Not to mention that, if they draw stuff from the Earth's Mightiest Hero's incarnation, he also gets flight, the ability to fire razor edged feathers from the same flight wing pack, as well as all the tech that the Black Panther put in the suit after it got trashed the last time.
Plus, there's also the fact that, well... remember Blacklash? Y'know, the guy that had poofy green hair and an electro whip and danced around in a disco outfit in blue and lavender? He ended up being rolled into Whiplash in Iron Man 2. Nothing keeping anyone from basically making the character more badass than the source material. Falcon basically has "bird of prey motif" as a blank slate to give him any number of things. It's pretty flexible if the writers want to take the time to beef him up.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
Plus, there's also the fact that, well... remember Blacklash? Y'know, the guy that had poofy green hair and an electro whip and danced around in a disco outfit in blue and lavender? He ended up being rolled into Whiplash in Iron Man 2. Nothing keeping anyone from basically making the character more badass than the source material. Falcon basically has "bird of prey motif" as a blank slate to give him any number of things. It's pretty flexible if the writers want to take the time to beef him up.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."