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Samuel Thomas "Sam" Wilson, also known as '''The Falcon''', is a Marvel Comics superhero introduced in ''[[Captain America (comics)]]'' #117 (September 1969). Born and raised in Harlem, [[New York]], Sam was initially a happy child who was quite fond of birds. As a teen, his experiences with racism and [[Parental Abandonment|his parents' deaths]] made him bitter, jaded and angry. Leaving his past behind him, he becomes [[Retcon|"Snap" Wilson, a professional criminal, gang member, and pimp]].
While traveling to [[Brazil (useful notes)|Rio de Janeiro]], he purchases a pet falcon and names it Redwing. Attempting to hijack a plane filled with laundered money, Snap crashed it into the Isle of Exiles. Snap and Redwing are found by the [[Red Skull]]. Red Skull uses the Cosmic Cube [[Retcon|to alter Snap's memory, from being a criminal and pimp to social worker]]. The cube also gives him an empathic link with Redwing, giving him an ability to communicate with him telepathically and see though his pet's eyes. This ability will eventually be trained to work with any bird that is near him.
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Falcon and Redwing would go to become members of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Super Agents, [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|the Avengers]], [[the Defenders]] and currently the Heroes For Hire. Initially appearing alongside Captain America in ''Captain America and The Falcon'', Sam would star in his own limited series, ''The Falcon'', in 1983.
Falcon is a strong supporting character in ''[[The Avengers: United They Stand]]'' and ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]'' and appeared in the second season of ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]''. A somewhat modified version of him played by [[Anthony Mackie]] was introduced to the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] in the live-action film ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier (film)|Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]''.
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* [[Color Character]]: Notably averted. Falcon was the first black hero not to have "Black" in his name.
* [[Fake Memories]]: Due to the effects of the Cosmic Cube.
* [[Feather Flechettes]]: Has this ability in ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]'' and ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'', but yet has been able to do this in the comics.
* [[Hard Light]]: The Falcon's Wakandan-made costume has hard light wings.
* [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]: One would think being able to talk to birds would be a useless power, until you remember that
* [[Jive Turkey]]: Subverted and played for laughs after the Falcon is more or less forced to join the Avengers by Henry Gyrich (who wanted to make it more ethnically diverse), he speaks this way on purpose to annoy him.
* [[Legacy Character]]: Falcon briefly became Captain America when he thought Cap was dead.
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