Marvel Fans Slam Captain America Account For "Replacing" Sam Wilson With Captain Carter

Fans are speaking out against Marvel 'replacing' Sam Wilson's Captain Americawith Captain Carter [...]

By Cameron Bonomolo - August 9, 2021 03:00 pm EDT

Fans are speaking out against Marvel "replacing" Sam Wilson's Captain Americawith Captain Carter ahead of the series premiere of What If...? After the April season finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which saw Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) take flight as the all-new Captain America, the official @CaptainAmerica Twitter account retired Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and switched to an updated look celebrating Mackie's Cap. Marvel Studios animated series What If...? asks and then answers the question: what if Peggy Carter (voice of Hayley Atwell), not Steve Rogers, took the Super Soldier serum to become Captain Carter?

A Captain Carter Twitter takeover to promote What If...?, premiering with the Captain Carter episode August 11 on Disney+, has upset fans accusing Marvel of "replacing Sam Wilson." Mackie's Captain America still highlights the character's official page on Facebook, but @CaptainAmerica on Twitter has temporarily changed its name to "Captain Carter" with a profile picture featuring the character suited up in the colors of the Union Jack.

"Captain carter literally has the BRITISH flag on her suit why is she replacing sam wilson on the captain AMERICA twt account?" asks one tweet. Another user tweeted, "Sam wilson has been captain america for a minute and marvel is already replacing him with a white woman."

Others pointed out the switch is to promote the premiere episode of What If...?, a series that is canon in the wider Marvel Cinematic Multiverse but set outside of the mainstream continuity home to the Wilson Captain America. Kevin Feige's Marvel Studios has already set Falcon and Winter Soldier head writer Malcolm Spellman to script a Captain America 4 feature film starring Mackie.

People who asking for Sam Wilson back as Captain America just chill and have patience. This is just marketing for What if? and #CaptainCarter In few weeks after episode aired, everything will get back to normal, She is not replacing him
— Victoria Novak (@wiktoriano) August 9, 2021

What If twists iconic stories from the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe and re-imagines heroes like T'Challa of Wakanda as T'Challa Star-Lord (voice of Chadwick Boseman), an amalgam of characters from the Black Panther and Guardians of the Galaxy franchises. Captain Carter is confirmed to appear in future seasons of the animated series, which will air nine episodes in 2021 and nine more in 2022, and rumors suggest the character might make a live-action appearance in next year's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Here's what fans are saying about the change from Captain America to Captain Carter:

From @wandatrash and @lokisverity

the way that marvel is doing more to show off captain carter than they have been doing to show off sam wilson WHO IS ACTUALLY CAPTAIN AMERICA is something else pic.twitter.com/WCpk0KkKAC
— alex saw BW ⧗ (@wandatrash_) August 9, 2021

look i’m excited for peggy content but NOT like this. she’s not even captain america - make a new account for captain carter and put Sam Wilson back where he belongs pic.twitter.com/5OmXGbpK7K
— maria | steve brainrot era (@lokisverity) August 9, 2021

From @wiktoriano and @DeckofCarter

People who asking for Sam Wilson back as Captain America just chill and have patience. This is just marketing for What if? and #CaptainCarter In few weeks after episode aired, everything will get back to normal, She is not replacing him
— Victoria Novak (@wiktoriano) August 9, 2021

I looked closer and its because the @CaptainAmerica marketing account changed Sam Wilson to Peggy Carter to promote What If? coming out in two days...

I have thoughts, Twitter, and I am going to not say them...
— Michael E. Carter, M.A. (@DeckofCarter) August 9, 2021

From @booksmahrt and @verstarks

captain carter literally has the BRITISH flag on her suit why is she replacing sam wilson on the captain AMERICA twt account
— ava! (@booksmahrt) August 9, 2021

sam wilson has been captain america for a minute and marvel is already replacing him with a white woman https://t.co/fHJuRAhr3D
— mar (@verstarks) August 9, 2021

From @caps_marvelette and @armorwars

how are they gonna put her on the captain AMERICA page when she’s sporting straight BRITISH wear 😭😭 give this account back to sam wilson and make her a new one?? https://t.co/FWK1ZHsEx6
— gab ᗢ ⍟⃝ ⧗ stucky breakdown era (@caps_marvelette) August 9, 2021

will only accept this if they also changed @Guardians account to a picture of t'challa as star-lord or something because this is really weird to remove sam wilson like that when you could just market this show through... you know... @whatifofficial https://t.co/bnAo6bZIL9
— 🐸 rhodey lovebot (@armorwars) August 9, 2021

From @the_0tter_queen and @SharonMarieOB

People are freaking out over PEGGY CARTER, replacing Sam Wilson as Captain America.
Ok pay attention its called "What if".
A cartoon representing another marvel universe where events happen differently, it could have been Logan, or nick fury or even dum dum dugan becoming cap
— Elizabeth Ross stands with BLM (@the_0tter_queen) August 9, 2021

Okay…I see people freaking out about this. No one is replacing Sam Wilson!!! The premise is called What If…? for a reason! Relax! It is a legitimate series of graphic novels. It explores the multiverse. Sam Wilson is still our Captain America. #WhatIf
— Sharon O’Brien 🐕🐈‍⬛🌳🎨 (@SharonMarieOB) August 9, 2021

From @eternalswilson and @AshleyKSmalls

BRING THE SAM WILSON LAYOUT BACK pic.twitter.com/HG9IrhMqOH
— Carlos⩔ (@eternalswilson) August 9, 2021

Oh nah. Sam Wilson had the page for all of 4 months. Change it back! https://t.co/uwDkyw0wHt
— Ashley K. (@AshleyKSmalls) August 9, 2021