With an all-newCaptain Americafilm on the horizon, Marvel Comics has announced a limited series where Sam Wilson will officially go up against his movie’s antagonist,Red Hulk. Before Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford go head-to-head on the big screen, their comic characters will have their first definitive battle. In a bit of synergy between Marvel’s comics and film divisions, Sam Wilson’s Cap soars into a fresh action-packed adventure.
Marvel released the first details of their latest limited series’first issue,Sam Wilson: Captain America#1– written by Greg Pak and Evan Narcisse with art by Eder Messias.The cover by Taurin Clarke illustrates a first look at the new Captain America story taking cues from the upcoming MCU film with Red Hulk, also previewing a fewadditional surprise characters joining the mix.
Cover Artist:
Taurin Clarke
When Captain America attends a birthday party for Isaiah Bradley, he catches wind of a new tech venture that sounds too good to be true: magnificent floating platforms in the sky, where the disenfranchised can apply for land grants and establish their own farms. But after Sam discovers the organization’s dark underbelly, he’ll have to tangle with its head of security: Red Hulk!
The solicitation details another spy thriller with a strong social issue at the root. As Cap fights to take down a shady organization exploiting Americans, he’ll have to take onMarvel’s big red rage monster.
Captain America’s New Comic Series Reflects His Upcoming On-Screen Conflict With Red Hulk
Sam Wilson: Captain America#1 – Written By Greg Pak & Evan Narcisse; Art By Eder Messias
Though Sam Wilson’s new limited series won’t be an exact match or adaptation of February 2025’sCaptain America: Brave New World, both are being sold on the impending conflict between Cap and Red Hulk.Thaddeus Ross and Sam Wilson both made their comics debuts in the 1960s, but haven’t had much crossover or interaction in their decades of Marvel history. WithRoss becoming Red Hulk in 2008and Falcon flying into the Captain America role in 2014, their characters being paired together for the MCU blockbuster brings the two elevated versions of their characters together for a major comics brawl.
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Since Sam Wilson took on the role of Captain America, he’s become a major part of the Marvel Comics Universe and his status will seemingly continue to be raised as he leads a massive new film. His role in Earth-616 as a a social worker, as well as a superhero,will be integral to his new adventure as he goes up against Red Hulk to defend the rights of people in need.Sam Wilson’s powerful version of Captain Americawill have to use all of his skills as he clashes with Red Hulk and the sinister group that has employed him.
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On The Page & On Screen
The cover by Clarke for the new limited series’ first issuenot only spotlights the battle between Captain America and Red Hulk, but previews some other surprising faces that will appear.Though the 2025 film’s trailers have shown off Ross and Isaiah Bradley, the new Marvel Comics series features more fan-favorites entering the fray. Eli Bradley’s Patriot, the grandson of Isaiah, is featured on the cover along with Storm and War Machine.Sam has just recruited Storm to the Avengers, and she’ll be one of the mighty Marvel heroes to lend a helping hand to Cap for his latest storyline.
Captain America’s rivalry with the incredibly fierce Red Hulk has the potential to become a defining piece of both characters’ lore in the Marvel Universe for years to come.
Sam Wilson’s new feature film may be the inspiration for his new limited comic series, making its debut during the month before the movie releases, but it will seemingly take some surprising twists and turns to help it be a standalone story apart from the MCU. Sam has leveled up to what some would call“the perfect Captain America”, and will continue to prove himself as such in comics and film.Captain America’srivalry with the incredibly fierceRed Hulkhas the potential to become a defining piece of both characters’ lore in the Marvel Universe for years to come.
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Sam Wilson: Captain America#1will be available July 26, 2025 from Marvel Comics.
Captain America: Brave New World
Cast
Captain America: Brave New World (formerly titledNew World Order)marks Sam Wilson’s first MCU big-screen appearance as Steve Rogers' successor after receiving the suit and shield in Phase 4’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Anthony Mackie returns as the titular Avenger alongside Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres, Carl Lumby as Isaiah Bradley, and Tim Blake Nelson as The Incredible Hulk’s former ally Samuel Sterns. Harrison Ford makes his MCU debut replacing the late William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross.After meeting President Thaddeus Ross, Sam is caught in a global crisis. He must expose the mastermind behind a sinister plot before the world descends into turmoil. Captain America: Brave New World marks the big-screen debut of Sam Wilson as Captain America, and Harrison Ford makes his MCU debut, replacing the late William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross.
