X-Men Just Retconned Classic Captain America Story

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Captain America and the X-Men don’t often team up in Marvel Comics. Although both groups deal with complex political situations, Captain America and the X-Men face unique problems. So, it’s interesting that a major revision to one of Captain America’s most intense storylines is happening within an X-Men comic book.

In X-Men United #2, written by Eve L. Ewing and illustrated by Tiago Palma, Captain America reaches out to the X-Men for assistance. He’d learned about a new empathy engine being used at Greymatter Lane school to locate Mutants who are alone and need help, and he believes it could solve a problem he’s facing.

Following the apparent loss of the original Super-Soldier Serum formula, the U.S. government launched a secret effort to reproduce it. They tested the serum on Black soldiers, and most of them experienced severe health problems and died prematurely. Even Isaiah Bradley, the only documented survivor, was left with lasting brain damage. This disturbing chapter in the story of Captain America was first revealed in the 2003 comic series, Truth: Red, White & Black.

Following a quick conversation, the leaders of Greymatter Lane decided to assist Captain America. They put together a team of X-Men to join Steve Rogers on his humanitarian mission. But their initial attempt uncovered a surprising discovery that changes details from the story of Truth: Red, White and Black.

New X-Men villain not as dead as believed

When the X-Men’s Axo scans someone, they get a sense of a Black veteran originally from Philadelphia. This immediately makes Rogers think of Maurice Canfield, a name he’d learned from Isiah Bradley’s wife. Records from Project: Rebirth stated Canfield was deceased, which contradicts previously established history in the ‘Truth: Red, White and Black’ storyline.

Maurice Canfield, along with Isaiah Bradley, was a central figure in the comic book series Truth: Red, White and Black. A passionate activist, he was arrested for protesting and offered a choice: go to jail or join the military. He chose military service and was then forced into Project: Rebirth. Though part of a brief, secret team of super-soldiers, he ultimately died from the combined effects of PTSD and a severe thyroid condition.

The X-Men, using a unique tracking method, teleport to Philadelphia and find an elderly man who seems to be Maurice Canfield. Immediately after, the team is unexpectedly flung through time. Captain America finds himself battling a powerful version of Canfield in the present day. The story ends with this shocking turn of events, leaving readers to wonder if Canfield’s abilities are somehow connected to the Super-Soldier Serum. It also appears that his backstory, as previously told in ‘Truth: Red, White and Black,’ has been changed.

X-Men United #2 is now available at comic shops everywhere.

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2026-04-15 16:07