aren’t exactly villains in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but they’re not exactly heroes either. For whatever reason, the Flag Smashers are on the run from Power Broker. And in most storylines, Hoskins (and Walker) get super-serum treatment from “Power Broker,” who was teased out in Episode 1 and is outright name-checked in Episode 2. Hoskins first appeared in 1986 in Captain America # 323. Hoskins clearly served with John Walker before he became the new government-appointed Cap, but like Walker, Hoskins doesn’t have superpowers. In this episode, we also meet Lemar Hoskins (Clé Bennett), AKA Battlestar, a military man who is basically on John Walker’s (Wyatt Russell) team. It feels very unlikely that Bucky will don this kind of outfit. His superhero suit is similar to Black Panther’s fly outfit, but it often has a little tiny cape with it. Usually, it means it came out a little earlier.) But, the character of White Wolf in the comics was a white man named “Hunter,” who was raised in Wakanda by T’Challa’s father, T’Chaka. (Cover dates don’t always reflect when a comic book was actually on the newsstands, to be clear. “White Wolf,” first appeared in Black Panther comics, issue #4 (Volume 3) with a December 1998 cover date. But, in the comics, a superhero named “White Wolf,” was not Bucky. When same jokes that spending time in Wakanda has turned Bucky into “White Panther,” Bucky corrects him saying he’s “White Wolf,” now. Back in the post-credits scene of Black Panther, we learned Bucky was recuperating in Wakanda and was called “The White Wolf.” The thing is, he’s never publicly told the other Avengers that this is a name he goes by, until now. So, with that in mind, let’s talk about the two new-ish superhero names from the latest Falcon and Winter Soldier episode. The point is most comic book stuff that ends-up in the MCU, tends to come out a little differently. Similarly, the leader of the Flag-Smashers in Falcon and Winter Soldier is named Karli Morgenthau (Erin Kellyman) who, in various comics was one person named Karl Morgenthau, also called Flag-Smasher. He also doesn’t appear to have super-strength created by that serum from the WWII-era. Yes, John Walker (the new Cap) existed in the comics in various forms, but this version of him already seems to be a little bit different. Like the vast majority of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (and most superhero movies for that matter) nothing you see on screen is a direct analog for what happened in the various comics. Spoilers ahead for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 2, “Star-Spangled Man.” Here’s where these names come from in comic book lore. “Oh, we’re using our made-up names!” In Episode 2 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, we’re introduced to one totally new superhero name, plus the return of a moniker Bucky was given way back in the post-credits scene of Black Panther.
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