Truth: Red, White & Black #3
In "The Passage," writer Robert Morales and artist Kyle Baker explore a haunting alternate origin for the super soldier program, revealing the overlooked history of African American soldiers used in early experiments. The story unfolds with stark realism, tracing the sacrifice and secrecy behind a project that would later birth Captain America—where survival came at a cost, and truth was buried beneath a lie. The cover by Kyle Baker captures the weight of this hidden legacy.
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The army uses African American soldiers as experimental guinea pigs for the "super soldier" serum that will create Captain America. Most of the experiments are fatal, but once the dose is refined, the few survivors become super soldiers. The families of even the survivors are informed that their loved ones died in a massive explosion.
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