Strange Spécial Origines #202
In "L'arrivée du Faucon !", Captain America—displaced to a tropical island by the Red Skull’s use of the Cosmic Cube—teams up with a Harlem-based falconer enlisted by the Exiles. As the falconer struggles to protect the island’s people from the Exiles’ presence, Captain America encourages him to embrace a new identity, leading to the birth of the Falcon. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Gene Colan with inks by Joe Sinnott, this 1986 issue features a striking cover by Jean-Yves Mitton, capturing the moment of transformation in a vibrant, dynamic style.
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With the Red Skull previously having switched bodies with Captain America, the Skull uses the Cosmic Cube to send Cap to the tropical island home of the Exiles. There Cap encounters a falconer from Harlem who had been hired by the Exiles but who is now attempting to help the island natives kick the Exiles from their home. Cap joins forces with the falconer who, with Cap's urging, dons a costume and takes the name the Falcon.
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