Sam Wilson (2014-2017)

Sam Wilson is a fictional character created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan for Marvel Comics. He is also known as the Falcon.

He was a great character (and still is after 2017). Unfortunately, he went downhill when he was written to replace Steve Rogers as Captain America.

This articles applies only to Sam Wilson as he was in 2014 through 2017 because he recovered from his character derailment.

Why He Sucked

 * 1) He used to be his own character but was poorly written to become Steve Rogers' replacement.
 * 2) He was only made Captain America to appease SJWs and no, having a "Fox News-type" straw man complain about it doesn't change that.
 * 3) Every story that he was in (while being Captain America) was just about racism and deportation. While writing a comic book and putting target demographics in it isn't bad as there are some comics that did this way better (ex. Miles Morales/Ultimate Spider-Man), it shouldn't be the main topic everytime in a superhero comic book, especially in a comic book when a new character replaces a certain character. In the end, it only disappoints everyone, including your target audience.
 * 4) The original Captain America is torn down and made into a Nazi just to prop Sam up for the iconic recreation of Captain America punching a Nazi or Hydra soldier. Yeah, a man that symbolizes freedom and independence is turned into a Nazi. The worse thing about this decision is his creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon were Jewish. So not only is this a kick in the crotch for Captain America fans, it is also a big slap towards Jewish fans and Holocaust survivors.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He used to be cool back then (before All-New Captain America - issue 1) when he was Falcon and he thankfully returned to being Falcon upon taking Patriot as his sidekick.
 * 2) Disney+'s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier adapted the All-New Captain America storyline and made it way better as Sam doesn't become Captain America because of diversity and tokenism, he does it because Steve entrusted it to him at the end of Endgame because he knew that he was the right person to wield the shield after he was gone.
 * 3) Sam Wilson being Captain America is a great idea if not done for the sake of appeasing to a certain audience, but for the sake of a great story that can be readable for everyone.