![]() After a series of humiliating defeats Walker is upset by his lack of success as Captain America, and manages to get his hands on a vial of Super-soldier serum from Karli Morgenthau during one of their battles. Unfortunately, Walker's story took a darker turn in later episodes of the series. As in the comics, Walker was accompanied in his missions by sidekick Battlestar, aka Lemar Hoskins, though in this story he's an old army friend of Walker's. This 6-inch scale Marvel Legends John Walker Captain America figure is based on his look from the Disney Plus series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. If you enjoyed this funny collection of Captain America John Walker memes, then you are someone after my own funny bone because I cracked up at almost every single one of them. All this led to John being named the new Captain America instead of Steve Rogers' choice Sam Wilson, with his role doubling as a kind of PR figurehead as well as an agent of US Government interests. In fact, he was so capable that his body was tested by the government at MIT, where he tested "off the charts in every category," whatever that means. In the show Walker didn't immediately have his villainous comic-book backstory, instead depicted as a decorated soldier (apparently, he's the first person in history to win three Medals of Honor) known for counterterrorism and hostage rescue missions. As introduced at the end of the first episode (and more extensively in episode two), John Walker was selected by the US government as the new recipient of Steve Rogers' shield. Wyatt Russell as John Walker in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney) However, his violent tendencies and fragile mental state continue to be problematic, as well as his frosty relations with the other Marvel heroes – particularly Hawkeye, with whom he has maintained a feud since his days on the West Coast Avengers. ![]() The character has been a consistent recurring presence across the Marvel Universe in the decades that have followed, staying on the side of the heroes most of the time. ![]() He is later brought back into the fold to be a government plant on the West Coast Avengers, led by Hawkeye, under the not-so-subtle codename USAgent – which he has generally stuck with ever since. ![]() Ultimately, he returns the mantle of Captain America to Steve Rogers and the government publicly fakes his death, while entering him into a witness protection programme. This issue only worsens when Walker's parents are murdered by a terrorist group, a devastating turn of events that very nearly drives him completely insane. Unfortunately, it doesn't go well for him as he is both a less competent and more brutal operative than his predecessor, known for beating his villains close to death in several instances. ![]()
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