when was this confirmed? i missed the memo.

"His plane crashed, and he was genetically altered, and he can fly, he has telepathic powers."

I need to go find myself [frick]ing plane.

i wonder how they are gonna portray him on screen, is he gonna fly? is he gonna be a shield agent?

So what are Blade and War Machine chop liver

@rocknSntchRvlvr

He didn't say anything as wrong with that. He was showing pride for his characters race.

I've heard and seen Mackie make sly insinuations about race, but this is not one of them. He was adressing his family looking up to him.

@ pux

falcon is a part of the winter soldier storyline so he should be in it.

as for having a movie before luke cage & black panther,he should have before luke cage but not black panther purely for the fact that he's been in the comics longer.

black panther fantastic four 52 (1966)
falcon captain america 117 (1969)
luke cage hero for hire 1 (1972)

of course black panther & luke cage are more popular than the falcon,but he is needed for the movie.

I love how Marvel is giving us every black superhero but Black Panther. He better show up by Phase 3.

@rocknsntchrvr- that's like asking what's wrong with worshipping a white Jesus. The context here is The history of White and black race relations in America. America has been very under handed in its portrayal of blacks in the media,movies and television. They have protrayed white is alright (even though Caucasians aren't white skinned, their closer to pink) and black is evil. So many young black kids grew up with out positive role models that looked like them. I grew up idolizes the rifle man, mccloud, Steve Austin the six million dollar man and Evil kinevil to name a few. But what this does overtime is to lower self worth and self identity.

The hero's journey is color blind. All mythic hero's can be protrayed with various skin types, reflecting the diversity seen on earth. If Caucasians want a Caucasian Jesus let them have one, if people of color want Jesus to look like them, that's fine too. Black Americans deserve black hero's just as much as white AMERICAN'S deserve white one. There is nothing wrong with looking up to a hero no matter the skin color but don't be upset with this actor for stating finally my kin folks get a hero they can relate to. I still love Batman, Spidey and Cap, they are still my favorites but I understand where he's coming from.

I thought Black Panther was the first black superhero?

@ pux

yeah we do need more movies,there is plenty of heroes that need introducing.

personally i would of left the winter soldier story until captain america 3.

Ok I didn't read the whole article and I don't feel I need to, but I'm kind of confused on what Anthony means by first Black superhero go mainstream.I mean I'm 20 and I'm pretty sure the first Black superhero to go mainstream was Spawn. Is Spawn not a superhero? What about Blade, is he not a superhero? Them 2 guys were mainstream. The Blade series even had 3 films that I thought were pretty good. So tell me is he saying he's the first Black superhero to go mainstream for a new generation...

But hey good for him on the role, I'm looking forward to seeing how he does, can't wait for this sequel.

telephatic powers? didnt know that
do you think they will use that power on the sequel?

Since when is he genetically altered? I thought he just had a lame jet pack.

When he meant first Black superhero, he meant like one of the first created, one of the originals. The Falcon came before Blade and way before Steel.

SN: Waiting patiently for the Black Panther movie :)

HOWEVER THEY PORTRAY HIM ITS GONNA BE GOOD