Robert Morales (February 3, 1958 – April 18, 2013) was an American comic book writer, editor, and journalist known for creating Truth: Red, White & Black, which featured his original character Isaiah Bradley.
[8] Truth reimagined the origins of Captain America, by following the stories of four African-American soldiers used involuntarily as test subjects by the US government to develop Steve Rogers' super serum.
[9] The series explicitly linked the Captain American mythos with the real world history of unethical human experimentation in the United States, white supremacy and eugenics.
[11] The series faced Internet backlash ahead of its release from fans who worried that it would tarnish the legacy of fictional character Steve Rogers.
[13] The trade paperback version of Truth contained an afterword by Morales in which he clarified that myth, history and imagination, and provides sources for his story.