An Easter egg in Avengers: Endgame. An old Steve Rogers returned to the present day and gave the Captain America shield to Sam Wilson, aka Falcon. This signaled to viewers that he would become the new Captain America in the MCU, but his journey to accept the mantle won't be easy.

The first episode of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier confirmed that Sam willingly gave up the shield. He felt that the shield didn't belong to him and that the world will be fine without Captain America. However, the United States government had a different idea. John Walker was announced to be the new face of America's superheroes. Sam is understandably unhappy with this decision, but this will allow The Falcon and The Winter Soldier to explore the history of Captain America's shield and mantle. This will inevitably end with Falcon officially becoming the MCU's new Captain America, but the show is teasing the first Black Captain America's involvement.

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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier's first episode didn't include an extra scene, but the credits still managed to include teases for what is to come. At the 43:33 mark in the episode, part of a search log for an experimental subject is shown. The document doesn't include a name for the individual shown, but he is referred to as "Subject #07656" and viewers can see part of his face. The face is of actor Carl Lumbly, who did not appear in 's first episode but is confirmed to appear in the series. When Lumbly was cast, rumors circulated that he could play Isaiah Bradley, the original Black Captain America in the comics and that now seems to be confirmed with this tease.

Falcon and Winter Soldier Credits Isaiah Bradley Easter Egg

Isaiah Bradley was introduced to the Marvel universe in 2003's Truth: Red, White, and Black, a seven-issue limited series that told the unknown story of the military's attempts to recreate the Super-Soldier Serum. The story reveals that the army forced 300 Black soldiers to be the test subjects for the experiments. The government told all families of those involved that they died in battle, though almost all of them died during the trials. Isaiah Bradley was one of the few to survive and suited up as Captain America for his final mission. This was not part of the army's plan, though, and Bradley was sentenced to life in prison for stealing the Captain America costume and shield. He served his sentence for seventeen years before being granted a full pardon and sworn to secrecy about what happened.

The credits Easter egg in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is a clear sign of the man pictured being Isaiah Bradley. His subject number refers to his participation in the experiments to create a new Super-Soldier program. However, if the number assigned to Bradley is a sign of how the MCU tells his story, it appears they'll make the cover-up even bigger with more than 7,000 participants. Bradley could still be one of the few to survive the experiments. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier can even reveal that he took on the Captain America mantle in the last days of World War II or change his story a bit to place Isaiah in the Korean War or Vietnam War potentially.

With The Falcon and The Winter Soldier already teasing Isaiah Bradley's inclusion, he should have an important role to play in where the story goes. He could help convince Sam to take on the mantle, especially if he's responsible for telling Sam about the thousands of Black men who died so America could create a new wave of super soldiers. The restart of a Super-Soldier program could also be how Isaiah crosses paths with Sam and Bucky. They could find him as they search for information on the history of Super Soldiers in America. Hopefully, it won't be long before Isaiah Bradley appears in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.

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