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A radical of Carlos Pacheco ’s invention and prelim original artwork for Captain America , including blueprint for the new costume for Sam Wilson as Captain America , has sold for $ 25,000 .
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ComicConnecthas announced that it has brokered the sale of a exercise set of preliminary and design artwork from 2014’sCaptain America # 22 - 25for artistCarlos Pacheco ’s sonAlejandro Pachecoand the buyer , collectorDavid Chao . That storyline byRick Remenderand Pacheco climax with Steve Rogers passing the mantel of Captain America to Sam Wilson and reveals a new costume for the type . Sam Wilson first appear as the Falcon in 1968’sCaptain America # 117byStan LeeandGene Colan . Both the conception and the design introduce in 2014 inCaptain America # 25have been influential on the Marvel Cinematic Universe , most recently forCaptain America : Brave New World , which hits digital on April 15 ahead of its loss in stores on 4 K UHD , Blu - Ray , and DVD on May 13 , 2025 . Thecredits for the movienote that " The producer would like to pick out Rick Remender and Carlos Pacheco for their significant contributions to this film . "
Ina 2021 Twitter thread , Remender describe the design unconscious process between himself and Pacheco for this now - iconic look . " A fun look at how Carlos Pacheco and I plan the newfangled Captain America . First is Carlos ' take . Then the raspy I plan . Then Carlos ' net design . Marvel require Sam to lose the wings but I fought to keep them and I ’m beaming I did . path cooler with them . I take a ton of vilification for turning Sam into Captain America and had all sort of insane hoi polloi attack me so it ’s nice to see the staggeringly positive chemical reaction to the use of my take on Sam and Captain America in the MCU . If it prompt some kids and makes a confirming impact of any kind that does my mettle a grand good . "
Based on the process described by Remender , and the nontextual matter he express in that yarn , Chao has acquired Pacheco ’s initial take on the costume as well as the finalized pattern ( the version holding the buckler and with wings retracted ) . That ’s a nice set of bookends from the standpoint of a collector or historian . Along with the preliminary examination forCaptain America # 22 - 24 , they would make for an fantabulous showing in Chao ’s hop - for museum wing someday . Notably , Alejandro Pacheco has also donated 371 kit and caboodle by his father that will be part of a rotating display under the title of " When Dreams derive True " as part of a lasting exhibit of Carlos Pacheco ’s work at the San Roque Contemporary Art Center in Spain . Pacheco passed away in 2022 at the age of 60 .
The sale was broker by ComicConnect PresidentVincent Zurzoloand Original Art Consignment DirectorMicah Spivak . " The estimate of honoring my father ’s bequest amount to me a few months before fit Vincent and his squad , " says Alejandro Pacheco . " WhenCaptain America : Brave New Worldwas discharge , Vincent reached out to ask if I had any material related to my father ’s work on Falcon becoming the raw Captain America . My father was implausibly proud of being the creative person responsible for giving the Falcon his Modern powers . We were rosy enough to track down the original sketches for the Falcon design , and see them — both from a buff ’s perspective and as a son — was an incredible experience . "
" I mostly collect historic pieces , " adds buyer David Chao , " and I love the insight that this work gives into how Carlos Pacheco built the lineament . So much of the custom of the comedian - making method acting is getting lost . It ’s going digital , and thing like color in are being done more on computers . I ’m hop to someday collaborate on a museum annexe that will preserve this kind of work , and people can see the paste - up and the Zip - a - flavour being applied . Otherwise , it ’s going to become a lost art . "
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