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BOUNCE! is comic strip about a Whovian, metalhead, Nietzsche quoting, Mass Effect addicted Blerd…who just happens to be a bouncer. BOUNCE! sprung from the mind of Chuck Collins and his company Rat Ronin Studios, which just published the strip in a stand alone volume called BOUNCE! First Round of Shots.

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I attended the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) at the Enterprise Center on Saturday, May 16 and was impressed by many of the talented artists there. Founded in 2002 by Yumy Odom – (President), ECBACC is the oldest African-American comic book convention in Philadelphia and a pioneer in giving Black heroes, super-powered characters, and their creators a voice in the comic book industry.

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As I mentioned in Part 1, after Isaiah Bradley’s dramatic rescue and return to the US in 1943, the US Government had him court martialed for going AWOL. The mission he was on (as well as the Super Soldier Serum in his veins) were both top secret. They put him in prison, in solitary confinement….for 17 years.

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The 2014 re-incarnation of Sam Wilson as Captain America is not the first time Falcon  has picked up the shield. In the comic book verse Sam has been Captain America before. Also, there has been an argument going around the web since then that Isaiah Bradley, not Sam Wilson was the first Black Captain America in the comic verse. Actually, that is both true and false. In terms of publication, yes, Sam was revealed as Captain America about 5 years before Isaiah in the Sentinel of Liberty Series (1998) But in terms of timeline, Isaiah’s storyline in Truth: Red, White and Black (2003) which begins back in World War 2 , predates Sam Wilsons’, whose storyline starts in the ‘70s’ and for most African-Americans Isaiah’s story was more meaningful.

Before I go any further, I just want to point out that yes, I give credit to Marvel for Sam Wilson’s Falcon being the first Black Comic Book character printed in a major publication. And I am not discrediting that fact. What I’m discussing here is the impact of the archetype of “Black Captain America” and why I feel Isaiah’s character is more important. (more after the jump)