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eliyesSooo... I picked up Essential Marvel Captain America volume 3 (vol. 2 is all sold out) aaaand...
Cap and Falcon are really in a relationship, huh?
I mean, when Doom's Bucky-bot is revealed as "Bucky Barnes back from the dead!" on TV (and just... don't even get me started on Baron von Strucker trolling the gyms of San Francisco looking for the perfect young man with which to lure in Captain America, seriously), Falcon's watching at home and gets all emo because he'd really been hoping he and Cap could be partners... they'd seemed to really hit it off 'n all... And then when Falcon gets a girlfriend, Cap's all like "if he's with her then he can't be with me! *choke sob*" and I just stare at the page.
Also, I would like to know what Cap's tone of voice was when he told Fury he wanted him to meet someone, since it caused Fury to throw an arm around Cap's shoulders and say, "You know my type, pal -- cute 'n' cuddly, with big blue eyes." (*cough* You mean like, oh, Steve Rogers, Nick?) To which Cap replied by describing Falcon's "bulging biceps".
Regardless, it's interesting to see Falcon in these early stories, and to see the two of them dealing with having an interracial partnership. Falcon gets a lot of flak from his community for working with a white dude -- especially one as iconic as Captain America. He really feels a need to prove himself, and his frustration with Cap's seeming innocence about modern race relations is both clear and understandable. But they try to work through it. (And really, compared to the America Steve Rogers grew up in, I wonder how much progress things seemed to have had, to his eyes?)
P.S. Cap's boycrush on Clark Gable is adorable.
Cap and Falcon are really in a relationship, huh?
I mean, when Doom's Bucky-bot is revealed as "Bucky Barnes back from the dead!" on TV (and just... don't even get me started on Baron von Strucker trolling the gyms of San Francisco looking for the perfect young man with which to lure in Captain America, seriously), Falcon's watching at home and gets all emo because he'd really been hoping he and Cap could be partners... they'd seemed to really hit it off 'n all... And then when Falcon gets a girlfriend, Cap's all like "if he's with her then he can't be with me! *choke sob*" and I just stare at the page.
Also, I would like to know what Cap's tone of voice was when he told Fury he wanted him to meet someone, since it caused Fury to throw an arm around Cap's shoulders and say, "You know my type, pal -- cute 'n' cuddly, with big blue eyes." (*cough* You mean like, oh, Steve Rogers, Nick?) To which Cap replied by describing Falcon's "bulging biceps".
Regardless, it's interesting to see Falcon in these early stories, and to see the two of them dealing with having an interracial partnership. Falcon gets a lot of flak from his community for working with a white dude -- especially one as iconic as Captain America. He really feels a need to prove himself, and his frustration with Cap's seeming innocence about modern race relations is both clear and understandable. But they try to work through it. (And really, compared to the America Steve Rogers grew up in, I wonder how much progress things seemed to have had, to his eyes?)
P.S. Cap's boycrush on Clark Gable is adorable.