Real Life Captain America Statue Gets Into The Holiday Spirit

TheCaptain Americastatue in Brooklyn , NY gets into the holiday heart with some Christmas decoration in the form of a Santa lid . TheCaptain America statuewas in the first place unveiled by Marvel at San Diego Comic - Con 2016 to honor the character ’s 75th anniversary , before being transport to Brooklyn ’s Prospect Park . Captain America made his comic book debut in 1941 , create by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby , and has since become a house name thanks in part to the hero ’s inclusion in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Chris Evans kick off his prison term as Steve Rogers aka Captain Americain 2011’sCaptain America : The First Avengerand envelop it up earlier this year withAvengers : Endgame .

The bequest of Captain America go on not only in the comics but in the MCU as well . In one of the concluding scenes ofEndgame , old man Steve gave the Captain America shieldto Sam Wilson ( Anthony Mackie ) , who will asterisk in the upcoming Disney+ seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldieralongside Sebastian Stan ’s Bucky Barnes . The serial will also let in fellow Captain America ally Sharon Carter ( Emily VanCamp ) and introduce John Walker aka U.S. Agent ( Wyatt Russell ) . But while fans will have to wait until Fall 2020 forThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierto release , in Steve Rogers ' hometown of Brooklyn , NY , Captain America is now getting into the holiday emotional state .

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Today , CBRposted photos bring home the bacon byAndrew Duncanof Marvel ’s Captain America statue donning a Santa chapeau . The statue is currently located at Industry City in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn since being affect from Prospect Park . The statue have a citation from Evans ' Captain America inThe First Avenger:“I’m just a kid from Brooklyn . “Take a face at the photo below .

While it may just be a simple gain to the Captain America statue , the Santa lid brings some festal feel to the Marvel Comics ikon in his hometown of Brooklyn . Captain America is a dear anatomy in New York City . Marvel even had to send a letter asking New York City council memberBen Kallos to cease plume as Captain Americabecause he was donning the costume and using words from the MCU movies as part of his campaign . ( Of course , no Marvel character is immune to being used by politicians , as evidenced byPresident Donald Trump ’s late Thanos tweet . ) consider Captain America was make by Simon and Kirby as a direct response to Adolf Hitler ’s Nazi Germany , it makes sense that the case remains a political figure .

Still , putting a Santa hat on the Steve Rogers statue in Brooklyn is a relatively unobjectionable addition to the grinder ’s bequest . Plus , for fans ofCaptain Americawho do n’t live on within an sluttish locomotion space of Industry City , it ’s certainly nice to see photo of the statue getting into the vacation spirit . There ’s no doubt that if the congenial superhero were real , Captain Americawould wish fans a happy holidays !