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Falcon (Comics)(Sam "Snap" Wilson) is a Marvel Comics superhero created in 1969 who frequently teamed up with Captain America and later joined The Avengers. The Falcon is one of the first African-American superheroes. Biography The Falcon originated as a hoodlum known as "Snap" Wilson. One day, on the way to Rio de Janeiro, he crash-landed on Exile Island. There, he was found by the Red Skull, who used the Cosmic Cube to turn him into an ideal partner for Captain America as part of one of his schemes. They defeated the Skull, and the Falcon became Cap's partner for a long time, later helped when the Black Panther created a harness for him which allowed him to fly. Later, as one of the few black superheroes active, he was drafted to join the Avengers by Henry Peter Gyrich to fill a quota. Resenting being a "token," he quit at the first opportunity. At one point, a Sentinel chased him believing him to be a mutant, but this was later debunked and the Sentinel is presumed to have been malfunctioning. Recently, the insane Scarlet Witch accidently destabilised the Falcon's mind, pushing him back towards his "Snap" persona, and while he has continued to work with Captain America, their relationship has become strained. Powers and Tools The Falcon's only super-power is his empathic link with his bird Redwing endowed by the Red Skull using the Cosmic Cube (although he once showed an ability to extend this to other birds, he has not shown this ability before or since) For a long time he flew using a specially built harness that resembles wings. Recently, after it's destruction, the Black Panther supplied him with a new harness based on 50-foot wide hardlight wings.
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