Isaiah Bradley

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Isaiah Bradley is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Isaiah Bradley

One of his grandchildren was Eli Bradley who was the son of Isaiah's daughter Sarah Gail. (Young Avengers v1 #8)

Isaiah Bradley was created by Robert Morales and Kyle Baker where he made his first appearance in Truth: Red, White & Black v1 #1 (January, 2003).
In the appendix of Truth: Red, White & Black trade paperback collection (2004), Robert Morales commented, "Truth was originally planned to be outside of the Marvel Universe's official continuity. The editorial decision to place it into continuity meant explaining Timely Comics' first publication of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s Captain America in 1940—a full year before Pearl Harbor and the true start of our story."
Co-creator Kyle Baker also noted in an interview that, "With Captain America, people get on my case for 'changing' Captain America. We got a lot of grief from the Captain America fans on that series until the fifth and sixth issues came out; when it turned out that we hadn't tinkered with the continuity. Before that, everybody was very upset, because our story started with Pearl Harbor, and everybody knows that the first issue of Captain America took place before Pearl. Somewhere in the middle of the series, it's revealed that Cap already existed, and we hadn't tinkered with the timeline, and suddenly, the book is okay."

In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Isaiah Bradley appeared in the setting of the live-action television mini-series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he was portrayed by actor Carl Lumbly. He was shown as among a group of black soldiers who served in the U.S. military where they became unwitting test subjects of attempts to recreate the Super-Soldier Serum that was lost in Captain America. Each of the soldiers were given different versions in secret with Bradley manifesting all the strengths of a super-soldier as a result. He came to serve in various campaigns including the Korean War and also was noted to had defeated the Winter Soldier in one fight. One day, his unit was captured and orders were given to drop a bomb on the site to prevent their super-soldier enhancements from being studied. However, Bradley was determined to return back with the men under his command and went rogue. Despite his efforts, they were all killed with Bradley the only survivor to return where he was arrested and imprisoned for 30 years. During that time, he was constantly experimented on by the government and HYDRA who wanted to unlock the secrets of the super-soldier serum.

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