Captain America: Civil War is a pretty flawless movie, and is arguably still the finest film the Marvel Cinematic Universe has brought. The only real problem even the most pedantic comic book nerds could find with it is how the film’s antagonist, Helmut Zemo (Daniel Brühl), isn’t a supervillain like his comic book inspiration—he’s just a dude. Happily, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is about to fix that.
The Marvel Collect trading card app from Topps has released images of four of the Disney+ show’s main characters in all their costumed glory. The Falcon outfit donned by Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) is pretty much par for the course:
Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) looks spiffy in his new outfit:
But Brühl’s Zemo is the character who gets the real upgrade:
The mask is inspired by the outfit worn by the character in the comics, naturally. Personally, what I love is the fur collar of his trenchcoat, which is reminiscent of the original costume’s pointless shoulder fringes:
Finally, there’s also a pic of John F. Walker (Wyatt Russell), a.k.a. U.S. Agent, the Captain America doppelgänger cooked up by the government to replace Steve Rogers:
It’s a terrible Captain America-inspired costume, but John Walker is very pointedly a terrible Captain America replacement, so it works rather perfectly. Somehow, the star-shaped “A” on his forehead looks worse to me than a simple “A” or star would. It feels very marketed, which is, again, the point.
Missing from this line-up is Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp), who almost certainly has a new outfit herself, given that she left SHIELD in Civil War. Presumably, we’ll get to see it when The Falcon and the Winter Soldier debuts on March 19.
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