Black Captain America
Created by: Robert Morales (writer), Kyle Baker (artist/inker), Axel Alonso (editor).
1st appearance: Truth: Red, White & Black #1 (January 2003)
Nationality: American
Team Affiliations: U.S army
Legal Status: US citizen
Height: 6’3 Weight: 225 lbs
Eye Color: Brown Hair color: Black
Relatives: unnamed Wife, Sarah Gail (Daughter), Patriot (Grandson) , Josiah X (son)
Skills and abilities: Trained by the military in armed and unarmed combat.
Powers: Peak physical capability, Slowed aging, Skilled hand to hand combatant, Superhuman strength and healing factor.
Biography
When captain America was presumed dead, and the super soldier formula along with him, the Americas tried to re-create said formula so they could have a super soldier again. To this end many African Americans were subjected to experimentation. Of those to survive was Isiah Bradley an outstanding black soldier and father of one. Isiah emerged the only viable and successful subject. He managed to stop the Natzi group who tried to create a German super soldier and was captured and tortured by them for months. When he was finally rescued by his American superiors he was court martialed and jailed.While he was in jail his genetic son was born to a surrogate mother after 39 other attempts had failed. This son would grow up to become Josiah X. Years later he was pardoned by President Eisenhower and released.
Over time the formula which gave Bradley his powers deteriorated his body and mind similar to Alzheimer’s. Around this time he met Steve Rogers the original captain America. His son Josiah X would also join a team known as the Crew with fellow Black Superheroes; War Machine and The White Tiger. His daughter would have a son who would lead the young avengers as Patriot. When his grandson was critically wounded a blood transfusion from him gave his Grandson all of his abilities.
Bradley is an underground legend revered by many in the black superhero community, he was a special guest at the wedding of Storm and the Black Panther.
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- Black Captain America/Isiah Bradley
March 11th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
[...] rumors abound when actor Derek Luke was revealed as attached to the Captain America movie. Was he Isiah Bradley? the Falcon? [...]
June 26th, 2011 at 12:04 am
[...] that has been retconned). The entire super soldier program has always been shady, (cough) Isiah Bradley [...]
June 26th, 2011 at 12:04 am
[...] that has been retconned). The entire super soldier program has always been shady, (cough) Isiah Bradley [...]
July 30th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
[...] a child Battlestar was a big fan of “Isiah Bradley” though he though he was an urban myth. As he grew up he joined the army and after being [...]
July 30th, 2011 at 11:12 pm
[...] Isaiah Bradley (Grandfather), unnamed grandmother, Sarah Gail (mother), Josiah X [...]
July 31st, 2011 at 12:14 am
[...] Isaiah Bradley (father), Faith (Mother), Sarah Gail (sister), Patriot [...]
July 31st, 2011 at 2:37 am
Please check out this piece featuring Isaiah Bradley that I commissioned by Mark D. Bright (ICON, IRON MAN, QUANTUM & WOODY) and Bob Almond (BLACK PANTHER):
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=135216&GSub=19231
September 11th, 2011 at 4:12 am
[...] Cyborg Cosplay! (Also in this gallery-Black Lightning, John Stewart, Luke Cage, Black Panther and Isiah Bradley) #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; [...]
November 5th, 2011 at 12:56 am
[...] Prowler,Josiah X, Isiah Bradley, Battlestar and a host of others! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: [...]
January 17th, 2012 at 3:26 am
[...] is Marcus Johnson?- My guess is probably an amnesiac Josiah-X or an unknown son of Isaiah Bradley or perhaps the son of Josiah-X? His importance leads me to think super soldier……..hopefully [...]
January 20th, 2012 at 2:00 am
[...] is he?- I’m still optimistic this is Isaiah Bradley’s kid and brother to Josiah X. Clearly his father and Brothers identities are secret, if he was [...]
July 6th, 2012 at 1:06 am
[...] during that summer the World’s Fair is hosted in Queens New York. During “Negro Week” we find Isaiah Bradley and his wife, Faith in attendance. Faith is talking to Isaiah about some of the ideas of the [...]
July 12th, 2012 at 12:26 am
[...] to test their methods on inferior races first. The men are greeted by Sgt. Evans with the mail, and Isaiah receives a photo from Faith of their daughter Sarah Gail. Other members of the unit comment to [...]
July 25th, 2012 at 2:08 am
[...] While Sgt. Evan’s friends and Maurice’s parents are distraught, Faith Bradley demands to see her husband’s body. What she is shown has her in shock. Once the experiments are successful, the newly minted “Super [...]
August 1st, 2012 at 1:43 am
[...] the trucks, what the men found upset them, and turned their celebration sour. The next day, Isaiah is reading a Captain America comic he got from some soldiers who worked the Red Ball Express, and [...]
August 11th, 2012 at 12:28 am
[...] efficiency of the Super Soldier he has been turned into. Some of the sights are very disturbing to Isaiah, who uses this to fuel his aggression. Isaiah is cornered in a gas chamber, [...]
August 23rd, 2012 at 1:42 am
[...] issue of the Captain America comic, volunteered for the project and was rejected. Meanwhile, during Isaiah’s captivity, he is interrogated by Hitler and his top medical officer. Hitler tells Isaiah that their [...]
September 12th, 2012 at 12:50 am
[...] Agent was correct; Isaiah was alive. She then arranges for the two of them to meet, explaining Isaiah’s medical condition, due to years of neglect and not receiving any treatment for the effects of the [...]
December 21st, 2012 at 12:03 am
[...] son of Isaiah Bradley; the Black Captain America; his character’s addition honors and carries out Isaiah’s legacy, which also is continued on by his grandson Elijah; also known as The [...]
April 28th, 2013 at 1:03 pm
[...] the most important Black characters in Marvel comics history. In said title we were introduced to Isiah Bradley the black Captain America which lead to his son Josiah X created by Christopher Priest and his grandson Eli Bradley the star [...]